stormtracker 6 live double scan showing us we have rain in the region, lets go closer and see who is hardest hit fortescue sea isle city and right along route 49 and route 40 in hammon hammonton and the heaviest is in atlantic city. and media and woodbury, and steady light rain and medford lakes and trenton is starting to dry out and droir in coatesville. and predominantly the rain is on i-95 and areas east. here is what to expect the heaviest on i-95 and areas east, locally 2 inches of rain and more flooding is possible especially along the coastline we have had had so much rain and we are getting stronger storms there stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's unusual to have an area of low pressure that is strong and organized coming through the area. we have showers pinwheeling around the area and they are reigniting through the area and clearing out in the western suburbs, a while to go right now overall in this general area in harrisburg and maryland we have 9,354 lightning strikes in this region from midnight to 11:00 a.m. the wife of that is over but more storms in the area

nothing showing on stormtracker 6 live double scan that was of course a different story last evening, if you take a look at these storms as they barrel through the afternoon hours it's this one right here that the weather service is investigating, a kidney bean shape, and a notch right there and you look at it with dual pull and stormtracker 6 live double scan double scan technology and other equipment and views we have on the radar adjusting and assessing the wind in that. we can see tight rotation and the indication of a tight tornado there. other storms coming close to allentown produced funnel clouds and the weather service is here now and will be there to assess the potential damage. there were other storms that came close to philadelphia that produced hail and no funnel clouds that we can tell. in chester county we have other bullets through the region through philadelphia and montgomery and chester border, there war flash flooding and quarter size hail. it's in these counties you may enkoupter downed trees and wires, if you see wires don't walk near them or cross over them. fun

these are the stormtracker 6 live double scan ray fall totals showing north of philadelphia we're looking at about inch to inch and a half of rain and few areas 2" of rain and short period of time and because of that we still have flash flooding the warnings have now been lifted. that's good news. we have flash flood warnings until 1:45 and flash flooding subsided. problem not only did we have the water we had the wind and damaging winds this is another photo of blue mountain academy zoo northern berks country and bill of reading eagle took this and shotz roof of the school was literally lifted off. a lot of bricks fallen and the national weather service will be talking with county officials to see if they need a survey team up to hamburg to investigate whether it was tornado or straight line winds. we had a funnel close. it could have been a tornado. we had a lot of reports of roof damage in berks county, rarersburg, aston arms and trees down in delaware county and downingtown and mrij ouj meeting reporting a partial building collapse. it's not all bad news. the good news behind the syst

and stormtracker many double scan showing no rain, no thunderstorms out there.nd we had our sky 6 camera in reading showing 92 in reading, and a nice sunset and now a lot of clouds upstairs. and the humidity is just through the roof tonight. right now the temperature still in the 80s. in philadelphia, 82. wilmington, reading and allentown 80 degrees. millville dropped down to 78. and wildwood 77. twh you look at the dewpoints, when they are above 70 degrees that's oppressive. you have to go to the poconos to find a dewpoint below 70 degrees. the very humid air is in place and will be there through the day tomorrow before a cold front knocks some of the humidity away on friday. now satellite 6, along with action radar showing the line right there, that's the cold front. it doesn't look all that impressive right now, but it will be gathering some moisture as it moves to the east. and future tracker showing tomorrow a lot of clouds and a few spotty downpours. not widespread, but any downpore can have a lot of rain with all of the moisture in the air. heading into t

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you that the morning showers are gone, as we take a wider view from the west and on the way to the west showers and thunderstorms beginning to develop and as this front pushed towards the east so will this instability and thunderstorm action that we expect to roll into the region late this afternoon and this evening. as we look at future tracker, the model wants to keep the area dry and as we go past 5:00, up to 6:00, 7:30, this line of thunderstorms rolls in from the west we expect strong gusty winds and downpours and lots of lightning there may be buried within this line in some places a small tornado pops, it's never a good thing even without that the strong straight line winds are expected to be good with that. and our entire risk has a severe risk of weather, and in this orange part it's a bigger risk are. wind gusts from any gusts that form in the orange area and in the yellow would have a chang of producing 60 miles per hour gusts and other severe parameters that would cause you potential property damage and some problems if you hear the r

here is stormtracker 6 live double scan we do have some changes on the way, it is dry right now across most of the mid-atlantic region we are tracking this frontal boundary from the great lakes to the ohio valley and a piece of that makes its way eastward tonight and for the start of the weekend, we are tracking a shower a spotty one at that later tonight and then after that, the heat is on. with that we are tracking the heat and humidity and the return of 90s with higher heat indexes. we'll look at that with the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. >>> as you make your plans for the weekend check 6abc.com/weather you'll find street level radar for right where you live, the hourly forecast from accuweather and more and follow our team of meteorologists from facebook and twitter. >> for the latest information when severe weather happens. >>> still to come on "action news" at noon, an emergency dispatcher may have made a deadly mistake and why a 911 call may have lost a woman her life. and a man fesses up to stealing a hearse during a funeral and why the auto theft was so enticing. >

