melissa magee is here with the first check of the accuweather forecast. melissa?'s hot second half of the weekend. wednesday, we had a high of 67. thursday, 72. yesterday, we max out at 83. today, 88-degrees in philadelphia. it's warmer than that sunday. it's comfortable right now, pair of sevens. cape may, 69, 70 beach haven. satellite six along with action radar, it's quiet through the mid atlantic region as well. spotty shower in the poconos. all in all, a quiet night on the way. fast forward to sunday, the heat is on. you will notice an increase in humidity. 7:00 a.m., 70. lunchtime tomorrow, 90-degrees. we stay in the 90s the rest of tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow is just the beginning of what will likely be heatwave two in philadelphia. the first heatwave back in may. we forecast 94. the record, 95. we could tie a record monday and the heat continues with the core moving into monday and tuesday. 60s last wednesday to 90s tomorrow. we have heat ip i tips to shareh you. >> sounds like summer in the city. thank you, melissa. >> use our mobile app to stay informed

. >>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. >>> saturday night, walter's off i'm sharrie williams. in the news standoff underway in the lehigh valley after reports of shots fired at police. >>> and a sexual assault, and murder of woman in her 30's outside a philadelphia high school. >>> but the big story on "action news" is picking up pieces in the wake of violent early morning storms. how long wind, trees down, power outages and some very close calls with mother nature are on the mind of thousands of residents tonight in the delaware valley. and the buzz of chain saws, filled the streets of communities across the area. no where seems to be worse off then collinswood camden county numerous streets that have been growing there for decade, pulled up today. thinks how that backyard looked from overhead. chopper six spotted residents using axes to start the long clean up process. >>> surveillance cameras in new castle delaware captured wild video of the storm blowing through. it ripped to shred the fence of cpg to

with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter pere perez. >>> saturday night, i'm walter perez, veterans from new jersey travel to our nation's capitol to see the war memorial dedicated to the service. the suspect in the stabbing of a city councilman turns himself in. >>> the big story on action news is developing news out of delaware county where a toddler is dead after shooting himself before 3:30 this afternoon at a home in chester township. action news report bob brooks is live at the scene with the details. bob? >> reporter: walter, such a tragedy, our thoughts's prayers go out to this little boy's family and friends. behind me here, the home where it happened, it's on the corner of green and beth, we just spoke with a chester township councilman who spoke with police. he's been told that the gun that the toddler found was just laying under a bed. let's take a look and listen. >> facts of evidence just been friday the home, family said it's where a young boy have passed away. just a few hours ago, his body removed by the medical examiner's office. at tragic scene. ac

meteorologist, melissa magee, joins us now with the accuweather forecast. hi melissa happy friday. >> hi rick, happy friday to you. we notice an increase in the humidity today. as we look at the temperatures, right now in philadelphia 75 degrees and 68 in allentown and 59 at the coast in cape may 71 and you have the constant push of moisture coming in from the atlantic with the easterly wind. dew points is the level of moisture in the atmosphere, you'll notice today dew points in the 60s and lower 70s. 66 degree dew point in philadelphia and 70 in millville. dover in the lower 70s. more oppressive down to the south and east of philadelphia. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have got a mostly cloudy sky and a couple of showers around earlier today and the bulk of that energy moving off to the north and it stays mostly cloudy for the rest of today with a couple of spotty pop upshowers. as we go throughout the afternoon and evening we show a mostly cloudy sky through 2:00 and 8:00 tonight. 87 at 2:00 and upper 70s for 60s this evening and back down

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>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night, the big story object "action news" is breaking news. fire fighters battling a massive blaze in wildwood crest, new jersey. >> flames broke out just before 3:00 this afternoon and blaze quickly went to three alarms. black smoke could be seen for miles away. the fire, spread through several houses. >> "action news" reporter christie ileto is live near the scene along park boulevard , and christie, what is the very latest there. >> reporter: well, walter fire crews are still on the scene trying to monitor hot spots, which was a three alarm fire this afternoon. we know that two of the homes appears to be a total loss, one of them has heavy smoke, water and fire damage. i want to go to viewer video. this is a drum shot from the "action news" video that shows how dense that smoke from that three alarm fire became, initially, this call came for help, out as a marina fire just after 3:00 o'clock this afternoon, and the fast moving flames g

