allentown is 78, cool spot on the map, that's mount pocono 75 currently and quakertown due points are in the 60's and 70's. a due point of 73 in

that will bunch of stuff happening on the northeast turnpike, southbound before quakertown, construction, then accident as well, downed pole, red hill, montgomery county, route 29, main street, closed at east eighth street. you're going to want to use jerry ville pike to get around that will bunch every of construction on the pa turnpike, the turnpike westbound, past norristown, then again, the northeast extension, there is more construction there. we have ton more to get to, rahel, jim, back to you. >> pat, see you later in the show, thank you. breaking overnight, serious blow to president trump's agenda. >> the rejected part of obama care, so-called skinny healthcare bill went down after three republicans voted to defeat the measure. one vote left fellow senators got pink. >> after a long night of drama and debate, the healthcare freedom act failed. 3gop senators including john mccain, voted no. majority leader mitch mcconnell introduce philadelphia on the senate floor. >> the legislation i just held down is called the healthcare freedom act t restores freedom to americans that obama c

.>> rn quakertown and whole town is quaking because he is learning& how to dance. >> wow. >> and the man need. >> wow. >> hi richard. >> it is terrible. >> i'm usually like shopping cart guy, maybe a sprinkler. >> maybe we came here i'm here with the best dancers at this school because they are showing me the five must know moves to learn when you want to rock it away. come on girl, here we go. >> come back stay with us. we have it coming back next you are up. >> you should have some go too moves so don't look stupid on the dance floor. >> if alex and i, you could flip over backward like that. >> no. >> i wouldn't even us from me to hold him up. >> no. >> we coiled do that once. >> and then. >> let's get into this because apparently alex has told me that she is hearing this is a new fashion trend for men. shirts unbuttoned, certainly down tour sternum maybe a little bit below that. >> wow. >> idea to show off chest muscles if you have them. >> do you guys call it cleavage. >> male cleavage. >> we are just showing, magazine covers and fancy photos of celebrities but i will say yesterd

even in the outlying more remote suburbs like quakertown, for example, at 63 . now as we get in the forecast here it heats up again, looking to be yet another hot afternoon, folks, mid 90s the expectation with generally sunny skies. got to throw in the potential for a shower later this afternoon. this is one of the forecasts where not everyone gets hit by. that will do you have outdoor plans i would certainly keep them, meisha, sun block required, my nose got little burned over the weekend. >> kate, were you wearing it? were you wearing it? >> i forgot. >> practice what i preach, right? >> all guilty. katie, thank you so many. that's good news. your plans for today, still obviously very early and dark outside. we like to point out the vine it is open. so enjoy that if you do have to work today, the vine open. westbound and eastbound, looking actually oak there. see actually quite a few of the neighbors for it being so early, the day before the fourth. let's see what happens as we progress through the morning, hopefully i can keep the levels up for quite some tim

and dancing through the fields. ♪ rest is still unwritten >> reporter: in quakertown, pamela osborne,0 news. >>> and tonight at the jersey shore, a special celebration for an icon that stood more than a century. it's lucy the elephant's 136th birthday so there was a celebration for the famous statue. the party had performers, games, food and in honor of the world's largest elephant. >>> and this year the philadelphia youth regatta made a few changes because of the heat out there. this morning they decided to shorten the 2,000 meter race to a 1,500 meter. other changes, minimized the amount of time athletes stood or waited on the water to race. >>> the rain is headed toward philadelphia right now. check out the view looking toward the art museum. here's a live look. we're in for a stormy night. let's go to first alert meteorologist erika martin. >> we can hear the rain on the roof now. the radar shows us the storms moving into the area from the northwest and from the west as well. west-southwest. see these arrows telling us where the storm are coming from right into our neighborhood. l

northeast ex it end sean closing this weekend, between quakertown, and lansdale.m. to 6:00 a.m. so you will have to use the alternate, route 309 is going to be your best bet. lot more to cover when we come back in the next ten minutes, jim, over you. >> thank you shall meishament volunteers are giving hope back to a park and neighborhood in philadelphia's fairhill section. they're trying to reverse the blight brought on by the rising opioid epidemicment volunteers working near hope park and surrounding area, more than 50 volunteers from the city and the salvation army fanned out to vacant lots. >> trying to clean up, a beautiful kay project, where we have cleaned up five blocks, also, down by hope park, cleaning up the park, as well as cleaning up sit streets, between the lot of b street and "a" street in the neighborhood. >> now the clean up is part of the bario initiative, the program aims to address community needs a mid increasing drug empidemic some of the city neighborhoods. >> a piece of history social security pre served in camden county thanks to donation

