morey's piers in wildwood, new jersey, this is where families have been coming for the last 50 years.ce the late 70s, morey's pier has helped us cool off at the hot summer days at their water park. >> the first generation every water slides actually came in 78 or 79. the original slides were on a hillside and they were concrete. so these ones behind me are some of the very, very first ones in the world that were built out of fiberglass. >> as they prepare for another season, they gave me a behind the scenes look just what goes into it. we start underground. >> activity pool. it is about 175,000 gallons, and this micro processor right here continually monitors the chlorine, ph levels, our water temperature. >> above grounds the turnstiles will be busy. between memorial day, labor day, come visit us at both of our beach want water parks. >> it means all hands on deck at the water park and beyond. >> the water park, we hire about 300 full staff members, that's lifeguards, food, beverage, maintenance, and we have about 1,500 total throughout morey's piers. >> we saw the lifeguards getting

lets show you a shot from drone watch three float ago above the water park at moreys pier which draws a crowd looking to cool off from the summer fun. cbs-3's pat gallen got under the board to see how water works at a water park along morey mariners landing. memorial day weekend, unofficial start of summer and at a time when tens of thousands flock to the beach. >> this is where so many memories at the shore are made , morey piers in wildwood, new jersey where families have been coming for the last 50 years. since late 70's morey piers have helped us cool off on those hot summer days at their water park. >> first generation came in 70 's, 78 or 79. original slide were on the hill side and concrete trucks. these won behind me are some of the very first wonderful in the world that were built out of fiberglass. >> reporter: they prepare for another season they gave me a behind the scenes tour to show just how much work initial to it. we start underground. >> this is activity pool, about 75,000 gallons, and micro processor right there and monitors chlorine water temperatures. >> abovegrou

drone watch three float ago above water park at morey piers which draws a crowd looking to cool off fromt summer sun. "eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen got under the board to see how waterworks at morey mariners landing. >> reporter: memorial day weekend unofficial start of summer at a time when 10s of thousands flock to the beach. this is where so many memories at the shore are made, morey piers in wildwood, new jersey. this is where families have been coming for the last 50 years. since late 870's morey's pier helped us cool off at their hot water park. >> first generation of water slide came in the 78, 79, original slide were on the hill side and they were concrete. so these won behind me are some of the very, first wonderful in the world that were build out of fiberglass. >> reporter: as they prepare, they gave me behind the scenes tour to show just how much workings in to it. we start underground. >> filtering system it is 175,000 gallons and this micro processor right here is monitoring chlorine, ph levels , water temperatures. >> reporter: turn styles will be busy. >> between

it is not sunny inland, this is your best friend right here, and we are at morey's pier in wildwood. and hard to believe i can say this is my 13th season of saying i'm down at the shore. the ocean is behind me there and choppy but look above. deep blue sky here a great way for an early kickoff for the holiday weekend. look at the temperatures think it depends where you are. philadelphia right now with the cloud cover only in the 60s and in the 50s in the poconos and cape may a little cooler with the sea breeze in the 60s there. but stormtracker 6 live double scan showing a broken line of some downpours and thunderstorms working through north and central virginia approaching washington, that will continue to work our way and kind of move through our area between 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. what to expect here this evening, with the sun broken out evening showers and thunderstorms are developing and some could have gusty winds and small hail and likely locations is where the sun is out in delaware and south jersey and some could be on the severe side. we'll watch them again after the 6:00 hour

participation to get on the rematched roller coaster at morey morey's pier. >> eventually, i had to sampleverybody. >> whoa. whoa, whoa. >> the new and improved ride, ok. my eyes were closed. >> it is really intense. it's really intense. >> >>> lauren standing by with the boards with the forecast. >>> thanks so much, ukee, pretty nice evening, got the breeze going, but we had dry conditions as we've been out earlier this afternoon, and thankfully we need dry weather because this may has been so, so wet. we've had over six inches of rainfall in philadelphia. just since may 1st, that is over three inches above average. it's time to dry out. getting a look at satellite and radar. sporadic in nature. conditions are dry and temperatures not too bad of ties in the 60's below average over the last self days, we made it into the 70's. not too bad in your 70 in philadelphia. falling in in the middle 60's here in wildwood and we had the gusty winds through the date. is a before i see especially if you're ocean side like us, within speeds up around ten to 15 miles per hour across portions of the dela

earlier on, we were a little bit further down the board, at challenger streets for morey's piers is,ehind the scenes look there. check it out on cbsphilly.com. right here it is the international kite festival. the 32nd kite festival here in wildwood. at noon today it will be the unlocking of the beach as it means summer is underway, and then the kites will be out, and last year i got a chance to take part in the kite festival. let me be honest with you guys, didn't go so well. ugly, crashed couple of kites. they're giving me another chance. little later on this hour i will be out on the beach getting some tutorials. if you want to come down and do the same you can absolute throw that all weekends with the international kite festival and even beyond that. today, later on, 5:00, 6:00, 10:00 and 11:00. come see ukee, the crew down here, we will be broadcasting live from wildwood. so if you're in town stop by. say hello. fly some kite. have a good time. summer underway, guys, summer fest. got to love it. >> all right, pat, this is your chance at redemption, don't let us down. >> i'll try