story is the severe weather threat that is moving into the delaware and lehigh valleys right now, stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you the storms moving in from the west along with rain this system does bring with it the potential for damaging winds. lets go to meteorologist cecily tynan, with the latest. >> monica that potential for severe weather is a big concern, we have a watch posted for our entire viewing area until 11:00 tornado watch for lancaster counties and areas to the west. and lancaster county under a severe thunderstorm warning, we have a line of strong storms beginning to move out of york county, we have seen reports of wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour and there is a bowing of that line showing the rushing wins moving down from higher in the at atmosphere and lancaster and rockville all in the pass of this storm. 16 lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes, you hear the thunder you have to get inside. there is no safe place outside during a thunderstorm. this is the storm timeline the far western suburbs really under the gun for the next hour, the i-95 metro area incl

, the weekend is a bit a battle with high pressure to the north and low pressure to the south, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we had heavy rain move through yesterday as much as an inch and a half of rain if parts of cape may county that rolled along a stalled frontal boundary that moves into kentucky on saturday and also high pressure up along the great lakes and that high pressure is winning out two out of three days this weekend, the fourth though is the one day, that brings us a lot of clouds and showers, right now definitely on the cool side, philadelphia with the cloud cover never made it out of the 70s, unusual for july and millville 70 and millville 73 and temperature its are rebouncing into the 80s for the weekend. and ranking the days i really think tomorrow and sunday tie for first it will be dry tomorrow and mix your of clouds and sunshine and more clouds to the south and more sun to the north sunday looking brought and warm but saturday on the 4th the one day we'll see clouds and showers most of the showers during the lay diet hours, i'll talk more about the weekend an

. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan showing at this point we have 364 lightning strikes in the area but they are currently off the coast where the storms have gone, trenton and wilmington light steady rain and storms blossoming to the south we can go close to this south of dover and route 13 and fortescue and lewes delaware and cape may and right along route 49 it's still getting wet and mays landing as well. you can see in atlantic city the storm is just pulling off and surf city, and the heaviest here near seaside heights. as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we have this area of low pressure to the south, it's not just that it's moving from west to east, kind of pinwheeling around that, that is why the storms are reigniting, the worst of it will hit in the i-95 corridor and areas east as we are currently seeing and in this wider region i was doing some digging with accuweather, in this area including new york and harrisburg and down towards maryland, we had 9,354 lightning strike from this morning until midnight. so many problems with the storms we had through the region

lets take you now to stormtracker 6 live double scan, around the area and you can see that the hardest hit continues to be south jersey you can see the flashes with double scan, that is live lightning strikes, 14 in the area, but we saw as much as 50 not too long ago, lets go to some of these areas hardest hit this is malaga along 55 here in 322 and hammonton, look what is happening downpours are producing heavy rainfall and live lightning strikes there near speed well as well. i want to show you the precipitation totals and radar estimates that we have seen so far we have seen 3 inches of rain in parts of salem and cumberland county new jersey. it's very localized and a big deal, that is why we have the flooding on the roadways coming down in a short period of time, now philadelphia you get it as well. a cell near willow grove we notice that these cells move through the area, and causing heavy downpours, not a lot of lightning at the moment and heavy downpours with cells lifting to the north and east, starting with the temperature it's 79 and all the storms are holding the temperature

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing us we have active storms with lightning strikes happening right now we can go close toward this and see on malaga route 55 heavy storm there's, this is 322, near hammonton on the atlantic city expressway. look at the storms producing roly heavy downpours in burlington county and route 72 it just doesn't let up. the storms are moving slowly and they kind of inch along in the same area, that is the concern with this, the driving rain that doesn't give up in trenton along 33 and 309 near landsdale. and the threat of these storms continue at any point during the day or night. the threat of flooding, you condition drive through it or walk through it. these scattered downpours are slow moving and we can see 1 to 3 inches of rain than is what it causing the trouble owe on the roads, we'll have more on this coming up in the seven-day forecast. >>> teachers and volunteers in berks county are working to cleanup after last week's tornado destroyed their school an ef 1 tornado blew the roof off the elementary scol volunteers are hauling away tables and books

stormtracker 6 double scan showing what i'm tracking it's low pressure over west virginia and that will be pushing east and thinen cloud overnight and bring showers as of tomorrow morning. future thaker the shouz headed to the west. take the up prel aor rain jacket it will push along the shore by the early afternoon. so this is what to expect tomorrow. it will be cloudy. and it will be cool. temperatures only in the 70s. here in the city at the shore, and in the poconos only in the 60s tomorrow. we will see scattered showers and evening some steady rain earlier in the day today the good news for fireworks is that rain will be moving out by the time the sun sets. the chance of rain increasing has he head towards the mitle of day you can see as we head through the afternoon and evening. they're looking okay and sunday will be beautiful and i'll write it down including shore and poconos in the accuweather forecast, jim. >> thank you, cecily. thousands of people across the delaware and lehigh valleys deposit have to wait for fireworks today. they came early on this independence day eave. "a

