here is the big picture, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you we have a frontal boundary to the west and ahead of that we are tracking showers and storms, this time yeed we had tornado warnings and watches and severe thunderstorms posted to our south and west. the good news is that the convective energy, is not moving into our region yet. with more on that here is cecily tynan. >> that is right this, is part of the reason why we have not seen any heavier rain, it's a flow pulling in the cooler air. the average high is 82 and philadelphia is 73 and allentown 70 and wilmington 73 and trenton 73 degrees, with this moisture moving in from the atlantic, it's beginning to produce fog, visibility and allentown, looking down to 2 miles and the fog is thickening and the fog could be a problem for the morning commute and flash flooding is definitely a concern. this is what to expect this evening. we are look agent numerous downpours, the air is so saturated, it could ring out a tremendous amount of rain, 1 to 2 inches or less is possible. the potential for localized flooding on the street

stormtracker 6 double scan radar for the most part, it is quiet. but there is this one cell sitting right over philadelphia. we'll go in tighter. stormtracker 6 live double scan street-level giving you live data after what is going on. this is that disturbance i was telling you about yesterday on the air. we had a week disturbance rye ride ago cross areas to the north of philadelphia. it is seeking down to the south. light shower there in philadelphia. light to moderate rain there in cherry hill. this is inking into woodbury and 55. expect light showers and sprinkz tolls continue. these will die out as we get to the rests of tonight and lose some of the daytime heating. we'll check out what is going on today as we look at highlights and outside we go, accuweather, looking up at the light there. cape may and light house there in accuweather i should say. we have sun earlier and now sun giving way to few more clouds and again we'll talk about the reason why. >> so some of the highlights across the area it gets comfortable with you as early as tomorro

download the free stormtracker 6 app to your smart hope to before the storms stot rolling in there you will have access to the live radar, hourly forecast and watches and warnings posted for your neighborhood. >> in delaware county a young woman allegedly sexually assaulted after appsing a job listing on craigslist. maybe just one of dozens of other victims who may have been attack. detectives say kevin core initial told her he was looking for a home healthcare worker and in reality wanted her to join an escort service she refused and was attacked and now authorities believe it was not isolated incidents. "action news" reporter annie mccormick spoke with victim tonight and annie is live outside upper darby headquarters with more, annie. >> and walter the young mom says she was looking for a job and thought she found one on craigslist now she says she's a victim of rain and they believe the man responsible toll have more victims throughout. >> i thought he was going to kill me i was never going to come home. >> this 18-year-old victim we're not identifying says she answered an add on cr

lets go to karen rogers with the latest from stormtracker 6 live double scan. >> we are looking at the conditions, 65 degrees is the dew point, feeling humid out there. we have a break in the heat but the temperature is 73 degrees in allentown and 83 in millville. but with stormtracker 6 live double scan we with show you the showers have started to move back in after the early morning heavy rain and storms we have had. now we see the showers, and with the live radar, we can tell you it's getting wet in potds town and malvern and coatesville. and sprinkles in the area elsewhere. and more sustained showers north of philadelphia that is moving on in through the region. and we'll show you the radar and what it might look like this afternoon. showers and the potential for thunderstorms moving through the area. the key element we might need is sunshine to ignite those, as we pull in here with our double scan, i put it on our satellite view, we are really stuck in the clouds at this point. we'll see if we get the breaks and are able to ignite thunderstorms in the area. there is one portion of

. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan show that not everyone is seeing the rain, we have pockets of rain with heavy rain in southern lancaster county, there is one pocket of heavier downpours moving out of wilmington and moving over delaware and up to the north and it should be east of chadds ford within the next 10 minutes, you notice lightning strikes there aren't any, we are not talking thunderstorms but heavy downpours and more are on the way, a wider view on stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that it's all ahead of a cold front, that is currently across western pennsylvania, can you see how they are all moving up from the south pulling up the moisture from the gulf of mexico, and the humidity is high and when you have the moisture in the atmosphere, the downpour can pull down a lot of rain in a short period of time. the national weather service posted flash flood watches for the bulk of the area. all the areas in green until 2:00 in the morning, that means there is potential for localized flooding and it happens in a flash, currently visibility is not that bad, 6 miles visibt a