participation to get on the rematched roller coaster at morey morey's pier. >> eventually, i had to sampleverybody. >> whoa. whoa, whoa. >> the new and improved ride, ok. my eyes were closed. >> it is really intense. it's really intense. >> >>> lauren standing by with the boards with the forecast. >>> thanks so much, ukee, pretty nice evening, got the breeze going, but we had dry conditions as we've been out earlier this afternoon, and thankfully we need dry weather because this may has been so, so wet. we've had over six inches of rainfall in philadelphia. just since may 1st, that is over three inches above average. it's time to dry out. getting a look at satellite and radar. sporadic in nature. conditions are dry and temperatures not too bad of ties in the 60's below average over the last self days, we made it into the 70's. not too bad in your 70 in philadelphia. falling in in the middle 60's here in wildwood and we had the gusty winds through the date. is a before i see especially if you're ocean side like us, within speeds up around ten to 15 miles per hour across portions of the dela

. >>> if the tram car does not attract you to the wildwood boardwalk a new attraction at morey's pier might. it unvealed the great nor'easter roller coaster. it underwent five million-dollar make over nearly 2200 feet of twisted steel takes riders on a great view of the shore town. our own ukee washington took it for a spin. >> how are you doing. >> i appreciate it. >> is what up, family. >> the pressure was building. and anticipation to get on the reimagined nor'easter roller coaster at morey's pier. >> i didn't make it. >> stand up. >> it took some convincing but eventually. >> i had to sample everybody. >> oh, stand up. >> for 3/4 of the new and improved ride, okay my eyes are closed. >> it is really inn tense. >> it was amazing. little scared at first but i talk him into it. >> oh, man i'm going toward the light. >> i was a little scared as well but then i just made myself confident and played strong i'm glad he liked it. >> i'm not too bad, i'm all right. i'm going to man up. i did it. >> how did you convince ukee to get on. >> i didn't convince him that little boy, cried and tha

we'll start off with a behind-the-scenes look at morey's pier during eyewitness news this morning. and then i'm heading down the shore to be right by the wildwood convention center. summerfest 2017. >>> for anyone who has ever wondered what their dog is thinking or how they feel about you, there's now a test for that. >> and i signed my dog fin up for the challenge. >> finny. here's a treat. >> from empathy levels to how keen fin is, what did the test reveal and how you can do the same with your dog. >> also it's the new trend in fitness that looks like something out of this world. why people are consorting their stomachs in odd shapes. >> why do i have to come after that? a soaker of a day across south jersey and the shore. but don't put away that umbrella just yet. the rain is not done with us. more rain develops as we head into tomorrow. we'l >>> people have dubbed it alien yoga. >> breathe in, here we go. this new yoga move is known as alien yoga but it's a special breathing technique meant to help with digestion and tone your tumy. >> we're going to go through maybe 10 minutes

a sneak peek at the new roller coaster from morey's pier at the jersey shore. >>> and you'll want towatch today's what's the deal, we have tips that guarantee what you pay for online is what you get in real life. meteorologist, david murphy, has the seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back. >>> meteorologist, david murphy is back. >> you'll get a little rain over the weekend but not all of it. stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us things have greatly improved since this morning. early this morning we had a lot of rain pouring down for the region across the morning commute and not so much anymore, a view shows you precipitation pushing past bethlehem. it's ground clutter down on the radar, if we took the signal down low you consee that detailed view of the light rain pushing past lehigh valley airport. looking outside we have the action cam out earlier and the ducks -- i don't know what they eat? earlier you see the rain falling on our highways, by ways and waterways and that is pushing out of here now and the ducks are drying off a bit. the temperatures, it has been

we'll start off with a behind-the-scenes look at morey's pier during eyewitness news this morning. and then i'm heading down the shore to be right by the wildwood convention center. summerfest 2017. >>> for anyone who has ever wondered what their dog is thinking or how they feel about you, there's now a test for that. >> and i signed my dog fin up for the challenge. >> finny. here's a treat. >> from empathy levels to how keen fin is, what did the test reveal and how you can do the same with your dog. >> also it's the new trend in fitness that looks like something out of this world. why people are consorting their stomachs in odd shapes. >> why do i have to come after that? a soaker of a day across south jersey and the shore. but don't put away that umbrella just yet. the rain is not done with us. more rain develops as we head into tomorrow. chrit can happen to anyone.s a help is within reach. all you need to do is ask. vanessa: i was a full-blown heroin addict, selling my soul to get high. but i got help, and you can too. james: i just know i didn't want to feel that pain anymore.

