heavy thunderstorms in the poconos. we have a new severe thunderstorm warning for portions of new jersey that is with this storm right here pushing in salem and cumberland counties, severe thunderstorm warning is in effect until 6:45 tonight. in this area, these storms pro cueing not only heavy rain but lightening and also risk for dangerous downpours. again flooding rain dangers, included to ground lightening. over poconos still seeing heavy rain and these storms will be around through the evening. biggest north and west and flash flood watch in effect until 6:00 o'clock tomorrow morning for bucks, montgomery counties, through lehigh veil and poconos. we have better news coming up with the seven day forecast and we will that have in a few minutes, jessica. >> we will see you then. >>> we now no one of the two people killed in maryland's flash floods is from our area 35 year-old jessica is a resident of lebanon, pennsylvania. she was visiting family in maryland when she was swept by the flood waters and died. she was th

sixty-five mount pocono. not too far from where they will try to get that race in that was cancelled yesterday at pocono race way. seventy-seven in wilmington and wildwood. we will get to 86 degrees, still humid with a possibility of, you guessed it, pop up showers and thunderstorms. you can never rule it out bob kelly. >> never rule it out. >> 6:02. we have another month, good morning everybody. live look at 422, starting to move ahead. we had earlier traffic jam working toward trooper but roads are dry at least here out in king of prussia heading in from south jersey freeway headlights coming from new jersey heading in toward philadelphia, watch for some volume building for folks coming back from the shore. we have about 20 minute delays on septa's warminster line where significant california problems and across the board some delays on the paoli line, airport line, thorndale as all part of the regional rail situation with shortage of the cars. this afternoon a new ticketing situation. good news for market

talking the pennsylvania suburbs, the lehigh valley and the poconos.rst alert in effect through this evening. the threat of thunderstorms with heavy rainfall will pose a flash flood threat for later today. right now, though, the lehigh valley just dealing with clouds and some light fog in the area. that fog will clear as the temperatures climb. they will be climbing, even though we're getting a cloudy start in philadelphia. those low clouds will break for some sunshine. the temperatures will warm from the 70s into the 80s this afternoon. right now, 75 degrees at philadelphia international. not much cooler in park side, chestnut hill, bustleton and society hill at that same 75 degrees. a warm, steamy start. we're keeping the eye on the radar for storms later today. storms this morning are moving through new jersey. heavy downpours in ocean county and another shower that's just really popped up in central burlington county with heavy rainfall. i'll go through the forecast hour by hour when i'm back in just a few minutes. jessica boyington has your first

both races at pocono this year affected by rain.thing happened back in early june at pocono. >>> the kids of the drivers having fun. brad keselowski's kid showing off his driving skills. kevin harvick's son splashing around in a puddle. even laying down in it. never like it when my kids do that. they know how to have a good time. sometimes just turn them loose and let them do their thing. >>> coming up in about 25 minutes, hear from the eagles newest scout brian dawkins. and golf's final major comes down to the wire. for now, i'm danny pommells. we'll be right back. >>> now here's something you don't see every day. a big rig tipped over this afternoon spilling a load of watermelons at a rest stop in new jersey. it happened at a stop on i-295 northbound at exit 2 in carney's point. the ramp to the welcome center was closed while crews cleared away the truck and the fruit. >>> someone out there is holding a powerball ticket worth $487 million. one ticket matched all six numbers in the giant drawing. and it was sold at a grocery store

we will see pop ups, tore the poconos, big question with whether the big race cancelled yesterday, pocono 400, the pennsylvania 400 i should say whether that will actually happen today. there is a possibility this evening of cape may county getting a strong soaking thunderstorm. they will be popping up but very isolated throughout the afternoon. additional rain possible through tonight, if you get one of those storms, then you could get a lot of rain in a very short period of time. we say locally heavy for amount of the rain. we have a flash flood watch until 10:00 p.m. for northern and western counties, pocono counties, carbon, monroe, northampton, lehigh, berks, montgomery bucks and mercer county all under a flash flood watch for rest of the day because of the possibility of then are stormed that could produce soaking rain. 77 degrees in philadelphia. zero seven in lancaster. seventy-three inial than town. we head up toward hazelton where it is 67. it is muggy every where including millville 76. medford lakes 75. close to 80 degrees in ocean city, new jersey. seventy-seven in lieu is, d

mount pocono. sixty-three in allentown our current temperature at wilmington at 68 degrees. temperature range over the last 24 hours, the biggest up in the poconos, up about ten or 11 degrees, warmer this morning then this time yesterday morning. we are up 8 degrees in atlantic city. as we head throughout our day another round of sunshine a few more clouds in the afternoon, warmer and more humid with a high of 89 degrees. we will have a nice breeze ape southwest at ten or 15 miles an hour to cool us off. overnight tonight you might have been able to have windows opened over the last several nights. i don't think tonight we will only drop down to 73. partly cloudy, mug which chance have of isolated thunder shower west of the city. we have quiet conditions. cold front up wind not a potent system but generating a few showers looking towards western pennsylvania and that will move through as we head throughout the day tomorrow but for today high pressure still remaining in control. it will start to shi