things. >>> looking at your workweek forecast is up next here on "action news". >> meteorologist melissa mageesive accu weather seven day forecast, when "action news" comes right back >>> time for a check of the accu weather forecast, well, melissa says it will be muggy, it will be muggy. >> yeah. >> it was muggy. >> not only going to be muggy for rest of tonight, guys as we get into tomorrow, it is staying, in the process and we will have scattered showers and storms. some of which look to be on the strong side. we will talk bit. here's is what going on with storm tracker six live double scan radar. it is dry right now. we had a couple of spotty showers earlier today, and all of that is starting to clear out, right now, we will show you the picture outside, action cam was outside earlier today there in fairmount park, where is there a masters game going on, look at cloud you? can see we have those big puffy cumulus cloud and we did have heavy downpours as a result of the cloud, and the showers that will move through earlier today. the high in philadelphia, 90 degrees. feels much hotter then t

when "action news" continues in a moment. >>> melissa magee is back now with the accuweather forecast. >> this is actually the weekend of spring. >> sum err arrives as we get foo wednesday. a mixed bag of what to expect as we head into the weekend. and for father's day weekend too rick. >> nice. >> for you. you are special this weekend. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar you can see that we have a little bit of spotty activity to the north of allentown and up to the poconos, allow for moisture to creep in especially for the rest of at noon because of the building heat humidity. sky 6 hd as we are looking at the center city skyline, on this friday afternoon. we have got a mostly cloudy skies and the humidity is starting to build as well. numbers north and west of town are in the 60s. 65 for slatington and kutztown and 73 formal vernon and media, center long wood 75 and 70 in knew holland. 74 for gandhis beach. sufb city coming in at 70. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have got a mostly cloudy sky and the batch of energy moved to the north bu western pennsylvania and w

and meteorologist, melissa magee, has the seven-day forecast when we come right back.his look from sky 6 hd at city hall shows people having gts right idea today >>> heading into this holiday weekend all eyes on the forecast melissa. >> reporter: it looks hot and humid with pop-up shower or thunderstorm creeping into the forecast as well. showing you what is going on with stormtracker 6 live double scan we are try right now no issues with precipitation, but as we get into the afternoon there could be a couple of spotty showers or thunderstorms. we'll show you the pick too outside sky 6 hd we look at the commodore barry bridge on this friday afternoon. we have plenty of sunshine and temperatures are warm, well above average as we get into the afternoon and the humidity will be spiking as well. philadelphia 85 degrees and 88 in allentown and upper 80s for lancaster and reading and the coast in cape may 75 and 72 in beach haven and 87 down in dover. dew point numbers are making a difference today. we were pretty comfortable yesterday across the region and now dew point nu

here is melissa magee with the forecast. >> i am right behind you, because at the beach is where you find some relief from the heat and humidity. we'll show you the numbers now at the coast down in cape may. 74 degrees. and beach haven 72 and inland it is heating up 85 in philadelphia and down in dover 87 and 88 for allentown and reading and lancaster. dew point numbers are making a difference today. it's really stuffy outside. dew point range from 65 to 70 degrees, so we have got the humidity overhead and sicking and as we press into the rest of our holiday weekend. here is satellite 6 along with action radar it's partly sunny and dry right now but off to the north and west there are showers moving across north central portions of pennsylvania state and some clips our northwest suburbs tonight and early this evening. but for the 4th of july holiday weekend we have you covered for what to expect. temperatures nearing 90 degrees and moderately humid and we are tracking for the most part a partly sunny skies and spotty showers and storms are likely as we head into the holiday weekend a

with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter pere perez. >>> we came here looking for ancquittal but like that rolling stone song says you only get what you want sometimes you get what you need >> we will take hard look at everything involved. and then we will retry it. >> the case against bill cosby ends in the mistrial still this may be the beginning of a very long legal road for the comedian, a retrial could be a few months away. saturday i'm walter perez. the big story is a mistrial in the bill cosby sexual assault case. this morning after five days of deliberations. the jury told the judge, they were hopelessly deadlocked. it would likely be the rest of his life in prison. prosecutors are not done. team coverage. of the merely. we begin with vernon owe dom, who has been covering this trial since the beginning. vernon. >> reporter: good evening, walter. there's an air of tranquility in norristown. bill cosby trial is not over, as you said this may only be round one. all the key parties here may have sensed this was judgment day. after more than 50 hours of deliberatio

but first out to meteorologist melissa magee. the heat's on. >> that's right, monica. and it's going to stay on as we get into tuesday. as we do a record check, and check you the out numbers we've seen so far across the region, philadelphia 94 degrees, one degree shy of the record right now. the record 95, set back in 2015. allentown, you tied your record high today of 92. reading, coming in at 92. same thing for trenton, just two degrees shy of the record. and we broke a record today in atlantic city with the temperature coming in of 94. here is satellite 6 along with action radar. you can see it's dry. it is quiet. not a whole lot of precipitation to track. it is all about that heat pump that is off to our south and east. and it is supplying us with a lot of hot air right now. a heat advisory goes up as we get into tuesday at noon right through 7:00 p.m. along the i-95 metro area and the suburbs immediately 25 miles to the northwest and southeast. heat indices tomorrow afternoon when you factor in the heat and the humidity will be in the upper 90s. so some heat tips

