get your first prescription free at anoro.com. >>> meteorologist melissa magee is back now a fice day to fly a kite outdoors. >> a better day to fly a kite, i was trying, little wind it's difficult. it's nice and breezy today. live stormtracker 6 live double scan shows it's quiet and breezy we'll show you the picture outside sky 6 hd from our temple camera, a gorgeous day to be outdoors a lot of people traveling south down on broad street, get out and enjoy it this is the start of our holiday weekend, temperatures north and west of town are in the 60s and even 70 in coatesville and 67 for martins creek and same thing in areas of quakertown and slatington coming in at 65 you, down across new jersey, in woodbine, ewing 73 and 70 for smyrna. mostly sunny across the region but a cold front from the great lakes is dipping down east as the day goes on maybe a spotty shower north and west of philadelphia, but the front will sag to the south as we get into the start of our weekend, high pressure will return and it's a touch cooler than tomorrow and after that the numbers start to rebound nice

for more on your friday lets head outside to melissa magee, who is in for david murphy. >> happy friday we are enjoying the sunshine, in fact basking in it on our patio a nice mixture of sunshine and clouds, temperatures are at 76 in the city, average is 70 78 in trenton and along the coast though you notice it's much cooler with the south facing wind and beach haven to see soil city temperatures in the upper 60s. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have got high pressure in control and it's really over new england, it's providing us with a nice mixture of sunshine and clouds and you notice moisture down along the south and east and that stays well below our region for the weekend. we have you covered perhaps are you watching or attending the dad vail regatta kicking off today. the temperatures are heating up with temperatures of 79 and a temperature of 84 here in philadelphia we'll talk about what is ahead when the summer like preview continues as we get into your friday and this weekend. it's warm for mom on mothers day, we'll have an update on what mom can expect and tropi

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meteorologist melissa magee in for adam today with the accuweather forecast. arrie. we had a fantastic start to the holiday weekend. the finish not so bad. currently across much of the area, locations along the 95 corridor and points to the north and west are in the 80's. it's 86 in philadelphia, 87 in allentown. and lancaster out to the west 83 but much cooler with that south facing wind from beach haven down to sea isle city. temperatures are currently just in the upper 60's. check out the dewpoint. we talk about this because this is a level of how much moisture is in the atmosphere and dewpoint temperatures are for the most part at 60 or below. any time that happens, you know, we've got a pleasant air mass overhead. so enjoy it while it lasts because we have some changes as early as overnight tonight and into the day on tuesday. so, dewpoints are coming up. by tuesday, we'll be in the middle and lower 60's, then the upper 60's as we get into wednesday, thursday, for that matter into friday, so it's humid, it's nearly oppressive across the area. we have high

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and threat of storms, there is a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of the area meteorologist melissa magee is at the "action news" big board with the very latest, hi there, melissa. >> we are starting to see showers and storms mainly line up and set up north and west of that i-95 corridor. storm tracker six live double scan radar showing thaw activity moving in lancaster berks, lehigh counties. we will go in tighter into the north and west of philadelphia. we have severe thunderstorm warning that has been posted, that is say for the next 15 minutes up until 6:15 this evening, for lehigh, northampton, bucks berks counties, as we are tracking this activity that continued to move on off to the south and east at 20 miles per hour. so if you are in allentown we are tracking threat of showers and storms to the south and east of bethlehem and also to the north of quakertown and green lane at this hour. storm tracker six live double scan radar treat level shows you the thunderstorms we are tracking that continues to progress to the south and east at the 20 miles per hour, and this activity will be

of a scattered thunderstorm today is a good day to be inside down the shore and that is where melissa magee is right now in wildwood and melissa is heading out and the weather is looking really nice. >> we have nice improvement as we head into the holdiday weekend, you were talking about the bans of rain down at the shore but thankfully we are covered and indoors, saturday your shore forecast for saturday the start of the weekend sunny and breezy and a high temperature of 69 degrees still chilly with the land broez out of the north-northwest and sunday nice improvement and high pressure off the coast max out at 74 degrees at the shore and for the actual holiday memorial day come monday it's partly sunny and a temperature of 72 degrees, and much better and the sun makes a come back as early as tomorrow. have some fun down the shore. >> bring back a kite melissa. she is learning all day at the shore. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, what a difference a day makes 76 tomorrow and sunshine and breezy and saturday a little chill in the air and loads of sunshine with a high of 70 and