we still have a watch out for mercer county, bucks, montgomery and the poconos.rounds in this area saturated and through to tonight. we could be seeing heavy thundershowers and thunderstorms that will lead to flash flooding concerns and temperature-wise very cool outside compared to what we haven't seen recently. philadelphia is 77 and 78 vine lann and 77 degrees in allentown and expect those cooler temperatures to last tomorrow with an onshore wind and we're still going to be locked in with that cloud cover. here's future weather and there you see the showers and storms through south jersey and delaware and as we go through the next several hours those very much could be kind of range themselves out and then we could see the line through the poconos move into the lehigh valley maybe by 10:30 or so so we're dealing with late night showers north and west of philadelphia and possibly overnight. 8:30 tomorrow morning. have your umbrella, still a chance of light rain in the forecast for tomorrow morning and possibly through the afternoon and the clouds are going to s

and lakehurst to wildwood it will feel anywhere from 95 to 95 degrees in the poconos. if you are at the shore or city or the poconos on the get away friday, not much sea breeze at the coast. temperature of 90 and 95 in philadelphia and it's hot and sticky and up in the poconos it is muggy with an isolated shower or thunderstorm on the way. coming up we'll take a closer look at the forecast we are in the 90s today and tomorrow. and this could be the potential of heat wave number six. we'll talk about that coming up in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> crews remain on the scene of a hazardous chemical spill in the juniata section, a 5,000 gallon tank spilled on g street. temperatures exceed 100 degrees, firefighters evacuated the building and waited for the substance to cool before stopping in. nobody in the building was hurt. >>> a repaving project hit a road block when a water main broke in philadelphia. this is haverford avenue and that stretch of road is already closed for construction and water crews are working to contain the leak and making the repai

the thickest fog in the pocono mountains. quarter mile visibility,. we're seeing scattered fog at the shore, the fog will disappear. the storm threat for later today, for the suburbs, the lehigh valley, the poconos, this is through this evening. a possibility of thunderstorms with heavy rainfall, bringing a flash flood threat to the area once again. doppler radar showing that area dry right now. there are showers and some thunderstorms now moving through southern burlington county into ocean county at this time. the storms are heading off to the northeast. we'll be moving offshore. it's a watching game for the rest of the day for more storms. a look at the futurecast hour by hour when i'm back in just a few minutes. let's see how the traffic is moving on a monday morning. jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >> we're starting things off on route 202 around route 30. on the north and southbound sides of route 202 we are watching for some construction. should be clearing relatively soon. it doesn't look like an active project. you can see fla

we will take you to the poconos where it is raining heavily here. this is jack frost big boulder ski slopes there not looking snow covered but rain covered right now. you can see camera lens covered with rain drops as rain comes down heavily. we have a line of stationary thunderstorms moving in the poconos right now. our area in the city has been quiet so far today because of mainly cloud cover, atmosphere very stable, we did have a few breaks of sun here and there but cloud have won out. keeping things cooler, at 78 degrees but still very humid and still the chance for showers and storms to pop up later this evening or overnight but it does look like biggest threat will remain in our area to the north up across poconos, lehigh valley and portions of bucks and montgomery counties as well. storm scan three shows these storms firing up few more in maryland an and an area that has heavy rain. we have rain over central delaware in south jersey and this line of storms one to watch over poconos where flash flood watch remains in the effect. i showed you t

another gorgeous day in pocono poconos. mostly season a and pleasant high temperature 78.o persius meteor shower thursday night early friday morning and astronomers are predicting aan outburst we could see 200 meteors per shower. typically per sext ids is more active seeing 60 shooting stars an hour and persistent and beautiful trails. something cool to check out later this week. forecast highs tomorrow into the too toasty. average in philadelphia. slightly cooler down the shore. topping 81 wildwood and 84 atlantic city and another day in upper 70s and poconos and into tuesday, nice companies as well. 87 degrees. as we head into wednesday the steamy conditions return and high temperatures jump up into the 90s where they will remain as we head into the end of week and start of next weekend. chance of few storms wednesday and thursday afternoon. better rain chances ahead. friday and saturday and saturday i think will be steamyest day of them all with dew points in middle 70s. temperatures in 9 0s. recipe for happening indoors. >> i would say. >> thank you so much. >> if i do

bit cooler in the poconos, at 74 degrees. right now, on the rise, are our dew points, you notice it is dewey stepping outside. details about the muggy factor when we are up about five to 10 degrees, and our dew points from this time yesterday. so feeling the steam factor returning. storm scan3 showing us sunshine across the i95 corridor, down across south jersey and the shore. but seeing clouds moving into the lehigh valley, and couple of sprinkles in and around the poconos, it will be a mainly quiet day across the region, could see shower, isolated thundershower in the poconos, today high of 79 degrees. still another beautiful beach day despite the increase in humidity, high of 83. soar up to near 90 degrees in the city, with those muggier conditions, but today is not going to be the most steamy day. we'll talk about that plus the tropics heating up in your full forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >> thanks, lauren. we have learned the identity of the delaware woman who died after falling from a zip line platform in ne