. >> meteorologist melissa magee is in for cecily tynan tonight. she has more on the call from accuweather especially father's day. >> rick and monica we'll be tr maybe a rumble of thunder as we head throughout the weekend. we'll show you what's going on with storm tracker6 radar 3-d. we're dry across the region but you look off to the west you can see a lot of moisture moving across western pennsylvania and down through the as well. a lot of this will start to fall apart but we could sneak some moisture in later tonight closer to that midnight hour. as far as today, well, it's probably noticeably more humid. right now we've got dewpoint numbers anywhere from 65 to me 70 degrees, so definitely a change in the air mass from what we had just yesterdayll be sticking around even as we head into tonight and into the weekend so if you're stepping out it's going to be muggy and even the risk of an isolated shower. 7:00.m 76 at 8 o'clock tonight. we're mostly cloudy tonight at 74. we will hold there at 10:00 and 11 o'clock tonight underneath a mostly csky.

with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. ♪ >>> saturday night i'm walter perezve developing news as firefighters battle flames in several homes in delaware county. we have the story of a local family using their part of the multi-million lottery wins to help others in the community. but the big story is the first of what promises to be several days of summer like heat. stay with the prelude with warmer conditions and sun, over the next few days, we're in for a presummer season heat wave. action news reporter, annie mccormack. melissa >> it was certainly a warm one day, but tolerable across the delaware and lehigh valley, we're coming in at 87 in philadelphia after high today of 88. 86 in lancaster, same in reading, poconos little cooler in at 75. at the coast in cape may coming in at 74 degrees. here is satellite 6 along with action radar. we got spotty showers moving across the poconos with the weak disturbance coming on through. but all in all. most of us should stay dry. if you're stepping out, it's mild, comfortable tonight. 7:00 p.m. we're in the 80's, 9:00

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. >> now to the a check of the forecast request melissa magee. >> it's muggy, unsettled, sticky.ll show you what is going on with storm tracker 6. we are dry now, not tracking precipitation, but it was active in the early evening hours as well. a picture outside hd looking at the city center skyline. partly to mostly cloudy. patchy areas of fog are something to keep in mind. right now, 77. same in lancaster, red, 75. allentown, 74. 71 along the coast in beach haven. >> anytime you have dewpoint numbers, 70 or higher, you can feel the moisture in the air. it's sticky, uncomfortable. dewpoint numbers 70s in philadelphia, upper 70s in dover. there is a lot of moisture in the air not leaving the region. satellite 6 along with action radar, a cold front to the west triggering severe weather. this will swing through as we get to very late sunday, monday afternoon is when we are tracking more showers and storms looking to be numerous. tomorrow, the weather stays unsettled. there is a lot of low level moisture and trigger in the atmosphere. next 12 hour, it's cloudy and muggy. we drop to

time for a check of the forecast with meteorologist melissa magee.came and went but it was muggy the whole time. >> hard to believe. >> you are going to believe it. you can see it's dry for the most part though it's damp, areas of fog and drizzle outside. unsettled at the 11:00 hour. sky 6 live and hd looking at the come dairy bridge, partly cloudy skies, right now, 77. poconos, 68. cape may, 61. millville, 75. satellite 6 with action radar, showers earlier tonight moving off to the north and east starting to fall apart as well. there is more activity as we get to the second half of the weekend. next 12 hour, muggy, showers in spots overnight. otherwise, 70 in the suburbs and 72 in philadelphia for the overnight low. for dad on father's day, we are trackingtracking the frontal by lifting northward. oppressive tomorrow more than today. pop up showers and storms are likely with the southwest winds mocking for the hazy and humid day. future tracker 6:00, 3:30, areas of unsettled weather to the west of dover and south of lancaster. things will refire mon

