i'm michael gargiulo. >>> i'm pat battle in for darlene taking some time off as we end august. august 20th. >> chris, kwooer head we're heading to the downside. >> today in miami is what we're looking at. upper 70s, it's muggy. that's what it feels like and going to feel like. yesterday we had the pop-up showers and thunderstorms that didn't move much. there could be spot showers. could be downpours. a high of 84. we'll talk more about widespread rain coming up. lauren has a look at the commute. >> good morning, chris. we have issues on the gladstone branch this morning. service suspended in both directions between gladstone and summit because of wires that are down. new jersey transit buses are honoring. >>> that will wrap up at 5:00 a.m. more weather and traffic on the fours. >>> we begin with a news 4 exclusive. a bronx deli once again shut down by the city health department. that doesn't mean it won't try to reopen. it's the hub deli and grocery corp. on east 149th on lewis avenue and mont haven. it was shut down because of 58 violations, including cross-contamination of fo

i'm michael gargiulo. >>> i'm pat battle in for darlene this morning. hello kitty like somewhere with an umbrella. >> let's check in with chris cimino with an update on the storms that happened to our area overnight. >> there were heavy downpours. the good news about this line of showers and thunder showers. aggressive. it's moving west to east a little faster than we thought. heaviest rain across monmouth, ocean county. moving into staten island and queens. the next half hour to one hour at least. then the storms will go further east to long island and connecticut as well. officially i flash flood warning in effect for mercer county. it looks like that will be dropped shortly. that expires at 4:45. northwestern suburbs into orange county, western putnam county and sussex county. this may be dropped as the heaviest rain has passed. we'll break it down like this in terms of what to expect. the heaviest rains shift for the next hour or two. northern new jersey, the heaviest point for the showers. could be local street and flooding possible in the next hou

i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm darlene rodriguez. i guess in honor of billy joel, i was listening on the radio to different songs from the stranger. that album. my mother had it growing up. i know every single word, chris, to every single song. >> was that scenes from an italian restaurant. >> yes. bottle of red, bottle white. >> we know all about that. that's for sure. it was a short concert. only 33 songs. billy is getting old. no. >>> temperatures in the upper 50s northwest jersey. 58 in franklin. there's a -- not so much towards the city. you can see the areas shaded in yellow, indicative of the 70s. it still feels nice even in the city with the humidity down. >> no storms to worry about today. a few clouds mix in with the sunshine from time to time. clouds. it's a nice warm breeze but a dry one at noon. forecasting a high of 87. let head to lauren scala and the problems out there, lauren? >> no new problems. in fact most have cleared. we'll look at the long island expressway in queens where there was an accident earlier blocking

right now on this tuesday, august 18th, i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm kerry barrett in for darlene rodriguez. >> this will be day 5. we're also dealing with thunderstorms overnight. we have some working across somerset county. another cell o or lower manhattan moving over long island city. if you're in this area, heavy downpour. it will be hit-or-miss isolated thunderstorms around the morning. the heat builds up. we're 88 at noon. the heat wave could be going. she watches the roads for us every morning. good morning. >> good morning, chris. n lines are running and then n and q you have delays on coney island-bound trains. you have it on the 1, 2, and 3. no service between 134th street and south ferry. then, of course, no 3 train service. we'll have more weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. >> thank you very much. police need your help to track down a rapist. >> reporter: this was a violent attack. the suspect had a gun which he used to threaten the victim. we're here at putnam avenue. this is where the suspect first encountered the victim, according to police, but it was also at a different

. >> i'm michael gargiulo. storm team 4's chris cimino is here with the forecast and to answer to the major question, will there be relief from the heat? >> yes, there will. >> all right. >> in terms of the humidity. temperatures similar but the humidity is down. yesterday's storms swept out that air mass. it's a much quieter morning. in the mid-70s in the borough. morristown 57. 59 in sussex. mostly in the 60s across long island. a little more refreshing to start the day. the commute forecast, this morning's commute, nice. partly cloudy skies, 75 degrees. heading back home this afternoon and this evening, look for temperatures again in the middle 80s with a mix of sun and clouds. no rain or storms to worry about today. yesterday was just a disaster, lauren. hopefully today is much better. how is it looking so far? >> it really was. so far a big change from yesterday. right now, downtown 1 trains, they're runs express from 96th to 72nd. we also have fastrack maintenance on the r trains. no service in brooklyn b

. >> i'm michael gargiulo. it's been a very busy morning. storms in the area. chris, darlene and i have seen the flashes of lightning right behind us there. >> yeah, a lot of lightning and rumbles of thunder waking people up. a little early, perhaps. the heaviest of the rain has just shifted east of the midtown. it's into queens, nassau county as well. lightning beginning to be detected in these areas. as we zoom in closer, still showers in new jersey and outside of brooklyn. watch out for at least the next half hour, 45 minutes, these will work their way east. there's another band of showers behind this. so what to expect for the morning, a few heavier thunderstorms through the morning hours, breezy and less muggy. skies are partially clear. there could be an isolated shower north of town. somebody who never meant a thunderstorm she didn't like. >> that's a lie. anywhere, if you're heading on the road we have a couple accidents. on the bqe, metropolitan avenue, two road, shut down. belt parkway, eastbound, after erskine street. >>> breaking news out of new jer

