just to the sound and east of smyrna they are under this one, not a big cell, people to the north and south are not seeing anything. that sort of thing has the potential of producing ponds and puddling on the roads. if we go to the south and west, you do have the cluster of showers coming up from the south and we see thunderstorms developing south of annapolis, maryland, that is where the action is now, a bit of stuff in south jersey and philadelphia and delaware. the action cam shows a prettiy cloudy start to the day and the action cam was in valley forge, pennsylvania, humid this morning but not all that hot yet. the intrepid joggers made the move, 81 currently in philadelphia, your dew point is 59 and close to 70, when you get close to 70 we are talking oppressive humidity, it's light at 3 miles per hour, with a wind from the northeast. the warm air is pushing up from the snornl and for now we are in the low 70s. in reading and allentown low 70s and at the shore. satellite and radar showing you sunshine breaking out to the south and west and that is not necessarily good for us, as

heavy rain near smyrna moving into south jersey. lancaster and reading and it will move to north. fog settling in, 2 1/2 mile visibility. we'll be dealing with fog for the morning commute and a few areas of light rain or drizzle in the morning. so by 7:00 a.m. when you head out mid-60s, fog and drizzle. by 11:00 chance of showers. more thunderstms in the forecast before the week is over. i'll show you the timing of that coming up. >>> new tonight the countdown to a strike on septa's regional rail. more than 100,000 commuters could be impacted as soon as saturday. the newest strike possibility comes months after septa's city division threatened to walk off the job. george spencer has been following the agency's labor troubles. the two sides don't meet again until friday. >> reporter: that's right. a planned meeting for today didn't work out because of scheduling problems. it will go right down-to-the-wire on friday. union leader told me tonight his workers will strike on saturday unless septa changes its stance. as regional train stations hum into the evening, a ritual could be hal

. >>> we are tracking the line down to smyrna. we are finding the showers and storms that are slowly moving on off to the north and east. any additional moisture that we get on top of this adds to the existing flooding concerns we have across the region. that stays up to 8:45 tonight. flash flooding with the big concern. the arrival of the cold front. we are talking about rainfall totals up to an inch and less than half an hour. this is a big concern along the streams and creeks and. it takes up to 6 inches of moving water to knock you off of your feet. this is a big concern. you never want to drive through flooded roadways you can never measure of the depth of the water beneath you. we are tracking the showers and storms moving through. the cold front is of t off to or west. we track the moisture from the west to east direction. and the heart of our viewing area until 2:00 in the overnight hours. we are call forgot drenching downpours. we saw half an inch to 2 inches of rain. more moisture to add on top of that cecily tynan is go

up close to 70 in smyrna and dover.you have errands get them done early, afternoon it gets warm and humid and we have a flash-flood watch that kicks in at noon there's a chance of spotty showers and producing thunderstorms. the morning more tranquil, the afternoon burch -- bumpy in spots. >> a new york city club manager and four women described as professional strippers are going to extremes to run up the bar tabs. they will spike the men's drinks with drugs and run up tens of thousands of dollars on their credit cards. they targeted doctors and lawyers and finance professionals. all suspects pleaded not guilty. >>> surveillance video was released of an alleged incident of a bus driver hitting a special needs boy. the video shows the boy hitting hardy and hardy hitting him back. haroldy was in her son's personal space and as an adult is not justified hitting a child. >> i don't want her working with children. he has developmental delay and hearing loss. >> hardy was arrest and charged with cruelty toward a child. she ha

and high numbers and almost 80 in delaware, dover and smyrna and schocooler by the beach.hen the dewpoint is over 60 it is an indication we are experiencing humid air. if you get it between 65 and 70 it is pretty darn humid. and a twitter follower tweeted me, holy humidity and you can see as we high have dewpoint readings and it is sticky air. if you have plans to head to the playground or anywhere else keep cool water handy, it is a warm one. temperatures in the low 80s between 2:00 and 4:00, and have your app handy on the smart phone showers could erupt in the afternoon. it is a good week to have stormtracker 6 with you in your pocket or perhaps just keeping an eye on it on 6abc.com because this humid, unsettled pattern looks like it is with us through the end of the workweek. details on that coming up in the seven-day. >> holy humidity. i like that, david. >> that's what she said. >> thank you. >>> you can be really for the weather whatever it brings following the forecast any time with our free stormtracker 6 app. live radar, hourly forecast and any weather alerts for