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i bring in meteorologist melissa magee and this mag and s is a big storm engulfing most of the midatlantic. >> that's right. when you look at storm tracker double scan 3-d you can see the frontal boundary from new england back across the delaware and lehigh valleys and also for the rest of the midatlantic down into the virginias. so the line is sweeping eastward as we go throughout the rest of the evening hours and early nighttime hours as well. so, showers and storms in our northwest suburbs but eventually they're pressing into south jersey. so that severe thunderstorm watch, the watches have expired for allentown reading and lancaster because the line of showers and storms is starting to creep eastward but it does continue for our northwestern suburbs, the immediate ones in pennsylvania, the i-95 corridor also delaware and south jersey it stays up until 8 o'clock tonight. gusty winds and the possibility of hail a big concern. on top of that, we've got a flash flood warning. it stays up until 6:30 this evening for lehigh county. you can see for for lehigh bush kill and upper milford we've

melissa magee is here with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: walter we had aed bag of precipitation today. it depends on your location. philadelphia and aerials to the south, it was cloudy, but dry, and warm conditions. north of philadelphia physical and i-95 corridor we had showers. storm tracker 6 live double scan radar showing we have light precipitation in the northwest suburbs, we'll go in tighter on street level storm tracker 6 live, you can see the rain in reading and hamburg and allentown and slatington and exton we're dealing with the wet showers. the moisture that will continue to work due east for the rest of the evening. now where you have the showers and where you are south of the warm front, it's cool, 62 in allentown, 68 in lancaster. to the south of that in philadelphia, 80 after a high today of 82 down in dover coming in at 84. cape may, 70. if you're stepgd out on the town -- stepping out on the town, 7:00 p.m., 77. 8:00 p.m., holding at 77 degrees. 9:00 p.m., 75. 74 at 10:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m., temperatures drop into the lower 70s. so we have u

melissa magee is outside enjoying the sunshine and joins us now with the first check of the accuweather forecast happy >> reporter: happy friday to you rick. it's nice, comfortable at this quickly into the 70s. 75 in the city and 77 in allentown and reading and 73 at the coastmay and 68 in beach haven. s thanks to the westerly wind and that dominant west winh today and that will continue as we head into our weekend.ut on the town we have you covered with our evening forecast. 2:00 p.m and 4:00 today 82, and 79 at 6:00 this evening, and hav mostly sunny skies at 8:00 p.m., and a temperature of 75 degrees next few days. yesterday we were below average with a high of nd today we are 11 degrees above average. 14 degrees above the norm by saturday. and sunday and monday we'll be tracking the core of that heat 22 degrees above average by then and 23 degrees where we should be for this time of year. the sunshine is making a come back today and the heat is on by sunday and tracking the possible of a four day heat wave. we have details coming up with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast.

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meteorologist, melissa magee, is right there along the shore live in ocean city.t looks like she is doing some cooking -- >> reporter: i'm trying to make pizza sharrie and brian but i hear you can't stretch it out too much because then you get holes in your dough. it's all about pizza this is the owner bill at sixth street pizza, their first full summer down here at the shore and when you come to the shore pizza is the staple and we have plain cheese and buffalo mozzarella, and basil and meat lovers and the staple plain pie, what makes the perfect pie here down at the shore? check it out. up and down the ocean city boardwalk you'll find plenty of pizza shops, so what makes for the perfect pie? we asked newcomer bill of 6th street pizza and grill at wonderland pier. >> it's fresh and you keep up with it everything else is okay. >> simple is best. >> flour salt and yeast. not much more than that. >> when it comes to flipping the dough he says that stretching is a good thing. >> stretch it like this on the outside. but if you want dough to have a good crust, have you

that is where meteorologist melissa magee is at stone harbor at the yacht club getting ready to eat?you have food there? >> i'm always eating cecily and you know me and i like to throw down when it's time to eat. we are at the yacht club of stone harbor wave and say hello we are having a good time because it's restaurant week. whether you are in avalon or stone harbor for the seven mile week of restaurant fun, dig in we'll have more on this and the all important accuweather forecast it's going to warm up guys this weekend. details are coming up in just a little bit. >> looks delicious. >> it looks like it's crab cakes, i knew it was crab cakes -- thank you melissa. i love crab cakes. save big on great father's day gifts at bass pro shops. like red head 8-pocket shorts for under $15. mr. steak patio grills starting at under $350. plus, free catch and release ponds and giveaways this weekend. >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> hello again. here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. former fbi director

down at the shore melissa magee enjoying herself down there at tuckerton sea port. you are making decoys and doing some put put. what was that? now what are you doing >> reporter: well, adam this is a forge welded joint that is what they did back if the 1800s and we have toby and we have steven and they are doing what they used to do to meld pieces and weld them together. a lot to see here at the ticker ton sea port we have the accuweather forecast into the weekend. right now into friday scattered showers and storms will be on the way. it's not a washout but it's not a nice weekend on saturday a high temperature of 80 degrees because of the remnants of cindy on saturday it's humid and downpours are likely and high temperature of 81 and sunday it is sunny and gorgeous into the second half of our weekend with high temperature of 81 and ocean temperature coming in at 63. it's cool what they are doing. and these are some of the things they have made they have a beautiful flower from welding things together. it's amazing what you can do. >> first of all i thought you wer

