bring your dreams to life. >>> now, melissa magee with an owe closer look at the weekend. just saturday? >> it will get bad during the afternoon and evening hours but sunday there is an improvement. always hope. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing you it's dry right now we had showers early this morning during the overnight hours and early this morning and now all of that activity moving offshore, it's mostly cloudy and we have breaks of sunshine we'll show you the picture outside sky 6 hd looking at the center city skyline, a thick deck of cloud cover overhead but as this disturbance passes us to the south and east it breaks for sunny breaks today. 76 in slatington and pottstown 78 and center city 80 degrees and martins creek 79 and down across new jersey, ewing 81 and lower 70s for smyrna and dover. here is satellite 6 along with action radar you can see that is the disturbance we had early this morning and during the overnight hours that exits stage east, but what we are tracking is this cluster of energy from the midwest and pressing into the ohio valley and

get your first prescription free at anoro.com. >> meteorologist melissa magee has the accuweather forecastgs could become quite unstable melissa is quite stable. i'm talking about the showers or thunderstorms. some days are better than others. storm tracker 6 live double scan radar, it's dry and quiet. it turned out to be a beautiful day across the delaware and lehigh valleys. we'll show you the picture outside, the action cam was outside looking up at the sun. we had pleasant of sun today temperatures above average. normal for us this time of year is 82. we were overachievers once again today. thursday, high of 92. yesterday was the hottest day so far this year in philadelphia at 95. we did not make a heat wave today with a high temperature of just 88 degrees, remember you need three consecutive days to have an official heat wave that was not the case once again. today in philadelphia, 84 in allentown. the winds are out of the north at this hour that is lowering the humidity across the delaware and lehigh valleys. the southerly brees along the coast. 76 in sea isle and 74 in beach haven.

melissa magee is outside with the first check of the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: hi there walter. the heat is on, in philadelphia we are coming in at 90 degrees, when you factor in the humidity feels like the spots across the i-95 corridor are in the lower 90s and upper 80s. current heat index is 94. beach haven 92. so summer is officially here. the summer solstice started at 12:30. it's the shortest night but the longest day with the sunset at 8:33 p.m. a couple of changes on the way tonight, storm tracker 6 live double scan radar showing you we were tracking a weak cold front off to the north and west this will dip to the south as we get into tonight. an isolated shower and thunderstorm is on the way. the good news in the wake of that cold front it's less humid but it's hot. we'll let you know how high the numbers go coming up in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. we'll send it back inside to you walter. >> before heading outdoors check out the storm tracker 6 live app in you will find the updated forecast for your hourly location and the hourly forecast for more insi

down the shore temperatures in the 70s, a great place to go to beat the heat and meteorologist, melissa magee is there and will have our forecast for the shore in a few moments. philadelphia 91 degrees and allentown 88 and wilmington 88 and millville 88 and you can see with the winds off the ocean the ocean temperature is 65 degrees on the beaches temperatures in the low 70s, add the humidity the heat index the way it feels 94 in philadelphia and trenton and 92 in wilmington and dover 96 degrees and the heat will be higher tomorrow and the humidity will be higher as well. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we are not getting a lot of relieve in the form of showers, one isolated one with this fronts and we have to wait for one from the west on saturday and that will bring us relief from the heat, the next 12 hours warm and humid and a stray evening thunderstorm north of philadelphia, 67 degrees and 73 for center city a warm night and tomorrow the heat is on a heat advisory is posted along the i-95 corridor from noon until 8:00, this is where the heat index the way it feels is soaring

meteorologist, melissa magee is in for meteorologist david murphy at the big board and melissa playing the bearer of bad news this friday afternoon. >> we are tracking moisture in time for the start of our weekend tomorrow might be a good read a book day or go to the movies we are tracking the moisture overhead, 35 in philadelphia and 70 in the poconos and along the coast in sea isle city, 72 7 degrees cooler in the city than the same time 24 hours ago satellite 6 along with action radar you see lots of clouds along the region you may find a few sunny breaks as this wave of low pressure passes to the north and east we'll talk about what to expect for the rest of our friday, partly cloudy with a temperature of 80 83 at 5:00 this evening 7:00 p.m. tonight 79 and a mostly cloudy skies and temperature of 75, it's a drier afternoon but it will turn soggy for saturday with the flood watch posted for lancaster county and with that comes cooler temperatures we'll look at the details in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> meanwhile, the tall ship festival continues after yesterday's