i'm michael gargiulo. >>> i'm pat battle. last friday in august i'll be sitting in this chair. darlene will be back on monday morning. happy to have her back, i'm sure. it's been great being here with you, michael and chris as well >> nice to see you this morning. on the cool side this morning. between 50 and 55 this morning for a good part of the hudson valley. 48 in morristown at this hour. a chilly start in the suburbs. city comfortable at 66 degrees. another day filled with sunshine. it's the end of august. humidity stays down as well. that may change by the weekend. we'll get to that in a bit. emily west is here to check out the commute. >> delays on 35 southbound before 440. that. also dealing with roadwork. staten island expressway. we saw it yesterday. we've seen it every day. couple lanes blocked eastbound between richmond avenue to clove road. again, expect a slow ride if you >> more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >> emily, thank you very much. an arrest in the attack of a woman, bedford-stuyvesant. katherine creag is in downtown now. kat? >> reporter: micha

i'm michael gargiulo. >> and i'm kerry barrett. >> chris simino is here. we have a lot going on prior to 6:00 a.m. >> very with the storms going on. these were the heavy storms now drifting up toward portions of westchester county and other counties and that's what we'll see ore the next couple of hours. north of the city right now as these die out, we'll look for brief heavy arwnpours, nonetheless, otherwise, it's all about the heat after that, 73. 77 by 8:00. 88 by noon, 87 by 3:00. it should touch 90. that will be four in a row for us. a couple of tt nderinorms aga n later this afternoon nto the evening. what are we watchin ift on the roads so far? >> thank you. we do have some improvement. we have a bunch of accidents that have cleared. there are still things going on. we have route 120 shut down in both directions here. that's all for pole repairs out there. then we also have construction out there northbound between 61st street and 96. two lanes shut down. it looks look they might have cleared some of ith it's a slow ride. more weather and traffic co

it's tuesday, august 25th, i'm michael gargiulo. >> and i'm kelly barrett, darlene has the day off. >> raph, people may see rain? >> yes, a little of a wet start north of new york city. you can see on storm tracker. you see showers orange county, olster county and dutchess county. mostly dry. you want the umbrella handy. we could seat storms popping up early from the morning into the early afternoon. it's muggy and hot. high of 86 degrees. we are turning less sunny and less muggy throughout the day. we'll break it down coming up. >> hey there, we have new problems out on the roads. we'll head out to the long island expressway, westbound, delays building quickly by marathon parkway. definitely head to the service road if you can right now. then heading over to another trouble spot. the staten island expressway eastbound there's another paving program taking place. richmond avenue to bradley. two lanes shut down. i'll have details on the 4s. >>> wall street may be in store for another wild ride today. the asian markets slide again this morning. but things appear to be up across europe.

i'm michael gargiulo. >>> i'm kerry barrett in for darlene rodriguez today. >> raphael miranda is in for chris. >> you felt the mugginess creeping back over the last couple of days. it's warm and sticky outside. 74 degrees. partly cloudy skies. we have showers off to the east for the east end of long island. rain this morning. otherwise, mostly sunny and warm. up to 82 by lunchtime. today's high 85 degrees. a hit or miss storm can't be ruled out to the west of new york city. we'll look at the showers for eastern long island. lauren scala has a look at your commute. >> good morning everyone. we have a couple of trouble spots already. we'll head to lakewood new jersey where route 88 is shut down between south clifton avenue and lexington avenue. let's head to the whitestone bridge. also a crash there. some delays. more weather and traffic on the 4s. >>> an overnight house fire left a child fighting for his life. katherine creag is in marine park with more. >> reporter: neighbors describe seeing chaos, people screaming, paramedics carrying out that little boy. right now, you can see pol

. >> i'm michael gargiulo. storm team 4's chris cimino here with the forecast. really felt great this morning. >> very comfortable. low humidity, nice little breeze. but chilly in northwest sections of new jersey. 49 degrees in walpack. 56 in franklin. 56 blairstown. 55 in califon. you get closer to the city and the coast, more realistic for this time of the year. 70 in the park. 63 in long branch. mainly 60s in long island. skies are generally clear to start. high clouds that will increase as we go through the day today. that chilly start we had in the suburbs, sunshine fades to shy clouds. low and middle 80s today. could see a few showers pop up south of the city overnight. we'll talk about how close we come with the rain in a little bit. let's get a check of the thursday morning commute with lauren scala. >> good morning, chris, good morning everyone. we have roadwork shut down in both directions between tonnelle circle and jersey avenue. something to keep in mind if you're heading to the holland tunnel. might want to take the turnpike extension. car lanes ar

. >> i'm michael gargiulo. i knew i forgot something. >> i'm pat battle in for darlene who will be back on monday. i'm keeping her seat warm. >>> chris cimino is off. i forgot one important thing. i forgot to say my name. >> always a good way to start the morning. the morning. 68 degrees in central park. 59 in wayne. riding out the picture a bit. go out to dutchess county. 57 degrees in poughkeepsie. look at morristown, wear a jablgt jacket, 54. it's going to be terrific today. it's perfect right now and we improve on that. 68 right now all the way up to 79 at the noontime hour to head outside and have lunch. today's high 82 degrees. a pleasant evening. that's a quick look at the weather picture. emily is standing by with the traffic. >> first ofo dealing with construction on the fdr. between 34th to 71st. 79th to 96th. a live look at the george washington bridge. the upper level inbound has cleared. the lower level, still dealing with that. take the upper roadway and alternate side meter rules in effect. more

i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm pat battle. darlene taking the week off. chris cimino says this is going to be one of the best days ever. >> fist bump. it is going to be a beauty actually. the humidity outside this morning. temperatures upper 60s to 70 in the five boroughs. cooler yet north and west. down to 54 in sussex. poughkeepsie to dan burr, upper 50s. beautiful day throughout. near perfection at noontime. low humidity at 80 degrees. nice breeze stirring the air around and high of 84. easygoing on the weather. let's check on the commute with lauren. >> good morning, chris. good morning everyone. one accident in the bronx. on the major degree an, the cross bronx expressway, there's an accident blocking two lanes. we have plent incompetent -- plenty of roadwork. two lanes blocked by 79th to 106th. >>> thank you, lauren. >>> new this morning, crews are going to be back in the water looking for a boat that may have gone down in sandy hook. brynn gingras is there with the latest. brynn? already mike >> reporter: there's a lot of major questions, michael.

