north wildwood is the spot to be, for finger licking good food.ive cooking demos and regional and national blue performances will fill the streets in wildwood, bring your appetite and come to second and old new jersey avenues this friday through sunday and save a bite for me. >> if are you looking for a bargain or one of a kind hard to find item. head to ocean city for the antique show and sale. 20 vendors are on hand featuring china and glassware and local memorabilia, find a true treasure at the commune center atrium and senior center. head back to north wildwood and ride the waves during boogie board races, this is for boys and girls from 5 to 18 years old. the fun is saturday only at 15th street and the beach. the contest is at 10:00 a.m. enjoy the surf and sand this weekend down at the shore. melissa magee, channel 6 "action news." >> all right, so jack told me have you to go one way, if you go this way or that way, you'll take the sauce right off, the one way is the way you bast it. this is almost done, lip smacking ribs are they spicy or sw

today we will hear from that life guard and people who helped train him, beaches of north wildwood. our new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live with the exclusive report, cleve. >> reporter: report, before nick mankobe came a life guard on the west coast he learn about the ocean here in north wildwood as a member of the beach patrol and he was well prepared near extremely dangerous situation. >> i have been ready, and i'm sitting here staring at this shark eye to eye. >> reporter: long distance swimmer steep even robeless it was a scary situation. over the the holiday weekend a 7-foot long great white attacked him next to the manhattan beach pier in southern california. >> shark, get out of the the water. >> reporter: as witnesses screamed one of the life guards first on the scene was philadelphia's own nick manco. >> we rolled him on to the paddle board and saw the amount of blood, and that is when i put it together that okay, we have something real right now. >> reporter: he hails from the northeast where his father eddies a swimming coach at archbishop rice an high school. >> i w

. >> family of a man killed while taking a walk on a north wildwood beach two years ago has just filed a lawsuit. karen hepp joins us live from the newsroom tonight. karen his widow and the friend who was with him during the tragedy are speakin speaking out publicly for the first time. >>> clearly this is still very raw for them. there meg al and they are in distress because of all of this. but they say this beach is very dangerous and they don't want anybody else to have this kind of experience and feel the pain that they did. >> according to witnesses, brad smith was simply taking a walk on the beach right along the waters edge with his guest friend and their two daughters when all of a sudden the beach collapsed. >> walking on sand, next thing i know i'm in the water. and there was nothing underneath me. there was no, new york city sand to push off from. nothing. i'm just swimming and my daughter is on my back and all i could think i got to get to shore. >> with his daughter wrapped around his neck scott finally made it in. little brandy was picked up by a jet skier but nobody could

north wildwood is the spot to be for finger licking good food. live cooking demos and food and regional and national blues performances will fill the streets in wildwood during the three day festival. bring your appetite to old new jersey avenues this friday through sunday and save a bite for me. >> if you are looking for a bargain or a one of a kind item head to ocean city for the antique sale. vendors are on hand with china, and glassware and local memorabilia. find a true treasure at the senior center atrium. >> head back to north wildwood and ride the waivers during boogie board races, it's for boys and girls 5 to 18 years old. it's saturday only at 15th street and the beach. it starts at 9:00 and is followed by the contest at 9:00 a.m. melissa magee channel 6 "action news". >> reporter: i am eyeing those ribs, those ribs are unbelievable. there are 65 competitors here this entire weekend, 100 judges, have you to be on a waiting list to compete here. >> there are so many teams that want to compete here. if you don't qualify to come back it's

sharrie and monica we are staying warm in north wildwood. we'll have what is going on down the shore this weekend in the next half hour. >> you guys are good huggers. stick around anot >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again, rick is off tonight and sharrie williams joins us here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. we are getting new details from a texas gunman, and the person he allegedly killed outside of houston. >> how a boy scout troop stepped in to save the day and a historic cemetery is plagued by deep holes and sinking head stones. >>> now the details, texas officials say that 33-year-old ronald lee haskell knew exactly what he was doing when he targeted a young family inside of their houston home. it belonged to his estranged wife and her sister and husband. and children. haskell hoped fire and we are live with more on what happened next. >> reporter: that is right, good afternoon. the authorities say that the slain family was related to has

north wildwood said the beach has no lifeguards and prohibits swimming. >>> police find dolls that look like their children on their doorstep. >>> 50 shades of gray has >> new on "action news," yes, you're pet can get liposuction. it's a new way to treat benign fatty masses that grow on orderly and overweight animals. in the past, dogs had to undergo a major surgery.weight animals. this liposuction is done quickly and the pet is back to normal in a day or less. >>> a victim was lured by this woman. he had been chatting with her on the website tag. she convinced the victim to meet around 4:00 a.m. wednesday morning. >> another male approached from the drivers side, with an unknown typed handgun black with a silver finish. >> police say the woman and two men hopped in and drove away. when it comes to social media and late night hookups, don't do it. >>> it's here, the trailer for 50 shades of gray, the video openings up with our leading lady heading to see kristin gray. the film hits theaters valentine's day, 2015. >> it's kind of creepy. the beat is a little bit different. >> i'm sure a