a family company >>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. >>> saturday night ireland casts a historic vote for same sex marriage. >>> plus men and women who for the and died for our country are remembered all across the region. >>> but the big story on "action news" is a pretty good start to the holiday weekend chilly start to the day serves as prelewd to blue skies and comfortable conditions. we have team coverage of the memorial day festivity. john rawlins is live in ventnor, ann mccormack is live in fairmount park but we will good inn with melissa magee and what we can expect the rest of the holiday weekend, hi there. >> hi there, walter. so far so good. we have had a nice start to the holiday weekend. we are on the cool side with plenty of sunshine for everybody to bask and enjoy. lets look at the numbers across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys. seventy in philadelphia. that is our high temperature today. sixty-nine in trenton. sixty-two up in the poconos. the out to the west there in lancaster com

live in atlantic city we begin meteorologist melissa magee with a check whoon we can expect tomorrow to be like. bit of a warm-up. >> sarah we started our weekend out on cool note below average we climbed well above where we normally should be and gets much warmer for the actual holiday come monday. currently in philadelphia, 67. 66 allentown and up in the poconos 60. along the coast cooler an south facing wind and atlantic city at the boardwalk coming in 61. beach haven 62. wildwood in at 61. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan radar 3d we have high pressure that is in control now and ridge of high pressure south and east. most of the day we're khaping into south wrlly wind which made if feel warmer but the exception sdoup across kooktal sections severe weather and unsettled weather miss us and is well west more majority of holiday week. it's really all about the numbers. future tracker 6 showing 4 p.m. monday we'll number lower 80s here in philadelphia and they'll keep climbing from there. whether you're in city, shore poconos tomorrow, we have you covered. 88 in city at the sh

lucky to be there already like nora muchanic who joins us from the shore but first meteorologist, melissa magee, is here with the first check of the accuweather forecast. happy friday melissa. >> happy friday to you rick. what a difference a day makes yesterday we were stuck in the 50s with plenty of cloud cover and today we are basking in the sunshine 72 in philadelphia and 72 in trenton and 60 at the poconos. along the coast in atlantic city 64 and 63 down in dover. the wind speed is breezy, 20 miles per hour in wilmington but look at the wind particles with the wind and the direction is coming in from the west and that lets you know that things are warming up at the surface, and already 11 degrees in the city than the same time yesterday. looking ahead we have you covered with your friday day planner, partly sunny at 3:00 and temperature at 76 and 5:0073 underneath a partly sunny skies and 70 at 7:00 and 63 at 9:00. we have you covered with your friday get away, in the city high of 76 and mostly sunny down the shore as well. with a high of 72 degree but the breeze from the north-northwest to

meteorologist melissa magee joins us outside taking full advantage of the sun-kissed conditions. she has the accuweather forecast. >> hi there walter, sauer after hopefully you took advantage of this wonderful weather today diningel press coor anything you want to do with a few puffy cumulous clouds ahead. the delaware and lehigh valley, 81. in philadelphia, trenton, 7 7 79 this hour for reading and allentown and cooler with south facing wind beach haven to sea isle city along the immediate coastline. temperatures are only in the upper 50s. we have you covered the rest of the evening f you're out and about, 7:00 tonight mostly sunny and temperature of 76. 8 p.m., mostly clear. down to 74. mild and comfortable at 9:00. 71 degrees and 69 at 10:00. check out the numbers across much of the eastern half of us. currently 81 in philadelphia. but you look south and west, 84 st. louis 81 memphis and looks like these numbers will climb for the start of the workweek tomorrow. what's ahead. warm warmer for us on monday. with the june-like weather overhead there's a threat of popup shower or

"action news" reporter john recalls is live at the steel pier we begin with meteorologist melissa magee outdoors soak up what is left of the evening sunshine. hey, melissa. >> hi there walter, sarah basking in the sunshine it was a beautiful day today and warmer than the start of our holiday weekend. check out the numbers across much of the delaware and lehigh valley. it's 81 in philadelphia. and 80 in trenton and 74 up in the poconos and along the coast touch cooler. 70 wildwood and atlantic city 69. when you look at 24 hour temperature change with you seat numbers coming up. this same time yesterday we had high temperature of 70. right now we're 11 degrees warmer in the city than we were this same time yesterday. 18 degrees warmer in beach haven than 24 hours ago and 11 warmner allentown. stormtracker 6 double scan shows you we have a ridge of high pressure just off the coast and down south and east much warmer today and tapping into the southwesterly wind and can seat unsettled weather stays off to the west for now. and so future tracker 6 showing you it's all about the temperatures.

