lets look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we can see where the storms are starting to form and we are watching live aas that line really develops it's in harrisburg and gettysburg, a wider look here with storm tracker 6 live hd these storms are starting to fire up across the region. 78 degrees in quakertown and 81 in pottstown and coatesville and 83 in center city and chester feeling warmer than that when you factor in the humidity. 83 in browns mills and 82 in hammonton and 83 in dover delaware you saw the numbers along the coast line, it's cooler in the upper 60s, dew point 69 degrees, any time you get above 60 it's humid. and wilmington and dover 70 and 73, very sticky out here, we are watching the storm threat and the highest risk is for the storm threat, it doesn't take much to get downpours and we need the rain and we are getting some of that we'll see moderate lightning as well. we have the chance for strong winds to develop. here is what you need to be concerned about it happens during your evening rush we see heavy downpours and gusty winds at times watch for debris on th

if we bring in stormtracker 6 live double scan, you can see that in motion as the sun broke out in the heat of the day and they are moving slowly and inching their way towards our region and the timing is a problem for this evening for drivers. and gusty winds with these storms and ponding on the roads, it's been so dry we anticipate problems with flooding. this is future tracker 6 coming up we'll walk you through it. >> thank you. >>> relentless flooding in texas left more than 1,000 people homeless it's raining again in houston today and the region is aat risk of more storms for the rest of the week. a report from texas with the latest. >> reporter: everywhere you look along the river in texas so much devastation and the lone star state is getting hit with more rain today. another round of heavy downpours is striking the heart of texas already struggling to recover from a string of powerful storms and flash flooding. >> the water was here in 20 minutes. >> outside in dallas the water is pouring over this dam on the verge of failing with a dozen home below. and 12 people are still mis

as we look at your smart phone app stormtracker 6 app shows 71 now. up to 74, 8:00, by noon 84. high today 85 at 2:00 and by 3:00, up to 83 and 79 at 6:00. during the afternoon after three through six and evening hours there's a chance of shower or thunderstorm. pollen count by the way is medium today and getting a little better the next couple days. weather turns for the better in the exclusive accuweather it 7 day. karen we'll have details in a couple minutes. >> big news this morning amtrak trains running again between philadelphia and new york city. service there is resumed. so is service with septa trenton line. trains are not stopping at philadelphia station. outbound trains headed to trenton not stopping at bridesburg and tacony. expect changes with the trenton line and also expecting up to an hour delay. septa says we want to warn you there could be up to hour delay as they continue to work on this and expect those delays to pill spill out chestnut hill east line. expect delays as service resumes again this morning. other big issue with traffic open the roads. looking li

to be back into a dry stretch once we get finished over the next several hours looking at live stormtracker 6 live double scan we have dying showers coming outs of the northern and western suburbs, i can't guarantee some make it to philadelphia like earlier. looks like allentown is still in the process of making its way through some of that, behind the current batch of precipitation there is not a lot else out by williamsport maybe some sprinkles or showers and perhaps a pop-up thunderstorm in the afternoon, 70 in philadelphia currently, down the pike in washington 80 degrees and 66 in new york city and tomorrow we are going to turn the winds around from the south and we are tapping into the warmer air down the coast in richmond and washington as we go through the rest of today not as warm, 74 is your high temperature this afternoon at 2:00 and 71 by 4:00 and 6:00 by 70. pollen is on the high side today running medium high for the allergy sufferers, but tomorrow heading into the weekend it gets even worse. when i step inside we'll talk about the upswing in temperatures and have more details

stormtracker 6 double scan mostly dry. picking up a sprinkle near coatsville near 202 and route 1 media bypass near chadds ford and salem county, new jersey route 49,el mer around route 40. damp there matt. >> thanks, karen breaking now a fire broke out a carwash in delaware. it happened on 1900 block of polaski highway bear 4 a.m. flames were coming through the roof when fire crews arrived and they got up on the roof and started fighting them. they remain on the scene putting out hot spots. no one was injured. >> this is video of close call for casino bus driver on way to chicago. it got stuck in this vertical position after plunging off a bridge in indiana. firefighters were able to rescue the driver and no one else was on board. cause of the crash is under investigation. >> a school district in kentucky is investigating a really scary ordeal for a young student. a bus dragged her at least 100 feet all caught on camera. take a look at this you see the girl barely hanging on as bus keeps going down the street her backpack

as we look at your smart phone app stormtracker 6 app shows 71 now. up to 74, 8:00, by noon 84. high today 85 at 2:00 and by 3:00, up to 83 and 79 at 6:00. during the afternoon after three through six and evening hours there's a chance of shower or thunderstorm. pollen count by the way is medium today and getting a little better the next couple

here is part of the reason why all the changes, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you we are tracking an area of low pressure that continues to sag to the south, earlier today or this morning. spot showers in jersey and delaware continuing to shift down to virginia and it will continue to do so as we go throughout the rest of the afternoon hours so have a pocket size umbrella with you from time to time, there could be a spritz or sprinkle and it's cloudy and cool and that is the big weather headline, improvement is on the way and a warmer weekend up ahead and a taste of summer is on the way we'll let you know how high the temperatures go in the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> thank you. >>> from sunny skies to pop-up storms stay ahead of the ever changing weather situation at 6abc.com/weather you'll watch things unfold with our live sky 6 cameras. >>> in other news, a south jersey mother that allegedly left her 4-month-old child in a hot car yesterday is held on $50,000 bail this noon deanna moore locked her baby in her car outside of a camden bank and a passerby notified police an