in new jersey, it's already 91 in vineland and bridgeton and 92 in smyrna, delaware, and 87 even on the boardwalk right now in a.c. lets look at what to expect today. sunshine mixing with clouds and hot conditions, it's a bit breezy and 96 degrees for your high. that was set in 1967, as we pull in stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see storms right now, they are building in from the west and you can watch it start to fall apart. first cluster of the red and yellow and then it fades through state college, many areas stay dry today and a better chance for that later on tonight. details on the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast in just a minute rick. >> karen, thank you. >> lets switch to "action news" reporter, katherine scott at a cooling center in camden, new jersey. >> reporter: rick, it's not like we never see days like this in the summer time, but at this time of the season people are just not used to these temperatures, that is why the cooling centers are so great. there is a pool table and an air hockey table, there is lots to do to come down and beat the heat. the sun i

he was visiting in near smear th -- smyrna beach when he slipped and went under.man is known as debrice dzoyem. a friend says she screamed for help as dzoyem was swept away in the current. >> i couldn't do anything. i'm not a strong swimmer. >> search crews combed the ocean all day. tonight they did recover his body. >>> from our jersey shore bureau, the mayor of atlantic city plans to ask the federal government to establish a port in the resort town. mayor don guardian says he'd like to make atlantic city a stopover port for a regional cruise lines with smaller ships. >>> gas prices are slowly rising, up an average of 2 cents in the last two weeks. analysts say prices could keep increasing as violence in iraq continues. here's a look at our area compared to the national average. right now the average price in the u.s. is 3.71 a gallon. that's compared to an average of 3.65 here in our area. get ready to pay a little more for your morning starbucks latte. the company says it's raising prices on some but not all drinks starting tomorrow. on average, the drink price

state of delaware big difference to dover and smyrna temperatures through in the mid 60s. >> how it feels this upcoming weekend the dew points again a measure of moisture in the area. two days ago with 90 degree temperature it was in the 70s. now we're going into the 50s. it will remain comfortable with that really dry air as canadian high pressure is coming in from the north. right now that high pressure is over new england again squashing cloud cover especially way down to the south. all of the downpours and thunderstorms have been suppressed into north and south carolina and that's where they stay for the next few days. as we look at future tracker early tomorrow morning at 6:00, 60 allentown and 60 lancaster and 61 millville and 64 tren stone if you are up early taking a walk, with the dog, you know what it will be on the coolish side tomorrow morning. no harm in that. and then by 10:00 in the morning we warm to 75 allentown and 78 philadelphia and 77 in millville. mid 70s at the shore. and so if you are lucky enough to be by your neighbor's pool or own pool in the backyard, lot of su

smyrna. newark, delaware, wilmington. you'll get rain within the next 15 minutes no. lightning strikes associated with that f it holds together it will move to saleen county adds well. >> the action cam earlier this evening looking up at city hall and william penn and lots of clouds upstairs they'll be clearing out in the overnight hours. temperatures now still warm and muggy. philadelphia, 71. the high today 86. before we have the showers and thunderstorms, trenton 70. millville 7 0. allentown 66 and wilmington 17. >> at light six showing clearing skies across western pennsylvania. there's a cold front through the center of pennsylvania. once this moves through the winds shift out of north west and this pulls down drier more comfortable air and loads of sunshine and open the door for high pressure to build in and stay here the next few days. high pressure sinking air and that clears out the skies plenty of sunshine low humidity and temperatures will be seasonable with afternoon highs in the 80s. if you head to the shore don't forget the suncreen. ocean temperature 69

also moving toward the smyrna area, 2-inches of rainfall.nd we have 72 degrees right now but look at that humidity. 87%. so very muggy. very tropical in nature right now. 86 degrees. that's the current high temperature for today. the normal this time of year is 81 degrees. the record high 98 degrees back in 1998. so looking at the rain cooled 72 degrees in philadelphia right now, we have 80 in lancaster as well as reading. upper askings currently in the pocono mountains and 79 degrees right now in wildwood. so unstable right now. but take look at these disturbances off to our west. this area of low pressure it will continue to head in our direction. that's the latter part of the week to expect that heavier rainfall. scattered showers about into the evening time frame and then for tonight, we dry out. but we keep the humidity as well as some fog for tomorrow morning so keep that in mind. otherwise, tonight 70 degrees for the low in the city. and tomorrow, temperatures top out right around 82 degrees with those isolated thunderstorms once agai