meteorologist, both impressive athletes. >> they raced each other to the lighthouse today and melissa magee to tell us why they did this and melissa who won? >> well, here is the best part, we are not going to know who won, and we won't reveal it and you will know as the story starts to play. i love coming to the cape may lighthouse when are you here you feel like you are part of history. mariners used this to guide their vessels through the water and now at 6 abc this is a point of trivia more specifically trivia for myself and also for adam joseph we got carried away and we have the cape may courthouse challenge. let the games begin. >> we have climbed it before and have the pictures to prove it the cape may lighthouse is a frequent stop during our seasonal jaunts to the shore the lighthouse is a treasure since the 1800s a beacon mariners and the people in the studio, i was down in lbi last year and adam asked the trivia question. >> how many steps at the cape may lighthouse. >> let me preface the answer by saying you got the answer wrong to old barney. >> 202? >> 217. and 199 steps up th

adam joseph and melissa magee are live in cape may we latest. >> we are having a whole lot of fun, wese challenge and very to believe that adam cheated somehow, this lighthouse was built in 1859 and is still an active lighthouse, mariners used this to guide their vessels through the water and there is a lot going on in cape may check it out. >> are you hungry? grab the whole family and head to cape may forest ran week, the eight day culinary event features a three course price fixed meal, cape may is the place to be and restaurant week starts sunday and continues through june 7th. >> they say every dog has its day and in ocean city it's this sunday, grab your furry friend for the annual barks on the boards enjoy a full day of fun and games at sixth street and the boardwalk you can hit the boardwalk with your four-legged friend for an afternoon stroll this benefits the humane society of ocean city, dogs walk for free. hope to see you and mans best friend down at the shore this weekend. >> reporter: so something else that is going on this weekend, is that in cape may they are having a j

meteorologist melissa magee joins us a at the "action news" big board for the the first check of the forecast, hi there melissa. >> we had a really nice start to the weekend as as you mentioned certainly bright conditions for aberdeen dad vail regatta as kenneth just mentioned all came to a close earlier this evening. temperatures right now are coming in the upper 70's here in philadelphia, 74 though in allentown, 68 in the poconos much cooler today along the coast, just 59 currently in beach haven and 60 degrees, in sea isle city especially with that south facing wind, coming in off the atlantic. if you are stepping outside on the town for rest of the tonight, it is pretty comfortable underneath partly cloudy sky and at home taking on the mets, first pitch around 7:05 and that temperature around 77. once we get in the ninth inning we will drop down to 71 degrees. here's satellite six with action radar you can see we have got dry, comfortable conditions, and across much of new england down across mid-atlantic region and it will stay nice for mothers day on sunday. but do i want to foc

. >> time for check of final check of accuweather forecast with meteorologist melissa magee, picture perfect weekend. >> gorgeous and today better. in fact summer preview on the way. >> you like summer previews. >> you'll stand looking with precipitation so we'll show you picture outside the action whammy cam was outside looking that full moon saturday night. we have mostly clear sties and clearing it condition and are be my pooingts. >> north and west of town upper 50s mar turns sdreek and centerville. 55 s david's new holland 59. cool area long the coast. we've been dealing with constant southerly wind if you're at any soldier point but you had inland lower 30s better and hockessin 53. 52 cinnaminson had to open. satellite 6 and a rar day we have mostly clear do partly cloudy sky overhead and high pressure situated to the south. this ridge ever high pressure over the next several days acts as a heat pump. the southwesterly wind will warm temperatures up where they should be this time of year into the 70 s and 80s. we've got another look at the blue cross bride street run. mostly su

the 50s, on the chilly side today but we'll rebound for the weekend hopefully, meteorologist, melissa magee is live at the big board with the latest. hi melissa. >> hi. happy friday can you feel the difference in the air and it's cloudy and cool and 59 in philadelphia and 54 in the poconos, along the coast though in sea isle city 49 degrees and same thing at the boardwalk in atlantic city. here is what going on when we look at the wind speeds a bit of a breeze but the wind direction coming in from a northeasterly direction than helps to funnel down cooler air across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you why we have the clouds overhead just to the south of our region and we are tracking the area of low pressure where we have showers mainly confined across extreme southern delaware and areas of virginia and north carolina. as we go throughout the afternoon hours this continues to push to the south and east and because it is so close to us today there could be a spot shower from time to time. as we break down the day board looking ahead on this fr

john rawlins is in ocean city with bundled up beach goers and we begin with meteorologist melissa magee at the "action news" big board to tell us how the rest of the 3 day weekend is shaping up hi melissa. >> walter these numbers keep climbing as holiday weekend wears on. it's chilly in philadelphia. you might need a light sweater other jacket at 60. 42 chilly in the pong knows and 51 allentown and along the coast in sea isle city and at the boardwalk 54. satellite 6 and action radar shows you dry and comfortable conditions across the mid at laptic region thanks to dominating ridge of high pressure. tomorrow this ridge of high pressure moves off south and east. as it does so you tap into those winds coming in from the south and west. milder air pumps in for second half of holiday weekend. future tracker 6 showing you the numbers. 2:0 in the afternoon with that southwesterly wind you can see 86 memphis at that point and 82 in atlanta and warmer air will continue to blow across the mid-atlantic region as well. we'll talk about what is ahead. warmer for us tomorrow on sunday. humidity retu