meteorologist melissa magee is here with the first check of accuweather forecast. >> hi there walter we're tracking severe showers and storms west of philadelphia. stormtracker 6 double scan radar showing activity north and west of that 95 corridor. we're tracking the cell in particular across lancaster and lancaster county. they have issued a severe thunderstorm warning until 6:30 this evening moving to ev rat aand manheim. the storm is moving 35 miles an hour. because of building heat we had today and humidity we'll see the showers and storms on stormtracker 6 street-level. you notice the cluster tracking with lightning associated with it north of quarryville and oxford and chester county. allow for more things to fire up as we go throughout the rest of tonight and into the day monday. the storm prediction has also placed philadelphia and points south and west in a low probability of finding severe weather tonight. in addition to the damaging winds we also have to watch for drenching thunderstorms. talking what we can expect, not just ut tonight but unsettled the next 4 hours. stro

meteorologist melissa magee follows the situation with storm tracker six double scan radar as she joins us live with the accu weather forecast melissa. >> walter, we are finding scattering activity popping autopsy across delaware and lehigh valley. storm tracker six live double scan radar, showing spotty activity in north and west of philadelphia even showers moving out of ocean county. there is a a cluster to the south of wilmington and north of dover. you can see we have a severe thunderstorm warning posted for new castle and also, northern kent counties as well there in delaware. this stays up until 6:15 this evening. really for middletown, townsend to the north and west of smyrna. we will track it on storm tracker six live double scan street level and you can see showers and storms for the most part are moving north east at 15 miles an hour, and we have about six lightening strikes, with this cluster that we're tracking within this past 15 minutes. so torrential rain is a big concern with the showers and storms as they move on through and winds in excess of 60 miles per hour. but th

meteorologist melissa magee has a first check of your accu weather forecast, melissa. >> yes czar, we have had a nice finish to our weekend and dryer as you mentioned as well after that torrential rain for our saturday. temperatures are definitely responding to the sunshine we had out earlier today and we have wind coming from the west/southwest making a difference. it is 77 in the city at this hour. seventy-two in reading. seventy-nine there in beach haven. this 24 hour temperature change is 12 degrees warmer in philadelphia then it was this same time yesterday. 14 degrees warmer in reading then we were just 24 hours ago. we will talk about what is ahead, it gets comfortable for us back to work on monday, but we are tracking storms on tuesday and believe it or not fourth of july, is next saturday. we've got the early call from accu weather and what you can expect. i'll have those details with the full, exclusive accu weather forecast. >>> melissa, thank you. >>> for the very latest on the forecast as you start your workweek, check out six abc to the come/weather. our live storm track

. >>> time for a check of the accu weather forecast with meteorologist melissa magee. it depend on where you live with the walt result of what you got so far. >> scattered showers and storms are moving through the east and another batch moves in overnight and start of the workweek guys. have umbrellas on stand by. storm tracker six live double scan radar showing you that the heavy rain is pressing to our east, moving off shore but, off to the west across central pennsylvania and harrisburg that is a secondary batch of moisture we are tracking overnight tonight and even for the commute for some tomorrow morning. we will show you the picture outside, sky six live in hd, looking at the center city sky line on this sunday. call than see mostly cloudy sky, overcast conditions, things are starting to clear out for right now but again that moisture out across central pennsylvania will move east ward during the overnight hours. these numbers north and west are still in the 70's after a high today of philadelphia in 90. still quite warm and sticky outside. seventy-one in warrin

and melissa magee is tracking a dry day today mostly, and a wet weekend ahead somewhat.s a 50/50 apparently. there's something out there. it's a highly contagious disease. it can be especially serious- even fatal to infants. unfortunately, many people who spread it may not know they have it. it's called whooping cough. and the cdc recommends everyone, including those around babies, make sure their whooping cough vaccination is up to date. understand the danger your new grandchild faces. talk to your doctor or pharmacist about you and your family getting a whooping cough vaccination today. >>> melissa magee is here does your dad like rain? >> no not if he has to be outside do you like it? >> i do. >> well, stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing you that it's dry right now and we have heavy rain this morning, that has since pushed on off to the south and east and we are looking okay for now and there is a possibility of stray and spotty afternoon thunderstorms. we'll show you the picture outside. the action cam was outside earlier this morning at fairmount park alon