stormtracker 6 live double scan shows we are dry stepping out on sky 6, none of the haze in the picture, yesterday we showed you the shot and there was a lot of haze out there. looking south from broadway to stow hall. 81 is the temperature and dew points down in the 50s across the region and that is where they will stay today and that is an indication of not a whole lot of moisture in the air. the reason again is the north-northwest wind drawing the dry wind down, and you can see the movement of the clouds, and there will be a few fair weather cumulous. lets look at future tracker 6 down south there could be a fow low 60s, that is border line sticky but should be a nice evening. if you like day baseball today is the day to go. 84 for the first pitch starting in a half hour, and 86 in the ninth inning as we kick the rays out of town hopefully with a victory. shape nola did not win he pitched a ton. 83 in allentown and that is your high, and 83 in wilmington and trenton and similar numbers in the region and less humid and lots of sun and breezy at times to. a closer lock at the shore sho

as we check out stormtracker 6 live double scan not a lot to track at this hour, high pressure that is well over the ohio valley so the winds around that high are clockwise and we are tapping into the northwest or westerly wind creating comfortable conditions in the area today. whether you are in the city or the shore or the poconos, less humid, philadelphia high up to 90 and 87 at the shore and breezy and summer splender with the temperature comes in at 90 degrees. we have lower humidity to contend with and our heat wave is extended today for that matter as we head into a portion of our weekend, we have more details coming up if the full accuweather forecast. >>> breaking news out of florida where the coast guard will suspend its search for two missing teenage boaters. both 14 set off from jupiter, florida, last saturday and they found their boat capsize sd the next day but no signs of the boys the cooler and lifeguards were missing from the boat, but the coast guard will end the search for the two boys today at sunset. >>> well, the suspect accused of a deadly south carolina church s

as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan right now around the region, still a couple of sprinkles left especially at the shore as we zoom in from atlantic city, one town from the north from cape may, a couple of showers, splattered through the region and overall we get the heavy rain out of here. upper 60s to around 70 degrees at the shore as you head inland, 77 in allentown and 75 philadelphia as you head toward mt. pocono 70 and 75 in philadelphia. satellite and radar shows high pressure over the great lakes and that high pressure will sink to the soung and east and supply a decent end of the week as it slips off the coast forever the 4th of july, high pressure off lake ontario, low pressure develops down there and for us the high is in control and temperature is 83 degrees and humidity will be low tomorrow, really a beautiful breathtaking day for july and saturday the high goes off newfoundland and low pressure off the jersey coast and upper level energy that will ent interact with that low and bring clouds and scattered showers on the 4th going farther north than it shows yest

. >> stormtracker 6. dry and quiet across the region an showers popping up across upstate new york and portions of ohio valley len some of the moist tour works east ward as we go throughout the rest of the overnight hours. we'll talk about what is ahead and what we can expect. a tre and isolated thunderstorm on the way tonight and no relief as well with overnight lows dropping into the upper 70s and snivrling monday with heat index values coming in 100 or higher. there's some relief on the way walter we'll let you know when that will occur in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> it's still steky outside. thank you melissa. >> jeff chirico checking in on folks trying to beat the heat live on market and old city. jeff. >> as melissa said it's sticky. you can feel it when you step out here. very muggy out here despite today's humid and hot temperatures. there were plenty of folks enjoy ago hot summer day in the city. >> the setting son brought relief add to that a cool river breeze and strus stree

all right matt, stormtracker 6 live double scan shows that cluster pushing towards the coast, north of seaside heights and north of seaside heights and long beach island you may see pop-up showers as well. these are not yet thunderstorms and i would not be surprised to hear a rumble of thunder and they could produce winds across the garden it state parkway across the shore i'm assuming that if you are in seaside heights the skies are bloomy and you are headed in from the beaches satellite shows you cloud cover across the region mixing with sun and up to the west of allentown another clufrter of showers that appear to be popping up now and intensifying a bit. the other part of the story, is the warmth 84 degrees in philadelphia and 83 up the coast in new york city. the entire mid-atlantic region having warm conditions and everybody had has the dew points and the darker shades of green and 70 is the due point in philadelphia and 74 in washington and 72 in new york city and a lot of areas around our neck of the woods are in the low to mid-70s, when you talk dew points in the 70s, you are