. >> time for a check of the accuweather forecast with meteorologist melissa magee. >> and it's still warm. still sticky out, walter, showers we had earlier tonight moving out and things refire as we get to tomorrow afternoon. it's unwith of those sticky, summerlike patterns overhead. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing you we have a little moisture rights now across the atlantic and cape may counties and a lot of that moving out south and east and stays pretty quiet during the overnight hours. but once again with this air mass overhead, it is more than likely that we will have some activity refire on sunday. we'll show you picture outside. sky6 live in hd outside looking at the enter city sky line. mostly cloudy. dry and quiet in philadelphia where we picked up three tenths of inch of moisture and more rain and popup thunderstorms tomorrow. 6 4 slatington. 65 fleetwood and 67 new holland and center city and chestier at this hour and upper 60s. levittown 68. 70 hammonton and same for woodbine along the coast in surf city 63. as you move to hockessin 67. 69 smyrna and dover.

but not a bad way to start the weekend, meteorologist melissa magee, is enjoying the day as well. she has our first look at the forecast. happy friday melissa. >> happy friday to you as well. it's a nice start to the beginning of our weekend the biggest difference today is that the humidity is much lower the temperature is pretty warm in much of the area we'll check out the numbers, 81 in philadelphia and 80 in allentown and 71 in the poconos and cool along the coast though, 66 in sea isle city and 71 in beach haven wilmington coming in at 76, check out the dew point this is the level of how much moisture is in the atmosphere and dew points in the upper 60s in some locations, any time there is a dew point below 60 degrees we have a comfortable air mass overhead and 58 in philadelphia and dew point of 54 in allentown. so pretty comfortable on this friday afternoon, looking ahead, 3:00 we have a temperature of 5-degrees and partly sunny skies and sunshine and clouds sharing the sky 85 and 7:00 p.m. tonight we drop down to 76 degrees with an overnight low of 67, lets talk about what i

meteorologist melissa magee joins us at the "action news" big board with the first check of accuweather forecast. melissa. >> walter, a lot of that activity now sliding south and east of the 95 corridor. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar hows us that activity with scattering of showers now mainly south jersey into burlington and ocean counties and pressing to at plan take, salem and cape may counties and little activity at this hour moving into dover delaware. we deposit pick up a lot of rain. but what we got was much need add cross much of the area. lancaster, .81" p three tenths for trenton and philadelphia and doylestown .22 and .he in reading. we have a drought situation across the mid-atlantic region. any moisture that moves into the region even in form of thunderstorm is definitely appreciated. 1 outside of philadelphia, 69 in wilmington. same thing in dover. upper 60s in allentown and lehigh valley. and 68 degrees along the coast. and sea isle city. here's the problem however if you step outside any time you have dew point temperatures above 60 you know we have a humid air ma

. >> time for a check of accuweather forecast with meteorologist melissa magee and warmer day to come. >> i think you will like it. 80s tomorrow walter after cool start to the holiday weekend. we'll show what you is going on stormtracker 6 live double scan radar no issues with precipitation and high pressure in control right now we'll show you picture outside. the action cam was outside earlier tonight in camden new jersey you can see folks honey i've gone fishing. firing on this saturday the start of holiday weekend you canalso see a shot of the ben franklin in the background. highs today in lower 60s to near highs today in lower 60s to near 7 vrd philadelphia high of 70. 55 tapersville and double nickels in lateing ton and 57 center city and 48 oxford and 49 kennett square. down across new jersey 52 browns mills and hockessin upper 50s. here's satellite 6 and action radar high pressure across much of the mid-atlantic region and even cross the ohio valley. this would be the case as we get to sunday and for that matter monday as well. and this ridge of high pressure tomorrow scoots so

