has an update from accuweather. >>> time to get an update from melissa magee and accuweather. >> it's a good start and then the moisture comes back saturday rick. we'll talk about that and maybe a taste of fall for some. >> taste of fall taste of rain. >> back to football. >> you can see it's dry right now, we had a lot of moisture in the area yesterday and the cold front moved on out and we are looking good for the rest of today, sky 6 hd, down at the shore in atlantic city, you can see folks on the boardwalk there, and also there in the distance, not bad, temperatures there in the lower 70s, so it has been dry, that rain we picked up yesterday was much needed for philadelphia in fact we had 20 straight days without rain and yesterday was a record at philadelphia international airport where philadelphia the city picked up 4.76 inches of rain and the cold front is moving on out and drier air is moving on in. 69 in tannersville and 75 in slatington and middle 70s in center city and 72 in coatesville and the lower 70s in kennett square, in new jersey, hammonton 74 and upper 70s

one last check of the forecast, with melissa magee. >> it's another warm one, highs in philadelphia in 80s, 84 in allentown and 86 in lancaster and clouds and sunshine moving in and cooler along the coast with the northeasterly wind and a better day tomorrow and the heat returns on sunday. >> thank you melissa. >>> a look at stories coming up on "action news" at beginning at 4:00, it's freebie friday, we have special details of deals for your holiday weekend and pope francis had a virtual audience and today we get a special look at the event and we talk to the man that helped to run it, what david muir says about his interaction with the pontiff as he gets ready to come to philadelphia. that will do it for "action news" at noon, join us today for "action news" at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. for sara bloomquist, david murphy, melissa magee, i'm rick williams have a nice afternoon, see you later. what do a nascar® driver... a comedian... and a professional golfer have in common? we talked to our doctors about treatment with xarelto®. xarelto® is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt a

. >> meteorologist melissa magee is in for adam joseph. hi, melissa. >> hi, sharrie, brian. we like that timing, the pope exits just in time for his departure we've got some showers that we are tracking as the week wears on. a fair amount of cloud cover overhead breaks in those clouds to get our numbers up into the 80's. 82 in philadelphia, 78 in new york city, 81 for washington, d.c. also in richmond. you probably noticed a difference today in the dewpoint, the humidity definitely coming up from where it was yesterday. we have a 66-degree dewpoint in the city. 71-degree dewpoint there in richmond, virginia. that is a very oppressive air mass overhead to our south. here's the water vapor imagery. it tracks the moisture in the atmosphere. any time you see golds or yellows that's an indication of drier air but two tropical pieces of energy we're tracking one over the gulf of mexico one in the atlantic, this will be impacting our weather as the week wears on. so, we'll talk about what we can expect for the rest of tonight and for the week ahead. a spike in the humidity, you've

let's head outside to meteorologist melissa magee in for adam joseph today. an umbrella, melissa. >> yes, sharrie and rick we're tracking a couple spotty showers that are moving across the area. we'll show you satellite6 along with action raid today. it's mostly cloudy and there's some activity in philadelphia and points to the south and west. it's all because of a weak disturbance that's moving northward. so, a brief shower is likely. you could see that on street level with storm tracker6 radar. in malvern we're dealing with some light moisture, same thing along route one to the north of coatesville, also along route 30 and as far north and west of lebanon there in lancaster. so we'll talk about the numbers. it's definitely cool with that easterly wind. 70 in philadelphia, just 60 up in the poconos. 71 in wilmington. and 68 degrees in trenton. talking about what's ahead, well, another cool one on the way tomorrow. it gets warmer midweek which happens to be the first day of fall and also a preview of the papal visit and the papal forecast this week. those deta