>> stormtracker 6 live double scan is showing you we are dry as we look at the rest of the afternoone, mid-80s in the northern and western suburbs a drenching thunderstorm cannot be ruled out and it's oppressively humid again and a few urban centers pushing 90 and down the shore you can get relief if a thunderstorm pops up and 80s today and very humid. a little girl was thrilled to see spider-man and captain america in des moines iowa the little girl was one patient treated to super hero window washers, also seen was super man and batman and thor and the green lantern. here are stories you'll see on "action news" at 4:00, a veteran with ptsd is facing life in prison for growing marijuana and as it turns out the real story behind this elsa attempt is heart breaking. and professional pedicures seem like a luxury we put two home pedi products to the test. and don't forget to join us for "action news" at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. for the entire "action news" team, i'm matt o'donnell have a great afternoon. >>> announcer: today on "the chew" -- we're about to slice into this ultimate crowd ple

so stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you high pressure continues to dominate sliding out of the eastern great lakes and gets winds around the high that are clockwise and tap into the northwesterly winds and they stay suppressed to the south we have you covered with the day planner and day board 3:00 it's mostly sunny and temperature of 34 degrees, 5:00 tonight 86 and 81 is the number at 9:00 this evening. here is the good news today less humid for us on our friday a good and much needed quiet weekend on the way with warmer temperatures. we'll have the details in the full and exclusionive accuweather forecast. >>> stay ahead of the weather by heading to 6abc.com you'll find live radar images and the hourly forecast and get a look at the accuweather team by following our immediate gifts on facebook and twitter. >>> now to breaking news from delaware a jury has convicted a family chargeded in connection with the deadly courthouse shooting they were found guilty on a charge of federal cyber stalking resulting in death. they say they harassed david's ex-wife during a bitter custody b

stormtracker 6 double scan radar showing a lot of activity north and west of i-95 corridor. we'll go in tighter on street-level and you notice some moisture northern sections of lancaster countsy also pressing to berks country if you travel in womelsdorf. so we'll talk about what we can expect the receipt of tonight and overnight showers or thunderstorm likely and still unsettled back to work on monday potential of heat wave number three for summer season. we'll talk about the details in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> thank you melissa. >> a neighborhood softball game kicked off peace week in south philadelphia this afternoon. the smith playground south 24 street was all decked outlooking more like carnival with dancing and face fainting and balloons. six more days of free activities and special events are ahead courtsey of non profit group called unity in the community. >> and there is much more to come on "action news" tonight and a new clue in the search for two missing teenagers in floor davrment what investigators found and more on the football star who

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing us most of us are still dry and it's soupy and humid out thereo in tighter you can see the movement of precipitation coming through lancaster county for the most part and entering berks county. lots of how long happening here and if i bring in our lightning counter, storm tracker 6 will show you in the last 10 minutes nearly 100 strikes from this batch coming in. reading getting close and honey brook in the next half hour. if you want to go out and get stuff done there fine you can do it for another hour or so. and after that you have to start hunkering down a bit, because they will bring more up. these are not as significant in doylestown but nonetheless the soupy air mass is coming in from the west. the action cam is down the road at the st. charles cemetery where pope francis is staying as he arrives in september. a pretty picture and clouds overhead are starting to get thicker, looking at the numbers, 88 degrees in philadelphia and 74 is your dew point, soupy out there wins out of the south-southwest at 5 miles per hour, future tracker 6 hand

stormtracker 6 double scan radar showing you dry and quiet. we had moisture early this morning across extreme southern sections of delaware and things clearing out and looking good for the receipt of saturday night. and in fact a lot of people out and about. sky6 live in hd looking at spruce street harbor park and we have a mostly clear sky and people are enjoying a nice night. it's relatively low humidity levels. high today in philadelphia 89 degrees. right now we're down into the 70s. 76 in city at this hour and 70 allentown and lehigh valley and along the coast 74 sea isle city and poconos 61 and satellite 6 and action radar there's moisture we had across the region early this morning skiringt by southern sections of delaware moving off south and east and really high pressure took over for remainder of day across much of new england and mid-atlantic region and you notice the clouds are starting to build and thickening out across the ohio valley and western sections of pennsylvania and as we go throughout the sunday afternoon we'll have sun

something to look forward to stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you it's dry now and a gorgeousn we'll show you the picture outside and down at the shore in atlantic city this is the place to be to kick off your holiday weekend, everybody is on the beach and sand and enjoying comfortable conditions soak it up today and we have changes heading our way as early as tomorrow. currently in philadelphia coming in at 80 degrees, the dew point at 60 east-southeast and the pressure is on the rise, temperatures currently at 74 in allentown and the lehigh valley 77 for millville and dover and along the coast in sea isle city, 75 and a much better looking beach day, 76 in beach haven, 75 in lancaster, here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have slivered out an area of high pressure but to the south and west there is a piece of energy coming out of ohio valley with a cold fronts and this front over the weekend will stall out to our south and then meander to the north and with that on the move there is a threat of showers tomorrow afternoon. here is the setup today on our friday, a ni

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we don't any rain out there tonight and very few clouds. let's go live on sky6 tag a look in atlantic city steel pier and a lot of folks out there enjoying a comfortable evening and man if you took this week off to be down the shore you picked a good one. it was really nice and right now temperatures very comfortable. atlantic city it's 73 degrees and margate 75 and ocean city 7 and cape may also 73 and surf city currently 74. a little further indland millville dropped down to 65. philadelphia we're holing at 74. trenton allentown 70. reading 6 and poconos already down to 59. so another pretty comfortable night another great night for sleeping. satellite 6 and action radar showing nothing more than a few high thin clouds drifting in from the north north and good amount of sunshine tomorrow mostly sunny skies and humidity up atic from today. but still we're talking about dew points generally in mid 50s. we had them in 40s today which is virtually unheard of for july it will be warmer 88 degrees is high pressure nudging offer the eastern sea