i'm michael gargiulo. >> and i'm kelliy barrett. >> raph, in addition to wall street, what do we have to worry about? >> ups and downs, too, heavy rain in hudson valley. orange county getting absolutely soaked. lots of lightning extends into hudson county and duchess county as well. as you take a look at the day planner, it's muggy, scattered storms lingering into the early afternoon. then we have a nice drying trend by the evening commute. you can see lots of sunshine around 6:00. temperatures back to the 80s, getting ready to deal with this heat and humidity for one more day. i'll take one more look at the storms coming up in a few. lauren scala is here. >> hey, everyone. two problems on the roads. one a vehicle fire. new york state thruway, that's exit 14a. there are emergency vehicles at this. and then another accident not that far away, southbound on the palisades parkway, exit 14, in the left lane and not causing too much of a delay. more weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. >>> new this morning, the search is on for a violent robber targeting women in the bronx. "today in new y

i'm michael gargiulo. >>> i'm pat battle in for darlene now who is taking the week off. in for you last week. hope you had a good vacation. >>hi did. we're calling the rest of this week pat battle rising. what do you tnk of that title, chris snoo. >> i like it. we're going with it. >> falling is more like it. >>> always rising. alarways rising the mood around here, pat. the temperatures this morning are up there too. they were rising towards 90 degrees. we continued our heat wave. i think we falftshort of that today. ge erallery o the mid-70s across long island. hudson valley, upper 60s well to the north and west. the day planner, may be isolated thunderstorms, mainly north and west by noon. a high shy of 90 at 87 degrees. >> thank you, chris. we have problems for path commuters. siergnal failure means service suspended on the exchange place to -- >>> overnight track work on the ones listed here. fastrack on the 1, 2, 3. expect delays and service changes. more weather nd traffic ahead on the 4s. >>> a search for a man targeting senior citizens. katherine creag is in cone

. >> i'm michael gargiulo. chris cimino is here. >> great to have darlene back. >> i'm happy to see you guys. >> i never forget a face. >> jane pauley, ladies and gentlemen. >> welcome back. when darlene comes back, you know what that means, school is about to start, kids. sorry. 77 in the park right now. it doesn't feel like back to school weather. it feels like mid-summer weather. that's the story the main theme. the heat and the humidity. a few upper 60s to 70. a lot of the suburbs generally between 70 and 75. lots of hazy sunshine today. we will mix in a few clouds. starting out in the 70s, upper 80s by noon. forecasting a high of 92. maybe a couple of spots could see an isolated thunderstorm late afternoon or this evening. emily west it here with a look at traffic. >> starting off with roadwork. westbound around hamilton avenue. you have a couple lanes blocked here. let's take a live look at the george washington bridge this morning where the upper level is moving along fine. e-zpass until 6:00 this mornin

i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm pat battle in for darlene taking some time off. wow, those flash flood warnings in effect. live pictures from the southern state parkway. wow. you can see it is really pouring. there you go. the windshield wipers on full speed. >> chris cimino is here. our photographer has been driving around. heavy rain, stopping, heavy rain, stong. it's really that situation. >> we've had a couple of bands. the main line is making progress to the east leading to local street and highway flood being. most pushing off to new jersey and clinging to the shoreline at monmouth and ocean county. queens, towards nassau county, that's where the heaviest downpours are. eastern queens, nassau county being hit very hard. moving towards the l.i.e. but certainly along the southern state in nassau state. eventually it will go to suffolk county. we have a flash flood warning in effect. it includes queens. it includes extreme eastern section of brooklyn. things are improving rapidly. nassau county is where the heart of it is and eventually suffolk county will see

i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm darlene rodriguez. chris cimino with this forecast. >> we had storms come through a little while ago, extended east, heavy downpours and strong wind gusts out of this. a few showers left out of nassau county and southwest connecticut and then break in action in the west. let's hone in this, look at the lightning strikes, if you see that, this is registering on the order of 110 to 125 in the last 15 minutes. so there's a lot of lightning going on. power outages could be a possibility. meantime, scattered showers and thunderstorms in and out of the area, one batch east, lighter showers west. we're at 70 degrees. we're back in the 80s for the afternoon. just a storm possible north of town late and highs in the upper 80s. a little after 5:00 in the morning, lauren's got the latest for you. >> we're going to head to the bqe which remains shut down after metropolitan avenue before maginnes boulevard. you'll need to take legal streets. delays are building quickly. westbound, you also have rubber necking delays

i'm michael gargiulo. >>> i'm pat battle in for darlene who has taken time off. i'm sure she's enjoyed it weatherwise. >> she stayed here locally indeed. michael, cool, though. 64 in central park. 56 in teaneck. muttontown into the 50s. you want 40s. we found them. 48 morristown. 49 in sussex. 50 in monticello. upper 50s in long branch along the jersey shore. day planner features that. lots of sun throughout day. we bounce back to 79 by noon with a high today of 83 degrees. the rest of the forecast is just ahead. let's find out abouthe commute from emily west. >>> we're dealing with delays. just had a crash popped up past the george washington bridge. it cleared past the toll plaza. let's take a live look. 15-minute delays here. that crash did clear. ten minutes at the lincoln and there is a disabled on the sheridan expressway southbound near westchester avenue. that is in the right lane. more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >> emily, thanks very much. >>> wee want to get to the breaking news in brooklyn. one is dead, several jrds following a shooting in