let's look at the numbers right now. 69 in quakertown and pottstown, 74 in warminster, 73 in coatsville. 75 in media. 79 degrees in center city. in the suburbs in new jersey, 73 in browns mills. 78 in surf city. brigantine. 79 in tuckahoe. we're in the 80s in fortescue. 76 degrees in dover, delaware. so temperatures already uncomfortable. satellite and radar image, you can see we have a lot of clear conditions. at the moment, the clouds building from the west. we'll have a slight chance of a pop-up shower. most areas dry, but hot. 7:00 a.m., 79. in the lunchtime in the 90s. 3:00 p.m., 95. sitting at the high of 97. at 7:00 p.m. at night, 92 degrees sunshine and clouds. so the heat is dangerous today. we'll see when we get relief from the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. >> reporter: sunrise looks nice, we'll be wishing we were seeing less of the sunshine later on this morning, i'm sure. good morning, karen, good morning everybody, speaking of lights, seeing flashing lights in delco. blue route, 476 northbound is the accident scene north of route 3, west chester pike, the brooma

same number for quakertown. lake harmony, 50 degrees, now you're up to 54. center city, 64. newtown, 58. delaware bay region, a little bit milder, but nice and comfortable down there, as well. gandys beach, 63. vineland, 61. hammonton, 60 and cape may, 65. we'll place a big blue h over the state of pennsylvania, there's not much weather to talk about. high temperatures warming, but humidity levels nice and comfortable. wall-to-wall sunshine, this is 3:00 p.m. this afternoon not even a cloud out there. fast forward into the overnight hours, clear, tomorrow, fair weather cumulus clouds building by afternoon. that's about it. for today, sunny skies enpleasant. 83 degrees is the forecasted high, nice gentle breeze out of the north, 5 to 10 miles per hour. same thing with the jersey shore, breeze out of the north/northwest, 5 to 10 miles per hour. philadelphia, cooling down later 78 degrees. poconos, 75 that's it for july 30th. lots of sunshine, low humidity levels feeling really, really good, perfect weather for the race this afternoon. jersey shore, a perfect beach day, 79 degr

quakertown, 54. pilots, 54. warminster, 56. newtown, 59. would think it was september. 57 in glassboro. vineland, 57. ewing 59 and hammonton 58 degrees. here's satellite and radar yesterday's storm continues to work its way out to sea. what will happen high pressure buildings in over the next few days, if you look right smack dab in the middle of the screen you can see big circle of clearing that's the high. it is moving slowly. that means we'll not see not one, not two, but four straight days of sunny skies. 78 degrees, sunny skies 1:00 p.m., 81. 4:00 p.m., 83. 7:00 p.m., 78. we're forecasting a high of 83. we'll warm up later this week, i'll be back with those numbers in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> a man was hurt by a hit hit-and-run driver in south philadelphia. the driver sped off leaving the victim with a head injury and bruises and cuts. 17 district police officer spotted the carat 13th and katherine. the driver was arrested and faces charges. the victim is being treated at hanheman university hospital. >>> police

southbound between lehigh valley and the quakertown, the right lane is out of commission. on the big picture wrapping up on the eastbound schuylkill expressway, the long stretch between gulf and belmont they are picking up the cones now. vine street expressway, is it gone? , no, not yet, still closed in both directions. we'll keep tabs on it and check back in ten minutes. >> time for a look the business at the big board, delta airlines is spending travel to venezuela. the airlines last flight to venezuela will be september 16 where political humanitarian and economic turmoil continues to get worse. the end of an era. apple is discontinuing the ipod nano and ipad should feel. they should >>> the dow continued it's winning streak up by 85 points which is less than half a percent, but gains are gains. nasdaq and s&p 500 were down and futures point to a lower open. >>> if you want to go back in time, hulu can help you do that, they secured the entire lineup from the 1990s. they will show full house, family members, step by step, hanging with there cooper and perfect strangers

warning in the effect in the central portion of of the region, and they added advisories through quakertown and reading and down to the shore and heat index values could make it feel as hot as 100 to 105, and the humidity itself is extremely oppressive. satellite and cloud cover mixing with sunny breaks and some rain out to the west of us pushing into central pennsylvania and we'll have to wait another couple of hours before it gets here. the heat is here. 92 in philadelphia and 90 in wilmington and 84 in allentown and still 85 down the shore in cape may. everyone is dealing with high humidity. the temperatures are going up this afternoon. 96 by 2:00 and 97 is your high by 4:00, that is one degree off the record high for this date. and 10:00 before we get back down into the mid-80s. i'm posting spotty strong thunderstorms for this afternoon and evening. the dew points, this is the number that tells you how humid it is. look at the numbers, 70 in philadelphia and anything 70 and up is oppressive humidity and 76 in millville and 5-in cape may and uper impressive in wilmington and dover touche

really not bad in quakertown or blue bell. five mile visibility there. five mile visibility in wilmington. might see a little bit of fog or two in wildwood. getting around from the fog shouldn't be an issue. temperatures are cooler to start with. going to stay cooler during the day today. today is not the only day. check out the seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen. one seven day for each part of our area. shows temperatures below normal. not just today. 66 degrees right now in turnersville. cinnaminson 64. look at the low 60s for princeton. that's to start with. we will see some breaks of sunshine, but with lingering clouds, we'll be in the 70s for most of the day. upper 70s by 4:00 this afternoon, in philadelphia and the moisture that's running a little high this morning is going to drop a little bit. the humidity will be falling as we go through the day. still a chance we'll see spotty showers. clouds, those will be lingering too. 76 degrees. that's at 1:00 this afternoon. spotty shower possible. the lehigh valley, suburbs, south jersey, tow