. >> and meteorologist, melissa magee, is down at the shore live in tuckerton. hey melissa. >> reporter: hey there, it's about the barnegat bay tradition at the tuckerton sea port as they preserve the rich history and this week it's about the seafood and music festival. we have props here tyler is holding the fish but we have the real thing taking place my fishermen are busy at work. and more on that and the seafood festival and all you can explore at the tuckerton seaboard. get busy with those clams guys -- it's time that we bring addiction out of the darkness and into the light. to everyone struggling in silence - addicts, family, friends - you are not alone. it's time we lift each other up, reach out, say something. addiction is a disease. don't suffer. don't wait. help is within reach. call 844 reach nj or go to reachnj.gov the road to recovery starts now. perfect dasure is.game huh? i don't know about you gus, but i think a foul ball's coming our way. i'm ready! (crack of the bat, crowd cheers) whoa! almost had it! maybe next time. what about this time? pay

meteorologist adam joseph and melissa magee are monitoring storm tracker6 live radar and everything else. first let's go to adam. >> it's the initial line where it comes through where we have the severe storms and then a steady to moderate and at times heavy rain sets in even after that initial line comes through with an additional thunderstorm still even west of philadelphia through chester, delaware and parts of montgomery county. severe thunderstorm warnings, there were some that were through burlington county, parts of atlantic county, those have expired. so the only warnings left right now parts of cumberland county and kent county and also new castle county in delaware until 6:45, strong winds initially with those storms that are packing quite a punch. but nonetheless, you can see the edge of this is very bright so we have very torrential rain. strong winds as well as cloud to ground light thing that is pretty intense, 45 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes along route 40, the atlantic city expressway and again during the rush hour you're dealing with a wall of water that init

meteorologist, melissa magee, getting the salt air and are you done eating the donuts?re you all done? you going to work? >> i just took a bite. but you are talking about the heat, i could use some heat today down at the shore. adam can you work on that, a little chilly with the east wind and always beautiful and always nice to come down to the shore. the forecast is covered for you as we head into the weekend on friday nice and warm and a high temperature of 80 degrees, here comes the warm-up on saturday, it's pleasant at the coast by then high temperature up to 78 and on sunday sunny and warm and the ocean temperature right now in the lower 60s and it's nice to know the warm-up is coming our way. in the next hour we are heading to stone harbor they are also celebrating restaurant week so i'll have more eats for you. >> do we have a violin in here for her? she is at the beach complaining it's cold. >> as we look at the poconos a popular place nascar is up there sun and clouds and 72 and saturday for the companion race and 78 and a spotty thunderstorm at a time or two a

all right -- meteorologist, melissa magee. >> taking selfies. >> should i hug you.k so cute. there is the camera the real camera. >> guys are you excited about the long weekend ahead? >> yes! >> i see an injury are you okay? >> yes. >> what happened? >> when we were in florida my friend accidentally, i did nothing to him he just hooked my food -- >> that is not nice but you are still here. >> he did not apologize. >> we need to call him up. >> he needs to apologize. lets go talk to these folks really quickly here. >> you are here for the weekend? >> yes. >> where are you from? >> philadelphia here for our birthday. >> 29 nevada looks so good. >> you go girl. next after hour we'll have more on what to do down the shore plus adam a lot of people are on the beaches and sand and it's all about safety, the lifeguards are manned and on duty and this he have tips to share with you. coming up in the next half hour. >> we are joining the sun and sand and breeze and beautiful people in the next half hour. happy birthday to the lady and the little girl on live tele ♪ oo, yeah.

. >> i'm melissa magee. >> and i'm karen rogers. tonight on fyi philly. >> i love this!> it's our annual summer fun special. >> i feel like a kid whenever >> i come here. >> your go-to guide for cool things to do. >> time to get moving! >> when the heat gets high >> we're building >> places to play for kids and adults. >> blast off baby. >> and we're giving away vip tickets to a legendary show. >> hi everyone and welcome to our fyi philly summer fun guide >> we are in manayunk on the riverdeck of the isle manayunk's newest apartment complex right on the river >> how about those views?! >> next weekend this whole neighborhood transforms into a giant outdoor arts gallery. >> it's the 28th annual manayunk arts festival. >> and it's the perfect way to usher in the summer season. >> the manayunk arts festival draws a crowd. >> we get about 200 thousand people over the course of 2 days. >> nearly 300 artists from across the country converge on