possibly hitting smyrna and also making its way toward wilmington and into salem county, new jersey and will be moving eastward as well. otherwise, we are seeing the dry line right through central pennsylvania much it is associated with a cold front behind this front drier less humid air and more comfortable conditions. so we are expecting a very pleasant weekend yet again. right now in philadelphia 71. 70 in millville. 68 in wildwood. and 62 degrees in the poconos. if you have any plans this weekend, saturday a great day to be outside. a little bit of a breeze out of the northwest. sunday even warmer. we'll watch as the wind shifts and that will change our temperatures. now, during the morning hours, winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 miles an hour. at about 8:00 a.m. so breezy conditions starting off a little cool in the morning. warm in the afternoon. but still the persistent wind about 15 miles an hour. then on sunday, we start with that northerly wind. it shifts to the southwest indicating that much warmer air will be moving in for monday and we could make it to 90 for the first t

smyrna 66 and dover, 63. here's satellite and radar, we'll set it in motion for you, notice how the cloud line continues to drift to the south. the poconos it's a gorgeous morning in the mountains, the farther south you travel the more clouds you run into. there will be scattered showers from time to time, do not cancel any plans because this is what we're expecting in the bucket when all is said and done today, look at this, maybe.02 of an inch in wilmington animal .01 in dover. you may see a brief shower, but it will be extremely light and quick-moving. weekend kick off for the city, mostly cloudy skies, 77. the jersey shore, shades of gray, 75. the poconos bright and sunny, a few clouds from time to time and 72 degrees, tomorrow promises to be nicer. today is not a bad day, but tomorrow will be brighter and nicer. i'll have the details in the seven-day forecast in about ten minutes. >> new this morning a fire overnight lands one person in the hospital and other people in shelters. "action news" was in phil

smyrna, 61. sea isle 70 and woodbine 58. high pressure right over top of new england that means a comfortable, nice looking day for the delaware valley. the air sinks underneath these areas of high pressure it's difficult to get too much in the way of clouds. we're expecting a lot of blue out here today. the barbecue forecast the grills will be fired up today, sun and clouds, 83 degrees by 1:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., 82. again it is nice and comfortable. so looks like a great weekend, then the heat and humidity returns and that means more thunderstorms, some of them will produce heavier downpours it clears out in time for the 4th and we have a very rare 4th of july treat for you guys, temperatures are so cool i had to do a double take whistles filling -- whistles filling -- whistles filling out the >> a young child and woman were killed in a fast-moving fire. within minutes flames swept from the second floor of the home to the third floor. a 69-year-old woman as young boy were found dead in a third floor belt room. >> doing a prel

in delaware route one to smyrna. there is a big concern.is issued from dover to woodside at 8:45 this evening. we picked up an inch to two inches of rainfall. any more moisture on top of some locations will exacerbate the existing concern across the delaware and lehigh valleys 79 in millville. up in the poconos 65. you are getting rain moving in. 70 allentown. 07 at the boardwalk. here is satellite 6 along with action radar, the showers and storms that we had earlier today are definitely starting to move on through. you look to the west. this is the cold front posed to move through later on this evening into tonight. we have to watch of the progression of the frontal boundary as it works eastward. there are no watches or warnings posted with this line. we have to see if and how it falls apart as it moves into your air mass. 8:00 this evening we have spotty showers and storms. 11:00 it's cloudy. down to allentown and lakehurst. good news as we get into the weekend high pressure returns. bright sunshine at 9:00. by the afternoon it's good loo

and smyrna and dover coming in at 85 and 88 degrees, those dew points are extremely oppressive to the south where the numbers jump to the middle to low 70s. and humid to the north and the due upon is a moisture of the warm and muggy and a possible thunderstorm around and on if there say strong interruption, the game should get in no problem. satellite and radar, most activity is missing us to the north and that is the general trek but as we look at future tracker, by 7:00 they should be spotty and there is the broken line from lancaster and reading approaching i-95 at 9:00 tonight with the downpours and a few thunderstorms, by 11:00 moving away from philadelphia and then it's off the coast here just after midnight with some lingering clouds. as we look at what to expect tonight, the scattered downpours are around and hit or miss and not everyone is going to see them. 1 to 2 inches of rain and an isolated gust of wind and your four day at 4:00, afternoon returning sun, moderately humid and 88, not humid come friday and the weekend looking pretty good, 85 to 86 degrees, with a decent am

speed limits are down to the teens, we are not tracking any severe weather and it's as far south as smyrnat to the north of the rain, the cooler temperatures are moving in from the poconos to philadelphia, while just south of that front, pushing south of wilmington, it's still in the upper 70s and still humid and we'll bring the humidity out of atmosphere this evening. as the clouds begin to break up around i-80, that will drop to the south this evening, north of philadelphia, you may be lucky enough to see bright being to the sky, before the sunsets, by 9:00 can you see the cloud line, pushing all the way to millville as we set up for a quiet and dry night. less humid with a north wind, 84 degrees with a front stalling to the south and a ripple of low pressure area develop as long the front and location is key saturday and drier to the north and brighter and more in the way of clouds in delaware and new jersey, head to the north if are you drier here for the beginning of the weekend. it's dry here in brigantine and melissa magee, maybe some drizzle now, you got the hood on and you can pro