meteorologist melissa magee is keeping an eye on both a tornado watch and flood watch tonight. she has latest with storm tracker six live double scan radar, melissa. >> we will start with that tornado watch that has been issued for kent county in delaware. watch stays up until 8:00 o'clock tonight. dover you are included and that tornado watch. what we are tracking is a warm front that will lift to the north and as it does so there is possibility of finding some rotation, with any thunderstorm that does move on through. isolated tornado cannot be ruled out this evening especially, south of philadelphia across central and southern delaware. here's storm tracker six live double scan radar. the rain is inundating much of the delaware and lehigh val which stronger pockets in south jersey but i do wanting to in tighter on street level with storm tracker six live double scan and you can see along that i-95 corridor from trenton into philadelphia and wilmington we are dealing with moderate pockets of rainfall. same thing traveling to the north of the sit a long i-76 to the north of moo

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meteorologist melissa magee.e i mentioned before some potentially unstable conditions. >> especially if you're west ever city tomorrow and it's as we get into late evening and into tomorrow night. we'll talk about details walter and stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing you it's dry tonight and this picture will likely change as we get into tomorrow night as we're tracking unsettled weather moving east ward. so we'll show you picture outside this is place to be. look at all these folks enjoying gorgeous saturday night at the spruce street harbor park and you can see we've got a partly to mostly cloudy sky and things lighting up and looks fantastic. enjoy if you are outside this saturday. was not as hot today as past couple days. thursday high of 92 and yesterday hottest day so far this year at 95. and today in philadelphia not a heat wave because we need three straight days temperatures in 90s to have that and we came in at 88 and above average of 8 for this time of we're year. it's 80 currently in philad

meteorologist melissa magee is here now the with the first check on the forecast. sarah. >> today was a big improvement to the torrential rain around the region yesterday and temperatures reflecting the change with that west to southwesterly wind and 72 degrees currently in philadelphia. 66 reading and 59 of poconos along the coast in sea isle city coming in at 73. but you look the temperatures across the mid-atlantic reepingon 7 0s and upper 60s in rich mopped and you in the the pocket of cooler air north and west upper 50s binghamton and pittsburgh pennsylvania. >> we'll widen out the picture with satellite and action radar it's just to the east of the eastern great lakes and winds in this area of low pressure are clockwise. it's mostly cloudy across the region and some clouds sdrivrting southward across the mid-atlantic region. good news as we go through the rest of the over nights hours clear. back to work on monday. we're tracking showers and storms tuesday. plus the early call from accu weather for the 4tt of july. those details sarah coming up in the full an

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the latest from accuweather and melissa magee at the "action news" big board. >> sara and rick we are tracking moisture now and it's fairly light in nature, it won't be nearly as intense as it was tuesday, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you light showers moving across the western suburbs in berks county and lancaster county and that will be the case through the rest of the evening hours we'll show you satellite 6 along with action radar, 8:00 this morning we started out fairly dry and quiet underneath the mostly sunny skies and it approaches from a west-east direction and off the delaware valleys. we'll widen out the picture and show you stormtracker 6 live double scan this is the batch of moisture we are tracking out of western sections of pennsylvania this will ride to the east and the severe weather is down to the south and well south of philadelphia with the strong watch box up in the virginias and north carolina and that will stay for the most part away from the region and the bulk of the moisture moves in late tonight and during the overnight hours and if you look at th

let's move over to meteorologist melissa magee she joins us with storm tracker 6 double scan radar. melissa. >> there's a lot of moisture in the atmosphere tonight. showers and storms are popping up in philadelphia areas south and west. stormtracker 6 double scan radar showing you activity light to moderate even heavy rainfall across the region and i want to focus into activity down in delaware and this is where we have severe thunderstorm warning until 11:30 tonight. this is for kent county and just to the south of dover we're also getting reports that the fire fly music festival is evacuated because of the strong showers and storms moving on through. it's just south of dover into woodside and harrington and milford included in the severe thunderstorm warning again until 11:30 we'll track for you on stormtracker 6 double scan street-level and you can seat moderate and heavy pockets of rainfall and so that 11:01 showers and storms pressing to -y shores and 11:02 meadow brook and acres and also continue to move north and east 35 miles an hour. here's the big picture. storm tracker 6 d