good morning i'm michael gargiulo. two teenagers are being questioned about a pellet gun shooting that sent a member of mayor de blasio's team to the hospital. >> those two teenagers are being questioned right now but so far have not been charged. the female security officer was hit in a back when she was getting out of a car last night. police tracked down the teenagers at a building across the street. okay. >>> thanks so much. commute. >> we have track maintenance out there affecting downtown 1, 2, 3 trains. 1 team is terminating at 14th street still but there are buses in place from 14th down to south ferry. 2 to 3, they run local to chambers street. and 149th down to neven street. we have n trains running in both directions between dekalb and 14th street. venlingt back to you with the forecast. >> good morning, everyone. muggy out there on this monday morning. tracking some dense fog as well. visibility way down in morsetown, near zero. danbury also dealing with dense fog, please be careful. it's muggy and warm tod

i'm darlene rodriguez sghiefrmts i'm michael gargiulo. chris is off. raphael miranda is here with the forecast. it feels better this monday morning than last monday morning. >> the humidity. yeah. we had a fantastic weekend, it was dry, comfortable. the humidity starts to creep back. it's 77 degrees. it's a warm start to your workweek. mostly clear skies. it's going to be another hot one. temperatures flirting with 90 degrees. there's a slight chance for a shower or storm late this afternoon, especially in evening. we'll talk about the timing of the storms coming up in a few. right now, lauren scala has a look at the early commute. >>> not the greatest morning for the roads. the belt parkway, westbound out by exit 5, there's an accident shutting down two lanes there. then heading over to 78 westbound tlrks a tractor-trailer fire out there by route 173. one lane getting by. watch out for delays through here. we'll have more weather and traffic on the 4s. >> lauren, thank you. >>> today a call for change. a casket will be placed outside of brooklyn borou

kerry barrett in for michael gargiulo this morning. chris cimino is here with the forecast. good monday morning to you. >> comfortable this morning. especially in the suburbs toward the north. the temperatures near 60 and 65. the city and the five boroughs in the low 70s. west central portions of the new jersey. clouds will see more than today. limited sunshine. but not a lot in terms of the rain threat. there could be a shower or two west of town. we'll talk about the rain threat coming our way in a bit. the late egs on the commute. >> still have trouble in new jersey on the turnpike. the car lane southbound just south of exit 13. that's at 278. a lane is taken up with that accident. western spur northbound at 13e. a crash in carney on route 7 northbound. schuler avenue, more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >> thank you very much, emily. it's 5:00 a.m. that breaking news we're following out of ferguson, missouri. gun battle sent people running to mark the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of michael brown. "today in new york's" tracie strahan is in the new

i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm darlene rodriguez. let's check in with chris cimino looking at the thursday weather. good morning. >> good morning. it's a cool, comfortable 68 degrees in the city. you go north and west, drops off to chillier numbers than that. 54 in franklin. 56 in mine hill. walpack still stuck at 48 degrees this hour. 55 in blairstown. up towards the north and west, upper 40s, low 50s. citye again, upper 60s right now. bright sunny start to the day. clouds take over. filtered sunshine and partly sunny by noon. about 79. low humidity throughout. a high temperature of 84. the clouds thicken by day's end. >>> let's check on the commute so far. what's the latest, lauren? >> problems on the long island expressway, the suffolk and nassau border. a live look outside through the sun glare an overturned tractor-trailer. they're moving the camera right now. the block there on the left, really to the right of the screen is this overturned tractor-trailer that is blocking most lanes out there on the l.i.e. a couple minutes ago,

i'm michael gargiulo. >>> it's always a good time, isn't it? i'm kerry barrett in for darlene rodriguez this morning. chris is off. raphael miranda is here. we head into the laser to mid-90s. >> that's right. we're etting back into the 90s later on today. 78 degrees. we've lost a couplemof degrees the past couple of hours. doesn't get much cooler than this. a steamy start. back to the ummer 80s. today's high ttrmperature. sultry 94 degrees. we're expecting to. that will be an official heat wave. that will be the first one of 2015. we'll tell you how long it sticks around. a look at your commute. >> raphi, good morning everyone. problems on the brooklyn bridge. kai simonsen live in chopper 4 over the sand. on the brooklyn bound side, all lanes shut down because of an accident with an overturned vehicle. it's towards the meshattan side of the bridge. this is brooklyn bound. alsl lanes shut down out there. manhattan bound side still open. in the meantime, you'll need to head over to the williamsburg or the manhattan bridge. police activity is on t

i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm darlene rodriguez. wlets check in with chris cimino. >> a lot of perspiring going on today. 77 in city island. 75 sheepshead bay and 74 in jersey city. still some 60s in the suburbs north and west. the humidity is fairly high and will stay that way for the bulk of the day today. unfortunately, sweat this one out. keep yourself hydrated. look for hazy sun through the clouds. 88 at noon. forecasting a high today of 92. a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm north or west. folks heading out the door, emily west, what's the commute? >> one accident has cleared. connecticut, on the turnpike northbound, still closed. the backup at 110. trucks can use exit 33 to 1. let's take a live look at the grand central parkway near laguardia. actually, that's moving along pretty well. later today, as the u.s. open begins, you'll find it a little more busy. more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >> it will definitely get busy there. >>> a manhunt is under way for a prisoner on the run. "today in new york's" tr

i'm michael gargiulo. >>> i'm pat battle in for darlene this week. chris cimino is in the weather center. the gray skies are behind us, chris. >> a lot of low clouds, not the type that's producing any rain of consequence. it's pretty quiet. these are the storms that came through that caused the flooding in essex and union county. it's relatively quiet. we had the southeasterly wind bringing in low level moisture off the water. it could be a brief shower about any time. the best chance for heavier downpours looks like it stays west of city. varying amounts in the afternoon. back to the low and mid-80s. let's get back to lauren scala and find out about the commute. >> i got word of an accident westbound by the grand central parkway blocking a lane there. the big problems on the rails. pascack valley line is suspended in both directions because of an accident near the westwood station. we have up to 30-minute delays on the gladstone branch. but those tickets are being cross-han order. plan for that. >>> a suspension on the 1 trains between rector street