lets look at stormtracker 6 live double scan showing us we are dry in philadelphia, but you can see wee a little shower that started to pop up. lets go in closer with double scan this is blossom, so if are you in seaside heights, you might want to warn them and wait the next few minutes, that is the only one popping through the area. and an idea of what is to come, lets two outside and see what is looks like, we are down the shore in atlantic city, you see people on the beach and the camera shaking a bit and the cooler breeze and that is certainly a way to escape the heat and humidity, 81 is the current temperature even in the lehigh valley, 82 in trenton and 84 in dover delaware with the flow off the ocean 60s to 70s in spots along the coast line, i want to show you the heat indexes, it fells like 85 in trenton and 85 in millville and 91 degrees is what it feels like in dover delaware when you factor in the high humidity as well as the warmth 5:00 p.m. clouds and sunshine and 83 degrees and a chaps of a shower or thunderstorm popping up and not everybody sees them but spotty and somet

as we get into the weekend temperatures are on their way up, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you it's dry for the most part and look to the west and spotty showers now creeping into lancaster county up through berks and lehigh county, and these are light in nature and we'll tell you the source the reason why the showers are popping up at the moment. the new term we'll show you the picture outside, sky 6 hd down the shore in atlantic city a thick cloud cover overhead and expect a mostly cloudy day and a few pockets of sunshine from time to time through the afternoon hours currently in philadelphia 59 degrees and the dew point 41 and the winds are out of the east at 9 miles per hour and the easterly wind is making all the difference and making for a cloudy and cool feel to the day the barometer 29.97 on the rise, outside it's 57 in millville at this hour same thing in allentown and the lehigh valley along the coast in sea isle city, and a chilly 52 in beach haven, here is what is going on we have the clouds and moisture overhead it's mostly cloudy and we are tracking the area o

stormtracker 6 live double scan radar hows us that activity with scattering of showers now mainly south jersey into burlington and ocean counties and pressing to at plan take, salem and cape may counties and little activity at this hour moving into dover delaware. we deposit pick up a lot of rain. but what we got was much need add cross much of the area. lancaster, .81" p three tenths for trenton and philadelphia and doylestown .22 and .he in reading. we have a drought situation across the mid-atlantic region. any moisture that moves into the region even in form of thunderstorm is definitely appreciated. 1 outside of philadelphia, 69 in wilmington. same thing in dover. upper 60s in allentown and lehigh valley. and 68 degrees along the coast. and sea isle city. here's the problem however if you step outside any time you have dew point temperatures above 60 you know we have a humid air mass overhead. and overall we have dew point temperatures 63 poconos to as high as 67 degrees in philadelphia. so the humidity is overhead. and it's stick around for the second half of the weekend. so we wi

here is stormtracker 6 live double scan radar 3d we have high pressure that is in control now and ridge of high pressure south and east. most of the day we're khaping into south wrlly wind which made if feel warmer but the exception sdoup across kooktal sections severe weather and unsettled weather miss us and is well west more majority of holiday week. it's really all about the numbers. future tracker 6 showing 4 p.m. monday we'll number lower 80s here in philadelphia and they'll keep climbing from there. whether you're in city, shore poconos tomorrow, we have you covered. 88 in city at the shore. 75 with seabreeze and popup thunderstorm lately in the pock knows with high of 80. details in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> thank you melissa. >> we move on to "action news" reporter john rawlins at the place to be at the jer jury shore. >> joining us live where officials are hoping for a big sgleekd it's doll down here next to atlantic ocean. indicates are that will be the case earlier return at least. we talked to the amusement folks and said sales this year up significant

. >> yes, we have the warmth, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we have some clouds and watch boxes came up north of our area but not in our region, we are expecting a spotty shower or thunderstorm and not everybody will see that. 82 already in the low 80s in the lehigh valley and mt. pocono 75 and 83 already in dover delaware and 82 in millville, right along the beach line in the upper 60s, the difference there is you continue to have the flow from the ocean, you have the influence right along the coastline here is how it feels. very humid dew points upwards of 70 degrees certainly feeling the humidity once again today. the few showers or thunderstorms we had did not break that and did not affect the allergies we are dealing with the pollen at this point and today in the medium high zone and it gets higher friday and saturday before a drop comes on sunday before things get more tolerable, looking aat the evening ahead it's going to be warm and humid and here is how the temperatures look, 88 degrees is our high and 5:30, 86 and 7:00 p.m. we drop down to 83 degrees, we see spotty sho

look at stormtracker 6 live double scan not exactly a drefrming rainfall just light nuisance rain maybe steadier in areas south of philadelphia southern newcastle county and salem and cumberland county new jersey. just enough to slow you down. if you are north of pennsylvania turnpike just a quick sprinkle but from areas south we are dealing with this and philadelphia will wind down after 3:00, 4:00, and down the shore the farther south the longer you'll have to wait for it to end, the temperatures are cool and notice it's milder north of us in new york city, and that is because they have not had as much rain there. and probably won't. it's that cool air being drown to the surface, and where the rain is heavier down south just 54 in washington, the rain is caused by a southern system south of richmond and we are close enough to catch just the northern edge of the precipitation, by 4:00 we are down to 58 spending a good portion of the day at 56. and that rain in parts of south jersey and tell wear and by 8:00 54 and most of the area trying out then and sprinkles here and there at 11:00.