family of the local man kill while taking a walk on the north wildwood beach is fight to go get that stretch of beach closed. >> they say it ties dangerous and protect other families from their pain. fox 29's karen hepp has the the story. >> reporter: according to witnesses brad smith was simply taking a walk on the beach along waters edge with his best friend and their two daughters when all of a sudden beach collapsed. >> walking, on the sand, next thing i know i'm in the water. there was nothing underneath me, there was no sand to push off from, nothing i'm just swimming and my daughter is on my bag and i thought i have to get to shore. >> reporter: with his daughter wrapped around his neck scott made it in. little brandy was pick up by a jet skier but be in could fine her father, brad. >> i just ran. i just ran down the beach and the kids were there and the ambulance, all ready and it is the most terrible day ever. >> reporter: this is video on have that day two years ago as coastguard searched in that section of the north wildwood's inlet beach. >> protect area i believe is righ

. ♪ >> this local man was killed while taking a walk on a north wildwood beach and now his family ishat stretch of beach closed. they say it's too dangerous and they want to protect other families from their pain. brad smith died two years ago. >> his widow and the friend who was with him when that tragedy struck spoke publicly for the first time. and fox 29's karen hepp was there. >> reporter: according to witnesses, brad smith was simply taking a walk on the beach right along the water's edge with his best friend and their two daughters when all of a sudden the beach collapsed. >> walking on sand, next thing i know i'm in the water, and there was nothing underneath me. there was no, new york city sand to push off from. nothing. i'm just swimming and my daughter is on my back and all i could think of i get got to get to shore. >> with his daughter wrapped around his neck scott made it in. little brandy was picked up by a jet skier but nobody could find her father brad. >> i just ran. i mean -- yes. just ran down the beach and the kids were there in the ambulance already, and it was

north wildwood said that section beach has no lifeguards and does prohibit swimming. >>> the family ofxpectant mother that died during childbirth is suing the city of philadelphia. family of joanne rodriguez says improper trainee and faulty equipment for her death. when paramedics answered a call they did not give her oxygen ten minute and once at the hospital they say the ambulance doors and locks would not open trapping her. she died and her bade son was born with brain damage. >> a lawsuit won't bring joanne back or free xavier from disability or ever heal the loss and pain this family endured but hopefully it will make the city realize that anyone who calls 911 deserves better than this. >> reporter: city has declined comment because of the pending lawsuit. the fire union says medics did the best they could. >>> and show boat casino employees rallied to save their jobs late this afternoon. members of the unitsed local 54 gathered at bright ons park intersection of park place and indiana avenue and but a buyer the show boat is set to close doors august 31 and employees want the owne

smith's family is filing a lawsuit begins new jersey, cape may county and north wildwood to get the beach closed so other families won't experience what they did. >>> this is not type of example you'd expect adults to set around kids but new jersey police say grown ups carried the kids along for a shopping spree. it happened earlier this month at rite aide on blackwood clementon road. police say group entered the store and in about five minutes they got away with $300 worth of merchandise. >>> 5:37. still ahead, this little guy is heading for stardom, the the incredible video of this little boy coming up in the trend. fire officials looking in the cause of a hotel fire in south lake tahoe, california. officials say six rooms and six cars were destroyed wednesday night, two people were injured, after they jumped off of the second story balcony of this hotel, 36 people were evacuated. >>> homeowners are dealing with flooding after wednesday's heavy rains in new mexico after a levee broke. >> the storm only lasted about 40 minutes dropping about an inch of rain but that is all it took cause

north wildwood's mayor says the section of the beach where the incident occurred is not guarded and hedded that signs prohibiting swimming were in place prior to smith's death. >> general motors expects to pay at least $400 million in compensation to victims of the faulty ignition switch. that problem has been linke lino 13 deaths. that recall cost gm $1.5 billion in the second quarter. but the company still posted a net profit of $190 million. so far this year, gm has recalled nearly 30 million vehicles. >> a new jersey woman spent 1 dollar and won 20 million. >> not a bad return. she bought winning pick6 ticket last month but didn't check it for two weeks. well now she is sharing her winnings with 17 siblings, their niece and two nephews. some of who are still rebuilding from hurricane scene. everyone says they're in shock over the win. >> she had really in idea what it was worth and she turn it in and one teller look at it before you know it there's three tellers and they call someone else over. >> i said, i think i won the lottery and that was it. >> the family chose the cash optio