. >> i'm michael gargiulo. chris is off. but storm team 4's raphael miranda is here with a look at the forecast as we start a new week and really a new month, raphi. >> good morning guys. first monday of august. nice and driep right now. 76 degrees. it's warm and going to be a hot one later on today. lots of sunshine. a bit more humidity. hazy, hot, humid kind of days. high temperature near 90 degrees. there's a slight chance of a shower or storm popping up as you head home. main lip north and west of town. i wouldn't worry about the um brem as. we'll talk about the cooldown in the seven-day forecast coming up. lauren has a look at the roads. >> issues on downtown 1 trains. express from 96th to 42 nt street. this is because of police ak tichlt. on the roads, we have two problems. truck route 157bd and 9 northbound. there's one in the right lane. more weather and traffic on the 4s. >>> lauren, thanks very much. several people are hurt, including a police officer. they're all injured in a chain reaction crash on the jersey cit

i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm kerry barrett in for darlene. storm team 4's raphael miranda is here with the forecast. a little bit sticky out there. >> you're feeling it this morning. little muggy out there. temperatures in the 70s. the humidity is back. it came back yesterday. you probably noticed it then. 74 degrees where it's quiet now. showers off to the east of town but dry in new york city. also dry into the areas west of new york city. up to 82 by lunchtime. it's muggy with a high of 85 degrees today. including running into a stray shower or storm west out of new york city towards the hudson valley. take a look at the showers from long island coming up in a minute. here's lauren scala is a look at the commute. >> good morning everyone. that accident on the whitestone bridge heading to the bronx is cleared. that's good news for the roads. on the rails, you have service changes on downtown 1, 2 and 3 trains. they're terminating at 14th street. you can get a shuttle bus from there. some 2 trains are running on the 5 line due to track maint

i'm michael gargiulo. >>> i'm pat battle in for darlene rodriguez who is taking time off. she'll be back on monday morning. >>> dave price is here with the forecast. nice one it is as we head towards the end of the workweek. >> absolutely. big smiles for everyone. why? take a look at the weather map. nice cool morning in ramsey, new jersey. 67 in central park. roselle park at 63. 66 in newark and as we widen out that picture and give you a look around the region, danbury checks in at the speed limit, 55. 57 in sussex. 57 in monticello. trenton at 61 degrees. 56 in bridgewater. as far as the day goes, looks like it's going to be terrific out there. let's get to it. >>> cooler in the suburbs. temperatures in the 50s. as we head to the none time hour, 79 with a high this afternoon of 82 and pleasant at 6:00 p.m. for the return trip home and dinner, 80 degrees. dip down into the 60s. that's a quick look at the weather picture. >>> lower level outbound was closed. everything has reopened. a live look at the alexander hamilton bridge. everything is moving along fine. you should

i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm pat battle in for darlene taking some time off. good to be here. >> good to have you here. wish we had better weather for pat, chris. >> sorry, pat. little sticky. not getting to that 90-degree mark. ending it at day four yesterday. it's going to be uncomfortable. could be pop-up thunderstorms, heaviest inland this afternoon. right now, 78 degrees, with high humidity. you step out into the soupy air mass it will eventually produce a few showers and storms, especially later in the afternoon. a high of 87 degrees. here's lauren. >> thanks, chris. good morning everyone. if you're head e. getting on the roads, delays on the fdr drive northbound. we have roadwork between 61st and 96th. you can see that stream of taillights there. we have an accident on the ramp. so the ramp from the fdr drive southbound to 53rd street is closed because of that. keep you updated. we'll take a live look outside. the grand central parkway by laguardia airport. smooth sailing there. the roads are in pretty good condition. more weather and traffic coming up

i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm darlene rodriguez. let's check in with chris cimino looking at the weather this tuesday morning. chris. >> morning, guys, we'll have an impact on this terse, we'll talk about that. storms moving eastward bound. heaviest of which exiting eastern long island as well. out over the waters now, leftover showers, but the damage is done there. a lot of trees and power lines down across northern end of suffolk county. thunderstorms will quiet down in short. clouds will begin to break up for sunshine, too. 87 by noon. humidity starts to drop. a little breezy. forecasting the high of 89 degrees. let's see the impact from the storms. lauren's got the latest. >> we were just talking about all the downs trees and wires down. we have service suspended on the lirr, port jefferson branch, west of stony brook. you'll need to get into huntington to catch a train into the city. or to the montauk branch as well. this is a big problem. and they are out there on the scene trying to clear it but it could take a while. now on