stormtracker 6 live double skap. we're mainly dry across the region. we were tracking a couple light sprinkles and showers popping down. now a little further down to south jersey falling part. light nuisance stuff. as we look outside clouds mixing with sunshine across the region as sun is in the process of popping up over the horizon and little mild and little on muggy side this morning. 71 currently in philadelphia. still 69 wilmington. mid 6 0s allentown 'and reading and lancaster and 68 trenton and 68 readings on the boardwalk in sea isle city. future tracker hows us clouds and sun through the morning and up to 12:00 on the lookout for spotty showers between 12 and 3 however you can see how the stuff begins to develop better in the what we call convective portion of afternoon. warmer portion where it's easier to pop downpours. we will in some spots see downpour producing showers and thunderstorms. more of the same by:00. evening rush hour dry. some of you may slum it down because of downpour activity and later tonight 11:00 through wee hours of the

. >> 88 at the airport stormtracker 6 live double scan showing us that we are dry as we head into the afternoon and as we take a look sought i'd another nice picture on the "action news" cam looking at the trees on the schuylkill river and probably just off to the west they are getting the zoo balloon ready a couple of highlights to your forecast, it's more humid today as we move through the day and tomorrow more humid with late storms possible. especially in the evening hours, 83 currently in philadelphia dew point at 62 and neighborhoods have dew points pushing into the mid-60s, are you probably feeling it a bit. winds southwest at 18 miles per hour, and on the breezy side, just the slight uptick in humidity as we look at storm tracker 6 there are mainly clouds and the rain is up close toward new york state and not our neck of the woods maybe the poconos picks up something later on and later this evening they will have stormtracker 6 live double scan looking at the northern suburbs to see if something comes through. high temperatures toasty, down the shore on or about 80 for the res

out to the shore and stormtracker 6 live double scan in cape may, a beautiful shot and people are onch and on the sand enjoying the beginning of the memorial day weekend. 72 degrees and dew point of 38 the area is nice and dry and there were showers in the city in south jersey and delaware the winds out of the north-northwest today and a bit of a breeze and a cool breeze at that the pressure is 30.01 and on the rise, this afternoon if wilmington 71 and reading 71 and allentown and the lehigh valley 71 and 72 degrees here in philadelphia. here is the big difference today, the 24 hour temperature change yesterday we had temperatures and highs in philadelphia in the upper 50s, it's 15 degrees warmer in the city than the same time yesterday and 10 degrees warmer down the shore in see i'll city. this is the cold front i was talking about it's coming out of the great lakes and dipping on down to the south the atmosphere is for the most part dry to support a lot of precipitation and maybe a spot shower north and west of the 95 corridor late this afternoon. so here is the setup for us on our

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we vel dry conditions out there tonight and what a sunset.t to share this photo tweeted to me from todd in wilmington delaware of spectacular sunset over wilmington and we've got more beautiful sun sets on the way this weekend. temperatures now that the sunset winds diminish and skies trying philadelphia, 68. down from high of 77. millville, 61. trenton, 60. allentown already down to 55. poconos where frost advisories are posted down to 48. satellite 6 and action radar showing in the oong a cold front moves through with cloud cover. couple sprinkles north of philadelphia. now the skies are clearing and temperatures will be bottoming out. 8 degrees below normal for philadelphia. chilly 48 degrees. lehigh valley, will likely drop down 39 and definitely a cold start to saturday. by the afternoon, temperatures will recover up to 70. still that 6 below normal but plenty of sunshine, low humidity. nice day. but if you like things warmer this high pressure does move east on sunday that means we get return flow out of southwest and so our afternoon h

the playground i wouldn't stop you with the clouds and sun mix, 84 by 3:00 and i would keep the stormtracker 6 app handy as you are out there with the kids, keep an eye on it in case a pop-up shower or thunderstorm comes your way. here is how the numbers go 83 at 2:00 and up to a high of 84 by 4:00 and we are sitting on 80 at 4:00 and down to the 60s by 4:00 tonight. when i step back inside we'll take a look at showers and thunderstorms on future tracker 6 a cool down for tomorrow and a warm-up again for the seven-day forecast hope you like this stuff there is more on the way. this reminder, whatever the weather, you can join the action and be a part of "action news," here is a photo of the 6 abc zoo balloon submit your photos using jointheaction@6abc.com or #6abcaction. >>> from our delaware newsroom, a grand jury indicted a dover police officer on assault charges, corporal thomas webster was placed on leave in 2014 over accusations that he kicked a suspect in the head rendering him unconscious, the grand jury declined to indict webster in owe 2014, and he presented it to a grand jury inste

surfaces. >>> another warm summer-like day out there. >> might get rain later but as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we are precipitation free in the immediate region although out on the other side of harrisburg, showers are beginning to pop up and we may see those try to inch in over our northern suburbs as we take a look outside we do have akins oval, the fountain in front sts museum of art this picture was out in front of the art museum at 8:39 this morning you would have seen blue skies but the clouds have got enthicker. the temperature is 76 degrees, feeling pretty good out of doors, the winds out of the southwest at 5 miles per hour and the dew point in the mid-50s and not all that humid i was thinking it might tic up over the next couple of hours right now we are doing okay. 76 in allentown and 78 in wilmington and 80 in reading and 77 in trenton and 75 in sea isle city. and 83 degrees inland. the wins are not all that strong and expected to be less than yesterday, running 6 to 12 miles per hour at their worst right now we are not even that high in some neighborhoods the cl