time for a look at the forecast with melissa magee. the big stort across the region.e a partly cloudy sky and a mild and comfortable night. just 77-degrees. when the numbers increase to the 60s, you will notice the difference tomorrow. north and west of town, 74 slatington. 74 war minister, 77 center city. kirkwood, 73. upper 60s, millville. dover, and smyrna quiet. cloudy, mild, comfortable suburbs, 68 in forward, 8:00 tow 0s. 74 in the poconos72wildwood. numbers rise tomorrow by 3:00 p.m. w hit 90 in allentown. lower 90s in philadelphia. the relief at the coast with a temperature at 82. something else to keep in mind, over the next three afternoons, it's turning more humid. we talk about the dewpoints measuring the air and moisture in the atmosphere. 65 the dewpoint number tomorrow increasing monday and tuesday as the core of the hot air moves in for our workweek. heat tips, something to keep in mind, drink lots of water, keep yourself hydrated. limit your timeout doors and avoid "the peak" hours of the sun. get the air circulating across your home. down the shore,

. >> meteorologist, melissa magee, is live in cape may with more. >> hey melissa. >> reporter: hey therei don't know you think this is so funny, this is my third time ever suping and if you don't know that is street talk for doing standup paddle boarding we are in the bay here in cape may it's easier not as choppy as it's ocean and something fun to do, we have the owners robert and beth behind me -- wave. they are giving lessons for five seasons now and you can stan yip and paddle board and they have yoga as well. on the paddle board. if you are not in cape may real have more on what you can do this weekend down at the shore. >> stretch out near the sand if wildwood and grab a towel and do yoga on the beach and the class starts at 9:00 a.m. and just 5 there's to find the perfect pose and namaste. and one lucky lady will be crowned miss new jersey in ocean city. the pageant kicked off yesterday on the boardwalk, hopefuls in the garden state are vying for the 2017 title and the preliminaries are friday and catch the finals this friday at 7:00 at the music pier our own karen rogers is the e

. >> melissa magee is live in ocean city to tell us about it. >> hey there monica. rick i'm making progress here with my pizza pie, i'm going to add pepperoni to it. it's 6th street pizza and grill and their first full summer down at the shore. bill is hiding and flipping pies and bill is the owner. it's all about pizza down at the shore. have you to have a boardwalk staple. it's not just about the pizza there is a lot of fun happening at the shore whether you are in ocean city or wherever your shore destination will take you. check it out. >> reporter: put your creative to the test during the annual ocean city flower show. it's the 45th year as guests are invited to see exhibiters put their green thumb on display. flowers and sweet aromas take over the music pier and it starts friday and lasts through the weekend. >>> grab some fresh produce and stroll the streets in tonight harbor, every sunday the beach community hosts a farmers market full of local ingredients and one of a kind finds. take the family and start shopping at the water tower plaza. it runs through s

meteorologist, melissa magee who is in for david murphy is outside enjoying the nice weather. melissa. >> reporter: hi rick a beautiful start to our friday and ample sunshine overhead and high, puffy cumulous clouds as well. right now in the 70s in most locations. 76 in philadelphia and same in reading and 75 in allentown and in the poconos 65 and cool in cape may and not bad 69 and 76 degrees there in dover. looking at satellite 6 along with action radar a mostly clear sky as you look to the north and west at the great lakes a spotty shower north of i-80, we have to track some of that activity as it tracks its way south and east into the rest of the afternoon. as we look at the afternoon and evening forecast, 2:0078 degrees under a mostly sunny skies and sunny and bright at 4:00 p.m. with a temperature of 78. 6:00 p.m. we drop down to 73 and a stray shower is possible, 8:00 tonight a number of 71 and 65 at 10:00 p.m. future tracker 6 showing you later on this evening, you notice at 5:30 a spot shower in philadelphia and same thing as it presses into south jersey and most of o

melissa magee takes us to an alpaca form for the down at the shore report down in cape may. >> that is new one. we heard the warnings about liquid laundry detergent pods. and accuweather is next at noon, and david murphy has your seven-day forecast. >>> meteorologist david murphy is here now with a cooler forecast. >> it's warm and certainly fog like the last couple of days. >> it's all relative. >> it's not as humid. stormtracker 6 live double scan right now shows you we are dry and climb aboard chopper 6 hd with me won't you? and you'll see the commodore barry bridge home of the union just at the ramp and lots of sunshine when we were out flying around and fairly bright with a mix of clouds and sun. 79 degrees and warm and not nearly as hot or humid as yesterday. we know that by looking at the dew point. anything be low 60 is not humid and get up to 65 for it to feel uncomfortable, winds south-southeast at 8 miles per hour. temperatures across the region 78 in allentown and similar numbers from allentown to philadelphia. wilmington and reading a few degrees cooler. 78 in millville an