i'm michael gargiulo. >>> i'm pat battle in for ms. rodriguez who is taking the last couple of weeks off and be back on monday. >> storm team 4 chris cimino is here. hoping it will be nice to start the weekend. >>> a nice cool, comfortable start. in the 60s. 64 tribeca. we see 50s and 40s believe it or not. that's a window closer, i think. >> 54 in danbury. looking at a day filled with sunshine. even after this cool start, it warms up nicely. sounds perfect. 79 degrees. forecasting a high today of 83. almost 5:02, emily west in for lauren. let's find out how the friday commute is moving. >> an accident at exit 3. couple lanes blocked. a lot of delays. flashing lights. again, you're going to find that slowdown this morning. also, reports of a debris spill. couple of lanes taken up here. the off ramp is closed southbound 440 heading over to state street and alternate side rules are in effect. more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >> news coming from brooklyn. five people have been shot inside a restaurant. this happened on flatbu

good morning, i'm michael gargiulo. search is going to resume this morning for a boat that was spotted sinking in the waters off sandy hook, new jersey. news 4 is there. what's going on? >> reporter: a lot of questions remain this morning, including did a boat even go under. that's what the reports are. they came around 4:30 yesterday. the witnesses say that it was a 40-foot fishing trawlor that went over. authorities used sonar and divers to search for that vessel before suspending the search last night. it's going to continue later this morning. >>> here's the morning commute. >> we have delays on uptown 2, 3, and d trains in addition to that. also if you are getting on the roads, an accident on the cross west chester expressway eastbound by sussex. that's shut down two lanes. we still have a disabled vehicle out by white plains road. and delays back to la guardia. >> we'll be right back with chris's forecast. >> looking at a nice sunny start out there this morning, it stays sunny all day long. noontime, up near 80, n

. >>> i'm pat battle in for michael gargiulo. he's enjoyed a week off and next week you're doing the same. >> chris is off this morning enjoying a beautiful day, i hope. raphael miranda is here. hey, raphi. >> good morning, ladies. he don't have to go anywhere. a stay-cation will be fine. >> not that i'm suggesting darlene. temperatures in the 70s. nice start to your day. 83 by lunchtime. we're adding in more heat but not the humidity. a high temperature 87 degrees. comfortable. and sunny right into the afternoon. we'll take a look at your full forecast including the weekend, of course, coming up in a bit. here is of course, lauren scala. >> good morning. we have delays out there. all due to roadwork in some of the usual spots. a live look atment bqe heading into the area of the brooklyn bridge. a slow ride. two lanes shut down by cadman plaza west. staten island expressway, eastbound delays out there. there is roadwork between richmond avenue and bradley avenue. still paving the roads. two lanes shut down. delays are extensive.

. >> i'm pat battle in for michael gargiulo who is enjoying this week off. we hope. we're sure he is. >> i'm sure he is, right. absolutely. chris is off this morning as well. raphael miranda is here this morning. good morning. >> good morning, ladies. a beautiful day to have off. it's ai friday. the weekend is here. we're looking at a great stretch of weather again coming our way. 70 degrees outside right now. up to 83 by lunchtime. sunny skies and blue skies all day long. today's high 87 degrees and it's still not muggy. we're not feeling that humidity today. that comes back over the weekend. we'll look at when it gets sticky again in your full forecast. right now, here's a look at your commute with lauren scala. >> hey, good morning everyone. let's head over to the queensboro bridge. a disabled truck blocking the right level. head to the upper level for now. the grand central parkway, this isn't causing too much of a delay. there's an accident by the construction delay, 168th street. we have roadwork out there. i'll have the details on the 4s. >> lauren, thank you

i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm darlene rodriguez. storm team 4's chris cimino here with the forecast. chris. >> temperatures down in the 50s in a loot of the suburbs and in the city close to 70. the humidity is low too. we found a number as chilly as the 40s. 49 in walpack in sussex county. mine hill at 8. sparta 59. you get closer to the city, most of the suburbs are more in the low 60s range. though. the sky is mostly clear to start. we'll see high clouds take over as the day wears on. filtering out the sun by noon and overcast by 6:00. a seasonable comfortable high of 84 degrees today. let's see if it's relatively morning. >> lots of roadwork out there. we have an accident on the bqe. a live look at it in the westbound lanes. we're heading southbound in that particular area. by the kosciuszko bridge. it was blocking two lanes. looks like it's just one now. it is a bit of a slow ride. i'll keep you updated on that. heading over to routes 1 and 9 or the roadway here shut down with roadwork between tonnelle circle and jersey avenue. should reopen at 6:00 a.m. head to the turnpike exte

i'm michael gargiulo. >>> i'm kerry barrett. darlene rodriguez traching time off. >> chris also off this morning. but raphael miranda is here with the forecast. hot already. >> 80 degrees already as you step outside. only going up from there. it's a steamy start to your day. we're headed towards a heat wave, guys. we've hit 90 degrees or better for a couple days. up to 89, hazy sunshine by noontime. an uncomfortable 94 degrees on this monday. we'll take a look at the seven-day forecast and see how long the heat will last. lauren scala is here to look at the early, early commute. >> good morning everyone. for our subway commuters, a lot of weekend track work. the 1, the 5 and the e. also track work on a few other lines. for some reason, my clicker is not working. there it is. 1, 4, 5, 6, aefnq and r trains. more weather and traffic ahead on the 4 . >>> a search under way for someone who sexually assaulted a little girl. lori bordonaro is there with more. >> reporter: kerry, we're here at the police station to protect the identity