sixty-five in mount pocono.t is still muggy out there witness dew points in the 60's, not the as bad as yesterday but still humid. oh, what a monday we had weather-wise with 80 degrees our high temperature and that was first time we have been below average since the 13th of july and we have a lot of hot weather in july but not so much, as we head into the week. the let's just say normally hot which means mid 80's. we could get up to 90 on saturday before we get those thunderstorms with the cold front that will cool us off a bit, on sunday, but after today we went have a chance of rain, until saturday. so, bob kelly can get hammock back out in your backyard. >> are you saying i need to get those chores done this week. >> no, i said hammock. >> i think i have a little bit of what lauren had. cancel those chores. 4:17. live look along 202 northbound we have blinking lights, cone zone, down to one lane here between route 30 and route 401 as we say good morning to malvern chester county, live look at 42 freeway comin

heads up mount pocono and prepare for heavy rainfall and frequent lightning and those are the main threats with the storm that continue across the area in the evening hours and we have potential to see stronger, even isolated severe storms north and west of city up towards the lehigh valley, berks counts yain mount pocono. we'll talk more about the storm threat into the evening hours and then some more comfortable weather, slightly more comfortable in the 7 day forecast coming up. lauren. thank you so much. >> residents in west philadelphia meantime are without water during dangerously hot day during a broken water main. eyewitness is at haverford and 61 street where crews are working to repair the main right now. in the meantime more than 50 homes and businesses are without water. eyewitness news reporter tren doe jinz us live in the neighborhood with what is happening. >> right natasha, there is a lot of work still to be done here. take a look down the street. the crews are working in sweltering conditions to try to get this fixed. fortunately everyone on the block has air conditioning a

best shot around poconos as that front approaches. talk about the heat index, not quite as bad as yesterday. we were up around 111 for philadelphia yesterday afternoon. so 102 through 105 most likely during the mid afternoon hours. tomorrow, yeah, it will feel better, mid 90's close to 100 factoring in the humidity for monday afternoon. so it does get better and each day things do improve. hot and humid to day, watch out for late day shower or storm. 96 degrees this afternoon for actual air temperature. still muggy tonight not as warm. seventy-eight for city. chance for shower or storm early. check out the seven day forecast. we have 90's tomorrow. 92 degrees. not as humid. should stay dry with partly sunny skies. tuesday upper 80's, just a straight forecast, warm, humid, tuesday, to thursday, could be a scattered shower or storm in the afternoon an then friday maybe we will start to drop and it looks like rahel, next weekend could start off nice mid 80's with low humidity. the lets home that stand if you don't like this rough weather

watching visibility in the pocono mountains it is very foggy up there. that could slow you down as well. as far as our heat wave that was a seven day heat wave that ended on thursday, we did make it to 90 yesterday, with more sunshine then anticipated, but it doesn't look like another heat wave starting up because we have highs in the 80's today and tomorrow. by wednesday when it is lower humidity we are in the the mid 80es a. same for thursday which both of those days look like best weather days of the week. the it starts to get more humid and then a cold front with some thunderstorms popping up is possible on saturday but still pretty warm on sunday. so we will get a break from that humidity eventually bob kelly to day is just not our day. >> exactly. >> you can never rule it out, as you always say. 5:17 we will call it on a monday morning, what a difference a week can make. the here's i-95 here right here near broad street right here near stadium area we have disable here hot northbound side and disable with the blinkers here on the southbound side bu

getaway day for the shore, city and poconos, not bad, 78 at the shore and 78 in the poconos. 86 in theity, slightly humid in the morning and afternoon. 86 is the high in philadelphia. tomorrow, steamy, 90 degrees, there's a period in the afternoon where you'll see a shower or thunderstorm pop through. sunny, less humid on sunday, 87 degrees. monday, beautiful, 85. 878 great on tuesday, wednesday and thursday, the humidity spikes back up, we reintroduce the idea of a couple of thunderstorms. remember, when we're not on the air you can get weather information at 6abc.com/weather. today nod too bad and -- not too bad and tonight at musikfest. >> ex-ambassadors are getting around, they will be on "g.m.a." and at steel stacks tonight. >>> brazil is reeling from political and economic turmoil. the president is facing impeachment. as well they are dealing with this, olympic members are voicing concerns about traffic security and water pollution. speaking of which a water test by abc news confirm the test about water contamination. the water is teaming with infectionous organisms coming from r