. >> it's thursday and meteorologist, adam joseph is headed down to north wildwood, he is down at the shore for a music festival on tap and also if you love barbecue you'll love this one. don't miss it. >>> and a mother that makes waves on the internet for her candid comments about her baby, she loves her child but recesen what it did to her looks and take us with you on the go, can you download the free 6 abc news app and watch us live on your smart phone or tablet. >> see you then thank you. >>> it's official the view has just announced former host, rosie o'donnell is returning to the show. she cohosted from december 2006 to may 2007 and left after a feud with fellow cohost, elizabeth hasslebeck, and she will be back on the set when the new series premiers in september. can you watch it here on 6 abc before "action news" at noon. >> that should make things interesting. she is opinionated. >> things happening on the shore we don't want to be interested in. we have street flooding down the shore because of the big area of rain off the coast, if we go in tighter, we have lingering show

before he moved to california to be a lifeguard, he manned the stands in north wildwood.e talked with us about helping that swimmer. >> we rolled him on to our paddle board and saw the amount of blood. that's why we put it together, okay, we have do something real right now. >> nick says it was only because of his training that he was able to stay calm and successfully provide care to the man. he also says that he wasn't alone. that it was big team effort. >>> now to the emotional story of life turned upside down. a delaware county man left totally incapacitated because of an easily contracted disease that was misdiagnosed multiple times ton night his family says their son's story should serve as a warning to others. here's health reporter stephanie stahl. >> reporter: 34 year old chris, is a prisoner in his own body. just standing up is an ordeal. he can't feed himself or talk much but his parents say his mind is fine. he understands everything. >> do you like going outside? um-hmm. >> it's very frustrating. obviously it's very dishearte disheartening. it's -- we've had

before moving to california to be a lifeguard, he manned the stands in north wildwood. macko talked to us about helping that victim. >> we rolled him onto our paddle board and saw the amount of blood, that's when we kind of put it together, okay, do we do have something real right snow. >> he credits his training for staying calm and successfully providing the medical care. he also says he wasn't alone, that it was a big team effort. >> missed musicians might have to clean up their act if they want to sing in next year's women come america concert. singers like the roost, nicki minaj, ed sheeran all used profanity at their performances at the parkway fry night. mayor mike nutter said the concert is supposed to be family friendly and is looking into the foul language. >> the bottom, bottom line is that we don't want to have that casino of language, or engagement. with the audience. i am taking this very, very seriously. >> yes, the mayor also told us he'll work with concert organizers to make next year's concert a little more family friendly. >> finally addressing elevat

. >> we're both down in north wildwood this weekend.ck on that beach this weekend. >>> it was very pack. it was nice. isn't it was beautiful. >>> nice wind. i'm saying we like we were hanging out. >> tell us something. >>> yes. there was -- it was a nice breeze but nice beach conditions which is great. >> perfect. >>> actually it will be nice through the week, too. if you didn't take last week off and you were saving it for this week as your vacation you picked a good one actually because it's going to be perfect beach weather and really to the north and to the east where you'll want to be because we get back into the 90s, the heat, the humidity and all of that. 78 right now in the city. a very mild one. temperatures in the 70s pretty much uniform all around with that exception mount pocono the cooler spot. usual suspect there but 68 degrees. we're still dealing way light breeze this will be the case through the overnight and even into tomorrow we'll still have this south southwesterly flow. it will pump in the warm air but also keep a

very nice picture but how about this morning from north wildwood.doreen, sun coming up nice and bright just the way it was in llewes recently. by 4 o'clock 79. your high today in philadelphia is 80. do keep in mind though that it's sunscreen time today because we have a fair amount of sunshine and maybe after work you're thinking about the barbecue. not a bad night to do that with low humidity and temperatures falling between five and eight from the upper 70's down to the low 70 pleasant today and tonight, tam. >> thank you, david. >>> going on to health check doctors say slow and steady can win the race when it comes to heart health. new research shows you don't have to run marathons or be an olympic sprinting shape in order to see benefits. researchers traction 55,000 people over 15 years. those had a ran regularly cut their risk of dieing from heart disease near in half. five to 10 minutes was enough and speed made little difference. runners lived three years longer on average than people who didn't run. >> the phillies seven game road trip got o

for most locations north of wildwood it will be a land breeze. you'll pick up a bay breeze in cape may and wildwood. everybody north of that it will be a land breeze. 79 or 80 on the sand. in the city, mostly sunny skies expected, low humidity levels, comfortable 86 degrees. the jersey shore, breezy, sunshine high of 82. for the poconos very pleasant in the mountains, sunny skies, 78 degrees is the forecasted high up there. things change dramatically as we head into monday. 86 degrees, 94 as we head into monday. that sets the tone that starts what appears to be heat wave number two which peaks on tuesday with feels-like temperatures that close in on 100 degrees in parts of the area, if not a little bit hotter. when i step back inside i'll talk about that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. guys? >> chris, thank you. >>> now to the four young lives lost, this morning a southwest philadelphia community is coming together to remember them. the children didn't make it out of the inferno that almost consumed a city block. we're learning m