i'm michael gargiulo. >> it's nice to have you back, by the way. >> good to be back. >> been gone for a week. >> just a week up in maine. but it was great. >> nice to have you with us. i'm kerry barrett. darlene is taking a bit of time off. >> chris is taking time off too. raphael miranda is here. 55 degrees in maine. >> did you go in? >> briefly. one toe at a time probably. the water never warms up in maine, does it? here the water is nice at the beaches. in the 70s. it is another beach day. the third day in a row with temperatures above 90 degrees making it our first official heat wave of 2015. 79 right now. it's steamy out there, haze and heat throughout the afternoon. a high temperature into the mid-90s. couple of storms possible. look at the seven-day and tell you how long this heat will last. lauren scala has a look at your commute. >> we have big problems on the brooklyn bridge. all lanes are shut down in the brooklyn bound direction. this is closer to the manhattan side. there's an overturned vehicle. they're holding all traffic inbound side heading into manhattan. that's stil

i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm pat battle in for darlene. wondering how that happened. get the details just ahead. >> first, we'll check in with chris cimino. wachk the storms coming in and out of the area this morning. >> west to east, good news not stalling over an area for a long period of time. that's what we have to watch. that's what leads to a flooding issue of great consequence. monmouth, ocean county, lightning strike there. more lightning strikes from putnam to dutchess county. we're seeing heavier downpours. the rain has gotten lighter. most of brooklyn getting lighter too. inspto queens and nassau county, that's where the heavier downpours lurking offshore. that's sliding to the north and east. anticipate the rain to pick up in intensity there. we have fl d advisories in effect in the areas where the heavy rain is headie, into brooklyn, queens nassau county and western suffolk county for at least a couple of hours. and down to the south to monmouth county until 8:30 for the heavy downpours. breaks down this way. for the next couple of hours or so, especially

i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm darlene rodriguez. good morning. >> chris cimino has a look at the forecast. >> be done next week, chris. >> rid of the air mass yesterday that spawned the nasty thunderstorms. 70 mile per hour winds perhaps over eastern long island if not higher. no storms today. humidity is much lower. nice warm breeze this afternoon. highs back up into the mid and upper 80s t will feel like summer that's for sure. not exactly a cool spell. more comfortable because we knock the humidity down. in the upper 80s by 3:00 with, again, a partly sunny sky throughout the day. no rain to worry about. 5:01 on nose. anything to worry about commutewise, lauren? >> yes, unfortunately. if you ride the 2 train, service is suspended in both directions between all street and atlantic avenue. this is all due to fire department activity. you also have brooklyn-bound 2 trains running all the way to nevins street. i'll continue to keep you updated on that. a live look at the staten island expressway where the roadwork is ongoing paving ov

good morning, i'm michael gargiulo. police are looking for a man accused of sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl in her own bedroom. police say he's 32-year-old daniel neato. he was detained by a family after breaking into their home on august 6th but it wasn't until the next day that the young girl say she was attacked in that break-in. >>> new york city state leaders will hold a town hall meeting tonight about legionnaire's disease. there have have been no new cases of legion -- nars in did -- legionnaire's in nearly two weeks. >>> and the commute. >> a disabled train is causing delays out on new jersey transit. you can expect 45 minute delays on new jersey transit buses in and out of the port authority. this is because of a vehicle fire. so the lincoln tunnel is shut down heading to new jersey. >>> okay. let's check the weather. hazy, hot, humid with storms this afternoon. high 94. the tonlt, sticky, 76 degrees. tomorrow, 90 again for the high and wednesday, high of 85. chance for a late storm. coming up on the

i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm pat battle. darlene taking the week off. in for the rest of the week with you and chris. >> and chris. let's get to chris. chris cimino here with a first look at the forecast. >> thank you, chris and pat. >> we've got temperatures on the warm side. temperatures in the low 70s in northwest new jersey. temperatures normal at this hour. in the stit city at 77. jersey shore and long branch at 75. same thing across central long island. while we don't hit 90, we'll be steamy. watch out for an isolated shower or thunderstorm mid to late afternoon and especially in the inland areas. let's find out about the commute right now. here's lauren. >> thank you, chris. good morning everyone. we have signal failures for path commuters. service is temporarily suspended on the world trade center line. use the journal square to 33rd via hoboken. we have delays on the newark to world trade center lines. i'll keep you posted on that. the delays on the roads, here's the fdr drive heading northbound. you can see very heavy delays. this is out in th

. >> and i'm kerry barrett in for michael gargiulo. >> chris cimino is here with the forecast. got to have the umbrella. >> indeed, ladies. rain to the west of the city. it's coming through western new jersey came out of pennsylvania in the last hour. particularly heavy in warrington county, and the areas of yorng and yellow, indicative of heavy downpours. not seeing a lot of lightning, nonetheless, the heavy rain could lead to flooding in particular. areas of street flooding possible. i think we'll get a midday break with the scattered showers here. and another round of showers and gusty thunderstorms in the late afternoon and evening. we'll have that straight ahead. shout commute so far? >> n yeah, it's pretty busy, first crash, highland drive, willis aven's bridge so a lane is taken up here. also in new jersey overturned tractor trailer blocks lane. northbound, western spur 15, agrnd on 78, still this crash on local lanes after exit 56. more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >> thank you very much, emily. >>> well, the heavy rain is arriving as chris mentioned, flash

i'm michael gargiulo. >> it is august already. summer is flying by. >> back to school. not just yet. >> we don't want to alarm anyone. >> chris is off this morning. raphael miranda is here with the forecast. that's true. school supplies on sale raphi. >> halloween stuff in the store. >> let's enjoy august and the weather we have. it is warm outside right now. 76. feeling summery outside. mostly clear skies as you take a look at the forecast today. we're heating it up by lunchtime. near 90 this afternoon and later on this evening, a stray shower or storm. especially well north and west of new york city. the heat continues early this week. we'll take a look at when we'll eventually see a cool down in the seven-day forecast. lauren scala is here with a look at your commute. >> good morning. the roads moving along nicely. lots of green here. a couple of trouble spots, one on 78 westbound. a tractor-trailer fire by exit 3, which is route 173. that still blocks two lanes. one lane getting by in this area of heading over to the belt parkway, an accident shuts down two lanes. w