missing on florida's east coast, 25 year-old debreeze, was reported missing while swimming at the new smyrnach on sunday. what he is reportedly trying to help a friend struggling in the surf when's parentally got caught in the rip current and never re-surfaced. his body was found sunday night. >>> emergency board has set up by president obama will be meeting this week to mediate the the contract dispute between septa and two unions representing the engineers and electricians. that board will hear from both sides this week and issue recommendation by july 14th, the board will be in effect until february, if a deal is not the made by then, then another strike is possible. >>> we celebrate a history making, and, phillies all time, honored before tonight's game. special pregame tribute. it was last saturday, he surpassed mike schmidt. now hold a title of most hits, 235. if you are heading out, encourage to arrive early. team promising something very special for the fans as well. >> nice weather at 5:11. i'll have a bobble head back in the day of jimmy rollins. i wonder what the stuff he will put

twenty-five year-old man was reported missing while swimming at new smyrna beach yesterday.reportedly was trying to help a friend who was struggling in the surf when's parentally got caught out in one of the rip currents and never re-surfaced. his body was found last night. >>> now to the security guard at laguardia airport in new york. boat crashed in the runway pier early sunday morning but port authority police could not get to him because they have no nighttime boat patrol. now, there are new concerns about just how easily, that this could get to the plane, someone could. authorities say that the boat was spotted on video cameras after it slammed into the pier and then wedged itself under the runway, but officials say there were limited in their response because, they are only allowed to use boats in the daytime. nypd harbor unit was called to the rescue of three people on board, security experts say that this incident should raise a red flag. >>> there is a number of different types of techniques, tactics that they can use to bring down a plane and being able to get to

off of florida's east coast, 25 year-old, debris zodem was reported missing while swimming at new smyrnach on sunday. now, he was reportedly trying to help a friend struggling to surf but he got caught in the rip current and never re-surfaced. his body was found sunday night. >>> embattled irs commissioner heads back to capitol hill at issue, thousands of lost e-mails. the the irs says they cannot find two years worth of e-mails. e-mails in question went to and from the former irs official loues learner in the center of this. irs officials say her compute are crashed in june 2011 causing those e-mails to be lost. she headed up that division that processed tax exempt status. division was in the center of the investigation involving alleged harassment and intimidation of conservative groups. >>> 4:17 the time. a friend of the boston marathon bombers is heading to court today for a detention hearing. he plans to ask a judge to release him on bail, while he awaits a trial on charges of interfering with the investigation. the 23 year-old is a accused of deleting a computer file and in the tsa

the 25-year-old man was walking in shallow water with the friend that he was visiting in new smyrna beach earlier today when he stumbled and went under. the man has been identified as debryce dzoman from south africa. a friend screamed as he was swept away in the current. >> i couldn't do anything. i wasn't a strong swimmer so it wouldn't benefit me to go out there or else we would have both been drowning. >> search crews combed the ocean. tonight they did recover his pesticide. >>> it's going to be a nice start to the workweek. very quiet. we are going to see a little bit more sunshine than what we saw this afternoon. we're in the middle of a warming trend. storms are going to return toward the middle part of the workweek. and we're even going to see our temperatures push close to 90 degrees. so it was a below average weekend, but again, we have a warming trend on the way. from philadelphia now, 69 degrees, a few clouds. our humidity's at 65%, late wind speeds out of the east/southeast at three miles per hour. a closer look at our current temperatures throughout the region, we're already

very small, inbetween smyrna and dover right now, but that is putting down some heavy rain in spots. it doesn't take much rain to cause some issues like we saw yesterday evening. further toward the north, just light rain moving through portions of chester county right now, will head toward delaware county within the next 30 minutes. further towards the north do, have some isolated downpours, mainly, along 476, excuse me, 81, just north every reading right there. but if you're on 476, you'll be seeing the rain soon. rain will eventually make its way into philadelphia, probably within the next hour or two. fox future cast shows, that, yes, these two areas kind of merge together. the stronger stuff definitely toward the south, that's where the lightning threat remains. but we should all see some rain between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. then by 10:00 things start to fizzle out. even though the rain may stop by noon, still cloudy, still humid, hazy, and just nasty type of day out there. so, certainly not good hair day, for sure. into the evening, maybe some clearing, but the chance for showers, do