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fluzone high-dose vaccine. >>> melissa magee is back inside now, what a way to end the work week. >>the trend is going to continue into the first half of our weekend rick, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you it's dry, high pressure has been in control, and it stays that way, for the rest of our afternoon, we'll show you the picture outside and the action cam was outside earlier in the back bays of atlantic city, and folks are doing surf fishing there, and we have a nice finish on the way tomorrow as well. we are coming in at 80 degrees and still nice and dry and the pressure is 30.04 and holding steady, along the 95 corridor, lower 80s, and 80 in trenton and along the coast in cape may, 76 and 80 in atlantic city at the airport. here is satellite 6 along with action radar it is clear and quiet from new england all the way down to the mid-atlantic region and off to the west we track this cold front moving across the midwest and the eastern great lakes and as it works its way eastward, a lot of energy with the front starts to fall apart. we track this saturday night into sunday

lets check in with meteorologist, melissa magee. >> a much better start to our friday, the moisture and torrential rain across the delaware and lehigh valley exiting to the north and east and temperatures responding nicely, 76 in philadelphia and 71 in cape may and lower 70s in dover and also lancaster out to the west. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan here is the moisture we had in our region late last night into the early morning hours, it's moving out of maine and in philadelphia we picked up 4.7 inches, nearly 5 inches of moisture, 5 inches of rain in the area, we are drying out for the rest of today, the dew point is a level of moisture in the air and they are still in the lower 60s, you notice the particles coming in from the other direction and that lowers the atmosphere and humidity as we move through our friday and the start of our weekend, as we step out today, we have a double header, the phils taking on the cubs, lets play two today and the second game at 11:00 p.m. tonight, the ninth inning the temperature 70 degrees, lower humidity for us on our friday, we are dry to

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meteorologist melissa magee joins us outside for the check of the accuweather forecast. >> hi there, walter, as you mentioned the weekend so far so good across the delaware and lehigh valley and looks action like as he chose the holiday weekend tomorrow dry conditions prevail. check out numbers across the region, 86. not that comfortable in the city. 76. along the coast in cape may a little cooler, 76. 84 out to the west in lancaste lancaster. so if you step out on the town, we have a really nice sunday evening planned for you and it's stale partly sunny at 7 p.m. tonight. that temperature around 83. mostly clear at 8 p.m. we'll drop down to 80 and upper 70s at 9 and 10 p.m. underneath a mostly clear sky. couple changes on the way as we get to monday. due point the level of moisture in the air and by monday relatively pleasant for this time year. you'll notice the changes as we get to tuesday, wednesday, and for that matter thursday. you can feel the difference in the air mass on the way and as it moves on through the 90s make it come back as well. we'll talk about what is ahead. dry

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. >> meteorologist melissa magee is at the big board with the first check of the accuweather forecast. hey, there, melissa. >> hi there, walter, a great start to day. if you like today, nice conditions as we get into the second half of weekend as well. currently outside in philadelphia coming in at 74 degrees. cool up in the poconos, 69. 67 out to the west in lancaster and 72 read ago long the coast in sea isle city coming in at 7. winds currently southerly direction and because of a front at boundary we're tracking. here's stormtracker 6 double scan radar you can see the cold front scechd out across new england and down across the mid-atlantic region and ohio valley and heaviest lifting off north and east. the showers are working their way east ward and a lot of this moisture fall ago part as it moves into the reeming don't of the front moves on through. first of all in the wait we have cooler air that will ariver as we check out the numbers across the area. >> 51 green bay and 57 in chicago we'll into a piece of this cooler air for second half of weekend tomorrow. so what's ahead? w

for sharrie williams and adam joseph and melissa magee, i am brian taff.us tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00. on phl 17. >>> coming up next on "action news" at 5:00, one local ambulance company is getting ready to take on a major role to assure everyone's health during the papal visit. >>> and local young pilgrims celebrate the arrival of pope francis by learning about it in class. how they will take part in the world meeting of families. those and much more next. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program.w, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> pope francis has arrived in the united states, just a short time ago his plane touched down at joint base andrews, there to greet him was president obama and the first family and vice president joe biden and his family. he is there to greet the president and celebrate a mass and give a speech to joint congress. he has officially begun a six day visit that takes him to the capital here in philadelphia. we have team coverage with rick williams and monica ma