. >> on the big board, stormtracker 6 live double scan, there is a frontal boundary pushed to the south of the flow in off the ocean. we have thunderstorms west of the city earlier this morning. as expected they largely fell apart as they headed east and the only thing we have left is a light shower that is down in cape may county and extending in a line close to philadelphia on the new jersey side of the river and all of this is light rain and in the process of falling apart. there may be something coming at us from the west but it looks few and far between and not that heavy, you can see what happens when the cool, stable air is in place. it's chugging through washington and boof falls apart. can you see how thick it is. sunshine to the south but not so here. that helps to suppress temperatures here, and numbers are in the mid-60s, 65 in philadelphia, and notice how it's milder in places like lancaster and wilmington and over 70 in dover. this is where the sun is doing its job. most of us will wind up in the low 70s for a high later on. and the issue is to the west of us on stormtrack

it is a good week to have stormtracker 6 with you in your pocket or perhaps just keeping an eye on itn 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 your area. >>> a court hearing postponed for later this week for the driver of the big rig that slams into tracy morgan's limo. and keven roper charged with debt by auto and four counts of assault by auto. saying roper failed to slow for the stopped traffic in front of him and the crash killed james mcnair and criticalally injured morgan and others. and he could be in hospital for weeks with a broken leg and fractures. >>> and resuming on the rail line after a person struck and killed by a train near the queens lane station in east falls. the police don't know why the victim was on the t

stormtracker 6 live double scan radar quiet.the big story this week the building temperatures across the region. and the warm conditions on the way. outside we go sky6 live in hd as we're down the shore in cape may and some folks maybe are ditching class and ditching work today and enjoying some really comfortable conditions along the shore and it's much cooler with that south facing wind moving on n we'll show you the highlights to talk about today. it's comfortable as far as due point concerned and will get slightly more humid as it goats later this afternoon especially this evening and we're also talking about the building heat and humidity. let's check out the dew points. that's a legal of much moisture is in the atmosphere and if you could you could probably split the viewing area in half. from reading, philadelphia, accuweather, it's comfortable. you notice dew points in dover and middle and lower 6 0s. that gives you indication of kind of air mass on the way with the southwesterly wind morning working its way into the del

when i come back, a further look at stormtracker 6 and futuretracker showing you where the storms are and how long we have to deal with them, and of course the nicer weekend call ahead. >> thanks. keep track of the accuweather forecast any time downloading the free stormtracker 6 app giving you access to the radar, forecast and weather alerts posted for your area. >>> today would be the last chance for septa to avert a rail strike. the deadline is tonight and they are pushing them though come up with a deal, even if at the last minute. and david murphy is live where the talks are taking place. >> it looks like it will go down to the last minute. the center city law office and both sides are meeting and sitting down with a mediator, the last chance to head off the regional rail strike. >> we are preparing to withdraw services at 12:01 saturday morning. midnight tonight we will be on strike. >> the two unions who run the regional rail lines have not had contacts for year, saying septa dug in its heels and they have no choice now to go on strike if septa does not budge today. 60,000 comm

stormtracker 6 wider view showing what's going on there's a cold front that is just west of our region. ahead of it is where we were getting winds out of south full pulling up moisture in fox clouds and high humidity and showers and thunderstorms and once the front pulls through winds will shift out of the northwest. that's a dry flow of air. this will drop humidity and clear the skies out. and we've been on a run. we've had four beautiful weekends dating back to may 17th and 18th with loads of sunshine generally dry conditions this weekend will make it fifth winning weekend in a row. i'll talk about all the details including shore forecast coming up in the full accuweather 7-day. jim. >> thank you, cecily. here's the latest on crisis in iraq. the iraqi air force has been attacking sunni insurgents in and around the city of mo se l and country shiite spiritual leader says the can't i have in great danger and fighting militants is everybody's responsibility. iraqi civilians are fleeing the area. they are surrounding people and executing them open the street. it's a war between shiites a

stormtracker 6 double scan is quiet along the lehigh valley.nd the action cam was outside earlier tonight in center city and right along 19 and parkway and you see folks there enjoying comfortable night. mild conditions with patchy clouds overhead. so the high today in philadelphia, climbs up to 86 degrees. and 86 is where we should be this time of year. and outside this evening and tonight with southerly wind temperatures comfortable, philadelphia 72 trenton 71. dover 68, sea sea isle city 71. 70 beach haivrn. here's satellite 6 and action radar queue eight cross the region. you notice more in the way of cloud cover from the west starting to work its way east ward we're tapping no southerly wind increase in humidity early this week and threat of popup shower or storm. showers across the eastern great lakes willing stay away from the region the roast of tonight the clouds will continue to move on in. as we look at future tracker 6, 6:00 in the morning, most locations middle to upper 7 0s. as we get to noon tomorrow temperatures easily climbing

as we look at stormtracker 6 double scan the high over new england. bringing the sunshine. it suppresses the heat and humidity. it's in the carolinas. that is where it stays for the next couple of days. as you step out this evening.