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you that it's dry and quiet and no issues with precipitation. high pressure is in control today, and as we get into the actual holiday, we are tracking a system coming up from the south. we show you the picture of outside, sky 6 hd down the shore once again, people are on the beach and sand enjoying themselves hopefully you can today because on saturday there is a lot of moisture overhead. check out the numbers north and west of town, 70s in many locations, 77 in slatington and warrington and kennett square 78, and down across new jersey comfortable along the coast 70s from surf stye to the boardwalk but 80 in glassboro and hockessin and here is satellite 6 along with action radar high pressure is dominating and we are tracking an area of low pressure over kentucky the unsettled weather is moving across the ohio valley and the southeast, a weather system that is working its way eastward just in time for the start of the holiday weekend, the frontal boundary is what it is it will stall out and work its way into our region and with that we have a

stormtracker 6 double scan radar showing you dry and quiet. high pressure dominating all of the weekend. we'll show you the picture outside. sky6 live in hd looking from our temple university camera at the center city sky line south on broad street at city hall and it's a beautiful shot we've got a partly cloudy to mostly clear sky overhead and it looks like well things are changing for the start of our workweek high today in philadelphia 90 degrees. three degrees above where you normally should thb time of year and today the humidity was in check. dew point temperatures were in upper 50s and that is coming to an end overnight tonight as you get into the day monday. and it's 77 in the city at this hour. and 63 in poconos along the dmooingtale sea isle city 75 and 71 dover with southerly wind coming on n here's satellite 6 and action radar high pressure situated to the east. so tapping into that return flow and winds currently coming in out of south wrlly direction. so it's partly to mostly cloudy across some locations. and you notice this weak

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we have one isolated thunderstorm cell right now in atlantic county, over route 30 east of egg harbor 11 lightning strikes with this and wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour, it's moving slowly and with all the humidity, north of route 30 the rain falling in the rate of 2 inches per hour. we could see a few more pop-up showers tomorrow afternoon, the big story is the big heat, the heat index tomorrow is along the i-95 corridor it will be up near 100 and not much better to the northwest and the southeast and the heat index the way it feels 95 to 100 tomorrow this is a good time to go over the common sense with the heat and humidity, and wear light colored clothing and it doesn't absorb the sunlight like dark clothing. >> go to 6abc.com to seep you on top of what is happening and our sky 6 cameras give you a first look before you head out. >> a chester county nurse is charged with stealing morphine and other drugs from the nursing home where she works the district attorney in chester says that 36-year-old carolyn howlit took the drugs and that she

squall line is ahead of a cold front that is a humidity buster for the next couple of days, but stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that we do have to get through the storms that have now crossed from southeastern pennsylvania to new jersey and they are very strong across burlington county heading into northwestern ocean county and there are 17 lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes and wind gusts up to 40 to 45 miles per hour, writes town reporting heavy rain and this line extends into delaware and parts of elmer and malaga and lots of lightning strikes there moving across the delaware bay and this continues to push to the east and it's a wet evening commute for western new jersey and the national weather service posted flood advisories along this heavy line and we are looking for the potential of an inch of rain in a short period of time and this is enough to cause localized flooding if you see roads covered by floodwaters, turn around and go another way this is what to expect for the next couple of hours tropical downpours moving eastward across new jersey with localized flooding an

millville and 90 in trenton and allentown and 92 in dover it's certainly very sticky out here, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we have had some spotty downpours mainly north of philadelphia and right now most of the activity is lifting up in the poconos, if we go wider we'll see a band of showers and thunderstorms from the great lakes to the midwest. that is a cold front bearing down on us tomorrow and lingering into thursday. behind the front finally we'll get a much needed break in the humidity, it's looking really nice. coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thanks cecily. this reminder before you head out the door visit 6abc.com/weather, there you'll find live satellite and radar and hourly forecasts and learn about the accuweather team by following our meteorologists on facebook and twitter. >>> the man accuseded of shooting and killing nine people at a hist or church in south carolina last month is facing more charges, he was indicted on three charges of attempted murder added to the nine counts of murder he has already been charged with. these the three people that su

stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing you it's dry quiet. no issues with precipitation. although early this morning we had some light showers down across extreme southern sections of delaware and all that moisture moving on out. we're in the clear for the receipt of tonight. and we'll show you the picture outside. sky6 live in hd looking at temple university camera on this saturday night. we have a mostly clear sky lot of people out and about looking south on broad street. a lot to see here in philadelphia. and as we check out the numbers north an west of town it's 65 in martins creek and 6 slatington and 71 fleetwood and 72 for both center city and chester that hour and 70 st. david's and warrington coming in 70 as well. down across new jersey it's 67 hammonton and cinnaminson 7. 71 ewing and browns mills along the dmooingt sea isle city holding on to warmth because you're closer to ocean temperature having impact on your temperature that hour. 74 sea isle city and same at the boardwalk in atlantic city. dewpoint level left of moisture in the atmosphere and earlier toda