even a little cool, might need long sleeve in the poconos at 55 degrees. the storm scan three showing a bunch of nothing. we had nice sunshine and now we are clearing with clear sky conditions. we have another boot any store. 75 degrees. bright, comfortable. beautiful to get out there on your lunch hour. mostly sunny skies, 82 degrees. humidity levels stay on the the low side but we will increase them as we head into tonight, and more humid day for friday. we will talk about that and all important weekend forecast, meisha, coming up in a couple minutes. >> looking beautiful, thanks, very much. good morning everyone. i'm still dealing with that cough, just bear with me. looking at the vine we are closed overnight ever since dnc left the vine closure between schuylkill and broad is back on the road for overnight construction. it is closed west and east bound, and i'll let you know when it does and when it comes back down. for traffic, construction near project we have been talking about is now completed, on 202, great news for those around 202 but what is st

we're in the 70s in the poconos, remember, earlier in the week, you started off in the 40's, quite a bit of difference this morning, 74 degrees your current temperature in atlantic city. storm scan3, actually some activity this morning, west of the i95 corridor, few sprinkles around the poconos, what was thunderstorm now is starting to weaken, making its way toward berks county, see couple of raindrops in and around the reading area, heads up for that over the next hour or so. but that should try to weaken. we can maybe see isolated sprinkle in the city as we head into the next several hours, but i think dry conditions basilica of saints peter and paul the 9:00 hour, decreasing clouds as we head into the second half of the day. see hot, humid conditions, 93 degrees, by the 3:00 hour. but, we have cold front working through the area, as we speak. that's going to bring us some nice relief, justin, a we head into the upcoming weekends. we have to deal with the steam today. but by tomorrow it will feel a little better. talk more about that coming up. >> remember, still late august, we'll

the visibility in the poconos, it is foggy all morning up there, only quarter mile in mount pocono andgy every where. lewis delaware 78. atlantic city 75. pottstown 71. reading, pa 75. seventy-four in the city. it was 90 yesterday. with all of the cloud cover and very little sunshine. not as much as yesterday. we have 86. we will see some sun at times but watch out for those pop up thunderstorms, a few tomorrow as well. then lower humidity wednesday, thursday friday isn't too bad but it does warm up and we will get more then are storms perhaps on saturday. checking out shore temperatures we will not have that land breeze this week especially tuesday and wednesday with beach temperatures in the 70's. it looks delightful at the shore bob kelly. >> those land breezes will keep those big green flies out and ocean breeze we will be in good shape. 8:17. pennsylvania turnpike eastbound we have an accident at fort washington interchange, between fort washington and virginia drive. water main break arrot street between margaret, frankford orthodox el stop and roosevelt boulevard. that stretch i

current air temperature mount pocono 78. feels more like 76. comfortable conditions will stick around for a couple of days. we'll talk about that. storms return to the forecast as we head to midweek. i'll time those out and big event as we come to upcoming week. the perseids meteor shower and how many stars you may see coming up in a few, natasha. >> lawrp, thank you. a family visiting philadelphia from columbia was almost stranted in the u.s. after mishap aboard a septa bus. eyewitness reporter anita ohe shows us how media played app important role. >> 88 almost led her down a road she did not expect. >> i felt hopeless at the time and stranded. >> after a two-month visit to the states the columbia native was set to return home with her children on tuesday. last week as she tend off the bus, bustleton and princeton, >> we were missing my backpack. >> inside it, everything the family needed to return home including passports. >> my mom was busy with so many things i totally forgot i had it next to me. >> surveillance shows this man picked up th

up in the poconos today, certainly not bad. mostly sunny skies and comfortable conditions and high of 81 and warm and humid for saturday and 81 degrees and showers and storms firing up especially as we go throughout the day, some of which could be on the gusty side on sunday, and humidity in the air and drenching downpours a big concern by then, a high temperature of 75. here is the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. mostly sunny and clouds mixing in as well. a hot day at 91 degrees, hot and humid on saturday, in at 90, then humid on sunday, a high of 88 degrees, the gusty showers and storms moving on through, we have to watch the temperatures closely on sunday and could be close to 90, it could be another heat wave in the region, less humid and a much nicer day. a high temperature of 84 degrees and beautiful on tuesday, and beautiful sunshine and high of 82 and tuesday and wednesday we expect dew points in the 40s. that means we have got not an ounce of humidity those days. and thursday matt, a high temperature of 89 de

poconos not too bad. sun and clouds out there today partly sunny, 80 degrees, 77 tomorrow with numerous showers and thunderstorms. jersey shore, a nice day on the sand today, 73, partly sunny, wind parallel to the shoreline, 85. thunderstorms developing late on sunday, high of 84. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we'll go 88 degrees for tomorrow with the heavy hitting afternoon showers and thunderstorms monday and tuesday look fantastic. 82 and 81. no humidity at all. wednesday, 87. thursday, warming up again back up to 89. ut-oh, friday, hazy, hot and humid, 92678 we have -- 92. we have some 80s in there. >>> next you visit philadelphia city hall you'll see a flag blowing in the wind. the flag of indonesia. the indonesian ambassador was there to receive a welcome from jim kenny. and your debit card wants to stay on a diet. fill your cart with small victories like giant's nature's promise brand. great prices on over 800 items. eat well for less. only at my giant. i'm hillary clinton, and i ap