take a look this is the latest stormtracker 6 live double scan, and this particular downpour that is passing north of king of prussia and rad under and norristown and abington and willow grove and approaching radnor and manayunk had a history of producing three lightning strikes, but it has not produced a lightning strike in the last 10 to 12 minutes, now it's a torrential downpour, and no lightning from these storms at the present time. we'll watch those as they lift into montgomery county. double scan live shows the main action is to the north and west. and all of that will msz us to the north, and a little bid in central pennsylvania that we'll watch as the cold front pushes through, the heat index now, near 90 degrees, especially north of philadelphia, 91 in reading and 91 in allentown and a bit of a break at the shore. we'll time the storms plus cooler weather in the seven day. >> thank you adam. >>> from our delaware newsroom, a driver is facing dui charges after slamming their vehicle into a house, it happened around 2:00 a.m. this morning at the 2800 block of ferris road and

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we don't have any storms or showers to cool us off this evening. what we have is a lot of sunshine to heat things up. lets go to sky 6, the sun is setting at 8:32 this evening. summer sizzle, the high in philadelphia, 10 degrees in philadelphia, the record high just 2 degrees higher set in 1957, and then add the humidity, it felt just a little bit hotter in philadelphia. in wilmington the heat index hit u89d and millville hit 100 and sea isle city, the heat index, 100 to the westerly wind broad the heat to the shore and it's still hot with the lan breeze, it's 92 and atlantic city airport 93 and in philadelphia, it's 93 and allentown it's 88, and if you want relief from the heat, you want to go to the poconos, 81 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing there is cooler, drier air encountering that steamy air mass, with a battle zone, and this whole complex, diving to the south and east, and it will take its time getting here and we have a risk of severe weather, overnight into tomorrow, mainly west of philadelphia, this is where we hav

. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's all about location right now. areas north of philadelphia were clearing out but we still have showers south of philadelphia in parts of delaware and new jersey, and the high of the concentration of steady showers now south of millville and wilmington just on the edge between the rain and the clearing skies, medford lakes some rain and lightning strikes associated with the mass of showers now, this has pushed the heat to the south, it's currently 72 degrees and washington 85 and richmond 86. actually most of our region was in the 90s. still humid though, dew points in philadelphia 64 degrees, if you look up to the north though, dew points in the 40s, that is very dry air, this air will be moving in, in the overnight hours, but last night in the overnight hours, we had strong storms moving in and they did cause damage, doylestown, highland township and hockessin, delaware, homes were struck by lightning and also philadelphia we had wind damage that brought down trees. and west depford lightning causing a house fire

stormtracker 6 live double scan is tracking the storms and meteorologist, david murphy, is at the big board with more from accuweather. >> we have another cluster of showers near baltimore pushing north of baltimore and up i-95, and those of you near newcastle delaware and dover, may want to keep an eye on that, it's slow moving but it's an hour, hour and a half down the pike. we are watching smaller cells popping and pulling away, and this is a good one in red. these are slow movers, if one does get on top of you, it could be a couple of miles down the road and are you stuck beneath something as it takes forever to get by you, we are cooking up the atmosphere, there is a fair amount of cloud cover in much of the region, satellite shows holes in the clouds, a little bit of sunshine could turn the atmosphere over a bit and get it more unsettled and pop the showers and thunderstorms we may begin to see pop up now in parts of the region, especially in south jersey. i can see some stuff like this developing before much longer. future tracker 6 shows us as we go through the afternoon, the

>> we got rid of the heat and now the showers, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing nothing more than some lingering showers along the coast. yesterday's high was 94 in philadelphia, and the high came after midnight, 81 degrees, you can see all the heat pushed well down to the south, with the cold front that continues to push from the north to the south and this is bringing us a breath of fresh air, dew points show how much moisture is in the air, the dew point in philadelphia, that is slightly humid, looking to the north binghamton, 46 and that is very dry air, this continues to push down to the south as we head through the overnight hours, tonight is a good night to open the window and turn off the air conditioners, you will not need them tonight. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we had violence thunderstorms overnight and a lot of homes struck by lightning set on fire and wind damage, the focus of severe weather is well down to the south, in parts of southern virginia, in the carolinas, what is happening high pressure is building in, this brings us beautiful weather tomo

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 is strong and the temperature is rising, people are looking for places to cool off. the camden county health office issued a heat alert today for cooling seners in the county. in collingswood there are three including the public library. >> stay here all day if y

. >> you have to kick stormtracker 6. >> other people who had the weekends off it was lovely. >> i'm being selfish. >> you are. sorry, move on. stormtracker 6 live gets over it quiet across the delaware and lehigh valleys no issues with precipitation. we got changes on the way. increaseness humidity and heat. we'll show you the picture outside. sky6 live in hd as we look at the penns landing and miss shulu there on sunday night partly cloudy sky and comfortable conditions. high today in philadelphia climbed up to 86 degrees. and outside tonight with the southerly wind it's 72 in the city and trn ton 71. up in poconos 65 along the coast in sea isle city 78. dover upper 60s. here's satellite 6 and action radar quiet across the region. you notice we're track showers out across the eastern great lakes and right through central pennsylvania. a lot of the showers are lifting off to the north. and they're starting to fizzle out. so you don't have to worry about any precipitation fort rest of the overnight hours. but as the showers creep closer the clouds are start oing to build across the r

. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan show that in philadelphia it's not raining right now but we have heavy downpours in parts of cheffer and lancaster county. as we zoom in, we see this one band of heavy downpours moving through honey brook and crossing route 41 and route 30 as well. we zoom in a little bit more and another band out of kirkwood and oxford, if you put the rainfall rates on, some of these pocketed falling at the rate of 1 inch per hour than is really torrential rain, than could cause problems if you try to drive through it and cause localized flooding. there is plenty more on the way, a much wider view showing a cold front in the ohio valley and all of this moisture ahead of it, is being pulled up straight from the gulf of mexico. and there is plenty more that is moving in through the overnight hours and through the day tomorrow. the cold front is sweeping through the region and drying us out tomorrow night. a flash flood watch for the bulk of our viewing area and all the counties in green until 2:00 tomorrow morning. what this means is heavy downpours, that could caus

. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's quiet in philadelphia but we have light rain to theth and west down in south jersey over into our western suburbs as well. we'll go in tighter, around the 95 corridor and to the west in chadds ford and malvern and coatesville and route 30, that is indication of moderate rainfall, rainfall rates close to an inch per hour, look at the lightning strikes in the past 10 to 15 minutes, we see none, that gives the kind of atmosphere we are dealing with, we don't have thunderstorms popping up as the atmosphere is still fairly stable despite the moisture. talk about the flash flood watch that stays up forever the rest of tonight and the overnight hours for philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs, we find heavy downpours for the green shaded counties here and it's flash flood watch is staying up through the overnight hours, temperatures this evening, 75 in philadelphia, trenton 74, the poconos 63 and sea isle city 63, and 70 in lancaster, here is satellite 6 along with action radar this is what i mean with a fairly stable atmosphere. this time

talk about what is going onment stormtracker 6 double scan radar quiet. issues with precipitation. this weekend. it's high pressure stays in control and in fact, a lot of people were enjoying the conditions outdoors. we'll show you the picture outside. action cam was outside earlier this afternoon along kelly dliv close to fairmount park and people getting a run n getting a job n getting a walk in thop beautiful sunday afternoon. high pressure new control of bright blue skies and puffy, cumulous clouds today. high in philadelphia, 6. 86 where we should thb time of year and record 102 setback in 1934. it won't get that hot this week. but, temperatures will easily climb into the 90s as we get to tuesday and beyond. and outside this evening, temperatures along the 95 corridor in lower 80s. philadelphia 8, wilmington 80. poconos 75. winds coming in out of the south. you have that south facing wind that is starting to develop for some of our shore munitys beach haven to sea isle sill yet temperatures in the lower 7 0s. 77 dover. satellite 6 and action radar hi

and remember, keep track of the accuweather forecast any time by downloading the free stormtracker 6pp giving you access to the live radar, forecast and weather alerts for your area. >>> cheltenham township police need your help finding a teen missing since tuesday. this is dena freudenberger and they know she withdrew cash at the a.t.m. at the elkins park shore and she is about 5 feet tall, 110 found and they think she may still be in elkins park. call the police in you have seen dena. >>> and police in chester, delaware county looking for the person who released bullets killing one and seriously wounding others. west 7th and lloyd streets, the police arrived after midnight finding about three months spent bullet cases on the ground. still searching for a motive and the suspect. >>> a lehigh valley couple facing child negligent charges because of their daughter's teeth. police say the 6 year old's parents ignored months of warning from the dentist. the dentist said she needed baby root canals for abscessed teeth and says that the problem could have killed her. and the father was ner

stormtracker 6 double scan radar shows you it's quiet. no issues with precipitation.o outside we go. because things look up and none the sky. and as we'll show you this video the action cam had earlier for us today in ocean city and a gorgeous shot we had comfortable kndz right along the shore. and as we conclude our saturday night and get ready for a really nice father's day come tomorrow. high today in philadelphia climbed up to 76. and in philadelphia coming in at 64. trenton 60. up in the poconos, 64. along the coast in sea isle city, 65. boardwalk 65 as well. here's satellite 6 and action radar showers and storms we had yesterday to close out the workweek already lifting off to the norm and east headed to northern sections of new england and canadian maritime as well. this pocket of cold air aloft. meaning we had few more clouds around this afternoon. but those clouds are starting to move on out. turning clear for the rest of tonight. high pressure will be in control for the rest of tonight and for that matter as we get into sunday giving us a clear sky right now