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we will show you where we are in stone harbor down the shore north of wildwood and cape may. temperature is 77. uv index down the shore for tomorrow we will be at nine, intense sunshine, saturday the same, by sunday down to seven with a fall extra clouds. the beach forecast looking pretty good for friday, mostly sunny a great beach day 80 degrees with the southeasterly wind and water temperatures in the 70's. saturday looking good as well, those mostly sunny skies will continue, and it will be more humid with a temperature of 48 degrees, southwest wind at ten to 15 miles an hour. back here live we are in the bay in stone harbor at the and was park and picking up and bringing new there vicky dougherty. tell us what we have here. i know we have an array of fun water sports. >> yes, thinks island water sports. this is our -- sorry, we're island water sports. thinks our aqua park. we have different activities age appropriate for young kids, older kid, teenagers. everybody is required to wear life jackets. right the here we have launch pad and that actually launches this child up

upper 50s north and west of town and 64 in wildwood.om accuweather the rest of tonight. bright and sunny tomorrow morning 8 a.m., 66 bumping up to 75, 11 a.m. 80, 2:00 in the afternoon and 82, 5:00 early evening. here's the 7 day forecast. refreshing breeze on the way. high temperature up to 82. sunday, sunny. warmer. still nice. 86 degrees. then as we get to next week it gets hot and turns more humid high temperature of 92. 94 on tuesday. muggy with afternoon thunderstorm around. we'll stay in the 90s wednesday. still humid with afternoon thunderstorm possible. as we get into thursday te

wildwood. little bit cooler north and west, 67 in pottstown, 69 in reading. as i mentioned down the shore, not too great. won't have a will the of rain but just clouds out there, it will be kind of cool along the water, temperatures upper 70, a beach winds out of the northwest at 10 miles an hour, that surf temperature 71, rip countries being though is low. don't forget tomorrow morning, be much better morning, our jenn fred will be live from margate as she goes back down the shore. so you want to go out and meet her, quite the experience. seven day forecast for up, shows morning rain giving way to some sunshine, turning cooler, with that drop in humidity through the day. friday is beautiful. this is the best day, nice, perfect morning for jen to be down the shore. everywhere you go, sunshine, we start off in the 60s, will rise to the mid 80s, low humidity. we turn warmer pretty quickly, humidity creeps back in saturday, by chance thunderstorm at night. otherwise the best chance of rain is going to be on sunday, we can see some thunderstorms, too, maybe one l

relatively dry at the shore but by 2:00 in the morning it starts to dry from the north to west and atlantic city to wildwood. hurricane arthur on the brink of a category 2, picking up steam of 13 miles per hour. it scrapes cape hatteras and then hooks a right to sea about 300 miles off of our shore. we won't feel the wind but we'll get rain and rough surf. here is future tracker at 10:00, dry to the west and the rain for any of the festivities for the morning for new jersey and southern delaware but by the evening, everything wraps up and pulls out. the july 4th forecast, a quick return to sun in the mid-afternoon hours, at the shore a rainy day and late breaks in the evening, at 78 and looking good in the poconos, a lot of sun, and clouds and 72. >> your four day at 4:00, beyond the 4th of july, a spectacular weekend, sunny and breezy and nice, low humidity and highs in the 80s, we crank up the heat and humidity come monday at 84 degrees, looking good as you get into the weekend and for many of the fest visits, tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow night it looks good as we dry out. >> thank you adam. >>> you k

north and east of us today. look at those temperatures right now. dropping into the 60s already in allentown as well as reading. 68 degrees. low 80s in atlantic city as well as wildwoodor tonight, we're looking at breezy conditions and early spotty shower north and west but lowering humidity. so tomorrow, a lot of sunshine. below average temperatures. it's going to stay nice really as we move toward the middle of the week as well with lots of sunshine and once again not having to deal with that oppressive summer heat and humidity. the pattern will keep a trough in the east, the ridge, the heat, the humidity will stay out to the we have. so we're looking at below average temperatures really until the entire latter part of the week. so as we look at ultimate doppler, the front it has pushed through. we're looking at high pressure building in behind it. so that will mean nice weather over the foreseeable future. as we run the clock, tuesday, no weather worries. a lot of sunshine. dry conditio conditions. wednesday for the middle of the week looking pretty good. all of the showers and storms will stay away from us. 56 degrees in the suburbs tonight. it will be crisp. low

new orleans type dew points, or close to that in wildwood and dover right now. by 2:00, it shows to the north and west of the region we see more of those thunderstorms inching close to us, after 3:00 they will be marching through allentown and reading and closer to philadelphia. and from 6:00 until 10:00, more of these thunderstorms are possible. they are spotty and not everybody sees them and they are strong enough to produce damaging winds and lots of lightning and downpours. all of that is not good, take cover from these storms. 92 is the high up in allentown and sun and clouds and humid and some possible in the lehigh valley, not as much rain and none of it during the daytime hours, warm and humid on the beach, and sunscreen of course, you will want to take it easy if you are in the heat. 95 degrees, is the high if are you going to be outside, cool fluids and sun and clouds and humid and thunderstorms possible in the day and evening, 76 is the muggy overnight low, now tomorrow we do it all over again, the front is still out to the west and still coming through, during the afternoon we hav