stormtracker 6 double scan is picking up the couple of little showers that appear to be eroding a bit as they dive down through chester county and in towards new castle county, delaware. if you get hit like this. it's nuisance lights stuff. slowing down a little bit. water on the roadways can mix with oil and cause slippery conditions. as we look outside, clouds mixing with breaks over the airport. the camera looking really rock steady as we don't have any real strong winds across the region currently. 69 degrees the temperature dipped into the 60s now. it's still on warm and muggy side as you step outside. 70 wilmington and mid 6 0s. allentown, reading and boardwalks in sea isle city and atlantic city. future tracker 6 showing the rest of the day. morning hours look fairly dry. after he we get past 12:00 there's chance of popup showers and thunderstorms. this is 3:00 afternoon view and this is why i'm telling you to give the kids a poncho or some sort of rain gear. because it's possible they get caught in some of this of course if they hear a rumble of thunder they want to take cover

the weekend, check 6abc.com/weather and get the updates forecast and weather warnings and live stormtracker 6 live double scan. >> new details this noon about the copilot on the doomed germanwings flight that crashed in the french alps, now they say he may have practiced the deadly descent a day before the crash. >> did the pilot make a test run that lubitz deliberately crashed the plane into the alps killing all 150 on board and now there are questions about the flight he piloted hours before that fatal flight he was alone in the cockpit for four minutes and for a time he set the plane on a controlled descent and left it there for three seconds before spinning it back to 35,000 feet and he again sets the dial at 100 feet and leave its there for a few seconds before leveling it out at 25,000 people. the pilot returns and the flight to barcelona. the exact answer may never be known. >> whether he was practicing or losing his nerve each time we don't know, on the return flight to dusseldorf germany, they say he intentionally crashed into the mountains. the adjustments he made on the first fli

on stormtracker 6 double scan radar showing you it's dry and quiet. no issues with precipitation. the moisture will be a factor as we go throughout the overnight hours meaning that fog that moisture coming in off the atlantic will play a factor for you early tomorrow morning. we'll show you the picture outside. sky6 live in hd down the shore in atlantic city. speaking of the fog. you can see it's already starting to roll on in. that's where we have that dense fog advisory down across coast allergiesy and also across coastal sections of delaware from midnight right through 10 a.m. on monday. temperatures outside right now so still mild, still comfortable at this hour. 73 in philadelphia, 69 in poconos, 72 for both reading and lancaster, dover 71. along the coast at boardwalk coming in at 63. the dewpoint temperatures, however, are prettyty high for this time of year. typically we'll pop out the dew point map during the middle of our summer season. but, early in spring, we've got the dew points to talk about. any time you have these numbers in the upper 60s you can feel the humidity

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing a storm spawn last night, it's not a strong system and this cannot workup to the north so what this means that it will stay there for a while. maximum sustained winds 45 miles per hour pressure 1, 001 millibars, 170 miles southeast of myrtle beach south carolina. it will continue spinning there and gradually move inland and what does this mean for us we have indirect impacts, with the prolonged winds out of the southeast, a lot of fog this weekend and some of it is dengs along the shore and you'll notice a big uptick in humidity we'll talk more about that in the full accuweather forecast. >> all right cecily thank you this one has us talking all day long a great white shark is spotted swimming off the coast of the jersey shore but this one not quite like jaws she has a name, a high tech tracker and even a twitter account. kenneth moton is live with more on the shark who is named mary lee and this shark is getting a whole lot of attention. >> would i hope so she has more than 17000 followers on twitter mary lee the shark is 16 feet long and she weighs

stormtracker 6 live double scan radar is dry. high pressure in control.in control fort rest of our holiday weekend. and as a result we'll tap into south wrlly wind. if you like today, an all of the warmth overhead you'll really like tomorrow as well. and the high today in philadelphia 82 degrees. 6 degrees above average and yesterday we were 6 degrees below arm. normal for thus time of year is 76. we will be in the upper 80s by day's end on monday and it's 81 currently in philadelphia, 74 in poconos. 69 at the boardwalk and you have south facing wind and it's quite breezy along the coast. 65 beach haven and wildwood 70 and lancaster 76. here's satellite 6 and action radar high pressure in control and partly cloudy sky cross much of the mid-atlantic region and ridge of high pressure south and east. we're tapping into return flow and dry and quiet for the most part across the ohio valley and you see there's a warm front live lifting north and showers approaching and areas in the great lakes all of the severe weather stays out to the west and right to the pl

breathtaking views when you are 157 feet up in the air, looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan it'sarts of shore and we are tracking downpours and thunderstorms passing through dover and millville and fortescue, it's eastern ocean county that took a hit this afternoon we have a flash flood warning. we have seen over 4 inches of rain with slow moving thunderstorms, there are water rescues we take a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan street level there, the good sign here is that the storms have shifted off to the south and now between seaside heights and surf city it's damage is done and they are dealing with water in the roadways avoid that area of ocean county until 8:00 tonight. as we look at temperatures, the warm and muggy inland and 82 in philadelphia but here at the shore we are in the mid-60s with that cool ocean air, in reading 87 and wilmington a shower that passed by and temperatures there uch degrees the cold front on satellite 6 along with action radar draped over the i-95 corcorand arcs its way to charleston, west virginia and this is confined up to new england for