quakertown -- kutztown.quakerto. newtown, 71. mid 70s south and east, as well. fortescue, 76. glassboro, 71. elmer, 71. tuckahoe, 74. cape may, not too 71 degrees. satellite and radar so we had an area of low pressure kind of swing through, now the atmosphere was very, very unstable yesterday all we needed was a trigger to get the storms flowing. that's what we had. the area of low pressure here triggered all the showers and storms now it is working out to sea. we don't have anything left behind it. we're starting out with mostly cloudy skies, we'll see the increase in sun as the day wears on. this is the drier air right here this strip stretching from the mid atlantic into to the heart atlantic of the nation that will lower the dewpoints this afternoon. set it in motion, later this afternoon we're looking at temperatures to top out somewhere between let's say, 85 and 89 degrees depending on your location. i guess we're having problems with the temperature grid. what you would have saw here, temperatures in the mid to upper 80s today, a little bit warmer as we head into sunday

construction has cleared including the southbound soab -- southbound zone between lehigh valley and quakertowndown policy blocking 29 and 8th street. garyville pike or 663. 29 is not where you want to be this morning. if you're heading toward 29 toward 202 the scene in exton where the 30 bypass on-ramp comes in. overnight construction is gone. you can see it's foggy and soupyny part of chester county this morning. matt and tam. >> thank you matt, the investigation continues int acco state fair as similar fair rides across the country have been shut down across the condition.d being thrown from the fireball ride. three victims are in critical condition. record show the fireball pasted 35 point morning with four inspectors signing off on it. the ride manufacturer told officials everywhere cease ridel further notice. >>> a police officer in the suburb of indianapolis was shot and killed responding to a car crash. lieutenant aaron allan was the first on the scene and was shot when the car was flipped over. he was a 6 year veteran with the department and 20 years of law enforcement experience. >>>

it's light calm this morning, develop a light wind out of the north or northwest for allentown, quakertown, and philadelphia. that's dry air coming in. humidity was so nice and comfortable yesterday. going to spend another day on the low side. winds pick up sea breeze developing this amp. temperatures around 80 degrees at the shore. all-around sunshine today. just before 6:00 this morning, see plenty of sunshine. few thin clouds in central pennsylvania. showers and thunderstorms in kansas and texas. not due in here until the middle of the week. that's our first chance of seeing some showers in the area. future cast hour by hour shows a few scattered clouds late tomorrow afternoon. here comes your chance of showers and possibly thunderstorms as we go into wednesday. not to start with in the morning. 9:30 wednesday morning. during the day a possibility of showers developing in the afternoon. possibly even a thunderstorm on wednesday. then into thursday as well. not today and likely not tomorrow either. 89 degrees this afternoon. humidity stays low today. down to 69 degrees by tomorrow mornin

sixty-three in quakertown, and right around 54 degrees currently in mount pocono. we have wind coming from the north, they are helping to do a couple things for us. one, they are bringing in cooler air we are dealing with and also, bringing in the lower humidity, those dew points are checking in the 40 's and 50's out there dew point at 46 degrees in mount pocono. 50 degrees in philadelphia, remember, dew point tells you how comfortable the atmosphere feels, it is exact moisture, exact measure of how much moisture in the atmosphere. things remain pleasant as we start out workweek, we will see humidity on the increase those dew points on the increase by tuesday budd overall, it is still not going to feel too bad. it will begin to feel more on the steamy side though by wednesday but over all the next few days, looking fantastic, and high pressure is building in from our west, it will provide with us mostly clear skies as we head in the overnight hours tonight, and we will start out near monday with tons of sunshine, and a beautiful afternoon in store, and monday nigh

between lansdale and quakertown at that .309 is the way to go instead t but enjoy that weekend, rick thank you. see you monday. thanks matt. >>> still to come on "action news" the all-star break is over. will it be a fresh start for the phils? jeff skversky talks to phillies manager pete mackanin about the second half of the season coming up. >> it is -- for one person a selfie proved to be very costly. we'll show you o. meantime adam joseph tracking those strong storms in the "action news" weather center. hi there. he's coming. he's working on it right now. he's hard at work. >> i'm like monitoring so many things. we're watching the severe storms as they are approaching the area. we'll have much more on these severe storms that are now pushing along the coastal communities of the shore. severe thunderstorm warnings until 5:45 and a watch until 9 o'clock tonight. we'll have the latest on the storm reports as well as storm tracker6 coming up in that seven day. >> you can go back to social media. >> no, he's really working hard. >> those stories when "action news" comes right back. >>

allentown is 78, cool spot on the map, that's mount pocono 75 currently and quakertown due points aren the 60's and 70's. a due point of 73 in philadelphia, that is making for a muggy and uncomfortable night and we're going to have more mugginess where that came from along with the dangerous heat. an excessive heat warning has been issued goes into effect starting noon tomorrow all the way through 8:00 friday for philadelphia and the surrounding counties that you see here on the map and pink. heat index values will range anywhere from 98 to around 103 across the delaware valley. forecasting a heat index value of around 101 tomorrow afternoon in philadelphia, then 98 as we head to friday afternoon. we'll see numbers like these across the delaware valley tomorrow. it's important that you stay heat aware, weather aware and cool. light and loose clothing, avoid outdoor exercise and always check on the elderly dealing with times like these and we have an air quality alert going to be in place tomorrow as well. across stormscan 3, things are monitoring couple of showers and storms earlier t