wildwood. cooler air already moving in, north and west, where temperatures are in the 60s. fox youth your cast shows a loft clouds, on and off showers through the morning, doesn't really show much. but we have the rain down by baltimore, washington, headed this way. so expect casino of rainy soggy morning commute. then by late afternoon, the clouds will be slow to clear, but they eventually will, more sunshine, north and west, i think, down the shore you're stuck in the clouds all day long, not going to be much of a beach day unfortunately, despite the fact most of the rain will be over with in the afternoon. a.m. showers, late day sunshine, 83 also the high temperature, so much cooler later today. we'll lose the humidity tonight. it will be mostly low of 65 greets, overnight tonight. and then looking looking at really beautiful friday. we'll have the forecast as well as glimpse into the weekend still coming up. right now, it is 4:12, hear's cast. >> i talking still about construction, probably going to slow you down this morning. westbound side of the pennsylvania turnpike

but lock at the north. 65 degrees in allentown. 60 in the poconos. 64 in millville. and in wildwoodn rio grant it is 69. in cape may the same, sea isle, ocean city, 69 degrees. beach haven 70 degrees. you may actually need a sweater on the boards late this evening or early tomorrow morning. a nice day on friday with plenty of sunshine. high pressure sits right over us. our winds are clocking wise north northeasterly wind which is good. you'll have an on shore flow keeping it comfortable humidity still low for friday. and for saturday. we're going to watch this frontal boundary see how close it gets saturday and perhaps few more clouds but no weather issues. by sunday, we could see some additional clouds down the sho shore. as stationary front inches toward the north. moving those clouds from the south toward the north. but we look to be dry at this point sunday temperatures will still be able to mack it into the 80s. overnight, skies will be starlit comfortable. low temperature 64. northwesterly winds about 5 miles an hour. really not an issue. friday, sunshine the high temperature

wildwood. this is little bit warmer for those north and west every us. that's because we've got warmer air moving in from the west. so, not as cold to start off, because it was cold yesterday morning, up in the poconos, only mid 40's. we're slowly warm willing, it has been very unusually cool week. 80 degrees, with the high temperature yesterday, for wednesday, the average is 87. so, it is cool to start, but temperatures will quickly jump close to 70 degrees during the drive in. i think mix of sun and clouds through most of the day. 80 degrees by noon, then later today we hit high temperature every 86. there is chance for some showers, pretty brief, tan looks to be later this evening, whatever moves through, doesn't look to be too long lasting, so, quick hit of rain, and then that quick hit of rain will turn into more prolonged period of rain as we head into the weekends. unfortunately kind of soggy looking forecast, we'll show it all for you going through the rest of the morning, and fine tune it, kacie, we know that's not good news but we have to repor

wind gusting 30 miles an hour in wildwood, out of the south, fortunately a land breeze get the strongest winds, arthur moving to the north, tell you earlier, looks like it is intensifying the advisory ow , ay t t that advisory, might get different impacts, different information at 7:00. is the core of the storm, staying offshore, get affected at the shore, not going to be a pleasant day tomorrow, especially in the morning, 35-mile-an-hour gusts, dangerous rip currents, high surf advisory that is in effect for tomorrow. and those rip currents are going to be an issue through the weekend, even though you're going to be seeing nice sunshine and low humidity, warmer on saturday, the shore, the land breeze, the poconos, the early showers tomorrow and then some beautiful weather for saturday and sunday. well, we have the showers and storms for the rest of the night, some of them severe with some flooding, again, as we have been showing you, during the day tomorrow, the rain ending from west to east, high temperatures in the low 80s, the 7-day forecast, beautiful weather saturday and sunday, low humidity, the htnditthurk. hello

wildwood boulevard, stay or the parkway to get around that. >> hurricane arthur spent last night and this morning lashing the coast of north carolina. it made landfall at came look out with 100-mile per winds. the storm brought several inches of drenching rains and caused widespread power outages and reports of tornados. there are no reports of injuries. >> although well not experience the brunt of hurricane arthur, the effects will be felt along the jersey shore. eva pilgrim is live in atlantic city, wrurvet very careful -- where you need to be very careful if you're going into the water. >> reporter: the rain is just starting in atlantic city, just about five minutes ago, if you look out towards the beach and the ocean, you can see there's a fog that started to develop in the last half-hour, the waves are turned up, and rip currents is one of the things you've heard them say over and over again they are concerned about. while the jersey shore will not get the brunt of arthur, it will have an impact on festivities. yesterday it was picture-perfect, but the winds were blowing and churning up the waters raising occurrence for rip cur