and we usually use stormtracker 6 live double scan to show rain but we can detect the smoke particles around 206 in it actually looks like that fire is decreasing its intensity. hopefully that is the case, and like chad mentioned the winds are light and pushing the brush fire along. the problem though the temperatures it's warm and feels like summer, 80 in philadelphia and 75 in millville, and 82 in allentown and reading 80 degrees, it has the low humidity of spring time. stormtracker 6 live double scan shows the low pressure off the coast of georgia, that low pressure is trying to work to the north but the high pressure will keep us dry through the weekend and the high pressure is keeping the storms across the plain states from moving east of the same areas that saw the tornadoes and have a risk of more severe weather we'll have more details of what to expect over your weekend in the accuweather forecast. >> as you mentioned that weather pattern is bringing us dry conditions it left much of the midwest reeling from wet storms. erin o'hearn is live in the traffic center with where the

as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan no threat of rain in the imminent future for the evening but as we look at low pressure west of chicago we have energy near cincinnati and chicago and that will pull in tomorrow they spike here tomorrow and a little on thursday and then it drops or friday and saturday before we bump back up with another chance of rain on sun we'll time the rain tomorrow and nydia we'll look at the step down in temperatures in the seven-day forecast. >> thank you. >>> the hot day combined with the concern dry conditions means we are at a risk for forest fire work have seen fires burn hundreds of acres in new jersey and one overnight. >> reporter: hi there this is serious conditions it's such that an amber from a fire or a tossed cigarette could spark a much bigger fire right now, crews are in jackson township setting small backfires and mopping up after a suspicious blaze lit up in the wildlife man manor, they warn that it poses an extreme fire danger. >> the heat is up and the winds have gone up and it all continues to spread the fire. >> forest fire servic

stormtracker 6 double scan radar. dry and quiet. high pressure in control. it's been that way all of our weekends, saturday was nice. today was nice. we can see them better tomorrow. outside we go action cam outside earlier tonight and manayunk. manayunk street an call there and partly cloudy sky overhead and really comfortable cans cross much of the area and neighborhood numbers north and west of town. 67 martins creek and center city 6 a5. 67 slatington and fleetwood 67 and 65 pot town. cooler along the coast. surf city 62. south patzing wind and most tour having impacts on coastal temperatures. 59, chilly there and vineland, 59 as well in bridgeton and dover smyrna. here's satellite 6 and action radar partly cloudy and warm front straight cross the at laptic region and extends back to the great lakes. we're south of that frontal boundary allowing for south wrlly wind top pump its way into our region and southwest wind in warmer wind. severe weather from chicago chick and as far as south as areas in louisiana. that moisture stays well away from our region

stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing you we have a little moisture rights now across the atlantic and cape may counties and a lot of that moving out south and east and stays pretty quiet during the overnight hours. but once again with this air mass overhead, it is more than likely that we will have some activity refire on sunday. we'll show you picture outside. sky6 live in hd outside looking at the enter city sky line. mostly cloudy. dry and quiet in philadelphia where we picked up three tenths of inch of moisture and more rain and popup thunderstorms tomorrow. 6 4 slatington. 65 fleetwood and 67 new holland and center city and chestier at this hour and upper 60s. levittown 68. 70 hammonton and same for woodbine along the coast in surf city 63. as you move to hockessin 67. 69 smyrna and dover. here's satellite 6 and a action radar mostly cloudy and we're tracking frontal bountdry. warm fronts left lifting norm w warm front north of us we tap into all that warmth and humidity that comes in from southwest direction and with that overhead we also have threatp popup showers and thund

. >> we are bringing in a few storms this weekend, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that we have rain free conditions out there today and virtually cloud free as well. the action cam is taking a look at the steel pier in atlantic city. where only a little more than a week away from memorial day weekend. and it certainly is a great day today to be outside. the accuweather highlights show you that we are abnormally dry and i am tracking a few showers and pop-up thunderstorms as we head through the weekend, the drought monitor just released shows southeast pennsylvania as well as new england's normally dry, our water supply is fine but grass and plants are dry, if we don't get rain over the next month we could have at possibility of a drought, we need it and we'll get some over the weekend, it's not widespread saturday evening 5:00 you'll see pop-up thunderstorms and it's going to be humid address well. anywhere we get humid we could get a pop-up thunderstorm. but not everybody will get the rain at this point we'll take it. temperature-wise back to reality, monday and tuesday up in