bucks county firefighter is recovering tonight from heat exhaustion following a two alarm fire in quakertown0 firefighters responded to a house fire on the 1400 block of bethlehem pike. fortunately no one else was injured in the fire and no word yet on what sparked the blaze. >>> new jersey govern chris christie says the state government remains shut down at this point because there is no money. during a news conference this afternoon, governor christy said if the state legislature sent him a budget, the shutdown would be over. instead he says lawmakers are choosing to hold out. but representatives of the state legislature say they're working hard to come up with a compromise >> they're not coming back here in an election year, david in the middle of the summer to hold hearings and vote on a bill. by the way hold hearings, he didn't commit to passing the bill >> 41 members to vote and open up. that's why i'm here today. >> right now, only essential government services like state police, correctional facilities and hospitals remain open. governor christie will convene both houses again tomorr

sixty in mount pocono and 66 degrees right now in quakertown.day but temperatures will be warming up in the 80's as we head in the afternoon, no worries and we have wind coming out of the north. it is not as breeze any philadelphia as it was yesterday afternoon but we will have a nice breeze outside, five to 10 miles an hour out of the north here in center city. that northerly wind, northerly component is pulling in that dryer air so if you stepped outside already, perhaps to grab the newspaper, walk the dog, it feels fantastic out there. that is all thanks to the amount of moisture in the air and there is not a whole lot because dew points in the 40's and 50's out there things feeling awesome as we head into your sunday afternoon. looking good for monday as well. pleasant conditions. dew points will slowly rise over next couple days but by tuesday not too bad out there by wednesday we will have more steam factors coming into play high pressure builds from the west over next several days, mostly clear skies as we head in the overnight hours toni

pot pottstown, quakertown, down to one mile visibility. now down to two mile visibility at philadelphia international. not a problem in wilmington, but look at the thick fog for millville. wildwood. atlantic city seeing a bit of improvement. as far as wet weather, no heavy downpours this morning. do have light showers moving through wilmington, just moving through wilmington right now. eastern chester county. delaware county and into philadelphia. steadier rain up in the lehigh valley for allentown. just starting to exit redding. the showers you can see they're a little steadier north and west. swing into the area this morning. get breaks of sunshine this afternoon. for now the temperatures stuck with the clouds and rain. 60s for the lehigh valley and suburbs. while it's in the 70s for new jersey at the shore for philadelphia and delaware too. suburbs will climb into the 80s this afternoon, but there's going to be very little movement the techlts first thing this morning. 69 degrees. very uniform temperatures. thanks to the clouds and the

bili now down to one mile in quakertown. gotten a little thicker in philadelphia. very light fog. seven mile visibility. at the shore, look at atlantic city. at the shore, it's fine. ten mile visibility for wildwood. just inland at the airport zero visibility there too. take some time for that fog to burn off. it will once the temperatures start to climb when the sun is up. the is still falling. wh get thicker before it gets out of here. very low 70s for the delaware, philadelphia international and south jersey mix of 60s and 70s. washington township at 68 degrees. 69 in pemberton. we will warm to the 80s. not going to be a lot of sunshine this morning. some sunshine before the clouds take over and chance of showers and thunderstorms comes our way. completely dry right now. storms overgh passed to the sou. want to show you the area i'm watching for later today. doesn't look like much right now. moving through west virginia and southern ohio. there are the storms. could fire upor our area. doesn't look impressive right now. give us that heavy rainfall later this afternoon. look at

temperatures 71 in quakertown, 73 in that warminster, 79 in center city.arm and sticky already. 78 in surf city. 77 in dover. i ran outside to grab my coffee i left in the car jeanette in the commercial break and felt kind of gross just stepping outside. >> you have that dewey look. >> dewey, nice, nice. >> thanks karen. >> new on "action news" a texas teenager was electrocute cute when her charging cell phone ended up in the bathtub. 14-year-old madison coe died sunday while visiting her father in lubbock. her family believes she was electrocuted when she grabbed her cell phone while its charging cable was plugged into an extension cord. the tragic accident is one they want others to learn from. >> your phones don't belong in the bathroom. electricity and water do not mix. all it takes is a drop. >> the family is planning a memorial and candlelight vigil for madison on saturday. >>> and this will restore your faith in humanity. pictures show dozens of strangers forming a human chain to save 10 swimmers in florida. they were swept away by a rip current sat

on the northeast extension southbound past quakertown watching a crash there as well. one lane blocked so you're seeing delays as you head toward lansdale. we'll check it again, rick and sharrie, coming up in the next half hour. >> will do. thanks matt. >>> we'll take a quick break. more news right after this. stay with us. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> new video shows an amazing swift water rescue in colorado the fremont county sheriff's office started reporting. rescues carefully pulled a dog and its owner from an suv just before it was completely submerged. the man says he was parked in a dry creek bed when the flash flood came rushing off of a nearby roadway. >> the faa is being ordered to take a closer look at the size of airline seats. a federal judge says the amount of space passengers have could cause a safety concern. a fliers rights group says it could take people too long to escape the packed planes during an emergency. their statistics show the average seat is 17-inches wide. losing an inch and a half since the early 2000's. there's also concern over the shrinking leg room.