i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm pat battle in for darlene taking the week off. >> chris is here with a look at the forecast on one of the nicest mornings, chris, we've had in a couple of days. >> now into the 60s. 69 degrees. the humidity is dropping. 70 at sheepshead bay. staten island 65 degrees and 50s showing up north and west. that was 53 at this hour in sussex. 55 in morristown. the northern half of the jersey still nice and cool. start out with a clear sky and hold on to it for the most part. lunch outside, perfect 80 degrees. look for a high of 84 degrees. let's see how the commute is moving along so far. lauren, what do you have? >> we have improvements. we have an accident on the major deegan by the cross bronx expressway now cleared. we have roadwork on the staten island expressway eastbound between richmond avenue and clos en avenue. two lanes are shut down. you can expect delays as they pave the roa a out there. we have delays on the bqe heading into the brooklyn bridge. plaza. more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >>> happening today, the search efforts get back under

i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm pat battle. darlene taking time off to spend time. it's all good. >> it's all happening. chris cimino here with the forecast. chris, going to be another sticky day. >> absolutely. th 's a given. you step outside, you feel it immediately. it's quiet on storm tracker right now. you can see in the 24-hour loop, these ar the storms that bubbled up yesterday afternoon in western union and essex county. again, the scotch plains area in particular hit hard with up to 4 to 6 inches of rain in a short period of time. we'll keep an eye on that today. further west, i think is where the line of showers will be. there could be a pop-up shower or thunderstorm in the afternoon. look for temperatures climbing to the low 80s by noontime. it's very, very muggy throughout. let's see how the commute is treating us so far this morning. here's lauren with that. >> thank you, chris. we head to the nj transit problem this morning. service suspended on the gladstone branch between gladstone and summit. an at's all because the power line that came down. the ne

i'm michael gargiulo. >>> i'm darlene rodriguez. chris cimino is here with the forecast. chris, good morning. >> good morning, guys. climb at that logical summer ends today. temperatures up towards the north, not that cool. rhinebeck 64. that's one of the cooler numbers. lagrange, 65. 73 in stony kill. 72 in corn waul wallcornwall. still 76 in the park. same thing in farming daily and it's muggy too. on top of the heat, we have the humidity making it more uncomfortable. same old same. hazy sunshine. it's going to be hot and muggy starting out in the and upper 70s. isolated thunderstorms with a high of 92. few seconds after 5:00 a.m. emily west is here. how is the commute shaping up? >> we had problems at the l.i.e. reports of a vehicle fire. it's extinguished and out of the way. forget this whole thing. it cleared out of way. connecticut turnpike in stratford. all lanes are closed. vehicle fire with a tractor-trailer on fire that is between exit 33 to 34. so we are starting to see delays with that. we'll have more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >> emily, thank y

i'm michael gargiulo. >>> we're glad to have you with us. i'm kerry barrett. i'm in for darlene. >> chris cimino is off and raphael miranda is here with the forecast. as we continue our 80 machine degree streak, raphi. >> that's right. no end in sight. a little muggy this morning as well. it's 74 degrees outside right now. it's quiet in the city but showers off to the east of town. let's take a look at the radar in a minute. 82 by lunchtime. today's high 85 degrees. hit or miss shower or storm possible as you head home. that's west of town if you live in the western hudson valley. look at the 80-degree stretch in your seven-day. co gmmute. >> good morning everyone. if you get on the 1, 2 and ed we have service changes on downtown trains all due to track maintenance. trains are terminating at 14th street. can they get on the shuttle bus to south ferry. trains are running local down to chambers.f some 2 trains run on a 5 line from the grand concourse to nefins street. still shuts down two lanes. the throgs neck braj -- more weather and traffic on the 4s. >> new

i'm michael gargiulo. traffic is moving in jericho. the roadway flooded the last several hours. chopper 4 over the scene a few minutes ago after the eastbound lanes reopened near that overpass where the water was for routes 106 and 107. westbound lanes reopened a short while later. wordresidual delays in both directions. >>> weather, high 86. tonight less humid. 69. tomorr partly sunny. 87 for the high. sunday, a chance for a thunderstorm. temperatures mid-80s then back to nice weather. tuesday more rain, but wednesday and thursday looking pretty good for the end of the summer. >>> coming up on the "today" show, regis and kathie lee are back together and taking on the big apple. we'll be back with another local update in 30 minutes. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> we hope you are as happy as we are today. >> i love a friday. i love a friday. >> that sounds like friday music. that's "wildfire" by scavenger hunt. okay. >> can you believe it's august 21? >> no, but it's tryday friday. we're

good morning, i'm michael gargiulo. we're learning in two hours from now whether wall street will react badly or well to another drop in the asian markets. news 4 katherine creag joins us for more details. >> it created worries at first. almost all the asian markets finished down. u.s. futures are up, european markets up as well. you are looking at what happened yesterday. within the first few minutes of the opening bell, the dow plunged more than 1,000 points. by the end of the trading day, the dow finished close to down 600 points. for the regular investor, don't touch your money and let it stay put and at least buy low. >> let's take a look at the morning commute. >> we have an accident out there on the cross island parkway, this is southbound out by northern boulevard. the two lanes are shut count with that accident. very heavy delays in both directions. then heading over to the belt parkway, we still have that accident with a fuel spill, delays back to ocean parkway. >> thanks. we'll be right back with rafael's for