. >> yes, and less steamy stormtracker 6 live double scan scanning the delaware and lee lie sallys, some shower activity down south but that is gone, as we look outside we have spots where the sun is poking through the clouds a bit and they have got enthickner areas where the sun was shining and i got a tweet from central delaware where they say it's been mostly cloudy for most of the day. it's a mix out there but boy is it warm, 82 in philadelphia your dew point is over the 60 degree threshold where we talk about the air being humid but this is better than this morning and yesterday. winds frtd west at 16 miles per hour blustery conditions with gusts as high as 30 miles per hour. 81 is your current temperature in trenton and 79 in wilmington and 78 in the lehigh valley no escaping the heat, and right alongt ocean water in atlantic city not quite as bad but getting fairly eye up into the 70s today. wind speeds a 21 miles per hour sustained wind at a.c. and the teens in other spots and 20 in the poconos. the gusts going from 20 to 30 today. one thin line of precipitation that is above i-8

stormtracker 6 live double scan radar you can see the high pressure in control and all about the dryonditions and gradual warm-up in temperatures. and we'll show you the picture outside. the action cam was outside earlier tonight. the camden, new jersey looking at the u.s.s. battleship new jersey a gorgeous shot. we have mostly clear sky across much of the area. and high today in philadelphia, only in at 70 degrees. these numbers outside on the cool side. 60 in philadelphia and 55 north reading and 42 pup the poconos along the dmooingt beach haven 58 and 55 as well in trenton. and satellite 6 along with action radar shows you no compliance if you do any traveling from new england down across the mid-atlantic region thanks to dominating ridge of high pressure. tomorrow the ridge of high pressure moves further south and east and you notice we into that return southwesterly flow. so, we got a warmer wind. that pumps that hot and humid air up our way and the good news as it travels north ward we leave the humidity a behind and take the warmth with high temperature no philadelphia coming

is great we need the rain and it's out of here in time for the holiday weekend, it's a win-win, stormtrackerive double scan showing the rain has not arrived yet and it will do so tomorrow afternoon, the action cam looking at creek park in cheltenham, and normally i would say i'm tracking some foul weather on the way with the geese there but sin we need the rain this is actually some good news the accuweather highlights show you that yes the winds of change arrived today and tomorrow i'm tracking rain but how much you get depends on your location, what a difference a day makes yesterday a muggy 83 degrees and today only 68 degrees the afternoon high and the peak wind gust up to 25 miles per hour. a blustery day. and future tracker showing the rain amounts north of philadelphia you won't see much at all just a few light showers in philadelphia a half inch to quarter inch and parts of atlantic and cape may and ken county delaware and more rain in areas to the south and currently philadelphia, 56 degrees and allentown 62 and trenton 62 and wilmington 65 degrees satellite 6 along with action rada

we have a few showers around and stormtracker 6 live double scan showing nothing significant just spotty showers here and there and they are all moving out as we head through the evening hours. the accuweather highlights show you that we are getting more and more daylight now and we are tracking a weekend sizzle for mothers day, for tonight the first time when this year the sun is setting at 8:00, 8:00 or later right through august 13th it's starting to look more like summer, it's feeling like summer this weekend, the forecast is 87 degrees, that is 15 degrees above average and the warmest mothers day since 1991, the warmest mothers day in 20 years. may want to buy mom an air conditioning unit this weekend. 70 in philadelphia our high today 77 6 degrees above normal but felt cool compared to yesterday's high and sea isle city 59 degrees with the wind off the ocean. >>> a cluster thunderstorms off state college and severe weather and this is all trending well to the south and this will be affecting baltimore and washington but this will be missing us so nothing more than a few scattered s

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we do need rain and nothing more than a couple of sprinkles in southwestern cumberland county and the action cam was in atlantic city, a day like today makes you think of summer and memorial day weekend is only a week and a half away. we are almost there and the accuweather highlights though you that it has felt like summer and it had a warm start to may and tomorrow we are have an increased threat of forest and brush fires. the past ten days a whopping $9.9s above normal and the temperatures have been in the 80s and barely a drop of rain, with tumbling temperatures and windy conditions and low humidity tomorrow the weather service posted a fire weather watch for new jersey and across our viewing area you want to be careful around the open flames and cigarette butts tomorrow because everything is very dry this is the reason why the past three weeks the rainfall deficit closed in at 2.5 inches and trenton and wilmington close to 2 inches below normal and we need the rain and it's not happening tonight and the possibility of showers and thunderstor

. >> our air conditioning units are getting a break stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we don't have anything more than a couple of sprinkles out there one cell through chester county and newcastle county that has died out. and the action cam hanging out at boathouse row, seeing the 6 abc zoo balloon, and my weather reports from the zoo begin a week from tomorrow. i can't wait. >> in the meantime, the accuweather highlights show you the dry air returns with four days stuck in the 80s and unfortunately the high pollen continues and how will we feel the next four day instead of dew points in the mid to upper 60s and dew points are well below 60 degrees, that is a dry k air mass but the problem with the sunshine and the low humidity and the winds the pollen count remains medium high into the weekend and oak birch and maple is the main problems. right now 82 in philadelphia the same in millville and trenton 83 in allentown and sea isle city a warm 80 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing a cold front is fwin beginning to move in from the west. activity from the virgin

like today could dry out leaves and branches and cause them to really become kindling to a fire stormtracker 6 live double scan, showing what chad has been saying, we had a broad view of the smoke particles this is not rain, and they are detecting the smoke particles in the air there is atsign road and the debris cloud. the winds are not strong and they are not moving along much and that is good news for firefighters the winds calm and we need the rain and i have a little bit on the way we'll talk about that in the accuweather forecast. >>> other news at this hour a 12-year-old boy is stabbed during a fight that involved up to 100 children in philadelphia it broke out at 4:00 in the mcelvain playground, frank ford high school and one other school, police say that the suspect is a teenage girl, the victim was taken to saint christophers hospital. >>> an international cocaine trafficking ring has tied to delaware valley the coke brought in from costa rica was warehoused in western pennsylvania and the pizzeria was the center of the drug ring and they were then shipped to europe and the fbi say