meteorologist melissa magee is at the big board with first check of the accuweather forecast. >> melissa. >> walter. it was not about the start to the weekend. temperatures still above average. certainly not as hot and humid as yesterday. currently in philadelphia, 8 0. 67 up in poconos. 75le en town and lehigh valley and 78 there in at wilmington. we have changes on the way. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar 3d showing you it's dry across the mid-atlantic region tracking a front all boundary in the south. you notice that activity firing up against across the ohio valley. so this boundary we're tracking with the showers and storms will lift north ward as we go throughout the day. on sunday wane that there's threat of finding severe weather and in fact those storm prediction center placed part of our region in low prob bit of finding weather biggest threat will be damaging winds and hail and major concern west of philadelphia and west of 95 corridor for lancaster up to poconos as we get to tomorrow afternoon and into tomorrow evening. so what's ahead for the rest of tonight. well it s

ago looking live at pens landing, you can almost see the heat and humidity out there, and now melissa magee is here with a closer look at what to expect today and over the weekend. >> rick, expect a lot of hot air and building heat and humidity making a difference in how it felt yesterday. it's 90 here in philadelphia and 87 in trenton and 89 in reading and 90 in dover, but much cooler along the coast 73 in atlantic city and 72 in beach haven. here is the big difference, the level of moisture in the atmosphere we have dew point temperatures above 70 degrees, it's oppressive. we have 70 degree dew points in allentown, philadelphia and beach haven and wilmington and points to the south and west. this will stick with us throughout the day. how hot it feels currently, a heat index in philadelphia 97 and 99 in dover and 96 in wilmington. we have the heat advisory up along the 95 corridor and the immediate suburbs to the north and west and to the east as well. it stays up until 8:00 p.m. as heat indexes are near 100 in some locates this afternoon. the weekend call from accuweather, tomorrow it's

> first lets head out live to sky 6 hd over penn's landing, you can see the heat and humidity, melissa mageeide of our studios with more on what to expect today. >> you can see the haze in the sky and really feel the difference today in comparison to yesterday that is why in fact the heat advisory is posted. for philadelphia the i-90 corridor and 25 miles to the east and 25 miles to the west. it just went into effect at noon and stays up until 8:00 this evening, it's the heat and the humidity, we'll feel like the upper 90s to near 100 currently outside it's 90 degrees with the heat index of 97 in the city and 87 in trenton and 89 and reading and 90 in dover but the relief is on the coast 73 in beach haven and 74 in sea isle city. the level of moisture in the atmosphere any time you have dew points 75 or higher it's down right oppressive outside and this is sticking with us throughout the aafternoon, so looking ahead. 3:00 in the afternoon 95 if we hit that that will be tying the record here in philadelphia. 92 at 5:00 tonight and we'll drop down into the upper 80s as we get into the evening

meteorologist melissa magee has her first check of the forecast. >> hi, walter we had a hot and steamy to our weekend on father's day and warm out now. philadelphia d philadelphia tion 85. dover 7 up inle allentown along the coast in sea isle city 81. winds are out of westerly direction so we still have humidity to factor in feet like 88 when you put up heat index in philadelphia and 8 as well in dover. a couple things to focused in on. stormtracker it's try for most locations however up sear orsections of south jersey where we're tracking a spotty shower and even thunderstorm moving on it in. activity pressing to southern burlington county. route 55. keep that in mind. storm is moving east 40 miles an hour and this will start to move offshore as we go through the rest of the overnight hours. this moisture is not associated in association rather with cold front coming on tloor in the wake of that front it gets louis humid monday it gets hot we'll let you know how it is. >> thank you melissa. of course our weather team will track the forecast throughout the night. make sure to tune into

is not as advertised why at&t is facing a historic find, and another edition of down the shore, melissa magee is live in atlantic city. hey melissa. >> hey there, we are at the historic historic gardener's basin have you great views of bay we are getting ready for the chefs at the shore event a fundraising event and we'll have more on that, and we'll take you inside the atlantic city aquarium and we'll have details when "action news" returns. >>> pope francis is getting global praise and criticism today for taking a strong stand on climate change the pope thought to recast the debate over global warming as a moral issue, fan visis calling for a bold cultural revolution that exploits the poor and pollutes the planet in the process. and called out those that doesn't say that climate change is real and only makes the problem worse. >>> and the archdiocese of philadelphia and the world leaders are heading to rome before the world meeting of families. don't miss my live reports starting monday here on "action news." legislation key to getting president obama's trade deal threw is at the house they