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meteorologist melissa magee back at the "action news" big board. hit 90, hm. >> yeah, that's right. it's warm today but these numbers will keep on climbing as our week wears on, guys. we'll show you picture outside sky six live in h did from our pagoda camera in reading pennsylvania. a mostly sunny sky overhead. comfortable condition but definitely warmer than average for this time of year. it's 86 degrees to the north and west allentown the lehigh valley. reading 84 degrees. philadelphia 86. trenton 85. but much cooler along the coast as that south facing wind from beach haven down to sea isle city temperatures are only in the upper 60's. now, check out the dewpoints. that is the level of how much moisture is in the atmosphere and any time you have dewpoint temperatures at 60 degrees or lower, we've got a comfortable air mass overhead. current dewpoint temperature in the city 64, and 61 there in dover. the humidity levels will start to increase overnight tonight and especially on tuesday, so dewpoints tomorrow in the lower 60's, then we climb up t

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we get the answer from meteorologist melissa magee at the "action news" big bored. >> let's get right to it. as you look at the fort cast. riders rz 8 ng at the morning at the broad street run and temperatures in upper positive s. mostly sunny sky. light, norm westerly went 3 to 6 with that temperature around 64. it will be turning warmer if you are still crossing the finish line at 11 a.m. with temperature then in at 70 degrees. good luck you to all of the runners participating tomorrow. high esh tem you're across eastern half of the u.s.. we climbed up to 74. 82 in new orleans louisiana and taking into a piece of milder air as lerl as tomorrow afternoon. so we'll break it down for you once again and it's dry tomorrow. even warmer for us on sunday afternoon. and 8 0s not far behind. >> thank you melissa. >> melissa keep nraiping for a rip to the hospital from the bucks county beryl. he was paid in the heingt which and flown to kherp's hospital of philadelphia. this incident happened before 3:30900 and vel vie. the girl's grandmother says she's fine and was taken to the hospital after

but if you are down the shore like meteorologist, melissa magee, the place to be indoors in wildwood. what are you doing there melissa? >> reporter: well i'm trying to fly a kite, it's hard to do it inside but we are gearing up for the international kite festival that kicks off tomorrow and goes through the weekend. we'll have all the hot happenings down the shore. look at this check this out. go fly a kite. we'll have all the details when "action news" returns. >> i tell that to rick all the time. >> i'll take your advice. state and local police converge on a berks county high school and we'll tell you why. >>> and a big step forward for a famed national organization and its policy towards gays. >>> and a policy in new jersey honoring the brave men and women that lost their lives touring the line of tooty. >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph jaime apody rick williams and monica malpass. >>> hello again on "action news" tonight it's a race against time along the california coast after an oil pipeline spewed oil into the ocean threatening wildlife and shore comm

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meteorologist melissa magee was at the "action news" big board with our first check on the forecast. melissa. >> sarah, it's all because of this stubborn frontal boundary that dips south and east. until the moisture arrives we have a lot of warmth and lot of humidity overhead. currently in philadelphia, coming in at 86 degrees. reading, 86. upper 80s as well in dover. cooler along the coast. beach haven 70 and 69 degrees in sea isle city. we'll talk about the humidity because that's a level of moisture in the atmosphere and any time you have dew point between 65 and 70 you know the atmosphere is loaded with a lot of moisture. we'll show what you is going on in the big picture. stormtracker 6 double scan radar we're tracking showers and storms all around the delaware and lehigh valleys. there's a frontal boundary that is not making much progress south and east. the best dynamics currently to find strong showers and storms are north and west of that 95 corridor. but as we go through the rest of tonight and into the overnight hours the pattern looks to be more active across the region an

meteorologist melissa magee is tracking storms and joins us now live from the "action news" big board with full details. the. >> walter it's been active weekend across much of the plain states where we've seen not only severe weather but also winter weather. we're in south day keit we have winter storm warnings on one side of the state and on eastern side of the state we had tornado warnings. now you can see that stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing you we have tornado watches and warnings posted from dallas texas and as far as north as roma ha nebraska. so far today there's been 22 reports of tornadoes and tomorrow that threat is just a little further east. so the good news tomorrow is that the probability goes from enhanced, what it is currently to low. nonetheless the probability still exists from great lakes as far as south and east once again as texas. back here at home, our big weather story for the rest of tonight not so much the wind speed but the wind direction. they're coming in from south easterly direction. you get that moisture once again coming in off the atlant

meteorologist, melissa magee is kicking off our series live in wildwood. i see you how are you?rter: yes guys we have to get excited. this is the unofficial kickoff to the summer season and this is a long standing tradition in wildwood since 1986 the international kite festival, they tout this has one of the largest in the world there is one in washington state but as far as we are concerned this is the granddaddy of them all. once the weather breaks these ribbons of color will be dancing high up in the sky. check it out down at the shore. >> big, bright bold and blowing in the wind, kites with bouquet of color are flying high in the sky for the international kite festival in wildwood. roger is the director of the what is considered to be one one of the biggest kite festivals if the world. >> a beautiful family weekend, to enjoy flying a kite. >> and peter make a special trip every year from florida to participate. >> i enjoy entertaining. >> there is a sport to this, finding air in your kite tails is harder than itlooks. >> always remember the wind is your friend. >> there it i