it's 72 degrees in quakertown and then in doylestown it's right around 70.points are still elevated though. they're in the upper 60's, lower 70's depending on where you live. we are eventually going to be getting some relief though from the humidity and it's going to arrive as early as tomorrow. now, we've had these winds in have been coming out of the south for the past few days. they filtered in the heat and the humidity. but we'll have a wind shift behind a cold front that's going to shift our winds more out of the west and northwest as we head into tomorrow, so that is going to filter in some drier and more comfortable air. now, it's still going to be on the humid side of things but definitely much better compared to what we dealt with throughout the day today because dewpoints will be falling back into the low and mid 60's. so more sunshine on sunday, less humid. things looking good on monday as well with plenty of sunshine. still hot though but at least not with dewpoints in the lower 70's and the fourth of july looking great mostly sunny, warm conditi

checking in at 82. 82 palmyra and 81 trenton and then we look up norm and west allentown 80 in quakertown and it's 77. it's a perfect evening. here's why. these dew points are in the 40s and 50s. this is rare for the month of july. we have a lot of dry air right across the mid at plan tichblingt you can see it there in the brown color. this will be pushing offshore and we will tap into more moisture content in our air. higher dew points over the next several days. that humidity will build. you start to notice monday as dew points increase by tuesday, wednesday, thursday, we're going to be feeling anywhere from steamy to oppressive. you couple that with the heat and we could potentially have heat advisories being issued for those days as well for heat index value as approaching 100 degrees. that's something to keep a close eye on. quiet overnight. mostly clear skies. clouds, by tomorrow afternoon monitoring the chance for shower or thunderstorm popping up system my because increase in height and humidity. starting day dry. heading into tuesday afternoon and evening we have a risk for a cou

for now seeing zero visibility nor allentown, there's still time for pottstown, quakertown and blue bell to get thicker fog. temperatures have cooled into the 60s this morning. 60s for the lehigh valley. at 73 right now in delaware. 70 in south jersey. each one of these areas is dry. no rainfall yet. so far that rain is missing us. that's going to be the case for the rest of the morning. little bit warmer than yesterday. all of these numbers in the 60s to start with. going to get a warmer start. see sunshine before we see any storms. the temperatures will be climbing. breaks of sunshine. 72 degrees. as we go through the morning, the clouds will be building. see that building cloud cover during the day. 2:00 this afternoon, going to still be dry in philadelphia. to it will suburbs we go. mostly cloudy skies. some breaks of sunshine, that lingering fog this morning. 75 degrees at 10:00 and 80 degrees at 2:00 this afternoon. lehigh valley, you'll see some sunshine this morning. that will do away with the fog. the temperatures will be warming in spite of the cloud building. 2:00 this afterno

lake harmony, 63, quakertown, 64. warminister, 67. kirkwood, 70. down in new jersey, 74. and browns mills, holding at 70. cape may, 76. over in dover, still in the upper 70s at this hour. satellite 6 along with action radar showing you that cold front across the region earlier today sliding on off to the south and east. so as that pushes offshore, look at this. back to the west, clear skies across the ohio valley. heads our way with the northwesterly wind drying out the atmosphere throughout the overnight hours. tonight, mostly clear. moonlit. drop down to 59 in the suburbs. and 68 degrees in philadelphia for the overnight low. fast forward into the day tomorrow, future tracker 6, 8:00 not morning. not a bad start. temperatures north and west in the upper 60s. lower 70% for philadelphia, wilmington and dover. and temperatures in the lower 70s tomorrow. rebound by tomorrow afternoon with ample sunshine. by 3:00, temperatures in the upper 70s and the middle and lower oils across the region. so it's a good day to play some ball tomorrow. fills at home taking ant padres. firs

mid 50s now. 6 allentown and quakertown around 61 degrees at this hour.l air as we head to the overnight hours tonight. simply because of more northerly component to our whipped. we were very breezy earlier today. you can see the winds camped down a little bit and we'll see wind out of the north 5 to 10 as we head into the overnight hours tonight. those northerly winds well they're bringing in some much drewer air for us. we have dew points in the 40s and 50s on the map. 50 degrees in philadelphia. even down the shore. dew points in upper 50s. it's feeling fantastic on boardwalk tonight. 53 trenton and dew point 48. right now in mount pocono. things will neal great as we head toe end of weekend. feeling awesome in fact with dew points upper 40s and low 50s please pts as far as dew points are concerned as far as comfort index to start workweek and not bad tuesday. heading to weng sthengz stoomy and still three really nice days that will be feeling really nice as well high pressure building on in. beautiful afternoon on tap. sunday night mostly clear skies