all right i pulled the short straw, melissa magee pulled the long straw, she is ending another great season down at the shore. getting your feet in the sand for one last time. >> reporter: man adam i cannot believe the summer is coming to an end but we are enjoying our last gasp of summer down at the shore in ocean city and tomorrow we have you covered with the shore forecast, on friday more clouds than sunshine and we are tracking a thundershower and it looks to be inland locations with a high of 80 and on saturday for the start of the holiday weekend, sunny and breezy and a bit of an on shore flow as well with a high temperature of 78, on sunday sunny and beautiful high of 80 degrees and water temperatures will be in the upper to middle 70s, it looks fan taft ecand i have been on the boardwalk this whole time, adam you guys have fun this weekend down at the shore. >> go run and take a dive after the hard work this entire summer season. >> that girl ain't going into the water maybe to her ankles. she ain't getting that hair wet, i know her too well. scattered thunderstorms in the af

immediate guest, melissa magee, with the accuweather forecast when we come back. >>> melissa magee is in for cecily. >> we are in the 90s. >> how many have we had this year? >> 31 and we have more to go. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's dry for the most part and we have the sea breeze front moving in and that moisture is moving in from a southeasterly wind and the stiff southeasterly winds in philadelphia, pressing into wilmington, not a major concern but something to watch out for. we'll show you the picture outside, the action cam was outside earlier this afternoon at franklin square park, we have a nice blue sky overhead and nice, puffy cumulous clouds. lets talk about the highlights, another heat wave and the air show forecast is coming up as early as tomorrow, with the air showdown in atlantic city. heat wave number five of our philadelphia summer season, 91 was the high on sunday, yesterday's high is 90 and today we maxed out at 95 degrees, the average high is 83, we were well above that today. the air show forecast, tomorrow in atlantic city, sunny and humid with an

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jaime apody with details coming up. >>> in weather melissa magee in for adam. monica. temperatures up and down in the midatlantic. in the 60's and 70's a bit of a fall feel for the first day back to work. details we'll let you know how long the stretch is sticking around for the accuweather forecast. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues in a moment. let's clear the air. there are no limits on the amount of carbon pollution power plants can... release. and our senator, pat toomey, led the fight to keep it that way. carbon pollution, a major cause of climate change, leads to more asthma attacks in children. over a million pennsylvanians now suffer from asthma. and senator toomey took over a million dollars from polluters. tell senator toomey: it's time to clear the air. vote for the clean power plan. a wave of game-day excitement is rolling into dunkin'. taste the new tailgater breakfast sandwich, stacked with smoked sausage, fire-roasted peppers, and onions. america runs on dunkin'. >> police in new york city looking for this woman tonight caug

vote this down. >>> lets head back to melissa magee live in ocean city having fun. >> we are having funwe are about to wrap up the end of our summer season but that doesn't mean the fun has to stop. who is ready to go back to school! >> i didn't think that would work. the parents are ready and people are on the sand with their beach umbrellas enjoying what is rest of their holiday. the heat was on today in philadelphia, we had a high temperature of 96 degrees, the hottest day so far this year, the record was 100 set back in 1953, it was hot today and not near record territory, some of the other numbers in the delaware and lehigh valley, in philadelphia, wilmington and trenton and reading, we have heat indexes at 94 degrees, that is a popular number but along the shore, 88 in beach haven, you factor in the heat index in atlantic city, temperatures however, satellite 6 along with action radar shows you that we are tracking a back door cold front that is moving in and can you see that front approaching buffalo and binghamton and all the way up across the areas in new england and this conti

lot of folks are getting their weekend started off the right way, now more from meteorologist, melissa mageet looks like a nice start to the holiday weekend, it's still warm and clouds are drifting across the delaware valleys, 89 in philadelphia and 81 in trenton and the poconos, and beach haven at 84, we have the winds currently in a northeast direction, because of a frontal boundary dipping south ward, how it currently feels, dew points 65 to 70 degrees, can you feel the humidityover head and it looks like the humidity is dropping as soon as the frontal boundary dips to the south, here is stormtracker 6 live double scan not a lot going on right now, an area of low pressure over the great lakes but a back door cold front dips to the south, we get clouds mixing in with sunshine and you get into the heating of the day period, there could be an isolated shower or thunderstorm popping up. whether you are in the city or shore or the poconos today, philadelphia it's humid with an afternoon shower or thunderstorm around and high temperatures in the upper 80s near 90 once again, at the shore clouds

melissa magee is in ocean city.g it. >> eva scared me, i was scared for the kids and she said back to school. i refuse to believe that the summer is coming to an and and before it did you have to savor some of the shore sweet staples, we are inside of schreibers, it's a staple institution, they have been here since 1898, you have a log that gets stretched out and rolled out and we buy it in the store and it looks like this. this is the peach flavor, if are you not inside of schreibers you must be somewhere else having fun. check it out as we reel it on in. >> reporter: it's the final hoorah before the end of summer, take one more stroll along the boards and the labor day craft show gets underway, and the show starts this friday and continues on sunday, head out to the boardwalk and pick up a one of a kind hand made piece, rain or shine you are sure to grab a good find. in ocean city, it's all about the activities, spend the weekend enjoying all the shore sta stapl staples, it kicks off with a one mile fun run or wal

let's head outside to melissa magee for late word from accu weather, melissa. >> yeah rick, as you mentioned it was a scorcher today and hot air sticking around for middle half of the workweek. the this is heat wave number five of our summer season and in philadelphia, it started out on sunday with a high of 91. yesterday's high 90. today in philadelphia, we have climbed all the way up to 95 degrees, so, the hottest days so far, welshing one of the days was today up to 95 degrees. matching, july, 19th and the 20th, also a couple of days in june. so five times, we have had temperatures at 95 degrees. you have the heat and you also have the humidity that is building. dew point numbers anytime in the upper 60's and lower 07's you can feel the oppressive air mass overhead and that will be sticking around for some, as we go throughout the day tomorrow. so your day planner is showing you 8:00 o'clock in the morning, bright, sun which a temperature of 77. 11:00 a.m. up to 85. average is 83. ninety-three at 2:00 in the afternoon and 5:00 p.m. at 92. rick, tomorrow it looks to be day four of the heat

meteorologist melissa magee is live at the "action news" big board with more on that. a. >> reporter: yeah, rick and monica, looks like it's going to be a good one as we head into the rest of our holiday. iphiladelphia high temperature of 93 degrees. record tying heat. tying the old record of 93 set back in 2008. wilmington 92, allentown 90. trenton and wildwood at the coast it wasn't as warm. temperatures there in the middle and lower 80's because of that northeasterly breeze that moved on in. future tracker6 showing you as we go throughout the rest of our weekend tomorrow, at 5:00 p.m. you notice numbers are pretty comfortable in new england in the 70's, 83 here in philadelphia and 82 degrees there in baltimore, maryland, with the drier air moving on in and lower humidity as well. so, how it will feel when you step outdoors tomorrow, the dewpoint, level of moisture in the air, we talked about it in our summer months and by tomorrow afternoon we'll have dewpoint numbers at 60 degrees or below which means it will be comfortable for the start of our labor day holiday wee

melissa magee will talk about that in the accuweather 7-day forecast.welcome fall. >> okay. >> thank you. >> thank you, cecily. >>> much more still to come in our next half hour of "action news" at 5:00 the first of the pilgrims begin to arrive for the visit of pope francis to philadelphia and hotels are filling up fast. we're live with the latest. >> plus, we'll take a look back 36 years at the last time a pope visited our area. the one striking difference between the visit of pope john paul and pope francis. >> also after a long hard journey a young refugee gets the thrill of a lifetime. why this day was so special for one little boy. >> we'll have those stories and much more when we come right back. >> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> hello again here's what's happening on "action news" tonight. as the days wind down to the visit of pope francis to philadelphia, local hotel rooms are filling up. we're live as the first of the pilgrims begins to arrive for this historic

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matt o'donnell, karen rogers, melissa magee hosts the show. the miss america peanut starts at 9:00 p.m. on 6abc. >> it is crunch time, pope francis arrives in philadelphia in less than two weeks. >> and it's not just organizers who are making last minute preps. local businesses are getting ready, too. >> this is why you live in the city. center city businesses are harshing out details for the papal weekend. val stafford has 8 businesses in city. the. >> for all our restaurants and retail we're open the whole weekend. >> 13th street retailers are following her lead. >> reporter: there's pope merchandise at the soap store. all plan to work that weekend. >> if we're able to comdaylight as many people that want to come in we'll stay open as late as people want to come in. if it's too much we'll close the door and call it a day. >> reporter: the world meeting of organize he organizers offerd the pope campaign they offered sweepstakes for trips to rome to attract the masses. retailers like boyds received their fall line. they have ated their schedul

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that is where a lucky melissa magee is on the boardwalk in owes city, taking in one last taste of summerand ice-cream and a dip in the sand and surf, yes we are at the shore today at 4:00. and we are with the eagles as they get ready for the final preseason game of the year and the sports team will have all thingses birds report it begins at 4:00, don't forget you can take us with you on the go, on our news app, watch us streaming live on your tablet or smart phone and coming up in the next half hour, we'll talk about parents that use internet connected baby monitors. >>> accuweather is coming up. >> meteorologist, david murphy is here now with a check of the accuweather forecast. >> one mosh day and then things start to get better, the stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you we are without a precipitation at noon and as we look outside, we are looking at hazy sunshine certainly and earlier this morning, we were in chestnut hill with this beautiful picture of flowers blooming and the big green leaves and chestnut hill looking good and the blue sky above is misleading and as you look ho

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david murphy, tamala edward, matt o'donnell and karen rodgers, for walter perez, adam joseph, melissa magee, jeff skversky and jamie a apody and entire "action news" team, over here i'm sarah bloomquist have a great night. >>> eag also arrived in atlanta all set for a season opening monday night showdown against the falcons. >> everybody is talking about the game. i can't wait to get out there and get the season started. >> we have a lot of respect for matt ryan and receivers. >> we have a little extra feeling. it is monday night. i'm excited. >> slam dunk, congratulate world champion philadelphia 76ers. >> plus a somber day as we say good bye to the sixers legend. >> moses eugene malone. >> fill is have a man at second with one out and howard will hit a home run. >> big piece continues to break out of the big slump as phillies get another big win, against the the cubs. >> two days in a row, smiling, nice to beat a good team like the cubs. >>> this is a "action news" sports sunday. >> welcome to sports sunday i'm ducis rodgers with jamie apody, brandon graham and jeff skversky will join us

destroyed more than 800 homes making them the most destructive in recent years, meteorologist, melissa magee, is here with a closer look at the forecast. right now smooth sail. >> yes, it's really nice, but next week it gets cooler and more like fall, we have to enjoy it while we can, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's dry and high pressure is in control, and a gorgeous shot outside, that is where everyone is on a nice friday afternoon, it's comfortable and had some folks earlier walking around and everyone is doing their business. working here on this friday afternoon, we'll show you what is going on as we look at the neighborhood numbers north and west of town, 80 in slatington and tannersville 75 and 73 in warrington and lower 80s in kennett square and center city 82 and levittown 73, 76 in surf city and 75 in avalon and the lower 80s in glassboro and the same thing in cinnaminson and ewing 83. here is satellite 6 along with action radar it's mostly clear and quiet and plenty of sunshine to enjoy as we get out into the rest of this friday afternoon we are tracking this front, no

more day left in the long holiday weekend we're expecting accuweather try fek taxt meteorologist melissa magee is at the big board with first check of the accuweather forecast, melissa. >> the pressure is on now. beautiful start to the holiday weekend. yesterday nice, today maxing out with highs newspaperer 80s with low humidity currently outside 74 in philadelphia. up in the poconos comfortable and cool 5 degrees. along the coast in cape may 74. and 70 at this hour in doverch the dew point it's level of moisture in the atmosphere and no issues with humidity today. and tomorrow, when you look at the dew point scale we're still in upper 50s. nice and pleasant. changes are coming as we go into tuesday and beyondp with noticeable increase in uptic and humidity and with that comes a spike in numbers. so we'll talk about the holiday weekend so far and what we are anticipating and yesterday's high 88 degrees. today, also 88. but, tomorrow, for labor day the actual holiday we're forecasting a high of 90 degrees. that heat once again on across portions of delaware and lehigh valley. and what to expect

tablet trial go to cialis.com >> welcome back to "action news" sports sunday i'm meteorologist melissa magees we look at accuweather 7 day forecast on monday it's a cool are day starting to get the day started giving way to increasing clouds and 74 degrees. mostly cloudy tuesday and breezy as well 76. first day of fall on wednesday quick warming by the afternoon and up to 80. 79 thursday and breaks of sunshine on friday 77 for papal visit next weekend cool and temperatures in the 70s back to you. >> thank you melissa. after the game we were positioned after the players were leaving the field we caught this image byron maxwell with not a terrific game smil smiling we have no idea what causes him to laugh. your reaction brandon. >> i know maxwell comes to work every day you know i know his personality. he doesn't mean no disrespect obviously he feels hurt about it that's not it you know you have to leave testify on the field you cannot just -- you have to shake it off and get ready for tuesday when we go back to work and i know maxwell and he's not trying to disrespect or try to say he does no

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meteorologist mole melissa magee is live at the big board with a first check of accuweather forecastingr off to a good start for first day of our holiday weekend. highs today across the region were in the 80s. right now it's cool. easterly wind 69 in philadelphia. 61 up in poconos along the coast in cape may coming in 69, 69 as well in lancaster and you look at wind speed calm across the region sustained to 3 miles an hour in philadelphia and two as high as 7 miles an hour in dover and look at wind particl particles and stiff northerly or northeasterly come bone tonight wind and drying out the atmosphere and lowering humidity as well. stormtracker 6 double scan radar showing you we have high pressure over new england and winds around the high are klorkwise and return to the flow of air suppresses moisture and cloud cover well away from the region. dry, low humidity for the rest of day and for that matter second half of weekend. so whether you are in city, shore, poconos tomorrow. we have the covered. sunny and warm in philadelphia, high up to 86. 80 at the shore tomorrow and sunny and w

meteorologist melissa magee joins us from the big board with our first check of the accuweather forecast. >> we had it cloudy and damp. as you you see on stormtracker 6 a lot of the might tour across the region departing norm and east. you focus attention off across the west we're tracking upper level low disturbance currently moving across the eastern great lakes. some moisture and activity will pin wheel and work its way east ward as early as tomorrow. as far as rainfall today a lot of moisture was west of philadelphia and across areas of south jersey, reading today 2.5" of rain and lancaster 1.5" and poconos 1.14" and allentown .34" and a little more than a tenth in atlantic city. what to expect the rest of tonight during the overnight hours and second half of the weekend tomorrow, not nicest of days. tonight, heavy rain exits ice lateed shower possible during the overnight hours and sundays limited sunshine and it's rather cloudy day with spotty shower popping up by the afternoon. temperatures across the region you can split the mid-atlantic region in half. 70s along the 95 core for.

now for melissa magee, brian taff, i'm sharrie williams, "action news" at 6:00 is up next. ñÑ >>> "action's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. >>> a historic moment and this is only the very beginning, pope francis has arrived in the suts for the first time in his life. on hand to welcome him today personally at joint base andrews, president obama. and we are just days away from the papal visit to philadelphia. it is tuesday night and jim is off and i'm brian taff and the big story on "action news" tonight is the pope's journey to america, he is resting now at the vatican embassy, arriving this past hour. the pressure is on for the crews in philadelphia that have just three days to finish building and get that papal stage set. we have team coverage of the papal visit tonight and you'll hear from all of our reports, first we hear from anchors rick williams and monica malpass in washington to kick off our coverage. >> hi brian, thank you. that is right preparations continue at catholic university also home to the national cathedral, prepari

. >> melissa magee joins us outside with the latest from accuweather. on again. >> that is right monica and rick, we have the heat overhead and it's heat wave number five for philadelphia this year, it started out on sunday with a high of 91, yesterday's high was 90 and today climbing up to 94 degrees, average for us this time of year is 83, we are well above that this afternoon. number as long the 95 corridor are still in the lower 90s although 89 in trenton but you look at the numbers off the coast, beach haven 80 and 80 in cape may, a strong sea breeze pushing inland and impacting temperatures in millville, 87 there but along the 95 corridor, you jump to the numbers in the lower 90s, the dew point is on the hot side but we are not dealing with oppressive conditions along the 95 corridor and points north and west where we have the strong sea breeze pushing inland and you are dealing with the warmth and humidity, the

join matt o'donnell karen rogers and melissa magee along with former miss america kristening a land livee atlantic city boardwalk. >>> also then at and in it's the 2016 miss america pageant now in its 95th year and don't forget to stay tuned for "action news" once it's all over. >> well, i think it's over before it began, eva clearly has the thing locked up. >> she's the winner. >> time now for a check of the "action news" traffic report. >> let's go live to autumn marisa in for matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. >> i'm a huge miss america buff. been watching traffic very closely to see how long it's going to take me tow get to atlantic city this weekend. fortunately i'm not on the schuylkill expressway because we have an accident. it happened around 2:30 this afternoon on the westbound lanes right at 30th street station. all lanes were blocked for awhile. now the left lane is blocked. police are out there doing an investigation. so you see that the westbound lanes aren't looking too badly. that's because it's taking the vehicles awhile to get through that accident but if y

. >> first we'll check in with meteorologist melissa magee who is outside with the very good news froma. >> hi, rick, hi monica. yes, things will be changing as we head into the rest of our holiday weekend but today the heat continued to pump across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys. in fact, record tying heat today. in philadelphia, we climbed up to 93 degrees, tying the old record of 93 set back in 2008. so, this makes day six of heat wave number five for philadelphia and also the 35th 90-degree day of 2015. highs across the area 93 in the city, 92 in wilmington, 85 in trenton, along the coast in toms toms river 82, up in the poconos a very warm 78 and 90's for both allentown and lancaster. relief, however, is on the way. here's storm tracker6 live double scan radar and earlier today we were tracking some spotty and stray showers and storms. a lot of that activity with this frontal boundary will continue to dip to our south and west for the rest of tonight. so, we're looking pretty good. dewpoint numbers, the level of

so let's go back to our main city line avenue studio where meteorologist melissa magee has your exclusiveeather forecast. we had a little fear about sunday maybe having some rain, melissa. any update on the whole weekend weather? >> yeah, monica and rick, we're tracking it very closely for you. all in all it's going to be a dry weekend, although he it's going to be rather cloudy across the region. we are tracking the possibility of some stray showers as we get into the second half of our weekend and we'll talk about that in a moment. here's storm tracker6 live double scan radar. you can see it's dry and quiet across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys. a really nice day and a pretty comfortable afternoon. the high in philadelphia 78 degrees. currently 72. 65 up in the poconos. 72 for allentown, the lehigh valley. same thing in lancaster. along the coast in sea isle city up to beach haven numbers are in the upper 60's. here's part of the reason why. the wind speeds any other terrible sustained from 7 miles an hour in the poconos to as high as 20 miles per hour in atlantic city but the

. >>> all right, tomb now for accuweather and we send things over to meteorologist melissa magee livethe big board. melissa, we are tracking a chance of rain on sunday. >> yeah, that's right, brian and it all depends on how quickly or even if this area of low pressure streams northward across the delaware and lehigh valleys and we have some probabilities. we'll take a look at the chances of that in a moment. outside in philadelphia coming in at 74 degrees, 72 trenton, 73 in allentown, the lehigh valley, along the coast in cape may 69 the lower 70's for millville and dover. check out the wind gusts across the region. they're coming in from an easterly direction so relatively cool with a fair amount of cloud cover. you can say filtered sunshine. gusting as high as 24 miles per hour in the city as high as 24 miles per hour there in beach haven and the lower 20's all the way down in wildwood right along the coast. here's what we're tracking over the weekend. satellite6 along with action radar showing you this area of low pressure over the carolinas and portions of georgia. you see a lot o

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