melissa magee is outside now with the latest. >> hi there rick, it is really fantastic on our friday temperatures are climbing above where they should be this time of year, we are in the 70s in philadelphia and 79 in reading and same thing in allentown and the lehigh valley, the poconos 78 degrees and cooler in dover and 58 in sea isle city with the moisture coming in off the atlantic 59 in beach haven, satellite 6 along with action radar showing you a nearly perfect picture across the mid-atlantic region and high pressure is in control and moisture is out to the north and west but all of that moisture is going up and over this ridge of high pressure that is protecting our region for the rest of our friday and into the weekend. the only hiccup in the forecast is the pollen count is pretty high tree pollen is high this time of year but it looks like maple birch and oak are the top offenders, and this is the case into saturday and sunday and no relief until we get into monday. we'll talk about today and the outlook, 3:00 the temperature 84 degrees, mostly sunny and still summer like at

meteorologist melissa magee taking advantage of the sunny conditions outside to bring us the accu weather forecast, hi there, melissa. >> i don't think runners will have much to complain about when it comes to the weather. we will talk about their forecast and what you can expect for blue cross broad street run in just a moment but currently outside in philadelphia it is comfortable. nice and mild. 73 degrees. seventy-three as well in trenton. sixty-five up in the poconos. but you will notice it is much cooler along the the coast with that south facing wind and beach haven just 52 degrees. a same thing all the way down the boardwalk and into sea isle city. if you are stepping outside on the town for the rest of this saturday night we've got a partly cloudy sky, overhead, 7:00 o'clock tonight we will drop down to 68 degrees. still partly cloudy at 8:00 o'clock that temperature in the lower 60's, we will pull that 62 at 9:00 o'clock tonight and mostly clear sky coming back as we get into 10:00 o'clock later tonight. so, we're talking about the broad street run. it is tomorrow a lot of runne

for the very latest on the the forecast let's head out identify to meteorologist melissa magee in for david murphy. happy friday. >> happy friday, rick. it looks like another nice day on tap, as you mentioned really nice days in the 70's. once again in philadelphia we are already hitting 71. it is 66 in trenton. sixty-nine in wilmington. to the north and west of town in lancaster 70. sixty-four in the poconos. cooler in sea isle city with that south facing win coming in at 61 and 61 degrees as well at the boardwalk. so a good looking day as we go throughout the afternoon. 3:00 o'clock, mostly sunny. unshine and a few high thin cloud overhead. that temperature is 74. same thing at 5:00 this evening. still mostly sunny at 7:00. at 9:00 we will drop down to 66 degrees under a partly cloudy sky. even eye what we can of the friday because we do have some changes on the the way. check out the dew point temperatures, that is the level of moisture in the atmosphere today nice and comfortable, anytime you have dew points in the 50's, or below, we've got a air mass overhead. as we head in the w

. >> meteorologist melissa had magee has your exclusive accu weather seven day forecast when "action news" comes right back. why do we do it? why do we spend every waking moment, thinking about people? why are we so committed to keeping you connected? why combine performance with a conscience? why innovate for a future without accidents? why do any of it? why do all of it? because if it matters to you it's everything to us. the xc60 crossover. from volvo. lease the well-equipped volvo xc60 today. visit your local volvo showroom for details. >>> a series of life saving rescues took place overnight in texas after powerful storms caused flash flooding. national guard crews had to drop lines to several families, to get them out of the homes that were quickly submerged. more than 10,000 people were left without power. >>> okay. time for a check of the accu weather forecast, meteorologist melissa magee, it is feeling like summer. >> it does, it is like summer is way ahead of the schedule with the warmth and humidity good i don't mine. >> i'm a warm weather a animal. >> let's in the complai

meteorologist melissa a magee is at the "action news" big board with the first check of the accu weather forecast. >> hi there walter. we will have a repeat performance by mother nature getting in the second half of the weekend. it wasn't a a bad finish to the day. high in philadelphia was 79 degrees. the right the now in at 70. sixty-three in trenton a long the coast in sea isle city, 60. fifty-nine in beach haven. definitely cooler on the coastal communities. i want to show you wind speeds across the the region. sustain from 5 miles an hour in allentown to as high as 13 miles an hour in wilmington. the wind are not a factor but notice the win direction there, coming in from the southeasterly direction, so that helps to press and more moisture coming from the atlantic and it does help to create that cloud cover overhead. so there is a dense fog advisory that has been posted, it stays opened until 9:00 a.m. this ace cross coastal sections of new jersey from lakehurst down to wildwood and extend ago cross other than delaware. there in rehoboth beach included in that. visibility could be d