wildwood and dover, 53 degrees. post tropical storm arthur as it continues to push north and moving into the canadian maritimes. it lost it's tropical c that's why we -- characteristics, that's why we put post on it's name. we're dealing with the outer bands and heavy rains and gusty winds in new england, as well. as that continues to pull away, we have high pressure building in from the west. that means not much going on, that means a lot of sunshine afternoon, a lot of bright blue, pleasant breeze out of the northwest. canadian maritimes will be seeing that storm. humidity wise it's nice and comfortable. 83 today. 86, 87 tomorrow, here comes that warm front right here, we get into the soup again, monday afternoon it turns hazy, hot and oppressively humid. it will feel like the upper 90s were air temperatures 94, 96 degrees. jersey shore, dangerous rip currents, 59 degrees that's the ocean water temperature. sunny and breezy, 79 degrees, tomorrow a repeat performance, sunny, we remove the breeze, 80, uv index is high both days, apply the sunscreen often. waves battering the sand 4 to 6 feet. the uv index is hi

drop off dew point across north and western suburbs specially, still talking very steamy air masses here through wildwoodr and down toward rehoboth. >> start to see these wind speeds kicking in little bit more heavily, so, i think eventually you're talking sustained winds of 15 to 20 miles per hour, that will be very noticeable. 70 degrees meanwhile is the current temperature at the airport, as well as atlantic city. hasn't changed all that much throughout the course of the morning, usually we see some movement on the thermometer, again, in transition, so a lot of times, at this time of the morning, you can see virtually balancing act take place here, cooler air moves n we don't get chance to really cool down or heat up all that much. meanwhile, eventually, shoot for the mid 80s, but could still be residual shower or thunderstorm firing up at some point later on, bob, over to you. >> morning, everybody. 6:34, joint starting to jump here, starting starting to see e on major roadways, everything still damp and wet from all of the rain we had last night. live look at the schuylkill expressway. everybody mov

far behind in allentown and 86 in wildwood and we're getting close to going as high as we'll go down the shore. satellite and radar showing could closest rain to the north in association with a cold front pushing in our direction. it's coming so slowly the first chance of rain we have tomorrow afternoon mainly north and west of philadelphia and that thing keeps going through and by wednesday afternoon we'll have afternoon popup showers and a thunderstorm mainly south of philadelphia. we'll be dealing with that front for the next couple days. clouds and sun today ahead of it though. humid in allentown, 9 the high. 65 in the ocean water right now off accuweather. it's cool. it's been that way sin arthur came back the coast late last week. 87 on the beach. sun, clouds humid and warm at the shore and suncreen a must today. and 93 is your high in philadelphia. little more humid. not oppressive. but stickier than was over the weekend and clouds and sun. and 76 is the overnight low. partly cloudy and warm and muggy. if you have loved ones heading home from the city today, well, no weather related issues really other than the fact it's hot enough to have:c in t

north and east as a category one storm. now, the the wind down the shore right now, are strong, we have 35 miles an hour gustness wildwood, gusting to at least that here in cape may, look at what happens tomorrow afternoon in atlantic city and wildwood, gusting to 38, 39 miles an hour, 39 miles an hour gusts, that is tropical storm force and even though storm will be moving away, the gusts will continue into the day on saturday, so back here live, the the ocean will build, the tomorrow morning we do expect rain but the fourth of july festivities, hopefully will go as planned, reporting live from cape may i'm meteorologist kathy orr new back to you in the stood ohio. >>> we're all hopes for that. good evening, everyone, one update, right off the bat, traveling at philadelphia international airport they are experiencing gate holes and taxi delays and delays over an hour for departure so plan ahead or if you have plans to head out for fourth of july weekend. it doesn't look that awful, however, traveling the vine street expressway heading in to new jersey up and over the bend been we will find delays there traveling east bound on th

north of lbi an accident. coming back from the shore like a loft folks like to do early on a monday, good to go. back roads out of wildwood, no problems or delays there. construction crews out with us on the westbound turnpike, right near willow grove. 422 and 202, no problems at the moment heading in toward king of prussia. ukee, erika, back to you. >> bob, thank you. today employees at trump plaza atlantic city expected to receive warning notices that the casino is closing. now, if trump plaza does shutdown, ac could lose a third of its casinos and more than a quarter of its work force. showboat is closing next month, revel has shutdown if it can't find a buyer. some have been a pictures since 1984. >>> now, the gaming industry is hoping for better news out of ac when new jersey division every gaming enforcement releases its june earnings reports from atlantic city's 11 he is casinos. saw 5% increase in gross operating properties last quarter, hotel casino occupancy also improved, to 70%. and in may, internet gaming participation increased nearly 9%. >>> also, happening today, the furniture store owner charged with perj

let's say from atlantic city north you're seeing mixed skies combination of sun and clouds, from that point, south, the beaches like sea isle, stone harbor, wildwood, cape may, seeing clouds, but we're expecting this to pull east, you'll get in on the sunshine, as well, before the day is through. to be honest is not a good thing because of the system we're watching out to the west, the more sunshine we see today, the greater the chances are of seeing dangerous weather overnight tonight. we have this disturbance here getting going, numerous cloud to ground lightening strikes, we're seeing anywhere from 1400 to two thousand lightning strikes within a 15 minute increment here. that's how they are measured. this is starting to get organized here. as that progresses east and e valley it that warm sticky will help those thunderstorms, some of them will be strong to severe. the second feature we're watching is that counter clockwise swirl. trailing cold front brings an unusual change especially for the month of july. we'll see unusually cool numbers by tuesday, highs will barely crack 80 degrees, as a matter of fact from tuesday afternoon most of the vie