melissa magee is down at the shore at tuckerton sea port and you are at the lighthouse it's a beautiful view where you are. >> it really is. you can see the entire sea port behind me 40 acres of history to explore and it's really beautiful this evening. so a lot to see if you head to the tuckerton sea port into the weekend down the shore on friday we track the scattered showers with a high temperature of 80 degrees again these will be the remnants of cindy. for the next two days. it won't be a washout but pretty wet and not too nice. saturday humid with downpours overhead and high temperature of 81 and sunday we start to clear everything out and sunny and gorgeous sunday afternoon with a high of 81 and the ocean temperature coming in at 63. we are atop the tucker ton lighthouse not as many steps as the ones we have climbed in years past together three flights, fyi. >> it's a pleasure seeing you down there today. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 87 tomorrow and breezy and muggy again with on and off showers and downpours a rocky start in the morning and beautiful sunday and m

melissa magee is here now with the lightest. and some precipitation perhaps this weekend. >> that is right rick, all in all a nice weekend on the way and quite the change on monday. a high temperature of 64, tuesday high is 62 and wednesday we shot up to 80 degrees and yesterday we maxed out in the city at 82 and we'll be in the 80s for high temperatures later on today. right now not a bad start. 76 in the city and 76 in reading and 78 in wilmington and cape may 70 and beach haven 67. here is satellite 6 along with action radar it's pretty dry and quiet across much of the mid-atlantic region and a weak upper level low moving across the eastern great lakes and some activity dips southward as we go through the rest of the afternoon and a stray shower is likely and most locations should stay dry. the big story is tonight 8:30 in the morning on saturday, we have another piece of energy coming out of the great lakes and this dips to the south and east. showers in reading tomorrow morning, same thing in philadelphia and areas in south

meteorologist, melissa magee, lucky gal is heading to the ocean city boardwalk and will have live reports today at 4:00. great day to be outside and in that sun. >>> and in today's show from bay watch to pirates of the caribbean recent releases are not the blockbusters they thought, and why it's not their fault. why they blame a popular website for bombing at the box office. >> and a fan asked the mets mascot baseball face for a high five and he gave him the one finger salute and now mr. met is mr. unemployed. we have the details in big talkers, take us with you on the go. watch our newscast streaming live on your smart phone or tablet. >> you knew what i meant. >> yes, i did. >>> we'll check the forecast with karen rogers when we return. stay with us. perfect dasure is.game huh? i don't know about you gus, but i think a foul ball's coming our way. i'm ready! (crack of the bat, crowd cheers) whoa! almost had it! maybe next time. what about this time? pay me! the new scratch-off from the pennsylvania lottery. with top prizes of 100 grand! that's some catch! (giggles) (crowd cheers) keep on

thursday than means time to head down to the shore and what a beautiful day for it, meteorologist, melissa magee, joins us with live updates from tuckerton starting today at 4:00. and in today's show we know that mom shaming is real. anymore can tell you that. but new research is shedding light on how bad the problem it, how many women have been criticized for their parenting skills, we'll break down who is shaming them and why. and if you buy a bike helmet -- you are safe but that is not the case, what to know to make sure that helmet protects you and your family. i'll see i in the next half hour to see how abc is helping to craft the next boy band rick. >> i used to be in a boy band a long time ago. we'll talk about that. >> stay studented toer that video. >> video? >> accuweather is coming up. she's nationally recognized for her compassion and care. he spent decades fighting to give families a second chance. but to help others, they first had to protect themselves. i have afib. even for a nurse, it's complicated... and it puts me at higher risk of stroke. that would be devastating. i had to l

melissa magee has the accuweather forecast. may need to keep the umbrella close by. >> for tomorrow we track the remnants of cindy in combination with the cold front to the west and the combination of those two things bring scattered showers and storms, we have that activity earlier today. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing you we are dry right now for the most part or starting to dry out. to the north and west we are tracking the moisture. lehigh valley county for allentown and slatington and into easton we have light showers. they start to depart before another batch of moisture moves into later today. here is part of the reason it is unsettled. the dew point numbers are quite high. numbers in the upper 60s and 70s it's oppressive. dew point areas and numbers for most locations will be in the 70s for the majority of the day. the tropical air mass overhead. as we go through afternoon and evening 2:00 mostly cloudy a number of 82 and 86 at 4:00 with scattered showers. 6:00 this evening. we'll hole the 86 and mostly c

melissa magee is bundled up and it's chilly now and you are where a lot of us want to be next week onhe water -- >> yes that is right cecily a good place to be because as we head into our weekend temperatures are going to warm up and just in time. friday it's going to be nice and warm with a high temperature at the shore of 80 degrees. and saturday still looking good pleasant by the afternoon high temperature of up to 78 and sunday and warm on sunday 82 degrees. something to keep in mind tomorrow at the shore there is a moderate risk for rip currents. keep that in mind. the ocean temperature is chilly with a temperature coming in at 62. we have the captain in the seat and we need to switch seats because it's time for me to steer you into the weekend. >> don't know which way is up down or forward. >> have fun this weekend at the shore cecily. >> captain get back in there please! please! >> race weekend in the poconos and it's looking nice tomorrow a mixture of clouds and sun and 72 could be a spotty thundershowers on saturday and 78 and sunday sunny and warm and 84 degrees. the exclusi