pat gallen you just heard him there takes us behind the scenes of moreys-pier.ke this look. i'm calling it the "name your price tool" phase. whatever. >> wild car chase in california comes to crashing end, you saw it there, the driver barrels two gates while trying to flee, the man behind the wheel, and a woman, who was in the get-away car with him, were originally wanted for stealing the vehicle. they were both take never custody. that never ends well. >> no. >> still unclear what caused a medical helicopter to crash near an airport in new castle delaware. >> authorities say 37 year old pilot michael murphy of franklinville new jersey was killed, the chopper went down yesterday afternoon behind postal facility on quigley boulevard. now the chopper was registered to the university of pennsylvania, murphy was on training flight from atlantic city international airport when the crash happened. he was the only one on board the chopper, one eyewitness describes the horrifying scene. >> i looked up in the sky. and then i saw this or i heard it, explode, and then i sa

and tri-state area celebrate summer, tomorrow we will start off with a behind the scenes look at morey's pier during "eyewitness news" this morning and i'll head down the shore with the team to be live on the boardwalk right by the wildwood convention center for five, six, 10, 11:00 p.m. newscast, summer if he here we come, it is on. >> all right. >> meteorologist lauren casey 's here. everybody wants good weather for long weekend. >> yes, we will improve weather dramatically for summer fest tomorrow, evening will be breezy, bringing a hat but clear conditions, it will be a rough go over next couple hours as we contend with the threat of the stronger storms already developing across parts of the delaware valley, but conditions people trying to get out there on the beach right now but they might be chase add way by cells rapidly , developing. we already had heavy rain moving through this morning, really impacted morning commute, check out these rainfall totals in the neighborhood network on the order of half inch, quarter inch, close to an inch and we have more rain on the way, and storm scan

this friday we will be in wild , wild, wildwood, we will start off with behind the scenes look at morey's pier during "eyewitness news" this morning. then i will head down to the shore to be live on the boardwalk right by wildwood convention center for five, six, 10, and 11:00 o'clock newscast. summer fest 2017, hopefully you can join us. >>> do you feel the need, the need for speed. big announce payment long awaited movie sequel coming up in 10 minutes. >>> also new technology that helps blind and visually impaired people interact with the visual world. teachers say it is opening up a whole new world of opportunity for students. >> it doesn't look like much but find out why this big rock could actually be worth millions of dollars. lauren? >>> we're halfway to the upcoming three day weekend and we will be warming temperatures up, in the 80's, to kick off unofficial start to summer, beautiful conditions, on saturday, and sunshine and that high temperature near 80 degrees, as we head into sunday and monday though warm cloud cover , rain chance as well, wetest day will be on sunday but we will s

tomorrow morning join me as i go behind the scenes at one of the shore busiest amusement parks morey piersod from the life guard to the filtering system they showed me how though prepare their massive water park for upcoming season, again, tomorrow summer fest live from wildwood all day on cbs-3. look at that beautiful shot. >> gorgeous hopefully it will look like that tomorrow. >> so katie, we are expecting weather to hold up for summer fest. >> no pressure tomorrow will be fine all and all. i don't want to rule out a left over sprinkle from the storm that is currently moving through we will have a breeze for sure but it does look like it will start brightening up to kick start upcoming weekend and unofficial start to summer can't believe we are here but looking at storm scan we have a storm to track. zoom in very far out to show you the whole thing, it is covering a lot of real estate and that rain is currently falling close to home. we have very soggy looking pictures from our eyewitness weather watchers. this from ed connor in chesterfield taking a soggy dog walk this morning with the

week one, we will be in wildwood, we will start off with a behind the scenes look at morey's pier duringeyewitness news" this morning and then i will head down the shore to be live on the boardwalk right by the wildwood convention center for five, six, 10 and 11:00 o'clock newscast. it is summer fest. we cannot wait to see you there. >>> terrifying moment was caught on camera between a child, and a sea lion. it appears the family was feeding the animal along a dock in british columbia when that sea lion pulled the girl in the water. a man quickly jumped in and rescued her. she was not injured. marine mammal researchers say people should not be feeding wild animals. >> i think these are characters out of a disney movie. they are not pets. they are wild animals. they have teeth. they can bite. >> incident prompted crews to install warning signs for public at the warf where this has been a problem in terms of the people feeding the animals sea lions have attacked humans before but they say it is a rare occurrence, again, experts say kid should not be feeding wild animals. >>> former televis

week one we will be in wildwood, we will start off with the behind the scenes look at morey's pier duringwitness news" this morning and then we will head down to the shore to be live on the boardwalk right by the wildwood convention center for five, six, 10 and 11:00 p.m. newscast. yes, summer fest, can't wait to see y'all down there. >>> meteorologist lauren casey is joining us now and here's the thing, summer fest is fun. we need sun. >> we have had so much cloud iness. >> mother nature giving us a dose. >> she will come through. >> come on. >> a dose of the sads, because of all of this cloud cover just hanging around but we do have sunshine in store but not finding it right now. we have a live look at our neighborhood network. not the best looking beach day we have ever seen but still, couple people out there, on rehoboth beach on the boardwalk enjoying conditions. temperatures not all too chilly but we are still contending with this easterly wind, northeasterly in the city, pulling that cooler air off the atlantic. temperatures struggling. we should be in the low to mid 70's. we're no