just bumped up to four miles in quakertown. no issue for trenton or philadelphia international. wilmington has five mile visibility. find some isolated spots at the shore. actually improving right now. we do have a lingering clouds and yes, there's a chance we'll see spotty showers. just a sprinkle showing up right now in chester county. into delaware county. light pop-up showers possible during the day too. mostly cloudy right now other the city. 67 degrees. look at the 60s right now. not just now. 8:00. 10:00. very low 70s at lunchtime. mostly cloudy afternoon. clouds and a chance of scattered showers. 77 degrees at 4:00. in philadelphia and normally be ten degrees warmer than that. 60s this morning. some breaks of sunshine in the suburbs, but mostly cloudy afternoon. this is one we could see a spotty light showers. not the storms we had yesterday. lehigh valley, 66 degrees. by 10:00,nd up to 70 degrees at lunchtime. isolated thunderstorm is possible. more likely a scattered shower. 70 degrees at 4:00 this afternoon. new jersey, 64 degrees right now into the low 70s at noontim

we're checking in around 63 degrees in quakertown. in store for a nice night.due points are in the 50's. it feels spectacular out there. we have bone dry air across the region, across the midatlantic on up into philadelphia, new jersey, that's the brown color you're seeing on the water vapor, as the wind shifts more out of the south and southwest starting tonight, you will begin to notice an uptick in humidity. heading into tomorrow, humidity is not going to be too bad with due points in the lower 60's, but it's really going to be on the increase as we head to tuesday and wednesday. and also your thursday. couple that with high temperatures in the 90's, tuesday through thursday and the heat index is going to feel more like the upper 90's to around 100 degrees. no heat advisory yet but it is possible one could be issued and we'll let you know seasons that happens. future weather showing a quiet night. mostly clear skies, couple clouds waking up tomorrow morning, overall good amount sunshine to start the day, by the afternoon with the uptick in heat and humidity

. >> an investigation into what caused a house fire in quakertown, crews rushed to the home on the 1400 old bethlehem pike around 5:00 last night. about 100 firefighters battled the two alarm blaze, one fire fight is her recovering from heat exhaustion, no one else was hurt. >> and in one is injured following small plane crash out in york county. police say the small plane had a rough landing at local airport. after experiencing some engine problems. the plane came in for an emergency landing, which ended with a plane's tail high in the air, see it in the picture here, some report say the plane was leaking fuel. >> president trump continues talks on north korea with officials in the east. last night he had back-to-back phonecalls with lead earth of japan and china japan's prime minister agreed work with the president and with south korea to press north korea to end it nuclear program. the chinese president also committed korean peninsula full of nuclear weapons. >> philadelphia police arrest three people, issued citation for fourth person, after a fight between pro trump and anti-trump

meantime vehicle on the northeast extension and up to quakertown. both directions dealing with lane restrictions. little slowdowns there. still in the process of opening scheduled for 4:10. by the time you get out the door, you don't need an alternate. betsy ross can be alternate, but it should be normal by the time you get out the door if you're watching this right now. burlington bristol is also clear. watching the clearing for the construction project headed on the eastbound side in between gulf mills and belmont avenue. drive time is still okay. speeds in the 50s. 14 minute drive time. updates when i come back in about ten. >>> 19 minutes before 5:00. headed out now it's on the cool side. temperatures in the 60s. driel right now in philadelphia international. chance of showers. mostly cloudy like yesterday. some breaks of sunshine. clouds hanging in there. 67 degrees right now in the city. we will warm into the 70s, upper 70s this afternoon. very similar to yesterday. few breaks of sunshine by noontime and early afternoon hours. not going to be

then up in allentown it's around 81. 71 in mount pocono and it's 81 degrees currently in quakertown.points definitely a big difference compared to yesterday. yesterday when i was live in phoenixville dewpoints were in the 70's. now we're checking in with dewpoints in the 50's in mount pocono and the 60's right here in philadelphia so that's definitely making things feel a lot more comfortable as some very dry air moves in for the remainder of the weekend so all of this brown color, this tan color on the map, that's the dry air that's moving in to stay all the way through your sunday but it's not going to last too, too long because, of course, as it always does in philadelphia during the summer it gets steamy once again so that's going to be the case as we head into your monday and tuesday and really for the rest of next week it's going to feel rather steamy with dewpoints in the upper 60's to around 70 degrees once again. things are very quiet as we head throughout the evening. we'll start out the evening hours with some clouds around but then turning mostly clear after about midnigh

allentown is 78, cool spot on the map, that's mount pocono 75 currently and quakertown due points aren the 60's and 70's. a due point of 73 in philadelphia, that is making for a muggy and uncomfortable night and we're going to have more mugginess where that came from along with the dangerous heat. an excessive heat warning has been issued goes into effect starting noon tomorrow all the way through 8:00 friday for philadelphia and the surrounding counties that you see here on the map and pink. heat index values will range anywhere from 98 to around 103 across the delaware valley. forecasting a heat index value of around 101 tomorrow afternoon in philadelphia, then 98 as we head to friday afternoon. we'll see numbers like these across the delaware valley tomorrow. it's important that you stay heat aware, weather aware and cool. light and loose clothing, avoid outdoor exercise and always check on the elderly dealing with times like these and we have an air quality alert going to be in place tomorrow as well. across stormscan 3, things are monitoring couple of showers and storms earlier t