philadelphia though we are back in the heat and humidity. 91 degrees in the poconos and poconos 81 under mostly sunny skies. on saturday, it gets humid with the possibility of a thunderstorm and a better chance of some strong gusty thunderstorms late in the day on sunday and sunday night ahead of a cold front. the high of 90 and look what happens behind it, 84 on monday and tuesday a little bit on the cool side with low humidity and high of 82. good thing to do in this kind of weather is get near the water, and do some kayaking, meteorologist, melissa magee in stone harbor. not that you need it this is a great shoulder workout you know. >> are you right, you are right. good presses and up things too, a squat and a press. you got it going on that is for sure. are you guys having a good time? >> yeah! >> no, no, are you guys having fun? >> yes! >> we are having our own little races, a kayak race as well. we'll have more on what to expect down at the shore and the all important shore forecast. are you guys ready? on your mark get set, go! . i think i won! >> okay. she is still talking oh we

poconos actually in the 60s.t for today, the pool forecast from accuweather, lots of sunshine expected hardly a cloud in the sky. burn time somebody with fair skin, 15 minutes or less, apply the sunscreen. 2:00 p.m., temperature, 87. the feels like temperature will be a degree or two cooler than the air temperature. that will change later this week. both the heat and the humidity make a comeback in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. i'll let you know when in ten minutes. >> an investigation is underway this hour in berks county after a family of five was found dead inside their home. >> the bodies were discovered yesterday afternoon on winding brook drive in sinking spring. "action news" reporter, trish hartman joins us live with the latest developments on this. trish, what is the newest information? >> >> reporter: well, gray we got new information moments ago, take a look, this is the home where authorities found this family of five yesterday, the berks county district attorney has identified them as

maybe you're spending it down the shore or in poconos and not in the office. you're lucky. 82 a stray thunderstorm down the shore. tomorrow sunshine and patchy clouds especially in the poconos and nice conditions with high temperature 80. as we've been talking about, we do have the potential for some rip current, moderate risk as we head all throughout the wee week. so keep that in mind. if you are spending this week down the shore you want to be sure to swim in front of lifeguard with potential dangerous rip current and we have two tropical systems offshore at least in close proximity to the delaware valley and again hurricane gaston looking impressive on satellite imagery and this system stays out to sea. that is good news for us. we have two new tropical depressions newly formed today and tropical depression number one was 99 and we were keeping an eye over the last several days and becoming more organized center of circulation was discovered and this will likely strengthen to a tropical storm the next couple days. same case with tropical depression 8 to th

upper 70s in the poconos. and then looking forward to the upcoming weekend, in the city, humid conditions, on saturday, with the chance of storms, but sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, all beautiful conditions. not too shabby for august. >> we appreciate it. thank you. >> your welcome. >> all right, the first commercial trip to the moon could commas early as neck year. >> and other space companies say mars is next. the moon express robotic land is her expected to find precious materials like platinum on the lunar surface, their deal with the us government says the company can keep whatever they find up there, and google promises $20 million to the first commercial company to crews a rover on the lunar surface, bring home some video. >> coming up later today, with concerns about the spread of the zika virus, our stephanie stahl looks into why mosquitos bite us. she'll explain what draws the pesky insect to us, that's coming up today, at 5:00. >>> and, finally today, first responders from all around the countr

mid 60's in mount pocono. dew points upper 60's that means it is still humid but not oppressively so. so 82 degrees, not bad, 84 tomorrow and 85 on thursday. these are best two weather days of the week with low humidity wednesday and thursday, starts to get warmer and thunderstorms on saturday after we get to 90 degrees, mike and alex. >>> thanks, sue 6:18. more cases of zika in florida prompted cdc to issue a new advisory that says pregnant woman should not travel to the zika transmission area. ten new infections have been found bringing total up to 14. new cases are said to have been likely transmitted by mosquitoes and all cases have been found clustered in the same square mile, miami dade county. more than 1600 people in the u.s. have been affect with zika in recent months all while traveling abroad. this is first that started and happened in one place in florida. >> so what you are telling me is if you are planning to have a child don't go to miami is that what the cdc is saying. >> that is a head line. >

poconos still feeling good in the upper 70's. even coastal temperatures are getting close to 90 degrees, with an off shore wind. look at the suburbs, a little cooler in quakertown the at 86 . nice 87 in willow grove. problem is humidity. we will look at that dew point temperature and remember 70 degrees is that threshold where it feels really humid. we are there right now. it is tough to spend time outdoors this afternoon. just take it easy. it is late summer. bodies are getting used to the hot and humid conditions but when we factor in that humidity it feels like 93 in philadelphia. ninety-five in wilmington. look at dover feeling like over 100 degrees at this hour with that high heat and humidity and down toward south jersey and shore points close to 100 degrees for that heat index the atlantic city airport. we had a couple showers early this morning and cloud giving way to the the sunshine, full sun right now, weak cold front moving through the region this afternoon. what it the is, it will bring more northwesterly wind, incre