. >> i'm melissa magee. >> and i'm karen rogers. tonight on fyi philly. >> i love this!t's our annual summer fun special. >> i feel like a kid whenever >> i come here. >> your go-to guide for cool things to do. >> time to get moving! >> when the heat gets high >> we're building >> places to play for kids and adults. >> blast off baby. >> and we're giving away vip tickets to a legendary show. >> hi everyone and welcome to our fyi philly summer fun guide >> we are in manayunk on the riverdeck of the isle manayunk's newest apartment complex right on the river >> how about those views?! >> next weekend this whole neighborhood transforms into a giant outdoor arts gallery. >> it's the 28th annual manayunk arts festival. >> and it's the perfect way to usher in the summer season. >> the manayunk arts festival draws a crowd. >> we get about 200 thousand people over the course of 2 days. >> nearly 300 artists from across the

. >> i'm melissa magee. >> and i'm karen rogers. tonight on fyi philly. >> i love this!> it's our annual summer fun special. >> i feel like a kid whenever >> i come here. >> your go-to guide for cool things to do. >> time to get moving! >> when the heat gets high >> we're building >> places to play for kids and adults. >> blast off baby. >> and we're giving away vip tickets to a legendary show. >> hi everyone and welcome to our fyi philly summer fun guide >> we are in manayunk on the riverdeck of the isle manayunk's newest apartment complex right on the river >> how about those views?! >> next weekend this whole neighborhood transforms into a giant outdonayunk arts festival draws a crowd. >> we get about 200 thousand people over the course of 2 days. >> nearly 300 artists from across the country converge on

. >> all right, let's get the latest from double scan radar and meteorologist melissa magee. harrie and rick. we're tracking showers and thunderstorms that will be moving through as we go throughout afternoon and evening hours. what we are tracking is essentially a cold front off to our west and the remnants of what was once tropical depression cindy. you can see that area of low pressure or where we had that circulation right now just to western areas of tennessee and kentucky. we have that cold front off to the west. this will be working its way from the west to east direction as we go throughout the rest of tonight. in fact street level with storm tracker6 showing you scattered showers and storms in our northwest suburbs. you can see that. if you're traveling along i-78 in between bethel and hamburg also into reading but also we're tracking these showers and storms in lebanon, in northern lancaster county. that's where we do have a severe thunderstorm warning so this is for man heim, ephrata adams town, just south of wome lsdorf. so, the

adam joseph and melissa magee are down there in ocean city working hard and looking good. >> i love itour and a half worth the wait. trying to make fudge in the fudge kitchen. don't judge my form trying to do this and not drop the mike into the fudge. whoa. do that again please. can i lick as it comes down. i won't do that. look at everyone watching, talk about pressure seeing all of those people trying to mix this up. look at the temperatures now, it is warm inland and temperatures there in the 80s. 87 in philadelphia. right now we were in the 88 degree mark for the high temperature range today. and notice the shore in the 70s right now and cool on the boardwalk with the wind that whipped up on the water and creating some strong rip currents that continue into the day tomorrow. satellite and radar a warm front came through tomorrow and the warm front came in and brought in the heat and slight humidity and that is the general trend into the 4th of july, and the heat and humidity continues to build. look at your forecast for friday. 92 reading and 92 in philadelphia and 70s at the shore

melissa magee is liv newsroom with more. >> adults get in line too because we have new numbers out fromhe cdc and this is proof that adults need to get their vaccinations updated quickly. we'll break down the statistics in health check. >> how one delaware school caught the i'll of a baby product manufacturing and the project that will make life easier for these teachers that are also new moms. those stories coming your way on "action news" at 5:00. >> thank you. >>> today military veterans were given a sneak peek at atlantic county's new veterans museum and check out the display cases before the building opening to the public in the historic daniel estelle house featuring artifacts and donations from every war beginning with the revolutionary war and modern times. the museum opens tomorrow. >> the hallways of a local hospital are a bit brighter, saint christophers dedicated a new mural. with real life patients on a hot air balloon venture. the painting is called soar to high heights. this is the work of an artist of the mural program. some patients and staff also volunteered. how cool

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