. >> yes, but our focus over the next 24 hours shifting from the heat to the storms, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we don't have any storms, a few pop-ups near pittsburgh but i want to widen out this view and show you a vicious line of storms moving close to detroit and this is moving east at 40 miles per hour. it's more than 500 miles away and by the time it moves in it will be the wee hours of the morning. but this evening could see a few pop-ups, the national storm certain put this west of philadelphia, that means any storm with heavy downpours could have damaging winds more than 58 miles per hour and could come with large hail. this is a pretty potent system and it's running into the heat and humidity. and that will provide some of the fuel. 11:00 tonight we'll likely see some pop-ups here and there, but things will be changing by tomorrow morning, the morning commute by 8:30, some showers and thunderstorms, this shows most of the activity farther to the north, i'm not sure i'm buying that, i think it could be over the philadelphia region. and it's not just the morning but

stormtracker live double scan slows no precipitation in sight this noon hour.side the action cam out earlier looking at our favorite flying contraption in the delaware valley, the channel 6 zoo balloon. over the zoo, a beautiful day to go flying in the balloon, no doubt. a couple of highlights, the first how nice it is today. the second, how it is going to turn humid and stormy later in the accuweather forecast. starting now, 80 degrees. really nice out there. the dewpoint below the 60-degree threshold, it is warm but not that humid. and winds light out of the southeast 6 miles an hour. and 78 in allentown, 76 in trenton, upper 70s in wilmington and dover and wildwood. and the low 80s or close to 80 in millville and at the airport in atlantic city. satellite and radar showing you if have you plans to go out driving up and down i-95 today, probably keep the sunglasses handy. a sweep much clouds trying to make it across the regular but it is stuck in central pennsylvania. some clouds mixing with sun but it is overnight and through tomorrow we see more clouds and

the best way to know what is coming from the stormtracker 6 app. it free to download with your tablet or smartphone. all you have to do is go to the google stores. >>> all sides are hoping to avoid a strike on the regional rail lines that could cause seriously problem was commuters. david henry is live at center city you have the latest on the negotiations today? >>reporter:brian, the last-chance talks are on hold right now. they both got together to huddle with the federal mediator. they loft at 1:00 for lunch and never came back. if septa doesn't budge they are ready to walk. >> if necessary if we can't reach a resolution we will resort to a strike at 12:01 tonight. they with been working for years without new contracts. this week septa told them that it will imposed the terms of the proposed contract. they were seeking binding arbitration. >> we still agree to a binding arbitration. that is the fastest way to resolve it. we have been asking for it for two years. >>reporter:they are not looking forward to the possibility of finding new rides. >>

. >> we are seeing the showers passing through the heart of the delaware valley, on stormtracker 6 live double scan, to the north in the lehigh valley and the poconos, the rain is pushing out and moving to the south and the clouds are lagging and soon the sun will shine there before it sets there this evening, the heart of the delaware valley, pottstown and doylestown, seeing the rain, as we look at the clouds pushing from the north and south, millville you'll get into some soaking showers, and area roadways are wet and keeping matt pellman on his a game, the temperatures are falling to the 60s in slatington and quakertown 68 and saint davids 70 and oxford 69 degrees, still slightly humid, and you can see this boundary is draped now, hockessin down to 72 and vineland 78, a quick 5 degree drop as this boundary moves in from the north and it does spit some rain out. in fact, we look at satellite and radar, syracuse beautiful sunshine and that sunshine is on the border of the poconos and will be puncturing the i-95 corridor, possibly in time before the sun actually sets, you may see blue s

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's quiet out there, one thunderstorm in mercer coin, moving away from pennington and cherry valley road and 206 south and east of the princeton, 14 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes and this has the history of producing heavy rainfall in the pennington area, at the rate of 2 inches of rain per hour, it's moving quick enough that we don't see enough in the way of flash flooding, a heavy amount of rain in a short period of time and it's moving out of our area in the next 10 to 15 minutes. it's the forcing mechanism to get the at atmosphere started. near harrisburg, a storm with 500 lightning strikes moving to the north and east and as it approaches the i-95 corridor it hits the western suburbs of philadelphia later on this evening and it fall as part as it hits a marine stable layer in new jersey and delaware. over the next few hours until 8:00 tonight. stor exited the vehicle and immediately exchanged gun fire with the trooper. the trooper returned fire striking that 29-year-old male, in the exchange the gun fire, the trooper was shot tw