the poconos beautiful weather for today. at 81 degrees by this afternoon tonight temperatures fall into the low 60s. down the shore we still have that moderate risk rip currents. low 80s today. by tomorrow, 84 degrees. and once again, water temperatures upper 60 toss mid 70s. so the heat goes on in the philadelphia area once again expected high is 90 and that would make heat wave number six official across parts of the area. the weather authority seven day forecast showing you, sunny, dry today a high of 90 degrees. 91 for monday, hazy sunshine on tuesday. 89. maybe a pop-up storm by the middle of the week but look at next friday and saturday. 80 friday, low 80s on saturday. hey, we'll be right back. 80 friday, low 80s on saturday. hey, we'll be right back. ♪ 80 friday, low 80s on saturday. hey, we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ the best way to get together, is with the treat you make together. ♪ ♪ for senate, katie mcginty or pat toomey? mcginty supports clean energy jobs. pat toomey voted to protect tax breaks for oil companies.

poconos will be under heat advisory later on today.know, just want to take it easy, drink plenty of water throughout the day today if you are headed outside, even inside, you know, we are dealing with temperatures very warm already. upper 70s to some low 80s from some of the backyards from the weather watchers, do have few cooler spots, one lucky spot north and west of the city. eileen, normally one of the cooler spots in gilbertsville, sitting at 72 degrees, partly sunny skies at this hour, still humid no matter where you are, closer to the city we warm up to the upper 70s to near 80. jerry's blue bell, then we have to, the river no new jersey, 80 already at kerry's house, mt. laurel, new jersey, partly sunny skies, down into delaware, really starting to feel that heat, right now, we go to middletown, jason, at 81 degrees, have some clouds at this hour, very high dew points high humidity the trends all day long up to berks county, cut town, nice shot here, see the sunshine mix with high to mid level clouds. light breeze, 1 mile per ho

quarter mile visibility in mount pocono right now. reduced visibility in lancaster but not too bad with the fog. we will keep an eye on that situation. cooler in lancaster 65. same in mount pocono. everybody else is pretty much in the 70's this morning. we have 73 degrees in philadelphia. 84 percent relative humidity. now our sunrise is at 6:01 which is a an hour from now the official time and plan on some sunshine but some clouds today as well and then a cooler than average temperature. it is pretty comfortable with 82 degrees. we will take it, not too hot, not too cold, just right and goldie locks kind of day bob kelly good there you go. >> your little meter there, what type of day instead of numbers we will get to characters, yes. 5:02. sue is right on the money, bam, pop up shower here in downtown philadelphia. vine street expressway wet behind the ears. you can see glare on the road surface. the good news is at least we have some cars on the road, vine street expressway opened up for business, they have pick up cones and we are r

the pocono mountains right now temperatures in the 60s.d down the shore? we're looking at 86 degrees. 88 in the lehigh valley. music fest taking place and once again in center city temperatures near 90 with warm conditions. by the middle and latter part of next week, we're talking about hazy, hot, humid conditions. dew points rising the humidity will be rising and also it looks like another potential heat wave. so once again for today, lower humidity, 89. 87 for your monday looking pretty good to start the week a hell more humidity by tuesday. then look at wednesday a high of 90. a couple of pop-up showers and storms can't be ruled out. 91 thursday. 92 on friday. so it look like three or more consecutive days bill and karen temperatures above 90 degrees. what would that mean. >> a heat wave. >> you're right. >> your favor rate. >> it means it's hot. >> real hot. >> yeah. >> thank you, scott. >> we want to see some more of your pictures. monty g this is me and my sister evie chillin' in south philly. baby baby! >> for frances abby and emma

and a cool 62 in mount pocono.hat courtesy of some cooler and drier air building in across the area. dew points have dropped off significantly in the poconos. also, the lehigh valley when you step outside, that feels so much better. but in philadelphia and across south jersey dew points still elevated up into the 70s. but tomorrow will be feeling better for everybody. comfort index dew points drop off into the middle 50s for a portion of the day. feeling nice and pleasant and certainly not august like but we do have more humidity, of course, in the forecast. and also a meteor shower and all the details on all of that coming up. >> all right, lauren see you soon, thank you. >>> a fire meantime at a popular collegeville pub damaged part of the restaurant but didn't slow business down this afternoon. "eyewitness news" was there at davinci's pub earlier today. the fire started outside the restaurant and traveled up a pole and damaged part of the roof. employees were able to put the flames out using buckets of water. >>

we have an excessive heat warning effect in the poconos, that will expire at 7 o'clock this evening butor the rest of us we go until 9 o'clock tomorrow evening as another hot day and humid day is in store. temperatures right now 96 degrees in philadelphia, we're at 95 in dover, 91 degrees right now in atlantic city. and we all know if you spent one second outside so far today, it is the humidity as well. check out some of these feels-like temperatures. 107 in philadelphia, just about two hours ago our heat index was at 111. we're at 110 right now what it feels like when you step outside in millville and feeling like 106 in wildwood. if you're heading to the phillies game prepare for the heat and humidity. 94 degrees for first pitch. we'll still have some sunshine around maybe a very spotty thunderstorm but most of us staying dry and just dealing with this heat. still feeling like 105 degrees. we'll talk more about what's in store as we head into the day tomorrow. still dealing with the heat. not quite as humid so i'll have some little bit of good news, little nugget of good news coming

the poconos tomorrow, 74. we have sunshine after a start in the 40's. overnight lows in the 60's the next three nights. that will feel amazing. it does heat up by friday our next chance for stray thunderstorm but upcoming weekend amazing. in ex-chance for rain is next week and that may not happen. this beautiful sunny stretch is what will be here. >> that seven day. >> yes. >> it is beautiful. >> tree mend us don bell up next in sports. >> we are talking football. more painful then broken ribs? maybe not. it has been rough for carson wentz is saying about his time on the sidelines. >>> bird add a potential starter to the roster. why steven tullock could be the man in the middle, sports up but how did we end up here? his mom thought he had the flu and that he was covered by the meningococcal meningitis vaccine he had received. until 2014 there were no vaccines for meningitis b in the u.s. now there are. while uncommon, meningitis b can lead to death within 24 hours. trumenba is a vaccine for 10 through 25 year olds to help prevent group b meningococcal d

there most are off to the north impacting poconos and lehigh valley. you can see a few storms in central pennsylvania. coming up i'll track those and let you know if they get in here overnight. more thunderstorm chance as we head to the weekend and one day could feel hotter than 110. i'll tell you which day that is coming up. back inside to you guys. >> a power outage caused trouble in the prospect park health and rehab center in prospect park delaware county. with now power there was no air conditioning. somewhere moved to nearby hospitals. we're told a generator was used to get the ac running again. the outage was due to cable on customer's end and everything appears to be back to normal now. >> we may be in the middle of a heat wave with philadelphia public pools close tomorrow before the worst of the heat arrives this weekend. eyewitness news reporter anita oh reports the closures are not good for those looking to beat the heat. >> every splash a sound of summer and as the temperatures spike. >> definitely been a heat wave. it's been crazy. >> perf

this morning we're seeing people coming down from the poconos, after the nascar race. now they are dealing with southbound construction between quakertown and lansdale, right lane is out of commission, tam. >> we're following breaking news, police in montgomery county converged on a am pleasure apartment building two people were shot overnight, annie mccormick is live at the scene of the crime on the 100 block of forest avenue, annie, what do we know? >> reporter: tamala, at this hour we only have limited preliminary information, i can tell you that the forensic unit is out here, a number of police officers as well as detectives in the montgomery county district attorney's office take a look at the video, what we know police came out to investigate around midnight. they are investigating a double shooting. they say it took place just after midnight inside an apartment in the 100 block of forest avenue. now, when investigators arrived they focused on a second floor apartment at forest gardens apartment complex. at this hour there are few leads or information. back out h

temperatures generally in the mid to upper 80's, still hanging on to some 70's in mount pocono and wethat sea breeze kicking in so bring something cooler air, some relief down the shore, 82 degrees right now in ocean city and we're sitting at 83 degrees right now in stone harbor but dewpoints, they tell us about that humid factor, the humidity it really has returned to center city philadelphia surrounding counties especially to the south down the shore and parts of delaware not feeling too bad up towards the lehigh valley and poconos but that will change as we head into the day tomorrow. it will be a humid day but then by tuesday conversely, the humidity just drops out of the atmosphere. our comfort index awesome, with dewpoints not even on the chart. they'll fall down into the 40's for a time on tuesday, so it's going to feel so great, so awesome but overnight it is going to be muggy partly cloudy with a chance of a stray thundershower, temperatures overnight lows very mild only dropping back to 74 degrees. then tomorrow right around average, we're up to 87, humid conditions though m

there most are off to the north impacting poconos and lehigh valley. you can see a few storms in central pennsylvania. coming up i'll track those and let you know if they get in here overnight. more thunderstorm chance as we head to the weekend and one day could feel hotter than 110. i'll tell you which day that is coming up. back inside to you guys. >> a power outage caused trouble in the prospect park health and rehab center in prospect park delaware county. with now power there was no air conditioning. somewhere moved to nearby hospitals. we're told a generator was used to get the ac running again. the outage was due to cable on customer's end and everything appears to be back to normal now. >> we may be in the middle of a heat wave with philadelphia public pools close tomorrow before the worst of the heat arrives this weekend. eyewitness news reporter anita oh reports the closures are not good for those looking to beat the heat. >> every splash a sound of summer and as the temperatures spike. >> definitely been a heat wave. it's been crazy. >> perf