wildwood boulevard by lighthouse church. >> we begin with developments on hurricane arthur's track. category 2 storm is moving off the northarolina outer banks. 22,000 power outages were reported on the coastline. the governor has issued a state of emergency. the shoreline communities that did not evacuate remain under curfew until later this morning. a full report is just a few minutes away. >> arthur is expected to pass the jersey shore, but well out to sea. holiday travelers will feel the effects of it, eva pilgrim is atlantic city where it is raining. >> reporter: the rain literally a second ago have picked up. the winds have picked up. if you look out toward the beach, the fog is lifted off the water. the water is rushing in. we got a few people despite the rain down by the beach getting into the water. while the jersey shore is not expecting the brunt of hurricane arthur, he will have an impact on holiday festivities. this is what it looked like yesterday, beautiful sunshine, but lots of wind. the wind churned up the water raising concerns about rip currents which will be a concern throughout the weekend. in ocean ci

north and the west. seventy-eight in allentown, 78 in reading still 83 in philadelphia, 82 in millville atlantic city and in wildwood. we are looking at dew points, so that true amount of moisture in the air at about 58 that's the current dew point temperature tomorrow, it will be lower at 55. and that is in the very pleasant category. doesn't get that much better as far as humidity is concerned. in the wake of our front, it will be very comfortable for tuesday, mostly sunny skies dry conditions, and northwesterly winds that will keep a breeze in the air if you're out of the sun may feel little cool, and then we'll warm it up for wednesday, as high pressure signings to the south and for thursday, the high pressure well to the south of us, we get into that return flow, which is a warm southwesterly winds, thursday, will be the peak of the heat, before our next chance of showers and storms return to the forecast by the ends of the week. in the poconos looking great 72 tuesday wednesday, 73 scattered storm possible for thursday, with temperature of 76. so for tonight evening shower possible, cooler and breezy, the low

any instability, staying to the north where cooler air is as well, 71 in mount pocono feeling good, allentown up 78. philadelphia is at 82. lower 80's millville, wildwood and in dover delaware. wilmington feeling nice as well. really nice weekend on the way, nicest part if you can take a three day weekend tomorrow nicest day of the next three. temperatures in the mid 80's with high pressure overhead. heading in the weekend we have a stalled frontal boundary off to the south and west that could send a stray shower off to the west on saturday. more clouds on saturday as well. sunday gets closer and little piece of energy off the coast as well. there could be a stray shower at anytime with this weekend especially sunday afternoon. don't be shock out driving or walking and you feel a few rain drops but most of the weekend is dry. lets take a quick look at this typhoon, rammas-sun and look at how intense this storm is heading toward china main land moving very quickly. it is a category four, heading toward china and vietnam. millions of people will be impact by this powerful storm halfway across the globe really. for tonight clear and comfortable, pleasant.

gusts of 72 miles an hour at cape hatteras north carolina in our area not as strong, 30 miles an hour wind was peak in atlantic city. 35 miles an hour in wildwoodean city, maryland at 40 miles per hour. now lets take a look at our wave heights. you can see arthur is still churning and you can see the the green shading and turquoise, showing where highest waves are. off of our buoys, measuring 8 feet in rehoboth beach. 7 feet in atlantic city. 9 feet towards, ocracoke. high surf advisory continues until 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. not the best day tomorrow to let the kids in the water certainly not unsupervised with dangerous rip currents and high waves. it is a gorgeous weekend with high pressure in control tomorrow. we have a northwest breeze, sunny nice, highs in the mid 80's, very comfortable with low humidity. on sunday we will get a return flow so as high pushes away, clockwise circulation around the high will eventually kick off the southeasterly flow. that will tap in moisture from the gulf of mexico, so heat as well from the south east and that starts to creep back in late sunday but will be felt on monday as highs head back to the 90's an

wildwood. and we will be seeing gusts to 30, 35 tomorrow, but they will be even offshore wind. this is arthur, hurricane moving northgetting very close to the north carolina coast, 90-mile-an-hour maximum winds, starting to accelerate, which is something that's going to happen because of the front coming in from the west. as we have been saying all week, it is going to graze the outer banks, which should not allow it to weaken that much, but it's a relatively compact storm and the core of it is going to stay well offshore, even though we are likely to get rain and even thunderstorms close to the shore tomorrow. 35-mile-an-hour wind gusts, those will be offshore winds, that would help. dangerous rip currents, the seas are going to be really rough. during the day tomorrow, surf advisory, and then not only is it going to be rough tomorrow but it's going to take a while for everything to calm down over the weekend. even though it's sunny, going to be a problem out in the ocean. see the futurecast, pretty heavy rain, southern delaware, south jersey tomorrow morning, perhaps into the early afternoon, moves out, fireworks