meteorologist melissa magee is in for david murphy a and hopefully she has some answers. >> we certainly have some answer as we head in the weekend. first of all get outside and enjoy what we can this afternoon. the plenty of sunshine overhead, low humidity. temperatures in the 60's and 70's. seventy-one in philadelphia. sixty-nine in wilmington. north and west of the town up in the poconos 64 degrees. seventy in lancaster. cooler along the coast in sea isle city coming in at six two. here's storm tracker six live double scan radar. it is dry, quiet across the mid-atlantic region. we will have a ridge of high pressure just off the coast of new jersey. we will tap into those wind coming in out of the south and southwest today which makes for a pretty pleasant have afternoon. that moisture you see out across the the great lakes stays to the north and east of us for a good chunk of the day-to-day. and one other positive note, a good take away on our friday is that the pollen count went from high yesterday down to medium. so good news. mapel, burch, oak still top offenders and it looks to st

here's melissa magee. >> reporter: the cape may county animal shelter has saved 4,000 animals since openingn is to provide education, care, compassion to cape may county's cats and dogs. >> more than 200 cats and dogs on site it takes a village volunteers to take care of the animals and prepare them for their forever home. >> they need one on one on one one on one interaction. >> the shelter averages 400 adoption per year. it's true making a difference in cape may county. it's rewording to see the dogs leave and the cats leave. >> reporter: looking to find his connection is rupert. he will be 2 years old on june 11th. he is well trained. >>> peewee is a 1-year-old chihuahua who came in as a stray. caleb is a 9 1/2-year-old lab mix. >> caleb applies for senior for consider senior, an adoption fee is waived for a senior citizen who adopts a bet pet. she loves attention and loves to be brush. >> kitten season is upon us, these two are so young they don't have names yet. >> if you're looking to add a kitten to your household this is the time of year. >> reporter: this is layla a 2 1/2-year-old

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down at the shore, adam joseph and melissa magee will be in wildwood for the 30th annual kite festival. love that. check out the live report at 4:00 p.m. >>> you know what i can't wait for, david murphy walking down the beach in his muscle man shirt. >> reporter: we'll be waiting for a while matt. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we have precipitation out to the west, it's often light side. it's filtering into dover delaware, but the air in place locally is dry the initial onslaught will have a hard time doing anything to us, later in the morning philadelphia, trenton will start to see at least some light sprinkles. as we look outside, we have cloudy skies, down the shore in cape may there's early sunshine beginning to filter in near the horizon from the coastal clouds there. 56 degrees currently in philadelphia. the dewpoint still low indicating failure dry air in place for now. winds out of the northeast at 8 miles per hour. it is combining to keep us cooler today, it will be a cloudy cooler day. as you see on future tracker 6 eventually a little wet. the model has the rain t

adam joseph and melissa magee will be in wildwood for the 30th annual kite festival check out a live report at 4:00 p.m. more stories you didn't see last night are coming up. a chicago police officer is in trouble because video shows him asleep on the job. >> we have news about bacon in a business report. david. >> reporter: all right, guys we have a sweatshirt on the kids or a light jacket. and long pants because we're cooler and cloudier. probably this afternoon we'll want rain gear because in some neighborhoods there's a chance of steady rain. i'll have a look at how the rain is going to go today that's in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. developing now from philadelphia's feltonville neighborhood police are investigating a shooting. 30 shots were fired. neighbors say two homes were riddled with bullets. a 20-year-old man shot on the street is in stable condition. >>> someplaces in the 40s this morning. >> reporter: up in allentown 48 degrees right now. most of us in the 50s matt. we're looking at cloudy skies storm tracker 6 live double scan shows light rain showers

"action news" meteorologist melissa magee is at atlantic city international airport today finding out how these hurricane hunters do their job but very important ones. >> reporter: one of five visits on the east coast the hurricane awareness tour touched down in atlantic city. >> this probe right here what it's going to do is it's going to fall into the storm, all right and then it has all these sensors. this sensor will detect temperature, humidity, pressure reporter: the classroom was moved outside for more than 300 elementary students. the lesson, hurricane safety. >> i thought it was really cool see all the instruments. >> reporter: from the outside looks like your standard g4 jet or this one an air force reserve plane. but inside these aircraft they're decked out with the latest technology as weather scientists collect date today. it's in an effort to keep the public safe. >> one aircraft goes into the hurricane and one aircraft that quickly flies around the hurricane but both are to make us in a position to issue more accurate forecasts and warnings. >> reporter: tropical storms

. >> on this gorgeous day another edition of down at the shore and not only will meteorologist melissa magee and adam joseph be live at the cape may lighthouse they are running up all 217 steps, find out which one of them makes it to the top first. in a fun race going on at 4:00, you don't want to miss it. and try before you buy is the law of the land when it comes to mattress shopping consumer reports is doing the work for you and we'll have the results coming up in a live report today, and take us with you on the go if you have not downloaded the 6 abc news app, you can watch us live. they are both pretty impressive athletes. it's competitive lets say that. >> i would be looking for the elevator. thank you alicia. accuweather is coming up. ♪♪ i am never getting married. never. psssssh. guaranteed. you picked a beautiful ring. thank you. we're never having kids. mmm-mmm. breathe. i love it here. we are never moving to the suburbs. we are never getting one of those (minivan). we are never having another kid. i'm pregnant. i am never letting go. for all the nevers in life state farm is there.

looking live from sky 6 hd in atlantic city melissa magee is outside of our studios with a closer look at the may 1st forecast. >> as you mentioned there are changes overhead a mostly cloudy sky and you can feel a northeasterly breeze having an impact on our temperatures. 56 in trenton and 54 in the poconos along the coast a chilly 50 in sea isle city, same thing at the boardwalk in atlantic city. look at the 24 temperature change, yesterday's high in philadelphia was 72 and at this hour we are 7 degrees cooler in philadelphia than we were the same time yesterday 16 degrees cooler for atlantic city and wildwood and 13 degrees cooler in reading. here is part of the reason why all the changes, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you we are tracking an area of low pressure that continues to sag to the south, earlier today or this morning. spot showers in jersey and delaware continuing to shift down to virginia and it will continue to do so as we go throughout the rest of the afternoon hours so have a pocket size umbrella with you from time to time, there could be a spritz or sprinkle

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. >> now for walter perez, melissa magee, jeff skversky, and the entire "action news" team, i'm sarahomquist, have a great night and a great week ahead. >> good night >> i'm alicia vitarelli. >> and i'm karen rogers. saturday/tonight on fyi philly. >> we spend a night on the town in media. >> preakness is coming to the piazza for a good cause. >> a new restaurant that's all about waffles and wedges. >> beer week is coming. we tour the tasting possibilities. >> and what happens when a rough looking pup named rough gets a makeover? >> hi everybody and welcome to fyi philly. >> we are at morgan's pier on the delaware river. >> and when this place opens for the season, it's a sure sign of warm weather. >> we'll take a look around in just a few, but first it's time for preakness at the piazza. >> if you can't make it to the actual horse race, this is the next best thing. >> it's fashion, sports and charity all rolled into one

meteorologist melissa magee '"action news" big board to tell us if we get that wish, >> if that's the wish i think it will be easily granted tomorrow afternoon. gorgeous day today. plenty of sunshine overhead and looks like that trend will continue on monday. it's currently 65 in philadelphia, 49 poconos along the coast in sea isle city. >> check out hoy temperatures today, philadelphia, 81 today. 82 for high in memphis. new orleans louisiana coming in lower 80s. as early as tomorrow we continue to into south wrlly wind and knees numbers respond nicely. it's all about those numbers you can see 6:00 in the morning future tracker 6 showing awe long the 95 corridor we're easily in lower 50s across the region. good start to the day. 45 allentown and as we get into the mid-morning hours tomorrow 72 in philadelphia. 67 wildwood and not bad in poconos at this hour in at 71. they'll got a little hire than that as we talk about what's ahead even warmer on monday than today. temperatures dlim 80s. we're also tracking threat of thunderstorms. we'll outline all of the desales with the summer prev

we are celebrating the unofficial start of the season in wildwood this afternoon meteorologist melissa mageeheading down to the shore for the first report of the season and coming up an indiana mother says when her son came home with a permission slip, she was stunned by what she saw. why the! was trying to make the teen able girls wear t-shirts over their swimsuits. and don't forget you can take us with you on the go can you watch our newscast streaming live on your smart phone or tablet. see you at 4:00. >> your accuweather forecast is coming up when we come right back. ers. discover once-daily invokana®. it's the #1 prescribed in the newest class of medicines that work with the kidneys to lower a1c. invokana® is used along with diet and exercise to significantly lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. it's a once-daily pill that works around the clock. here's how: the kidneys allow sugar to be absorbed back into the body. invokana® reduces the amount of sugar allowed back in and sends some sugar out through the process of urination. and while it's not for weight loss, it may hel

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