with a high of 8 degrees a place to be soaking up the sunshine in sea isle city meteorologist melissa mageeherself and she is eating seafood too right melissa. >> i think i'm stuffed already and this is in fact a great place to be. you mentioned the heat is on and head down the shore we have mike's seafood and boats thanks to larsens marina, if you are headed down on friday partly sunny and breezy and a high temperature of 78 degrees on saturday the humidity really kicks up and so does the temperatures too, a high temperature of 86 degrees this is my pick of the two over the weekend and a nice mixture of sun and clouds and a high of 77 what is the latest down the shore we'll keep the breeze going and bring you some seafood. >> good i am hungry. beautiful down the shore right now, the exclusive accuweather forecast, 95 tomorrow and the heat index up to 99 and saturday 90 with showers and thunderstorms rolling through and that will drop temperatures down into the mid-80s on sunday and monday tuesday warm and more humid and 88 with showers and thunderstorms and temperatures drop to more comfor

melissa magee is live in atlantic city.h everything we can look forward to. >> reporter: hey sharrie hey monica, the event is underway and this is the 12th annual chefs at the shore event. it's about food and fundraising it goes to a good cause it helps culinary students and the aquarium. there is food galore well have all of this plus if you are not in atlantic city, check out what else is going on down the shore. >> shine them up and take a look around, the antique auto show is in town with more than 300 vintage vehicles on display head to the tabernacle grounds and check out hot rods and col classics from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. followed by a parade of cars on the boardwalk if you are locking for something fun for dad during father's day weekend head to sea isle city for the skimmer festival. it's geared for the entire family and the two day event featured a seaside craft market with 300 vendors with food and fashion and sculpting competition at jfk and the promenade. hope to see you this weekend down at the shore. >>

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meteorologist melissa magee is keeping an eye on storm tracker six double scan radar and adjoins us live with the very latest, melissa. >> walter and sarah we are track ago this moisture and heavy rainfall and showers and storms are pressing east of philadelphia into south jersey. storm tracker six live double scan radar showing you some light activity in mercer county and trenton but more moisture moving across areas in the toms river and as far south as cape may new jersey. we will go in on the broad scope with storm tracker six live double scan 3-d and you can see first batch of moisture we are tracking currently pressing to the south and east. throughout the overnight hours we are tracking secondary boundary that is currently up on the western and central pennsylvania. this will work eastward overnight tonight and throughout the day on monday. so we will talk about what we can expect as we go throughout the next 36 hours here, scattered showers and storms, downpours and localized flooding is a concern with anyone of these thunderstorms that moves through. wind in excess of 60 miles a

meteorologist melissa magee here to talk about a flood watch as a matter of fact. melissa. >> yeah, that's right, monica. as we get into the second half of our weekend we are tracking what will be the remnants of bill working their way eastward but outside currently it's not too bad. in fact its a warmer afternoon than it was the same time yesterday. the heat index currently in philadelphia coming in at 88. 92 in washington d.c. and 93 in richmond, virginia but cooler air off to the north and west. here's storm tracker6 live double scan raid darn you are noticing some spotty showers just to the north of philadelphia. starting to press on through and this will be the case for the rest of the evening hours. but i want to widen out the picture here because what we are tracking is what will be what's left of bill. you can see showers and storms currently across the midwest and the ohio valley. all of this tropical moisture will be working its way eastward just in time for the second half of our weekend. so, future tracker six showing you it's really late saturday night

. >> meteorologist melissa magee is tracking this system and joins us live with the first check of the accu weather forecast melissa. >> sarah and walter, we have been tracking the the showers and storms for a good chunk of the day showers and storms have been north and west of the i-95 corridor but they are moving south and east. we will go in tighter, on storm tracker six live double scan street level north and west of philadelphia, north and west of the i-95 corridor but activities with showers and storms firing up lightning in berks county, reading also some showers moving into fleet wood they continue to move off to the north and a east, allah even town with showers and as moisture sagging to the the south and east. so quakertown, doylestown, for areas to the south in malvern and west wood into honey brook we are currently dealing with the showers and storms. the big concern today really for rest of the overnight hours has been the flash flooding, flash flood warning has been issued that stays up until 12:15 for berks and lehigh counties. they have already seen more than 2 inches