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you can track the storms heading in your neighborhood with the stormtracker app. it gives you audio alerts for weather warnings you can download it free for both yap and android devices. >>> septa is in÷i66ñ contingency planning mode. we are live in center city. david henry. david has the needle moved even a little bit? >>reporter:well if it did, move, jim, neither side is saying. they met for three hours and went their separate ways. the two sides huddled with at a law firm with the mediator. >> we are preachin preparing tow services saturday morning midnight we will be on strike. >>reporter:it was followed by the union and septa negotiators and three hours later they walked out. they were working for years without a new contract. it they notified it was imposing the terms of the contract proposal at midnight. the unions are ready to walk in septa doesn't budget. 60,000 commuters may be left stranded wher. >> for the weekend i'll take the el in. >> for the work week i don't know. >> i'll borrow my parents' car. i would be unhappy. my main mode of transportation i

we don't see any downpours or thunderstorms on stormtracker 6 live.ittle drizzle falling from the sky as well because of the raw easterly winds. the numbers in the upper 60s. its ocean is 66. it matches the number inland. it tries to moderate a little bit the farther inland. 70 in dover. even the poconos right now it's a brutal 57 degrees for this time of year. there is warm front draped to the south and west. 86. and pittsburgh at 80 degrees. that front is the dividing line the heat humidity and the severe weather. north of that line we are looking good this evening with respect to the storms. the tornado watches and severe thunderstorm watches south and west to the front. in the last 15 minutes 1500 lightening strikes hail, gusty winds and isolated tornadoes in the western parts of pennsylvania today. 7:05 for the phillies cloudy, cool. bring a jacket. it's going to feel raw out there with the chilly temperatures between 68 the first pitch to 66 in the ninth inning. future tracker 6 at 7:00 in the morning a couple of areas of drizzle. low-lying fog.

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some communes are seeing rain right now, lets get the latest from stormtracker 6 live double scan, and meteorologist, adam joseph. >> hey sharrie, everyone is warm and muggy and across much of the area it's fairly quiet on double scan live and north of philadelphia and centsral and parts of montgomery county, just two areas seeing a downpour pass through near horsham, it's falling apart by 611 and willow grove and jenkintown, two lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes, in bucks county north and east of -- how much rain is falling and that one thunderstorm near jenkintown, about a half inch of rain an hour. about 2 inches of rain an hour near jenkintown, they are not lagging so we are not seeing the flash flooding. if they stalled, we would have a problem but that is the not the case. as we look at dublg scan live most of the action is in western pennsylvania and north york and most of this passes to the north and west, 450 lightning strikes within this entire view on double scan live. it's the front we have to front as it passed through during the evening hours, what to expect for th

. >>> remember, when rain is on the way be the first to know with the stormtracker app. we send you an alert, and the app is fee to download. >>> about to get more congested on 95, north of girard avenue tonight could mean headaches for drivers and those who live near the work site. and david henry is on the girard avenue on-ramp and more on the impact. hi there, david. >> hey. the construction you see behind me along i-95 has been going on since 2011. for a long time already. but now it is going to get much worse. this is just one of six major rebuilding projects. the fourth and largest phase begins tonight. it will spread from just south of the girard interchange over there. a mile and a half north, just south of allegeny avenue. >> a lot of construction. >> and soon to be a bigger pain. and it will expand the half-mile construction zone to almost two miles from columbia avenue to just south of allegeny avenue. drivers say it's bad enough as it is. >> it's a killer, yeah. the main changes are -- the way they have the lanes laid out, they are confusing. >> and it will b

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's quiet out there, one thunderstorm in mercer coin, movingrom pennington and cherry valley road and 206 south and east of the princeton, 14 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes and this has the history of producing heavy rainfall in the pennington area, at the rate of 2 inches of rain per hour, it's moving quick enough that we don't see enough in the way of flash flooding, a heavy amount of rain in a short period of time and it's moving out of our area in the next 10 to

. >>> now checking out stormtracker 6 live double scan at the airport, or this is the shore where theres heavy rain. >> this is the airport. >> yes, it is the airport. it's flooded, look at the streets, heavy rain at philadelphia international airport and poor visible. be careful there are pocket of hey, i lost my debit card. do you guys do instant replacement? what just happened? check your wallet. no. no way. your debit card should arrive in 7-10 business days. [ male announcer ] it's time to bank human again. get debit cards on the spot, and deposit checks right from your phone at td bank. america's most convenient bank. >>> and we have an update from philadelphia international airport we shows you the heavy rain, that caused a ground stop, until 6:15 tonight. here just condition there's. >> some areas are not seeing any conditions at all? >> not even a drop of water and even sunshine, it's one particular location or two, mainly southern new jersey and it's extreme southern part of philadelphia county on double scan live. showing a thunderstorm over the airport and over citizens bank

looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan around the region, we are dry and staying dry for the nextfew hours at least, lets head outside and see what is looks like, we are looking live in cape may, it looks like the lifeguard is up there and he has his feet up and the water is actually pretty inviting, and a good way to escape the heat, a couple of kids are running in. it's 81 degrees right now in philadelphia, pretty much uniform in the region, 79 in allentown and lancaster, and along the beach around 80 degrees, but the thing that is varying is the dew point, the pleasure of how much moisture in the atmosphere, how humid it feels, the low 60s in philadelphia not bad. only slightly humid. 64 in allentown and reading, slightly humid but along the coastline, it's oppressive humidity, 70, 71 in wildwood and dover, one you get over 70 or upper 60s it feels oppressive. it feels comfortable in philadelphia and down the shore, if you are looking to escape the heat there is a hard time doing it. storms from overnight raced on out here. clouds mixing with sunshine and you can start to see s

we look now at stormtracker live double scan around the region. we are showing lots of sun. some clouds out there, but all is quiet at the present moment. and temperature-wise pretty perfect for this time of year. 85, pretty much normal for philadelphia. the normal high 86. 84 in the lehigh valley, 84 reading. 78, cooler in dover and at the shore with the wind off the water. temperatures there only in the 70s. looking at satellite and radar across the eastern half of the country. all looking ok right now. to the west a little showers in the appalachians but they fall apart here this evening. and tracking a cold front pushing through the midwest. along the front severe weather south of waterloo in yeah. some tornado watches and warnings, hail damage. pushing east towards chicago. it is weakening and it will continue to weaken. we will not see that severe weather with the front. as the front arrivals it sparks its own down pours and thunderstorms for midweek. but prior to the front arriving from the west. tuesday and wednesday the high pressure will be just to our east. this i

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing there are thunderstorms up to the north, a few of these could sneak in tonight and most of the activity will be waiting until late tomorrow night, tomorrow it's still here and the dew points are higher, the heat advisory is posting from noon until 7:00, this is where the heat index will be rising into the upper 90s, we are not used to kind of heat, do not leave them in cars. more details in the storms on the full accuweather forecast. >>> lets switch live to logan square and "action news" reporter, sara bloomquist, how are people handling this first 90 degree plus day? >> reporter: there is a light breeze for the children and it's all good. at sisters city park, kidded are having fun in this splash garden tonight the warm temperatures are here and everybody is getting the hang of the hot weather. the heat is coming off the pavement below and nearby at sisters city park, the kids were splishing and splashing and having fun and some made the trip from the suburbs. >> we don't have a pool membership and we don't have a pool so we came down to enjoy

and stormtracker showing a vigorous system moving towards milwaukee and chicago. you look and see the classic hook echo, good potential for tornadoes with it. and that complex is moving to the north. we won't be hit by that, but the cold front triggering it is moving in bringing us the potential for tropical downpours, especially considering what's happening off the coast of florida. you see a complex of thunderstorms. hurricane hunters flew in, not that organized but 80% of tropical development becoming tropical storm arthur. the bulk have it off shore. withment front moving through dialing with thunderstorms especially thursday, but can linger into the 4th of july depending on the strength and timing of the storm. the 5day at five shows tomorrow heat on. hot and humid 92. and wednesday 94 with afternoon thunderstorms. thursday potential for heavy downpours, more than two inches of rain, a soaker. friday unsettled 82. no matter what happens friday, saturd saturday, spectacular. and really looking at the 4th of july forecast. >>> and much more to come in the next

. >> we got rid of the heat and now the showers, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing nothing morehan some lingering showers along the coast. yesterday's high was 94 in philadelphia, and the high came after midnight, 81 degrees, you can see all the heat pushed well down to the south, with the cold front that continues to push from the north to the south and this is bringing us a breath of fresh air, dew points show how much moisture is in the air, the dew point in philadelphia, that is slightly humid, looking to the north binghamton, 46 and that is very dry air, this continues to push down to the south as we head through the overnight hours, tonight is a good night to open the window and turn off the air conditioners, you will not need them tonight. satellite 6 along with action radar showing wead

stormtracker 6 double scan radar saying it's quiet and no issues with precipitation and big weather story this week even though we may find a shower or thunderstorm around we'll be the building warmth across the region. outside we go the action cam was outside earlier tonight at penns landing giving you a different advantage point of ben franklin bridge this sunday night. hopefully you enjoyed it outdoors doing something fun with dad or wherever your destination was on this paerm's day. >> check out the live lineup and look at the temperatures and let you know where it's headed later this week. still comfortable, 73. westerly wind. mild in allentown at this hour. 65. trenton 67. and along the coast in beach haven 70. sea sea isle city coming in at 68. here's satellite 6 and action radar. it's dry and quiet across the region. we have a ridge of high pressure that is in control across much of the mid-atlantic region. high tomorrow scoots further south and east and moves offshore. we'll tap into return flow for the majority of the day tomorrow. here's the setup for you. 87 he degrees for hig