stormtracker 6 double scan radar having fun on a sunday night.ou can see it's dry and quiet across much of the region. we'll show you the picture outside and the action cam was outside earlier tonight in fairmont park looking at boat house row. takes gorgeous shot, as you can see the homes are lit up about with the beautiful lights under partly cloudy skies and pretty comfortable, however if you have outside you're probably noticing a slight increase in humidity and we'll talk about the reason why. 71 tannersville dropped down to 67 and martins creek and 75 center city and chester at this hour and 70 kennett square. down across new jersey sea isle city 74 as you head inland and cinnaminson middle 70s and same in ewing and lower 70s hockessin, smyrna and dover that hour. it's a level of moisture in the air and earlier today we have dew point temperatures 60 or below. and so fairly pleasant across the region and now we have dew point range anywhere from 60 to 65. slight uptic in humidity and this will be the case was we return to work on monday. in

. >> with christmas comes cooler temperatures but we are liking this, stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing you that it's comfortable outside, high pressure is in control and no precip to track and the picture outside, sky 6 hd this is where you want to be if you have the day off today down the shore in atlantic city, everyone is enjoying a good time with the beach umbrellas and the sand and the water. and it will stay that way into the first half of our weekend here. neighbor hod numbers, 80 in slatington and same for flowed wood and 80 in center city and chester 79 and kennett square in the upper 70s. in new jersey at the coast comfortable 84 at avalon and 80 in cinnaminson and 80 in smyrna and 80 in hockessin. the dew point is the level of moisture in the at most fore, under 60 it's nice and comfortable so the change does not occur until the second part of the weekend. here is satellite 6 along with action radar nothing to track here with high pressure in control as we get however into sunday, the ridge of high pressure moves offshore and taps into the return flow with the

looked like i was swimming and i was soaked and two more days of this and friday will feel nice stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that we don't have much activity in the former downpours, we have had some spotty downpours north of philadelphia and there is one cell now moving through princeton crossing plains bro road and no lightning strikes with this, a heavy downpour but we are in the month july, that typically has the most lightning deaths in the suts. united states. the accuweather highlights stay safe, when you hear thunder get inside. when thunder roars go indoors, because there is no safe place outside during a thunderstorm, so far this year, 17 people in the united states have died from lightning strikes, normal to date nine, so this is the most deadly year since 2009 with lightning strikes, we are going to have activity tomorrow afternoon, we'll have a few rumbles of thunder and mainly though looking for heavy downpours and looking at late in the afternoon at 4:30, when well be most active, with the high humidity any storms could have localized flooting tomorrow afternoon is

couple of shots getting downpours and thunderstorms especially at the jersey shore as we go to stormtracker 6 live double scan there are storms west of philadelphia but the clufrter of thunderstorms slow to move through southern new jersey is almost off the coast but right now really lighting up between atlantic city and long beach island, nearly 70 lightning strikes in this area in the last 15 minutes, not a severe storm but torrential rains and dangerous lightning and winds of 40 miles per hour, and soon it will be off the coast but give it another at least 20 minutes and don't vent out out to the shore until after 15 minutes after you hear the last rumble of thunder. double scan live radar off to the north and west, heavy rainfall at times from chester county to delaware county and right around the conshohocken curve of the schuylkill expressway getting a quick little downpour and as far north as willow grove and southern parts of buck county but the area to the south saw a slow moving thunderstorm did release 1 to 3 inches of rain and minor flooding of roadways and creeks in this genera

. >> good job jim stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we have a line of storms reaching the coast right now ahead of a cold front that yes will bring a big drop to our dew points, if you have friends on the beach of lbi tell them to get indoors, this line is heading to the garden state parkway only to lightning strikes with this, but you see a bowing out there are gusty winds with these storms and they are heading off the coast in the next 20 minutes and then a big break in the humidity i see a lot of skins like this, this is on my facebook page, a shelf cloud, at the millville soccer sports complex and you see no kids playing soccer what this is a boundary between a down draft and an up draft it looks menacing but as it's storms rolled through it did not cause damaging winds but brought rainfall. rainfall is running an inch below normal this month so it's welcome, allentown 1.3 and trenton and wilmington a half inch of rain. today it felt oppressive that is why we have the heat warning until 6:00, the heat index in philadelphia 100 the same in millville and 98 in wilmington and t

you can get it wherever you are, on our free 6abc stormtracker app. and it will even sound audio alerts when severe watches and warnings are issued. another way we're working around the clock to keep you safe. >> the accuweather team is working morning, noon and night, weekdays and weekends and no breaks for holidays when the forecast matters so much for your family. >> so what's really going on behind the scenes? meteorologist karen rogers is your tour guide for a rare look that you certainly haven't seen before. >> so you want to see what it's like behind the scenes? let's go in the studio! but before that you need a strong cup of coffee. we wake up at 2 am, you can't come in here unless you're fired up and ready to go! >> the accidents just keep coming in. we've got low visibility with the fog out there, the roads are wet and you can see the problem. and with the rainfall totals with these radar estimates we can see that south jersey is the real bullseye. >> the best thing about doing wx and traffic is that you can combine them so easily. so i'm us