melissa magee, channel 6 "action news." >> and how convenient that melissa is not with me today withis. you take a look at the fishing pier in avalon and that very choppy water looking more like a washing machine at this point. it is going to turn a lot nicer and we'll have the full accuweather forecast coming up. let me turn this way and get some rain drops on the lens so you can feel what i feel with the rain coming in. sharrie you don't have to do this but rick can you come down and dry me off? >> you stand right there i'll be there in three hours stay right there. that will never happen. stay with all the weather changes at 6abc.com/, find live radar and the seven-day forecast and get the latest from our team of meteorologists. >> not looking great at the shore lets see how it is looking at the shore. it's not lonely on the schuylkill or i-95 tonight. >> even if you decided to go down and dry him off it would take three hours or more, there is stuff in your way like this crash on the ben franklin bridge, you'll run into it we have fire truck and police on the scene and traffic is

. >> it's time for the accuweather forecast, lets go to meteorologist, melissa magee.ll in the heat advisory. >> that is right quite hot and steamy across the delaware and lehigh valley the high in philadelphia so far coming in at 94 making it the hottest day so far this year, and it looks like the building heat and humts will continue for part of our weekend, currently outside in philadelphia, 94 and 90 in allentown and the lehigh valley here at the coast is where you'll fine the relief and sea isle city 73 and atlantic city 73 and out to the west 80s, 84 for lancaster and 84 in reading now check out the dew points a level of the moisture in the atmosphere, any time you see the scale climb to 70 or higher it's oppressive overhead and that is what we have to deal with one again this afternoon. here is satellite 6 along with action radar it's partly cloudy and dry and quiet across the region and off to the west we are tracking the showers and storms and severe weather watch boxes popping up for areas in ohio and into upstate new york and we'll go in tighter with stormtr

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meteorologist melissa magee is here now with our first check of the forecast. hi melissa. >> hi, rick. we are tracking some unsettled weather for the start of our weekend. we'll show you what's going on with storm tracker6 live double scan radar 3-d. the area of low pressure we're tracking is over central sections of illinois. you can see all of this moisture currently moving out of the ohio valley. it will continue to do so as we get into the start of our weekend on saturday. so, we'll time it out for you showing you future tracker six. as we go throughout the morning hours 11:00 a.m. you can see a lot of the steady rain is still west of philadelphia so still some light precipitation at that moment but as we go in time here, 7:00 p.m. tomorrow evening the heavy rain will continue to move on in from a west to east direction. and that's why the national weather service has issued that flood watch. it's really for philadelphia that 95 corridor and points to the north and west, so the watch goes up saturday afternoon lasting right through sunday morning. flooding i

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i'll be out there tomorrow, come out and say hi, walter perez will be there too, monica malpass, melissa magee, a bunch of of us, we have the phils in action in south philadelphia. new kids on the block concert. thank you for the musical help there. of this is 43 in south jersey, no big delays on 295. mostly dry at this point. >> thank you matt. >>> police in allentown say a guy crashed his van into a fence at a playground injuring an 11-year-old boy at stevens park. police say the driver was trying to make a turn when he hit the fence, a piece of the fence hit the boy who suffered minor injuries. witnesses say he had a 6 pack of beer in his hands when he got out of van. police have not indicated whether alcohol was a factor in the crash. >>> prosecutors in the colorado shooting trial is set to wrap up their case they will call ashly mosser to the stand she was paralyzed and suffered a miscarriage and her 6-year-old daughter was killed in the 20123 shooting. attorneys will limit mosser's testimony because the details are so heart wrenching and emotional. >>> the remnants of tropical storm bill

degrees and rain and thunderstorms with a high of 75 degrees, today was not the great beach day but melissa magee is down in atlantic city. you have a nice view there. >> it's a gorgeous view of the atlantic city and the back bays. and you can see that we have got a pretty cool conditions but it will get better for part of our weekend, we have the shore covers for you on friday we are tracking a spotty shower until the cold front moves on through and after that a nice mixture of sunshine and clouds and high temperature of 84 and then on saturday turning cloudy especially if the afternoon it's a cooler day with a high of 76 and the remnants of bill is making its way down the coastline, a wet day with rain storms around and a tropical feel too with a high on sunday of 82 degrees, think about doing something indoors for dad for father's day. >> thank you i like that. >> so the exclusive accuweather forecast, sunshine is back in the afternoon and in the morning with a cold front could have an isolate the shower and the human is dropping through the day, on saturday becoming mostly cloudy and 83 degre