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing there are some spotty thunderstorms well up to the north mainly over new york state from a boundary that is beginning to sneak a little closer to us tomorrow. that will give us a betser chance of spotty thunderstorms, really the big story will be the heat tomorrow, we keep the heat and add the humidity, tomorrow a heat advisory in affect along the i-95 corridor, the heat index, the way it feels soaring into the upper 90s, we'll talk btd timing of storms coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily. >> now to center city where kids were cooling off at sisters city park in logan, they splashed around in their birthing suits and now here is nora muchanic on 9th street in ocean city. people at the beach i can imagine are loving this weather. >> they are indeed. it's awfully hot inland and here at the shore it's close to a perfect day. take a look out there, the sun is out and the beach is filled today with folks that just want to keep cool. summer doesn't officially start until saturday, but it feels like it's already here, with tem

stormtracker live double scan showing nothing going around here.because we have this very broad high pressure. it is building in over the weekend and it will bring us a lot of sunshine. this will protect us from what's going on to the south. there are two areas of severe weather. one right now through the tennessee valley and the deep south. atlanta into little rock. this line of thunderstorms. and then another area out to the west. denver, colorado just to the east a tornado warning. and there are tornado watches in effect for parts of new jersey into the panhandle. this whole system is sliding east but not getting here by the weekend. monday unsettled, but the weekend beautiful. futuretracker 9:00 tomorrow morning abundant sunshine and seeing plenty of sunshine all day on saturday. so the golf forecast if you are going golfing, put on the sunscreen and enjoy the weather. 9:00, 70 degrees. 3:00, 84 degrees. it is warmer than today. and if your headed to the union game tomorrow, golfing in the morning and union game in the evening, looking very nic

we'll go in tighter, stormtracker 6 double scan street-level this is live data of what's going on right suburbs west of town and quakertown just a light shower. same thing in green lane and over to the west we go and kutztown, fleetwood, north of reading. we have a little bit of wet weather to contend with and this will be the case as we get to the overnight hours as well. we'll show you the picture outside sky6 liver in h d looking at the wilmington water front on this sunday night we've got a partly cloudy to mostly cloudy sky and no moisture to content with yet and wilmington will change as we get to tomorrow afternoon. high today in philadelphia not bad climbed up to 84 degrees and three above normal and outside tonight, it's still pretty comfortable, philadelphia, 71. trenton 70. up in the poconos 68. beach haven 66. dover 70s. 67 in lancaster and humidity for the most part is in check. however the humidity will be coming up depending where you live as we get to the overnight hours. so you look at the dew points that's level of moch moist stur in the atmosphere fear. it's comfortab

stormtracker 6 double scan okay rar. it's way eight cross the region though earlier today so they showers and lights drizzle for jersey and delaware all that is pushing south. we'll show you the picture outside. >>> this is a cool shot. logan's square and you'll also see city hall in the distance there. we've got a partly cloudy to mostly clear sky on the ray for the rest of tonight and it's 70 degrees outside in philadelphia. and wilmington 68. millville 68. up in the poconos 65. along the coast and beach haven 68 at the boardwalk today and 71. across south jerz and i delaware more in the way of cloud cover and more in the way of moisture. when you look at the dewpoint temperatures across the region for the most part it was pretty comfortable. nice and pleasant. you can kind of die stekt our viewing area in half. lancaster, philadelphia, accuweather, we were okay. but you notice these dew point temperatures millville and wildwood and dover he in lower 60s. we had moisture overhead today and looks like the moisture cop d

adam joseph is in for cecily, is he tracking the storms with stormtracker 6 live double scan. >> it'she extreme humidity that returned yesterday and a lot of water drop lets in the atmosphere, and when this pops it rings out the atmosphere, most of area is quiet and dry but where the downpours are popping they are slowly moving and they are strong and the drains with cannot keep up with it. there is no lightning strikes with this, riverside along route 130, palmyra and the betsy ross bridge, all of those areas getting drenched and as we widen out to center city philadelphia, we still see the moderate rainfall, as that particular part o

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we are mainly dry across the region but i'll give you a lookower, it used to have yellow in it and now as it pushes into the atlantic city airport it's falling apart a little bit. and that is an indication how humid and unstable the air mass is. we'll see more of that north and west of i-95, as we take a look outside, sky 6 is bright and hazy in that picture, not a big surprise considering we do have a lot of humidity out there in the air right now. there are folks getting nice boat time and beach time in that picture. 84 in philadelphia, the numbers soared through the morning hours, we started out in the low 70s and most of the readings around the area are above 70 and that is what we call oppressive air, winds out of the south at 9 miles per hour. 84 in allentown and same as in the lehigh valley, and reading and wilmington 84 in wildwood. everybody is cooking and all because of a cold front out to the west with cloud cover ahead of it, and the flow ahead of that front is making things real soupy, there are additional showers on the shore of d