so emmaus line port center valley coopersburg pleasant valley and quakertown all in the path of thisrm. this year alone we've had 87 lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes so that's a dangerous storm. there's also another cell moving towards berks county. this has the history of hail the size of dimes. that's not severe but that's still a very strong storm. so we could actually flip this over and we can show you the hail swath because this is the severe storm moving into allentown and you can see all that hail and again, that hail has been the size of ping-pongs. that continues to move to the south and east and this is all with the line of the cold front and that's what will bring us relief but it's also bringing pictures like this. mike tweeted this to me. this is the lehigh valley. you can see just how dark it gets very quickly. you get blue skies and then you get the building clouds. heat index shows you it's not a heat wave but it's still pretty hot. philadelphia feels like 90. our high today 88. feels like 91 in millville and wilmington. allentown a rain cooled 81 degrees. the

. >>> bucks county, investigators are looking into a started a fire in quakertown this evening. flames broke out around 5:00 on the 1400 block of south old bethlehem pike. firefighters got it under control a little less than two hours and on this hot and steamy day, medics treated one firefighter at the scene for heat exhaustion. no one else is hurt. >>> speaking of hot and steamy on your radar tonight, it's another humid night we take a live look at that's old city with old glory waving in a little bit of a breeze. most delaware valley stayed dry. perfect for anyone celebrating the 4th. maybe a little bit early and we still have two days to go before we get before we get there. >> i think we'll get lucky for the 4th of july. a little bit of a breeze but sticky. the high temperature in philadelphia made it to 91, due point at 67 and that is in the sticky range. in the to city, 83, 74 in allentown, a comfortable 67 in the poconos. open up the windows and let the fresh air in. 76 in millville and in wildwood 76. shore ocean water temperature only 63. cooling down the shore, ocean

. ♪ tresiba® ready ♪♪ >>> soccer lovers turned out for a good cause today in quakertown.annual sarah partham memorial soccer fest, 24 hour soccer marathon raises money to support fight against ovarian cancer, named for a little girl who lost her battle with cancer at just 12 years old. event attracts thousands of participants each year. >>> and jeff's here with sports. not something that the necessarily think about when it is 100 degrees out but about time to talk football. >> guys's ready. every single eagles player are excited for training camp. you don't normally hear. that guys want to get to work this team is ready to go. carson wentz will report to training camp tomorrow with other quarterbacks, rookies and selected veterans. eagles first practice is monday, and then their first practice open to the public is a week from today at the link. one of the big story lines in training camp will be how wentz and his number one target alshon jeffery will play together. jeffery hosting a camp for his kid in south carolina new eagles receiver just can't wait to catch passes fr

it's gorgeous out here, no humidity, and temperatures are believe or not are in the 50s. 59 in quakertown 50 in lake harmony. 62 in kirkwood. new holland. 60. newtown, 62. media, 64 degrees. glassboro, 66. fortescue, 68. buena, 63. hammonton, 64. browns mills checking in at 62. satellite and radar high pressure in control today, it's a canadian high, unfortunately it's not going to be sticking around very long, but it will give us a nice day today. the high hits the coast tomorrow, winds out of the southwest again, the heat and humidity cranks up monday, tuesday, wednesday. enjoy today, today is a treat for the philadelphia area. forecast for this afternoon, city of philadelphia and the immediate surrounding suburbs it is wall-to-wall blue skies, bright sunshine expected. 1:00 p.m., temperatures, 81. 3:00 p.m., 83. 5:00 p.m., 84 for the jersey shore, same thing, bright blue skies, lots of sunshine, 1:00 p.m. temperature, 80. 3:00 p.m., 80. by 5:00 p.m., 78 degrees, looking at a forecasted high of 80 degrees on the sand. 84, 85 in the city. 79 or 80 at the jersey shore. all right that's a

couple of other accidents, one in quakertown, south on 309, right at west end boulevard. for delays. also, a crash in blue bell, route 73, at the blue bell pike. outside we go, live look at the schuylkill expressway, coming into fill ill, right hand side here, that's eastbound, but between conshohocken and city line, watch for that uneven pavement. they've been, you know, repaving on the overnight there. so, you hit a big speed bump, spill your coffee down the front of you. west trenton line, warminster, doylestown line, having trouble with some of the signal issues at jen kin town. septa just sent me alert saying signal issues are fixed so the delays should start to diminish, and eventually, getting back to normal on the regional rails. mike and alex back over to you. >> thank you, bob. whether is the last time you listened to something over a cassette? or on a caseate. >> oh, the little cassetts you jam into your car? >> yes side a, side b. >> twenty-five, 25 -- 20 years? >> really? we know vinyl people, artists are still selling their songs on vinyl, right? well the ca