. >>> here's a preview of melissa magee's day trip to lancaster. >> we want everyone to discover everything there is in lang. >> reporter: intercourse bike work has rentals and guided tours geared to you. what makes the experience so unique. >> there's a cultural difference here, we try to plan the routes where you won't see anything else. >> there's plenty to see on the 8-mile route. >> people can come here and enjoy the lancaster experience. >> if you're going on a bike, you're going slow. it's beautiful. >> reporter: and the perfect end to your tour, homemade ice cream. >> when folks come into the visitor center i've got three or four routes. >> ice cream cheer in lancaster county! >> good saturday morning to you, sky6 live hd taking a live look for us now over wilmington, delaware, 72 degrees outside 5:51. >>> another warning about cigarette smoking nearly all the deaths from cancer can be attributed to smoking. most of the cancers are in the lungs and throat. but a significant number of smokers die of bladder liver and mouth cancer. the number could be higher because it doesn't include

but we begin with melissa magee with the latest on what we can expect next. melissa. >> sarah, the good news is the bulk of that heavy flooding rain is starting to depart to our north and east with the showers still persist for much of delaware lehigh valley. you do notice the pocket moving across lancaster and berks county. but i do want to go in a little tighter on the east of philadelphia. so if you're in woodbury, we still have a little bit of light to moderate rainfall. same thing for medford lakes berlin hammonton. as you move over into chatsworth and speedwell, we are dealing with moderate pockets of moisture but a the love it departing to our north and east. a flash-flood warning stays up until 12:30 in the morning on sunday. these locations, the red shaded counties here, have already seen anywhere from 2 to 3 inches of moisture. for cumberland up to gloucester, camden atlantic, burlington and also ocean counties, again right through the overnight hours. the moisture even report of some strong showers and storms. so the storm report, worton and rock ha

meteorologist melissa magee is at the big board with a first check of the accuweather forecast hey melissa. >> hi there, walter, hope had you a chance to enjoy the weekend. sunshine overhead. comfortable conditions and low humidity. all that changing as early as tomorrow. currently outside 61 and 61 along the coast in sea isle city and temperature in at 61. changes up ahead however stormtracker 6 double scan radar showing you it's dry across the mid-atlantic region with ridge of high pressure that slides on off to the south and east. much of the day we've tapped into comfortable southerly whipped. but off to the west we're tracking showers and storms and severe weather currently across the great lakes and down to the ohio valley. this will slide south and east as early as tomorrow. so storm prediction center has placed our reej glon low probability of finding severe weather. the biggest bet of finding strong showers and storms will be north and west of 95 corridor and biggest concern is wimd, shale and flooding downpours. we'll talk about what we can expect throughout the day tomorrow. war

meteorologist, melissa magee tracking the storms. >> right now we are tracking light precipitation and light rainfall, mainly for the city and points to the north and west. we'll show you stormtracker 6 live double scan, you can see the light rain for the city the 95 corridor and across our western suburbs in pennsylvania and we go tighter to street level and you can see rain along the i-95 corridor pressing into media and if you are traveling along route 3 south of malvern moving into pottstown and honey brock, we are dealing with light but steady moisture. we'll show you the temperatures however the moisture is moving on it it's pretty comfortable, most spots are in the 70s and the poconos 71 degrees and the poconos and lehigh valley, in sea isle city. a wave of energy work its way eastward well south of our area moving across areas in the virginias and also north carolina and that is where it will stay for the rest of tonight. we'll talk about what to expect and we are tracking steady moisture moving in from the northeast direction and the gusty shower or storm is expected south of

melissa magee is live at 4:00. and when it comes to piercing a baby's ears why thousands want the practice banned in england. >> and she was caught on camera taking down not one but to softball players, with her elbow, she is not facing any consequences the explanation today in big talkers. accuweather is next at noon sky 6 hd looking at atlantic city on a hot and humid thursday, meteorologist, david murphy has your seven-day forecast when "action news" returns. i'd just felt this way for too long. so i finally talked to my doctor about my symptoms. i'd tried laxatives before. he prescribed amitiza (lubiprostone) for my chronic constipation. it works differently than laxatives. man: amitiza is clinically shown to help relieve common symptoms like bloating abdominal discomfort hard stools, and straining and help people with chronic constipation go more often. don't take amitiza, if you have a bowel blockage or severe diarrhea. tell your doctor, if your nausea or diarrhea, becomes severe, or if you experience chest t