here is stormtracker 6 live double scan around the area we are dry and clear, and it's a gorgeous day and we are staying dry today too. lets go outside and see what it looks like as sky 6 hd looks live at the center city skyline, there is fair weather calmlous clouds and we are rain free for weather 63 was the morning low and just in the 50s in the lehigh valley, and 56 in allentown and reading and felt cool at first 50 in mt. pocono and 60 in wilmington and 66 in wildwood and atlantic city only 64 this morning. and we are down with the dew point, 55 degrees, we were hovering around 70 and now it doesn't feel humid at all. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we have clear conditions out there and as you look to the west, lots of sunshine sara was not sure how many people were working and we'll give you the golf forecast, 2:00 p.m. 81 and 5:00 p.m. 82 and i am suspicious if my husband is at work or golfing and 80 in allentown and reading and 79 in lancaster and 78 in millville a picture perfect day and 77 degrees in atlantic city, and be careful if are you going in the water th

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we have dry conditions out there tonight and told, loads of sunshine and we are live on sky 6, a gorgeous shot taking a look at the center city skyline and lots of blue skies and a few more hours to enjoy it. the sun will be setting at 8:24 this evening, the accuweather highlights show that the heat wave is over and this beautiful weather should be lasting the span of four days, get used to it. heat wave number two began on sunday 95 degrees and that was the day we had the heat index up to 105 and the heat index 100 making it the second heat wave of the year and the high is only 85 degrees, 2 degrees below normal and with dew points in the 50s, it felt really nice and fortunately this comfortable air mass, will be sticking around rights through saturday. if you didn't get a chance to enjoy the weather today you have extra time. right now if you are on the beach it's looking nice. avalon 83 and surf city 84 and cape may 81 are you getting the land breeze and not a sea breeze and temperatures are uniform. 84 in philadelphia and trenton and millville and

stormtracker 6 double scan radar showing you it's dry now no issues with precipitation and we'll track moisture overnight tonight and into the day on monday and in fact some spots early as tomorrow morning here's picture outside sky6 live in hd looking at ben franklin bridge on sunday night mostly cloudy as we're wrapping up holiday weekend and back to reality for most people come tomorrow and here's neighborhood numbers north and west of town, 71 pottstown and 73 sent ertcyy and same in chester and 66 quakertown and 70 kennett square and oxford. down across new jersey 70 toms river and 69 in hammonton and 71 glassboro though lower 70s for smyrna and over at this hour and check out dew point it's level of moisture in the atmosphere and any time you have dew point temperatures above 60 you can notice the humidity in the air that moisture coming up from southerly direction. 71 for the boardwalk. sea isle city and dover nearly oppressive and humidity stick around for start of the workweek. here's part of reason why. satellite 6 and action radar showing you an area of low pressure sxemly u

kind of of the last few days were kind of the same, but take cool breaks and breaks in the shade stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you that we are without any major precipitation, maybe a spotty sprinkle here or there. looking at the shore live on sky 6 hd folks are ambling down the beach, and the ocean water temperature is mild and overall more comfortable in atlantic city and other shore points than inland. 87 in philadelphia, your dew point 68 and it has dropped a bit from an earlier dew point in the 70s, but still pretty humid out there. 87 in philadelphia and 85 in wilmington and 82 in allentown and 82 in trenton. and notice how the southern tier is humid, and most of you will definitely want to take it easy, as we look at the possibility of precipitation a little something might pop through over the next couple of hours but the bigger ticket items hold off until 2:00 or 3:00, we could see the cold front come down slowly from the north and encounterer the humid unstable air and pop showers and thunderstorms. the big issue with these is the drenching downpours that some could produce,

. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan right now shows you that we are mainly dry and getting an image here of the heavy downpours being produced on the edge of kent county, delaware and that is the dover air force base and there is route 14 and route 1 heading down to the shore points these guys look to be getting really inundated with rain, are you underneath this and think this must be a rainy day, and if you look wide it's just there and another one popping up at lewes delaware, as we take a look outside we have the action cam down in longport tracking a boat on the col water that is the place to be. temperature 89 degrees and your dew point is 71 and it's humid and oppressively humid and getting warm out there. winds not strong at 7 miles per hour and cloud cover with some calmlous beginning to dig in and there is that precipitation we showed you trying to push up to philadelphia most of the action south of the city the rest of afternoon the main story for most of you is the heat and humidity and if you happen to get underneath one of these popping cells you could be deal weighing