. >> a battle between the sun and clouds right now rks stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you we are dry shadows beneath the bridge and cloud cover out there and a mix upstairs right now and staying that way as we head into and through the afternoon. 63 is the current temperature and temperatures running in the teens and gusts higher than that. satellite and radar shows we started with full sun and the clouds overtaking us a bit more and there are holes in the clouds and we have the mix. reading 67 and 68 in trenton and we are looking at a 70 degree reading in spots and urban centers could get there today. and down the shore the upper 60s for the most part. here is how it will go by 5:00 biel be in the upper 60s and mid-60s by 7:00 and reaching the 50s by 9:00 and an overnight low down to the 50s and some suburbs down to the 40s, if you go to the ballpark you want to dress warmly 65 and breezy and 59 is not out of the question especially if it's a longer game and it goes closer to 10:00. as for pollen over the next couple of days we are better off than we were when the humidity w

. >> cooler and windy stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you we are dry as we take a look outside. we do have some cloud cover mixing with the sun and you can see the camera bouncing because the winds have gotten blustery through the morning and now into the afternoon. 67 degrees right now in philadelphia, yesterday we were already past 80 at this point and winds from the north northern west and sustained winds 16 miles per hour and the gusts are higher than that right now. 66 in trenton and 64 in allentown and mid-60s down the shore as well. here are the late tist gusts we had them up over 30 in spots and the latest recordings at the various airports show 24 miles per hour gusts at philadelphia-but they may build again as we head later into the afternoon. we see the cloud cover after the sunny start overtakes us and it's a sun and clouds mix and that is what we'll see today. allentown cooler and high of 66 degrees and windy and obviously cool down the shore about 10 degrees shaving off the high from yesterday only 68 today windy and cool with the clouds and sun mix. in philadelph

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that we are tracking the downpours, the thunderstorms rolling through and we have one right now that is moving through philadelphia, it's crossing the river into camden right now and five lightning strikes associated with this we have thunder and lightning out will, you hear the thunder you have to get inside and heavy downpours. zoom in on double scan live, the heaviest downpours moving out of philadelphia and moving through camden over river road and this continues to push to the northeast at 35 miles per hour, so they are moving at a pretty good clip and we have spotty downpours right now six lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes, not severe but this is moving into salem county and this is ahead of a cold front and that will move through tomorrow and that could bring another round of showers and thunderstorms mainly south and east of philadelphia. i want to show you this photo no it's live sky 6 hd looking at the center city skyline it's beginning to bright and, and i like this i love when viewers send me photos this is tweeted by jim and

we'll show what you is going on stormtracker 6 live double scan radar no issues with precipitation and high pressure in control right now we'll show you picture outside. the action cam was outside earlier tonight in camden new jersey you can see folks honey i've gone fishing. firing on this saturday the start of holiday weekend you canalso see a shot of the ben franklin in the background. highs today in lower 60s to near highs today in lower 60s to near 7 vrd philadelphia high of 70. 55 tapersville and double nickels in lateing ton and 57 center city and 48 oxford and 49 kennett square. down across new jersey 52 browns mills and hockessin upper 50s. here's satellite 6 and action radar high pressure across much of the mid-atlantic region and even cross the ohio valley. this would be the case as we get to sunday and for that matter monday as well. and this ridge of high pressure tomorrow scoots south and east we'll toop warmer wind that work way north ward. future tracker 6 showing you 9:00 in the morning it's not a bad start to day, 60 in philadelphia and 62 poconos and 65 along the coa

. >> and jim the rain is clearing out tonight and stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the rain is moving out of philadelphia we still have showers lingering along the coast especially cape may county, where melissa magee is inside right now, you can see a steady light rain over stone harbor and the garden state parkway and route 49 and 47 and that is clearing out over the overnight hours as far as rainfall totals nor and west of philadelphia nothing more than a sprinkle. philadelphia .18 and atlantic city .25 and dover reporting a .5 inch of rain. the heavier amounts the farther south you go. temperature-wise it did not feel like may, 52 degrees in philadelphia currently and millville 52 and the same in sea isle city. the areas that didn't get the rain the lehigh valley 59 degrees there and 57 in reading and poconos 55 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing the system that caused the rain, the low pressure the center of that low pressure is moving off the north carolina coast you can see a pretty thick band of cloud cover extending in the ohio valley and these clouds

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we have dry conditions out there and we have some clouds earlier today and cold air aloft and sky 6 looking at the ben franklin bridge and showing the clouds are clearing out very well and sky 6 is still shaking with the winds but once the sunsets the winds will be diminishing, our high was 72 in philadelphia, a lot cooler than yesterday's high of 88 and millville 68 and trenton 65 and wilmington 67 degrees, so compare it to this time yesterday, it's 17 degrees cooler in philadelphia and 21 cooler in allentown than this time yesterday and 19 cooler in dover and felt cooler today with winds gusting up to 35 miles per hour. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we still have clouds here and there but they are clearing out in the overnight hours and temperatures drop to the normal low, the normal low is 53 we'll drop down to 49 degrees tomorrow morning allentown 40 and millville 45 and wilmington 48 degrees, low humidity and less wind so a cold start to the day tomorrow you'll want a jacket but by the afternoon with double barrel high pressure o

>> stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that we have rain free conditions out there and i want to go live on sky 6, looking at the back bays of atlantic city, we are dealing with low clouds and fog at the shore through the day and now the sunshine is breaking through and temperatures today really depend on your location with winds from the southeast allentown a balmy 83 degrees, cooler in millville at 75 and boardwalk in atlantic city 66 and sea isle city 56 and temperatures at the shore will be stuck in the 60s this weekend. a wide view of radar shows once again we are dealing with severe weather in the plains tornado watches in affect in oklahoma and texas and to our south we have ana just spinning here is the view of the visible satellite. it's technically a subtropical storm you can see how it's not moving north at all. it's just spinning high pressure is blocking it from moving north and it's spinning through the first half of the weekend and making landfall on sunday at north myrtle beach and then it moves to the north and east and maybe if we are lucky we'll tap into some m

go outside tomorrow we'll show you what is going on outside today too, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's dry and high pressure is in control and the biggest difference once you step outside is the humidity, it's much lower in comparison to yesterday. outside we go people are already there in old city at independence mall, out and about on a gorgeous friday afternoon, nice blue sky and sunshine overhead and comfortable conditions, in philadelphia 81 degrees, check out the dew point at 68 winds are out of the east at 6:00 miles per hour, and that pressure is holding steady currently in wilmington 76 degrees and allentown 80 and cooler along the coast in beach haven and millville in at 80 degrees, here is satellite 6 along with action radar high pressure remains in control in new england across the mid-atlantic region as well. a few showers and storms popping up in the virginias but these will for the most part stay u.s. pressed to the south and west for today. they will make their way eastward through the weekend. on our friday, a high temperature of 86 degrees a touch less hu

tuesday fairly cloudy also as we look at stormtracker.rough the week, less fog, more shun shine, and warming -- sunshine and warming trend. upper 70s and low 80s toward the end of the week. >>> more weather headlines in texas. record breaking rain soaked the area saturday sending water on to roadways. national weather service predicts significant flooding along the river. from the national weather service. they've cautiously backed up a little bit, but until we see what this rain is going to do, everything is a guesstimate. issuing florida flood watch and warning for that river until further notice. >>> back here in the bay, blue algae bloom has closed a swimming pool in the area and we spoke with frustrated residents. >> reporter: it's memorial day weekend and the if i can nick areas -- the picnic areas filled up quickly. barbecues are going, but the beach is empty. it's clouded with blue algae. >> this is the worst i've seen it in a while. >> reporter: the it was i disappointment -- it was a disappointment to these young girls, we reall

stormtracker 6 double scan showing no rain to wash the pollen out of air out there.peratures are starting to fall into the 40s. millville, sea isle city, boardwalk and atlantic city 47. philadelphia currently 52. allentown 56, reading 55 and wilmington 5 1. satellite 6 and action radar showing low pressure that brought us oorlly flow today, cooler air, lot of clouds, that is moving along way and clouds are really breaking behind this system. and so this will lead to a partly sunny day tomorrow. a few more clouds in the afternoon and stray shower possible and temperatures warmer than today. our high today 64. 3:00 in the afternoon 72 degrees. philadelphia notice though at the shore it will be quite a bit cooler, temperatures in low 60s and sunday, we really tap into the warm air feeling a little bit like summer. 78 degrees inland on beaches pretty warm there as well. atlantic city, 72. and we'll warm up into the 80s monday and tuesday. so if you are running the broad street run sunday morning good luck. don't over dress. it is going to be on the warm side. mostly sun

temperatures were in the 80s, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that we are pretty quiet locally and there is one cell over the chesapeake bay and if that stays together it's clipping newcastle county and in the meantime a couple of clouds are building this afternoon and sky 6 hd looking over the ben franklin and seeing some hazy sunshine breaking through the clouds and the accuweather forecast lie lights are showing you that we have three straight days in the 80s and i'm tracking cooler weather for the middle of the week and tomorrow will be above normal but cooler than today. sunday 81 and yesterday 85 and today we match that 85 degrees, the average high for this time of year is 71 degrees, but fooling a lot more like summer than spring tomorrow the temperatures will be dropping winds out of the east-northeast pulling cooler air off the ocean and future tracker showing at 5:00 tomorrow temperatures in the mid-70s, 74 degrees, that is 3 degrees above normal that is 7 degrees cooler than today. it will feel very different tomorrow than today. 83 in philadelphia and quite warm out

you are finding more clouds but today is great and tomorrow is great and then showers and storms stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's dry and high pressure is in control right now and a lot of people probably want to go outside. we'll take you there now especially down the shore sky 6 hd in atlantic city, you can see all the folks out and about already on this friday afternoon on the boardwalk and beach and sand enjoying what looks to be a spectacular start to the weekend. currently numbers north and west of town, 78 in slatington and 71 in tannersville and chester and center city 81 and in avalon it's much cooler though 67 there and surf city 69, but 82 in cinnaminson and 79 in hockessin. and high pressure is dominating us but off to the west you see showers and storms bubbling up across the ohio valley a lot of this activity today stays south and west of our viewing area but as a cold front gets closer and closer to us the threat of showers and storms does increase. if you head to citizens bank park, the phils are taking on the colorado rockies at 7:05 it's 85 degrees and a nice mix