quakertown, 65. media, 74. gandys beach, 68 a nice comfortable morning on the delaware bay. buena, 68. dragon flies arrived, they eat the green heads. tuckahoe, 74. cape may, 72. browns mills, 70. you can clearly see the cooler numbers to the northwest, 63 with no humidity at all in buffalo, syracuse, 66. it is the drier, cooler air that's working to the southeast, it arrives later this afternoon. with that said it will be hot today we're talking about high temperatures in the low 90s. when you start dropping the humidity down it will feel better. satellite and radar there's what was left of the line of showers and thunderstorms that ripped through here, had numerous supports of storm damage in the lehigh valley. a town called bath father to -- farther to the northwest pick up 2 inches of rain. 4:00 p.m., nothing going on, quiet day. monday, same thing, stop it at 4:00 p.m. the delaware valley is quiet, but the lehigh valley could get into showers, spotty stuff late in the day. the 4th itself this particular model has us nice and dry. i like the general idea, but one or two

quakertown 673. pottstown, 73. malvern a little bit milder, 82. but very comfortable. no humidity out there this afternoon are cinnaminson 80. glassboro, 79. fortescue, 77. brigantine, 78 degrees. satellite and radar just a couple of clouds bubbling up, fair weather cumulus clouds nothing threatening. otherwise lots of sunshine. here's the wider view, high pressure moving along west to east from pittsburgh to philadelphia across the mason dixon line that will provide us with a nice finish to the weekend. picture perfect today, almost a perfect ten especially considering the time of year, this being july, the alternative being heat and humidity. today is gorgeous. we heat things up later this week. the humidity increases a little bit, but you notice the change tuesday, wednesday and thursday when we go right back into the steam bath. high temperatures in the 90s all three days, the combination of the heat and humidity provides us with several thunderstorm chance and some of the storms will be strong, possibly severe, especially, tuesday and thursday, when i come back in

a crash along 313 at curly hill road and quakertown 309. by tollgate road.nd one at luther drive at life path church. >> thank you matt. >>> still to come on "action news" at tonight. four power plant workers will need the day off from work after a frightening ordeal. >> a new restaurant is opening at one delaware community and bringing dozens of new jobs along with it. and meteorologist, cecily tynan, live now at the zoo with another zoo adventure. >> reporter: hi guys, i am with pablo, a milk snake. they are found in the southwestern u.s. down to central america and often confused with the coral snake that has the same colors but are venomous, these guys are none venomous and eat rodents and birds. something they think about snakes they think they can unhinge their jaws they condition, but they have a lot of cartilage in their jaws. i will be in the mcneil avian center and talking about foul weather on the way in the accuweather forecast. look at that face, pretty handsome. nothing to be afraid of. >> i like the colors. >> okay. and in sports ducis rogers,

several firefighters recovering from smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion after battling a fire in quakertownterday. took crews about an hour to bring the flames under control. utility worker is dead and two others hurt following a gas explosion that levelled a house in lancaster county. investigating a gas leak at the home just before the blast. dozens of responders to the home yesterday. a neighbor described the explosion. >> like an earthquake. everything was shaking. glasses was going ever where. wood was going everywhere. >> four homes nearby were damaged because of the blast. two injured workers are expected to recover. >> road construction project in delaware now on hold to ease the flow of holiday traffic. also says all easy pass express lanes will remain open. crews resume work on the road projects thursday. >> new details now. national stories making headlines this morning. first learning more about the former doctor who opened fire in new york city hospital. sources say henry bellow was fired from new york's city's human resources administration just a week before the shooting. rep

mcdonald's has cleared out but still have the downed poles from overnight blocking joshua hill and quakertownthbound side of toll gate road by the rite-aid. down to delaware, a crash along kirkwood highway accentral avenue. and one in newcastle along river road at grab them lane. and lingering delays from smyrna. we'll check it again in the 5:00 hour. >> okay thank you matt. >>> still to come on "action news," move over coconut water, cactus water and honey are the next healthy food trends. we'll tell you about it and as we step outside sky 6 hd looking live at the ben franklin bridge on an early wednesday evening. meteorologist, adam joseph has the exclusive accuweather forecast when we come right back. i no longer live with the uncertainties of hep c. wondering, what if? i let go of all those feelings. because i am cured with harvoni. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more than a quarter million people. and is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. certain patients can be

. >> goat yoga new trend spreads to go our area now here in quakertown, and for every downward dog, there is a goat. >> come here, nature, adorable animals there, with you. >> they own water and rock studio started the class little over month ago. they're already booked weeks in advance. >> people will travel for hours just to come to one class. it is trendy, but it is so much more than that. it just gives people sense every peace and calm. >> before class begins, ten baby goats ushered in, and spends the next hour chewing on hey while mink link with yogy. some more friendly than others >> nice so to see you again my friends. >> oh, you have horns, too, don't you? >> come up here to your mat, maybe just tickle your toes, or they'll hop on your back, or they'll just do your mat, anything. but people just think it is really such a wonderful thing to be with the animals. >> and maybe even get mini goat massage. >> exactly. >> and all are welcome at goat yoga. >> you can literally never heard of yoga, and if you just want to enjoy a nice weekend, beautiful location, and around animals, this i