so you are just about in the clear in mount pocono, but for the day tomorrow, we will see thunderstorms redeveloping once again. the storm prediction center has most of the delaware valley at marginal risk of severe weather, i think better chance at seeing few storms in and along the i59 corridor headed into tomorrow afternoon and evening, but, primary threats once again will be the very heavy rainfall, potentially some strong damaging winds, we did have some damaging winds reported in berks county, earlier, with robo strong winds, also frequent lightning, tornado and hail threat very low for the day tomorrow. but, our storm yes, sir portion of the area is going to be the poconos once again, downpours, thunderstorms likely, high of 84, mostly sunny during the day down the shore, do watch out for late day thunderstorm possible. high temperatures, cruising once again, back up to 97 in annulate tech city, 95 wilmington, 97 in dover, with the heat index values, well up into the triple digits across the area. and then, some more relief as we head into monday, not as humid, and not as hot. st

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eighty's in the poconos. we have more storm chances later this week in the a full forecast in just a few minutes. it is going to be another sweltering day in philadelphia today. we have learn yesterday that two women died from the dangerous heat. lets get to "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt live on the schuylkill river trail where some are getting their work out early before temperature rise even more. >> reporter: rahel, they are. yes, a group behind me passing on the schuylkill river trail. authorities are not releasing much about those two women who died. we know there was a 67 year-old woman in brewerytown and 82 woman from port richmond. authorities say they were heat related deaths. sad story there. right now folks are trying to get their work out in before the temperature get out of control which justin said they are going to today. we are talking about kid that can't be out here those city pools, 21 city pools were scheduled to be closed. right now only eight of them will be closed. that means 1

upper 80s in the poconos.e will talk about better chances for some showers and storms, later this weekend, coming up in the full forecast in just a few more minutes, rahel, back to you. >> justin, thank you. even before the sunrises, it is already as hot this morning as it usually gets on summer day. you can expect it to stay this way for a few days. cherri gregg from sister station "kyw news radio", live along kelly drive to see how runners are doing with the heat, cherry, i know you said earlier, the heat had you feeling all hot and bothered, hopefully you had a chance to get in the live truck and cool off. >> i did cool off, rahel, trying to stay cool, but it is getting stickier by the moment. i spoke to about half dozen joggers or so, that saw this morning, and all of them are out here early, also, trying to avoid the heat, and still get their workouts in. folks have been doing that all over the past few days, take a look at the video. people have gotten very, very creative, in trying to stay cool, plastic

temperatures all across the region to start you out on a friday morning. 69 degrees right now in mount pocono degrees in dover, temperature change over the last 24 hours, we're significantly warmer even from this time yesterday morning, on the order of about five to 10 degrees. and later today, shorts and t-shirts will be required, but, might need umbrella in certain places over the next couple of hours. storm scan3 showing us we do have little isolated shower, traversing it way over montgomery and chester counties. pottstown seeing light rainfall coming down right now. future weather showing us as we head into the next couple of hours, couple of showers try to work their way across the i95 corridor. by lunchtime all of the rain is out of here. so clouds, and spring toll start. as we head into the second half of the day decrease in clouds, heat and humidity will be staying with us, high temperatures topping up around 93 degrees, as we head into the second half of the day. so, as we head into the up upcoming weekend, will the humidity stick around with us? coming up. >> there you go, 84 where

right now 66 in poconos and 77 in philadelphia. millville checking in at 73 degrees with temperatures fal falling in the 60s. we'll wake up to morning temperatures mainly in the 60s. wildwood at 71. look at poconos, 58 degrees in the morning, feeling more like fall. we'll talk about the decent drop in temperatures come tomorrow and comfortable air moving in and this could be the longest, sunny stretch we've seen this summer. i'll see you later on in the broadcast. >> kath yes, i thanks. prosecutors filed murder charges against a driver they say hit and killed a homeless veteran yesterday in fairhill. police say 29-year-old andrew a ci to of glenolden ran into a woman in a wheelchair. he drove away and hit another person. they stopped him a short time later. people in the neighborhood say the woman who died was a be loved air force veteran. acito is facing a list of charges including homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence. >>> developing tonight in burlington county the search for a man charged with murder. police wan

we had a record rainfall of 2-plus inches in the poconos that postponed the poconos rails until 11:00 a.m. this morning. points to the south could get a drenching downpour. if it happens in here, you're talking about a quick issue with runoff getting into flashy creeks and poor-drainage area roads. 79 degrees in philadelphia. 83 in dover. dewpoints i'll show you quickly, sarah, look at that, 83 in dover, 74 in millville. down in here, it's super-oppressive humidity and even in philadelphia it's sticky. i'll track the storms on future tracker 6 and take a look at what comes next in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. for now, the word is be careful of the downpours. >> thank you. >>> keep checking 6abc.com/weather for real time views of what's heading your way. don't forget to follow our team of meteorologists on twitter and facebook for updates. >>> we're following developments in a deadly shooting in montgomery county. two people are confirmed dead at an apartment complex in ambler. annie mccormick joins us live from the crime scene, annie, you've learned the name of one of