. >> the good news is you can breathe easier here is stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you it's, high pressure is dominating and we got rid of the storms we had yesterday intel delaware and the lehigh valley sky 6 hd looking at the center city skyline on this friday afternoon we have a bright blue sky overhead and just a few high thin cirrus clouds at the moment. philadelphia 86 degrees, here is the change in the atmosphere, it's dew point in at 55 degrees, it's the level of moisture in the air dew points in the middle 50s and winds out of the west, we get a warmer wind with a down slope in the appalachians which is why at this noon hour, upper 80s, and 29.90 and holding steady. 83 in allentown and cape may 82 and trenton 85. here is satellite 6 along with action radar not a whole lot to talk about, here is the cold front that moved across our region, with showers and storm high pressure is well to the west out across the ohio valley so you can see clear skies and nice viewing conditions from new england from the mid-atlantic on westward into the ohio valley here is the setup as

. >> take a look here is what we are looking for the rest of way today, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you that steady rain is still falling in south jersey, especially along the coast and over the next hour or two that could diminish but could be a few more showers popping up until dinner time tonight. 82 in the northern suburbs and sun up north away from the rain and clouds and spotty shower and sprinkle, and highs getting up no the low 80s and staying in the 70s at the shore for another two to three hours. a trucking magazine names the pennsylvania woman the most beautiful truck driver in the kubt. she is a single mom and breast cancer voifer, she is tredyffrining a truck for 15 years and beat out 86 other drivers for the title. good for her. here is a look at other stories coming up today at 4:00, a holiday edition of down the shore, today adam joseph and melissa magee will be live in venter for a barbecue on the beach. >>> she was abandoned as a baby and left at a hospital now a woman is trying to track down her birth mother. that will do it for "action news" at noon, don'

stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see it's dry and quiet and high pressure is dominating our regiono even as we head into the first half of our weekend tomorrow we'll show you the picture outside and the action cam was outside today and early this morning, the fountains there and a comfortable afternoon with a bright blue sky overhead and a few bright blue cirrus clouds. any time you have dew points 60 or below it's really dry outside and that is what we are dealing with at 50 degrees the wibds are from the north and that is why it is so dry. the pressure 29.97 and holding steady. 82 in the city 79 in allentown and out to the west in lancaster the same thing along the coach 81 in beach haven and 81 in surf city and dover 81. and here is satellite 6 along with action radar we had high pressure yesterday over the ohio valley, but as we go through the weekend, the ridge of high pressure works its way eastward and we'll tap into a return flow and you'll notice a slight uptick but until then enjoy the rest of today sunshine and nice and warm and seasonable, the temperature of 87 degrees,

stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing high pressure over mid-atlantic region moving off to the east and what we're tracking for tomorrow is area of low pressure and upper level low over kentucky and tennessee and this will be working its way from southwest to northeast direction pulling up all the moisture and humidity as well and with that comes threat of showers and storms. and we'll talk about what is ahead and we're back to that typical summer pattern once again and it's warm and it's stucky with threat of showers and storms not just tomorrow but as we go and press forward the rest of the week. we'll have the details coming up in the full and exclusive accuweather 7-day i'll send it back tou alicia. >> melissa, thank you. recovery crews in wildwood recovered a body that matches description of a missing teenager. tuesday witnesses say they saw someone struggling in the water at the hairford inlet and four days later that pod question was found. >>> a pending autopsy will expect edly provide information of the victim's identity. >> a disputes ended in gunfire in the city felt

here is stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see that we are tracking moisture still off to the north and west and it's a frontal boundary moving across the great lakes and through the ohio valley and a piece of that moisture moves in for the start of the weekend and what it will do is ignite this heat pump across the area, future tracker 6 showing you that by 1:30 tomorrow afternoon it will be 90 in the city and upper 80s elsewhere and these numbers keep on climbing with heat indexes matt from 95 to 105, so coming up we'll take a closer look at the forecast and let you know how long the heat sticks around. all the details in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >>> from our delaware newsroom police are investigating three separate late night crashes all involving a car and pedestrian. james duff jr. was struck and killed last night he was trying to cross route 4 and was hit by a jeep. two women were trying to cross route 273 in newcastle last night when they were hit by a silver car probably a nissan ultima that driver did not stop. one woman was seriously hurt. police believ

. >> it's great day number two and we continue this until saturday, stormtracker 6 live double scan shows noon of course and as we take a look outside, a beautiful day thanks to our senior photographer, john the senior photographer at this point. what do you think he is young just a babe, i have been out shooting with john for many, many years and he gives us a beautiful shot of the japanese tea house. thank you john, 79 degrees right now, beautiful in philadelphia, dew point 52 degrees and that is low well below the 60 degree threshold for humid air, like yesterday we are managing well, winds southwest at 9 miles per hour, 77 in allentown and reading and lancaster. and 81 up the coast in beach haven, for the most part there is no significant cloud cover, and it's one of those days like yesterday you'll have a tendency to pop some of those fair weather cumulous clouds in the lehigh valley mostly sunny and warm and nice this after nonenoonafternoon look at the shore 80 to 82 in atlantic city, don't forget the sunscreen on the beach nice and warm and not too humid and 85 in philadelphia and