melissa magee is filling in for david and has the accuweather preview. >> reporter: we have a 50/50 weekendthe way and it doesn't look to be the bright of the for dad come father's day, but currently outside in philadelphia it's actually 17 degrees warmer in the city than the same time yesterday. 83 in philadelphia and 80 in reading, along the coast in beach haven 83 and dover is coming in at 81 so the dew point is high, this is the level of the moisture in the atmosphere, any time you have due partnerships in the 60s to lower 70s, it's humid to nearly oppressive overhead. we'll show you the friday get away if you are out and about the city, shore and poconos we have you covered. the high temperature in the city 87 and at the shore an afternoon shower is likely a high temperature coming in at 84 nice in the poconos and turning less humid with a high temperature of 76 here is stormtracker 6 live double scan 3-d, we are tracking changes just in time for the weekend, you can see a lot of moisture in the ohio valley pressing into st. louis this is bill's moisture still a tropical depression, ma

and melissa magee will be long later in the newscast with the rainy forecast from accuweather. >> and politics another victory for obamacare courtsey of supreme court for second time the high court upheld the affordable care act this time a volt of 6-3 pivotal decision allows federal tax credits that subsidize health credits for mills yonz of american. they delivered the opinion on a case that hinged on four words saying the court was following what it believes congress intended president obama called it a vick toringy saying our grand kids will be incred ulus some day that poor used to be denied healthcare. >>> another momentous decision from high court could come as early as tomorrow on gay marriage and weighing rights of same-sex couples versus states with enacted bans. >> a violent video went viral a group of teenagers mercilessly beating a philadelphia high school student and what sickened people was not just the brutality but kids were laughing and bragging about. it we want to warn you this is tough to watch however dann cuellar reports police and public are refusing to let thi

time for a check of the accuweather forecast with meteorologist melissa magee.de. spots got rain not bad. >> showers earlier today and all of that moved offshore. so after that we've got clearing skies for the second half of the weekend walter. something to look forward to. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar dry and quiet after picking up 1.37" of rain and soaking with showers and thunderstorms that moved through. all thanks to a cole front that pushed offshore. we show you the picture outside. sky6 live in hd gorgeous shot here on this saturday night. of the ben franklin xwrinl we've got a mostly clear sky overhead and really comfortable conditions. we'll tea you back and revisit the first five days of june. it has been cool with temperatures averaging 6.7 degrees below what they should be month of june. that was not the case today on the 6th day we were arm. 80 the high. normal for us this time of year is 80. it's comfortable tonight. 69 in philadelphia and 48 in poconos and dover 62. lancaster in lower 60s and along the coast cooler beach haven 61 and tapp

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meteorologist melissa magee takes a look. >> thanks adam & cecily. it was certainly a wild start to 2015! examining the past helps us forecast the future so let me show you how the year's shaped up so far. it started with what, for many, seemed like the winter that would never end. temperatures averaged more than 5 degrees below normal from january through march. the worst was february, when temps averaged near 10 degrees below normal making it the coldest we have seen in 36 years! snow was still in the air as late as march 30th in many areas. then came april and may and it was instantly spring with temps averaging over 3.5 degrees above normal. now, everyone wants to know which of these patterns will set up over the summer months. >> based on what we have seen over the last few weeks much of the summer looks to be warm & humid with a bermuda high set up off the eastern seaboard and the jet stream ridging northward into canada. this looks to be the case about 60% of the time. however, there will be dips in the jet stream to provide brief spells of mi

at 84 degrees, and meteorologist chris sowers will be here tomorrow morning and meteorologist melissa mageet to track heavy rains with possible flooding tomorrow. >> in my goodness, thank you adam. >>> children got a chance to rock the runway tonight check it out this lady had some style in her walk. kid participated in a ready to wear fashion show in the philadelphia's kensington section. proceeds benefit ronald mcdonald house and variety the children's charity. >>> so, the phillies shocker but that is what it was today. >> the first phillies manager to resign in 55 years. >> wow. >> can't take losing, hey neither can ryne sandberg. phillies manager flat out quits today walked into general manager's reuben amaro's office and resigned. phillies are completely caught off guard. sandberg says he has been thinking about stepping down the last few weeks, so looming front office changes and losing were eating a away at him. sandberg walks away with the worst winning percentage by a phils manager in 43 years. >> in the last three years here in philadelphia, i have met some of the most passionate