shore, if you're in stone harbor, wildwood, sea isle city, you're getting some rain this morning, atlantic city, a pocket of pretty heavy shower there, right now, just northtlantic city, probably, up there by brigantine, stafford, getting some rain, as well, ocean county and here is your future cast for the rest of the day today. >> see some popping up by 2:00 in the afternoon, the gentlemen we get enough sunshine to get us to 90 degrees today? stays little unsettled for the rest of the day today. and maybe even into the early part of tomorrow. so the seven day forecast, going with nine for today, maybe upper eight's for thursday, friday looks sin, warm, low humidity by friday. saturday, sunday, saturday looks great, sunny, warm, sunday, it looks like maybe, i say maybe, some pop up thunderstorms in the afternoon. by monday, tuesday, weaver chance of storms, as well. not steamy around here, it is stormy, and sometimes like yesterday we get a chance of both. we look at the weather authority forecast for the next seven days, as we look into next week, well, it is going into the peak of july, dog days of summer, more heat and humidity ahead. >> alexis and i

wildwood, avalon, we will all see heavy rains too. along the parkway downpours threw upper township, atlantic city seeing light rain. in between there and in philadelphia a few light showers, north and west, this is along a cold front this is not arthur driven but moisture will start to combine one another, from lancaster up through poconos. you guys are still seeing on is rain, and flash flood watch in delaware and new jersey through noon. fox future cast shows heavy rain down the shore and southern delaware with scattered showers elsewhere throughout the rest of the morning. by noon, city is clear, we might have left over clouds, it is still raining down the shore. by three or 4:00 rain pulls out as arthur quickly moves out to sea, sunshine breaks out. by 6:00 o'clock a few peaks of sun we will even the day much better than started. fire works go off fine here in pennsylvania. seventy-three in philadelphia. seventy-two wilmington. seventy-one in atlantic city. fire work forecast here in the city by 5:00 partly cloudy, 79 and windy. by 9:00 still very gusty this is thanks in part to arthur departing off the coast. we will see really gusty win. down the shore not a beach day we

wildwood, 75. philadelphia, 73. everybody warming up nicely at this point. reading 72 and allentown a cooler 70. winds speeds depends on where you are live, we're not seeing winds north and west of the city. gusty south and east, the delaware bay and the oceanfront. we're seeing sustained winds at 10 miles per hour. the gusts out of the southwest are approaching 20 miles per hour. it will be wind along the water than what they will be dealing i understand atlantic. 18 inland, 26 in atlantic city. overall pattern looks nice, one more day of low humidity levels and comfortable temperatures. it slides out to sea when we pick you mean the heat and humidity again. it will last three days or increase each and everyday until a cold front knocks this out of sea when another pleasant air mass comes out of the canada. the heat and humidity that arrives on the front end will be hot and humid. future tracker 6 nothing going on today, combination of sun and clouds, same thing tomorrow, 11:30 tomorrow morning, we're looking at sunshine. models hinting showers west of the city, west of lancaster, reading and allentown. the western portion of the lehigh valley county poconos there's

wildwood. we saw lightening off shore. thunderstorms are a possibility. that rain extend up the parkway towards atlantic city where is there a downpour just north of there still showers north and west of lancaster county through poconos. they are increasing in the mountains there raining in our vacation destination, shore points and poconos but it is dry here in philadelphia, we have in between, and it looks like we have been spared of the wet weather. that being said we still need an umbrella just in case scattered showers sneak n lets time it out starting with this morning rain continues to lift north and west war, here at 10:00 a.m. heavy rain ban moving in philadelphia, in parts of these models get a grip of the combination with the cold front with the tropical system but bet on the chance for rain. by noon left over showers it is mid afternoon we will start to clear from west to east. we will be saying it all week long fourth of july starts off not that great but end nicely. by 6:00 p.m. sunshine and more clouds down the shore. it will take longer to clear out down the shore as arthur pull as way. temperatures right now 07's in philadelphia 60's north an

north jersey is getting the storms while we have scattered clouds in the immediate philadelphia area and no showers, not at this hour. it is getting warm. 80 degrees in northeast philadelphia and 82 in wildwoodhat could turn severe later today and into tonight. >>> the fourth of july firework shows are being postponed because of the weather. have their fireworks on july 3rd, which is tonight, but the borough decided to be proactive and postpone the event until july 12th. >>> other local towns have moved their fireworks. for a complete list, go to our wite at nbc10.com. >>> officials are warning of the dangers of rip currents. the conditions are similar to those that cost a 14-year-old philadelphia boy his life. the teen was swimming with friends sunday off the ninth street beach in ocean city when a rip current pulled him out to sea. life guards were no longer on duty at the time of his drowning. with so much going on, be sure to get weather updates at your fingertips with the nbc 10 first alert weather app. download it for free on our website at nbc10.com. i'm vai sikahema. now, back to "today" show. have a great day. >>> from nbc news this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales,