and the ground is dry and causing localized flooding especially in poor drainage area, this is stormtracker 6 live double scan there is a cold front draped to the east and low pressure to the south and that is providing a conveyer belt of moisture and we are getting a break in the action in philadelphia and it's not going to last long now, stormtracker 6 live double scan, showing rain in pottstown across route 100 and 422 and route 30 near malvern, this is all generally lifting up to the north as the low pressure comes towards us, atlantic city an isolated downpour over the garden state parkway and these are moving across cape may right now and continuing to push to the east and the actual low pressure is taking its time getting out of here that means a wet evening commute and the possibility of localized flooding we have a flash flood watch for most of our viewing area, except for the coast with the sandy soil. we are looking for 1 to 3 inches of rain than will cause the possibility of flash flooding, if are you trying to get home or anywhere, i say turn around don't drown do not drive thr

lets go in closer with stormtracker 6 live double scan we see they are mostly in new jersey, near medford lakes and hammonton, and not far from the shore, you have rain there, satellite 6 along with action radar showing the heaviest moving up toward new england, cloudy and not a lot of rain today, cloudy in spots and lots of clouds and feeling horribly humid out there, it's round one, 1.9 inches of rain and lancaster 2.41 and millville 2.26, a significant amount of rainfall and more to come, we are setting ourselves up for a rainy period, we have not had that in a long time, 77 in philadelphia, temperatures above average, and feeling humid, 77 in allentown and 75 in millville, temperatures have not budged a lot in the morning hours, lets look at the union forecast, people are asking me they have evening and what is going on and cloudy and a chance for a shower and mostly staying dry and breezy and the dew point is dropping a little, feeling better tonight, 59 degrees for the temperature tonight, but all eyes are on hurricane joaquin, sustained winds at 80 miles per hour, gusts higher than

tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m., "action news" on the air for you tomorrow, it looks like stormtracker 6 live double scan, still tracking heavy rain to the north to start out the rush hour, it's still some what damp and in some cases may not be all the way down, i'll go mostly cloudy and damp and not as wet in the afternoon and morning and we can dry things outs for the union game and tropical storm joaquin has formed to the south of us, it's floating around and the path it's taking is a me an andering one. by 8:00 friday morning it's well to our south, it looks like in the latest track the most likely scenario will take it off our coastline on saturday and sunday and that means minimal impact but this morning there was another solution that had it coming directly to philadelphia, if that happens saturday and sun would be wetter around here and windy as well. most of our spaghetti plot models have it off the coast and it's a long way off, so we'll keep tracking that. today humid and showers around and 82 degrees and then the heavy rain comes in later and spilling into wednesday morning

. >> a significant amount of rainfall overnight into the morning hours, stormtracker 6 live double scan shows it's still wet in spot, mostly eat of philadelphia, near woodbury and glassboro, this is routes 206 near medford lakes, showers here as well as browns mills. radar is showing that and now we can see spotty showers through the region and certainly lots of clouds. lets show you right now how much rain we got, because just in the overnight hours, 1.2 inches and allentown over 2 inches, lancaster 2.41, mt. pocono 2.1 and millville 2.25. a significant amount of rainfall and this is just the beginning, we are looking at a number of days with wet conditions and that will affect us over the coming day. 77 in philadelphia and 78 in allentown un75 in millville, horribly humid out there and a warm day, if you are headed out to the union, it's cloudy and we can't rule out a shower and it will turn breezy and the dew points come down at this point and it will feel comfortable at 59 degrees for the forecast, but all eyes are on hurricane joaquin, you can see the satellite image right now, thi

. 6abc.com/weather is your go to resource as the heavy rain moves through, check in often with stormtracker 6 live double scan for the very latest. >> we are nearly two weeks from pope francis' visit to philadelphia and now there are new details on parking regulations that could effect anyone living in center city. these are the traffic zones, cars parked enside of the black zone will be towed starting sunday september 20th, nearly a week before the pope arrives. >> we need to call on your civic pride and duty and ask you to reloebt your vehicle or unfortunately, under other circumstances, we will have to relocate that vehicle also known as towing. >> notices are posted for effected streets by monday, and parking options are announced some are free for residents but they are limited. we have all the information at 6abc.com. >>> hotel officials in philadelphia want you to know there are rooms available if you are considering a trip to the city, "action news" reporter, eva pilgram is live in center city with the details tonight. >> reporter: hey monica, there was concern even a week ago that

. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us we are back into a pattern of thunderstorms, we had some heavy stuff moving through our morning broadcast and now a lull. some thunderstorms moving through east philadelphia and trenton and some of you had some of this earlier and it's coming again and another line producing lightning including a resenstrike coming up live on the air, storm tracker showing you that with the bright lightning bolt in salem county, another cluster of thunderstorms producing lightning strikes in dover and pushing towards cumberland county, obviously it's not raining everywhere, are you getting thunderstorms and the drenching downpours highlighted in yellow and orange, this is with us for a while as a wave of high pressure moves off the coast and for now they are pushing up to the northeast as you can see later in the evening hour, a couple more may wrap in, you'll see off and on heavy downpours from now up through the dinner hour and into early this evening and we hope that they start to taper off and wind down later in the evening hours, the flash flood watch

>> can you look at stormtracker 6 live double scan, and easily find the rain, we have tons of it to the west and pittsburgh and down to nashville, there is a frontal boundary off to the north and it's guiding that rain more or less in our direction. clouds are getting thicker, some of the spotty precipitation is marching through and later tonight as the front gets closer to us and we'll start to see a band of heavy rain come through. satellite shows you the cloud cover along with the speckled showers that pop up and get closer to us. it's also warm and muggy out there, up to 81 in philadelphia and 79 in allentown un80 in wilmington, this is out of frontal boundary, now the flow is off the ocean rather than the northeast, the dew point is up to 70 so muggy out there, feeling a bit like summertime in the afternoon, high of 82 degrees, well above average. the overnight low is still mild, 72 degrees and overnight we are looking at the rain coming through, a quick look shows you that between now and all the way up to 5:00 we see bands of the heavier rain starting to form and some sets up nor

6abc.com/weather is your go to resource as heavy rain moves through, you can check in often with stormtracker 6 live double scan for the very latest. >>> we have new information for people living in the secure vehicle area of center city philadelphia, this is all about the papal visit, the city today told residents they have to start getting their cars out starting next sunday or those cars will be towed. "action news" reporter, david henry is live at city hall, david no question the city seems to be serious about creating a vehicle free zone on the street. >> no doubt about that jim but they are making it a little bit easier for the residents, but the city announced a month ago, that the cars have to be out of the security zone and now we know when they will begin towing them. they will start at 6:00 sunday evening september 20th, in the meantime, the city and event organizers are doing everything they can to encourage people to come down for the event. >> everyone is invited to come in and join this historic global event. >> and best of all it will be surprisingly easy to get here to enjoy

lets look at stormtracker 6 live double scan around the region, we are basically dry through the area or two in one or two areas, and for the most part you are dry. the sprinkles were heavier are now out of here. lets see what it looks like, not sunshine but some breaks in the clouds, live over the ben franklin bridge this morning with sky 6, 69 degrees in philadelphia, and the dew point is 53 and way down the winds out of the north-northeast at 12. we feel the cool breeze as well. the pressure is rising and satellite 6 along with action radar showing we are socked in with the clouds, can you see the change in this? the clouds are thinning and we'll see some sunshine and those are the showers we had to the northwest and they have lifted up to the north and maybe a drizzle drop or two but that is about it. high is 74 today in philadelphia, and 72 in allentown un73 in reading and 71 in trenton and atlantic city and 70 in cape may. temperatures 2 degrees below where they should normally be, 5:00 p.m. 72 and 6:00 p.m. 70 and 9:00 p.m. 66. 59 degrees for the overnight. we are watching the

here is stormtracker 6 live double scan here is the moisture we had in our region late last night into the early morning hours, it's moving out of maine and in philadelphia we picked up 4.7 inches, nearly 5 inches of moisture, 5 inches of rain in the area, we are drying out for the rest of today, the dew point is a level of moisture in the air and they are still in the lower 60s, you notice the particles coming in from the other direction and that lowers the atmosphere and humidity as we move through our friday and the start of our weekend, as we step out today, we have a double header, the phils taking on the cubs, lets play two today and the second game at 11:00 p.m. tonight, the ninth inning the temperature 70 degrees, lower humidity for us on our friday, we are dry today and the showers return just in time for the start of our weekend tomorrow and also cooler both saturday and sunday with the taste of fall for some. we'll talk about the details coming up with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> thank you. >>> in the meantime, an emergency elementary school had to be eva

we'll show what you is going onment stormtracker 6 double scan radar. dry for the most part and high pressure dominating all this weekend and stays put once again today. we'll show you the picture outside. the action cam was outside earlier tonight. we're in fairmount at fairmount park you see rowers there and the schuylkill we've got really nice conditions too and nice bright blue sky and few high thin cirrus clouds overhead. no complaints on sunday. highed in philadelphia coming in at 88 degrees. and well above the average of 81 for this time of year and record 95 setback in 1983. once again approaching 90s later this week. and currently a. long the 9 5 corridor. 84 trenton and 86 in philadelphia and 10 cooler in the poconos, 76 degrees. 85 for both allentown and reading and along the coast, however, it is cool with that constant northeasterly breeze and starting to shift a little bit from southerly direction. nonthe les cooler at the coast and 5 cape may and 76 atlantic city. we have a ridge of high pressure over the coast of new england. we're tap i

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we don't have the rain we saw earlier this morning but a drizzle drop or two in one or two places out there. and basically lots of clouds, satellite 6 along with action radar showing the rain is out but now cloud cover and trying to see breaks in the clouds here and there. we'll see peeks of sunshine mixing in and the winds are breezy, a wind out of the northeast at 12 miles per hour in philadelphia and 14 now in atlantic city and 13 in millville and 12 in dover, feeling quite breezy in philadelphia and along the coastline, how about these temperatures, 63 in martins creek and pottstown and 62 degrees in chester, 68 degrees in center city and we are up to 73 in browns mills, and 68 in glassboro and 68 in dover delaware, here is what to expect as we commute home, there are lots of clouds and a brit breezy, by 5:30, 71 dipping into the 60s, 68 degrees, we have more weather coming your way. >> okay karen thank you. >>> new this noon, the superintendant of trenton schools has abruptly resigned, francesco duran has announced his departure but gave no re

stormtracker live double scan showing rain-free conditions out there tonight.king different by thursday when a cold front presses in bringing us much-needed rain. and it is a rain-free tonight, and the action cam on the drexel campus. and looking at the drexel dragon, they like it hot and sunny. they will really like tomorrow's weather, it is similar to today. now pretty warm, 78 degrees in philadelphia. allentown 76. trenton 78. cape may 77. you can see with the arrows that's the wind direction out of the south. that is also pulling up more humidity. and the dewpoints in the 70s now. it is going to be noticeably more humid tomorrow than it was today. and satellite 6 and action radar showing we are pretty much cloud-free. an arc of clouds and showers associated with the cold front moving through the midwest right now east of st. louis. there's low pressure developing along that. this is what will be moving in on thursday. and that will end our heat wave and that will also bring us some rain. it could be a pretty good soaking. tomorrow, no rain in the morning, b

stormtracker 6 live double scan radar you can see it's dry, it's quiet.o issues with precipitation today. but as we go throughout the rest of tonight during the overnight hours we're tracking a cold front moving on through. we'll talk about that nay moment and in the near term we'll show you the picture outside and action cam was out in old city independence mall looking at independence hall and we could see a mostly cloudy sky and breaks of sunshine and fall all enough sun to get our numbers once against above average. and in fact, 7 degrees above average today with a high in philadelphia coming in at 84 degrees. normal for us this time of year is 77. nor near that record of 92 setback in 1983 and outside this evening it's 81 in city and 70 up in poconos and 77 for reading and trenton at this hour and along the coast with that afternoon seabreeze kicking on in 75 in atlantic city and 75 degrees as well in sea isle city. and here's satellite 6 along with action radar we have partly cloudy sky across the region and expect clouds to build and thickening the

stormtracker 6 double scan radar showing you we have high pressure over new england and winds aroundare klorkwise and return to the flow of air suppresses moisture and cloud cover well away from the region. dry, low humidity for the rest of day and for that matter second half of weekend. so whether you are in city, shore, poconos tomorrow. we have the covered. sunny and warm in philadelphia, high up to 86. 80 at the shore tomorrow and sunny and warm and up north in the poconos high of 79. and the heat walter will return and we're also looking at another run at another heat wave. we'll talk about those details in the accuweather 7-day. >> summer is not over yet. >> no it is not. >> we invite to you make 6ab 6abc.com weather part of your holiday weekend. stormtracker 6 radar and live 6 cameras give you realtime update on what is to come. >>> other news tonight a police officer from tinicum township is recovering after being stabbed in south philadelphia. he was stabbed 8:30 in the parking lot holiday inn packer avenue and the officer was type penn presbyterian wlopt he remains stable c

here's stormtracker 6 double scan radar you can see the cold front scechd out across new england and down across the mid-atlantic region and ohio valley and heaviest lifting off north and east. the showers are working their way east ward and a lot of this moisture fall ago part as it moves into the reeming don't of the front moves on through. first of all in the wait we have cooler air that will ariver as we check out the numbers across the area. >> 51 green bay and 57 in chicago we'll into a piece of this cooler air for second half of weekend tomorrow. so what's ahead? we're closer to normal sunday. eagles at the linc taking on the cowboys and more fav fall lake temperatures with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> thank you melissa a hope was heavily danaged during a two alarm fire in delaware dell county 9:30 this how f house on the 400 block of ohio 1/2 fullsome. firefighters got tractor-trailer under control no one was injured and no word how the whole thing startd apparent murder-suicide of married dmum bucks county. police in warrington township tell us they found

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the rain that is falling right now is limited. we have a few showers in parts of western berks county and lancaster county and there is heavy rain moving through the northern lehigh valley right now, martins creeks you see how that is lifting up to the north away from us, that is the heavy rain that moved through philadelphia earlier this afternoon but the heavy rain is still out to the west, if you look at the big picture on live double scan live radar, there is this conveyer belt of moisture, thanks to low pressure over kentucky and what this low pressure can do is track across central pennsylvania in the overnight hours, that is really the access of the heaviest rain overnight and we'll get a soaking, future tracker 6 showing the heaviest rain is in the overnight hours especially in the northwest suburbs and that lingers into early tomorrow morning, this is what to expect over the next 12 hours, this is round one, overnight rain and a rumble of thunder, we could have more than 2 inches of rain and i-95 corridor and areas southe

as we look wide ear at stormtracker 6 live double scan the decent amount of rain in the ohio and tennessee valley, low pressure is near nashville and that low will track on the u.s.-canadian border keeping the extremely heavy rain out of our viewing area but we'll still get a decent amount overnight. the heaviest is at 2:00 a.m., and what to expect in the next several hours, the crack of thunder and heaviest in the lehigh valley up to 2 inches of rain and lighter i-95 south and east where we see a half inch no inch half. and it taper ofz to the morn rush tomorrow, and we are tracking tropical storm joaquin, south and east of the bahamas, winds of 45 miles per hour, there are changes with the direct track of joaquin that is good for our area but we'll still get some indirect effects. we'll explain more coming up in just a little bit. >> thank you. as heavy rain takes aim, check back with storm tracker 6 live at 6abc.com and follow the accuweather team on fate book and twitter for updates on tropical storm joaquin. >>> temple students are on alert after two of their classmates came under ass

heat and finally some rain coming our way, you'll want to keep checking in with 6abc.com/weather, stormtracker 6 live double scan as changes move into our area. >>> students in the upper chester area are getting paid today even after being told they could not make payroll. teachers will get their paychecks on time and in full. they have blamed the budget problems on their funding formula, particularly what they are required to pay charter schools for special education. >>> tickets for the popes visit went on sale minutes ago, this is the first of two chances you'll have to get tickets today, you can expect them to go quickly and right now it says no tickets available. it appears that all 10,000 are gone, david henry this batch was for the festival of families going on right where you are standing. >> most of the parkway here is open to the public but the area down there where the pope will be for the festival of families and the sunday mass is for tick ticket holders only, 10,000 became available for the saturday event and 10,000 more will be available for the sunday event. but many will be di

the next time it rains i'll be running for cover chbl stormtracker 6 live double scan we are showing nothing of the sort on radar now, as we look outside the action cam in wilmington with a couple of nice pictures from the noon broadcast from the wilmington area and lots of blue skies above, and that is still the case, good eye lights, we are in the 80s after the 70s yesterday and tomorrow the high 80s and staying there for several days, 78 in philadelphia, comfortable with that low dew point, well below the 60 degree threshold for humid air and the winds which are rather breezy and blustery are calm in philadelphia. the closest major formation of cloud cover well off to the north as the storm system continues to push away from us, and that brings us bright blue skies and warm conditions. 83 in reading and 82 and trenton 82 and millville 72 and the shore we'll stop in the upper 70s but a pleasant afternoon at the boardwalk and beach. in philadelphia, 83 by 3:00, that is your high today, by 5:00 we'll hold on to the low 80s and by 5:00, 76 degrees, and low 60s by dawn tomorrow morning

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that it's dry out there and we have had two days of pretty thick cloud cover, i want to show you this live shot on sky 6 hd center city skyline and finally high pressure is beginning to nudge in and break up the clouds and those clouds will generally be clearing out in the overnight hours, it's about time we see sunshine, the accuweather highlights shows we are clearing out and we'll be seasonably cool as we welcome in fall of 2015, the skies are clearing and down to 59 degrees in philadelphia and 58 is the normal low and seasonably cool and some of the northwest suburbs, allentown and reading and temperatures dropping down into the upper 40s, feeling like fall that is appropriate since the autumnal equinox occurs at 4:21, this is one of the two times of year where most the world sees 12 hours of sunlight and 12 hours of darkness all except for the polar regions. down from our high of 75, close to where we should be. wilmington 71 and sea isle city 70 and trenton 68 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing the cloud that are persistent

. >> yes, stormtracker 6 live double scan we have nothing showing out there in the way of precipitation than could change over the weekend, we shall see, a few high cirrus clouds around mixing with blue and another good looking day a repeat of yesterday in the region, temperature 77 in philadelphia and your dew point is down there at 50 and an indicator of not all that humid air, a nice day to walk around the city. winds out of the east at 9 miles per hour breezy but not too bad, it's not knocking out all the sun and a nice day. temperatures 80 in allentown trenton and millville and mid-70s down the shore in cape may and a.c., as we look at where the numbers are going, the 82 degree high hits at 3:00 and by 5:00, 79. an overnight low of 68 by dawn tomorrow. again an iffy situation for the weekend right now we fine the high pressure is bringing all the dry air but this coastal low and related moisture is making a push up the coast for the weekend and the high itself will be in place to block any of that precipitation from getting here on saturday but on sunday the high gaves way a little

. >> stormtracker 6 double scan showing we have dry conditions on this friday night. and very comfortable. 71 in philadelphia. allentown 63. millville 64. reading and tren tone currently 68. satellite 6 and action radar showing we are clear. if you look out across the midwest, though, there's a cold front that is moving to the east. and this is what we'll be rol rolling through here early sunday morning and limited moisture and with that the cold front kicks low pressure out to sea and that's currently over florida. all in all a really nice weekend. tomorrow will stay warm and slightly more muggy with winds out of southwest. 86. that front flies through sunday morning seeing clouds in the morning and afternoon sunshine and cool were a high of 78 degrees. and looks like we'll be in the 7 0s right through next week as we welcome in ought m. there's this last weekend of summer. if you like the summer warmth we got it tomorrow. mostly sunny and high of 86 degrees and again slightly more humid than today with dew points generally in low to mid 60s. sunday looking pretty ni

stormtracker 6 live double scan -- probably not many people complaining about this -- no rain but it would be nice on your lawns but not today. chopper 6 hd is over sent steer and you could not ask for a more tranquil sun splashed view of center city philadelphia, we are in for a few more days of this. 82 right now and that pattern will continue into the weekend and the other highlight is sunday, it continues to look more and more likely, that most of the day will be dry, that is good because we have a lot of stuff going on here on sunday. dew point is 57 higher than yesterday but not feeling sticky out there at all. winds 6 miles per hour and again there is a little bit of cloud cover that tried to form and now that the sun is up you have a little fair weather cumulous, it is bright and it will stay that way. 86 is today's high and 87 in reading, all the numbers 4 or 5 degrees above yesterday, 84 in millville, at the shore at or about 80, if you thought it was warm, it will be warmer today and maybe bring a cool drink with you just to make sure you can handle that. 36 by 3:00, high

. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan showing not a drop of rain out there and very few clouds and the action cam taking a look at the blue skies, jim do you know who that is? that is the german writer philosopher, johan wolfgang von ghost, you know what he is thinking next week? where did all the sunshine ghost? because the clouds are rolling in that is my attempt at humor, kind of lame. temperatures on the warm side, 84 degrees and high is 86, 8 degrees above normal and allentown 80 and the sea breeze is kicking up 76 degrees and trenton 83 and wilmington 82, satellite 6 along with action radar showing a few high thin clouds in south jersey have moved on and that will provide another clear and comfortable night, another great night for sleeping, 64 in philadelphia and millville, wilmington reading toms river, all dropping down into the 50s, a little bit of patchy fog developing shouldn't be anything widespread, go ahead and call in sick, allergies are acting up. 87 degrees and loads of sunshine and on saturday, the temperature is about the same and ahead of this cold front we'll get

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's dry for the most part and we have the sea breeze front moving in and that moisture is moving in from a southeasterly wind and the stiff southeasterly winds in philadelphia, pressing into wilmington, not a major concern but something to watch out for. we'll show you the picture outside, the action cam was outside earlier this afternoon at franklin square park, we have a nice blue sky overhead and nice, puffy cumulous clouds. lets talk about the highlights, another heat wave and the air show forecast is coming up as early as tomorrow, with the air showdown in atlantic city. heat wave number five of our philadelphia summer season, 91 was the high on sunday, yesterday's high is 90 and today we maxed out at 95 degrees, the average high is 83, we were well above that today. the air show forecast, tomorrow in atlantic city, sunny and humid with an afternoon sea breeze with the temperature of 83 degrees, and the sea breeze will keep you cool compared to inland locations, 78 in the poconos and 79 in cape may with the strong on shore push and 73 in beach

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you it's dry and as we look outside, lots of sunshine in the region, this is wilmington, delaware, on the action cam and the sun came up early and stayed with us. with little cloud cover for the second straight day. the dew points are low and indicating dry air and the wins are calm in philadelphia and when they get kicking they are in the single digits, unlike yesterday when it was breezier, 76 in allentown and 79 in wilmington and 79 in trenton and 78 in philadelphia and 75 in cape may where it's a pretty nice afternoon building to stroll on the boardwalk, satellite showing you all the cloud cover to the north a little on the other side of pittsburgh, we are looking at the benefit of high pressure right in place in our neighborhood. knocking the winds down and keeping the skies mainly blue, lots of blue sky at the shore, 78 degrees and sunny and light wind. in philadelphia, we are going for a high of 83, got to 77 yesterday and it's warmer out there and with the winds lighter it feels warmer, winds northwest 4 to 8 miles per hour and not all

let start out with stormtracker 6 live double scan no sign of relief and no rain in sight right now,lets go outside and see what it looks like down at the shore. cape may looking great on sky 6 hd, we see them with the umbrellas up because they have bright sunshine and someone is driving along the beach and it's all looking good. the dew point is 65 so feely sticky, the wind is out of the east-southeast and the pressure is holding steady and the heat index already 91, satellite 6 along with action radar showing we have clear conditions, we have hazy sunshine out there and the sun is going to be blazing all afternoon, we see how temperatures respond to that in the lehigh valley second quarter we'll hit a high of 91 degrees and sunny skies and humid and feeling the humidity in the tri-state area, the sea breeze at the shore is kicking in, they are in the upper 70s, 86 was the high and now the sea breeze is doing it's job, go ahead and head to the beach you'll be all right. >> 93 degrees is your high today and lots of sunshine, once we hit 90 it will officially be a heat wave, 91 degree

. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you we are precipitation free and as we take a ride aboard chopper 6 hd you can see the walt whitman bridge down in the distance and the winds are light and can you tell that in the pictures when you look at the surface of a big body of water in the delaware, it's like glass, an indication that we don't have a lot of wind out there, the barge is just sitting there enjoying everything, 73 degrees in philadelphia, winds are out of the south at 6 miles per hour, and as we look at temperatures, 80 degrees in trenton and 82 in wilmington and upper 70s in allentown unreading and not much of a difference as you drive up the lehigh valley, 76 in cape may and cooler there next to the cooler ocean water, satellite and radar shows you how every now and then there is a patch of clouds trying to form and we have high cirrus cloud more than the last couple of days, but little cloud cover overall and plenty of sunshine. a high of 86 degrees that is 4 degrees better than yesterday. down the shore a little bit warmer, sunny and pleasant and high of 82 degrees

. >> all smiles for this forecast as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan. high pressure is moving rain well away from us, as we look outside lots of sun and the action cam out in fairmont park and the fountains and blue sky above. and there is cloud cover especially over by the shore but most of us are looking at bright blue skies. 82 degrees under the sun in philadelphia currently, your dew point down to 52, so not that humid and winds from the south at 5 miles per hour and current temperatures are warm. 81 in allentown and 79 in trenton and 81 in millville and cape may 75 degrees, cooler next to the ocean water. there is that cloud cover, it was more of an issue in the overnight hours, a storm system is down to the south off the coast, it's beginning to pull the clouds out with it. a little bit of cirrus clouds with it but overall lots of sun, allentown and the lehigh valley getting up to 86. 82 and sunny and pleasant at the shore. a nice day for say stroll and philadelphia similar to yesterday sunshine and light winds and winds out of the southwest at ma

accuweather forecast, how about a preview, it's going to be cloudy and cooler and it's a close call, stormtracker live double scan showing you there is no rain out there today, in fact little in the form of clouds. there is high, thin wispy day and the first day of fall. temperatures across the board, a very comfortable evening and philadelphia 77 and wilmington 77 and millville 75 and sea isle city, a sea breeze with winds from the northeast at 71 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing high pressure up to the north and that is what brought us a good amount of sunshine, however there is low pressure lurking to the south and that saw high, thin clouds our way and that low pressure could throw a monkey wrench into our weekend, we could see more in the way of high, thin clouds from the high pressure, still a nice day at 4:00, 77 in philadelphia and temperatures no longer in the 80s, and it's seasonably cool, as we head into saturday, looking nice for the papal speech for the festival of families along the parkway, temperatures in the mid-70s, with breaks of sunshine. the question is on

. >> one mosh day and then things start to get better, the stormtracker 6 live double scan shows youwithout a precipitation at noon and as we look outside, we are looking at hazy sunshine certainly and earlier this morning, we were in chestnut hill with this beautiful picture of flowers blooming and the big green leaves and chestnut hill looking good and the blue sky above is misleading and as you look horizontally across the area, you get a sense of the haze that has build up, one more hot day, things get more on the warm and sticky side tomorrow but not quite as hot but this weekend it looks great for your labor day holiday weekend plans. winds a little breezy at 13 miles per hour and the pressure is steady at this hour. and numbers are up to 90 in spots, including wilmington and millville and 87 in allentown and reading and everybody is feeling humid but it's bad across the southern tier in places like cape may and kent county, delaware, temperatures are oppressive. heat index to shoot at you is a 100 degree reading in philadelphia and millville and these numbers basically tell yo

right now as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan there is no rain in sight, and it looks likeuntil sunday and even that is up in the air. we'll look at temperatures in a second and can you see how the numbers are improving and we are up in the 70s, philadelphia 75 and the dew point dropped since this morning and it doesn't feel humid and winds from the east at 13 miles per hour. and temperatures 72 in allentown and 71 in trenton and 73 in cape may, new jersey. there is cloud cover around and not as bad as it looks here, most of this is high and thin as you see from the center city camera, sunshine is shining through the clouds and encountering dry air and unable to make a push north yet, lehigh valley, partly sunny and warm, 77 degrees and these numbers for high temperatures are running 2 to 3 degrees below yesterday and similar, partly sunny and pleasant at the shore and a high of 74 at the boards, philadelphia a high of 79 degrees partly sunny and breezy with winds averaging 15 to 25 miles per hour. sunday is the real issue day. saturday looks fine, it will be somewhere in t

tonight, stormtracker 6 double scan showing that we are dry tonight.lly pretty comfortable and it's enjoyable friday night. 7 in philadelphia. mirlville, 65. reading 66. allentown 65. and trenton currently 6 degrees our high today 83. that's three degrees above normal. but satellite 6 and action rar dar showing band of moisture ray ago cross the midwest and there's low pressure associated with that and it moves north and west pull in additional moisture and that means saturday afternoon and saturday night will be stormy and future tracker showing good news wake nupt morning and it's pretty nice morning and maybe a couple sprinkles along the coast and otherwise partly cloudy skies and enjoy the morning on saturday and try to get in outdoor activities and by the afternoon we see moisture creeping up around lunchtime and nilz 4bg. this is when we could have thunderstorms strong to severe across south jersey and delaware and that continues to 8:0 tomorrow night. we're not looking at as much rain as yesterday, anywhere from quarter inch of rain to perhaps 2

stormtracker 6 live double scan has been showing you we are dry as we look at the afternoon, a hot and, 90s from allentown to pottstown and more of the same from philadelphia, down into berlin, you get closer to the shore we have spots holding in the 80s but the farther south, southern new jersey and delaware, the more humid it is going to be ark slight chance of a pop-up thunderstorm later today. >> got it david, thank you. a look at stories coming up on "action news" at 4:00, including a list of the big back to school discounts only for college students. they say if transgender students want to play high school sports they have to be ready to submit to an exam. how he want them to improve their gender. and everything you thought you knew about the red and green gummy bears is probably wrong. >> what? >> yes, that is right sara. for david murphy and rick williams, and the entire "action news" team, i'm sara bloomquist stay cool out there. what do a nascar® driver... a comedian... and a professional golfer have in common? we talked to our doctors about treatment with xarelto®. xarelto®

stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us we are dry and heading into the afternoon, and as we look outside was out on the water and pretty pictures of flowers in wilmington delaware, and not so pretty outside as you head out there and start to wilt almost immediately, 88 is your temperature in philadelphia, here is the real problem, the dew point is up over 70 and we always say this, any time it's up over 70 it's oppressive out there, not real used to this and it is uncomfortable out there. you need cool drinks and shady and a.c. breaks today. 80 in wilmington and 88 in trenton and allentown the due pointses are high and gets stickier in south jersey and delaware, 84 in cape may and noticeably humid. here is the heat index making it feel like 95, in general, the heat index making it feel 6 or 7 degrees above the temperatures and the temperatures have not stopped climbing we see heat indexes around 100 before we are done. the sun and clouds mix around 3:00, there say chance of a pop-up shower or thunderstorm, and in this extremely humid air mass, anything that does pop could produce a drenc

. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan showing no rain out there today, we are dry and lots of sunshine today and the sky 6 hd is taking a look live, this tells the story, cape may, new jersey, the abeen ban donned beach and season is over and it's summer heat and humidity is sticking around and we are in the middle of a september scorcher, and part of the reason it was so hot it's a long time since we got rain and the ground is extremely dry and the sunshine heats up the earth quickly and we got temperatures like this, in philadelphia 94 degrees, shy of the record high of 96 set in 1939, the poconos shattering the old record set in 1945 with a high of 88 degrees, get that out. allentown 95 and reading 95 and millville 91 and wilmington the high of 93 degrees, we desperately need rain since august 1st rainfall running 3.5 inches below normal and the last time we got a quarter inch of rain was back on august 11th a month ago, some rain is on the way and the bulk of it is falling on thursday and ahead of it at this time, the sun is setting less than an hour ago, allentown 92, and dover 90

really nice, but next week it gets cooler and more like fall, we have to enjoy it while we can, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's dry and high pressure is in control, and a gorgeous shot outside, that is where everyone is on a nice friday afternoon, it's comfortable and had some folks earlier walking around and everyone is doing their business. working here on this friday afternoon, we'll show you what is going on as we look at the neighborhood numbers north and west of town, 80 in slatington and tannersville 75 and 73 in warrington and lower 80s in kennett square and center city 82 and levittown 73, 76 in surf city and 75 in avalon and the lower 80s in glassboro and the same thing in cinnaminson and ewing 83. here is satellite 6 along with action radar it's mostly clear and quiet and plenty of sunshine to enjoy as we get out into the rest of this friday afternoon we are tracking this front, not a whole lot of moisture associated with it, it will move through saturday night into sun morning, but i would not expect a whole lot of precipitation vault of this moving through, cooler a

. >> we have a lot of rain on the way and stormtracker 6 live double scan showing right now most of our region is rain free, we have a few light showers in western lancaster county, northwest reading and heavy rain is on the way overnight and ahead of it, it's warm and very humid, 78 in philadelphia, our high today is 85, 12 degrees above normal and it felt like an august day, 72 and 74 degrees, you look at the arrows and the streamline, right off the wind off the ocean and this is pulling in a lot of moisture in the air, dew points generally in the low 70s, so that is oppressive and dew points as high, any shower we get overnight will drop a lot of rain in a short period of time. satellite 6 along with action radar shows this plume of moisture, i'm keeping my eye on this heavy band of rain over virginia than will lift to our northwest suburbs overnight. 8:00 heavy rain in the lehigh valley and the poconos still a lot of clouds, 2:00 in the morning it intensifies, especially west of philadelphia, could get a rumble of thunder waking up the family and early tomorrow morning 8:00 the stea

. >> or the beach, stormtracker 6 live double scan right now showing us there is no relief from the rain just yet as we take a look outside, lots of sunshine across the region except early in cape may, it looks misty on the beach but that will clear out and overall we are looking at fairly sunny conditions across the region for the rest of the way, 88 in philadelphia and it feels a bit on the humid side and the furnish south you go the more humid it is, winds southwest at 7 miles per hour, and 88 in philadelphia, 89 in wilmington and 90 in allentown and up close to that in trenton and 80 on the beach in cape may, you get the maritime effect on the water. and no relief from the sun because we have no significant cloud cover and we are looking at sunny conditions, shades behind the wheel if you head out today. hot and humid and sunny in the lehigh valley and as you look at the shore we'll stay in the mid-80s and still humid on the beach and lots of sun and ocean temperatures are well into the 70s, i have had readings of 77 and 78 on the buoys near the beach but some shore communities may n

. >> the trend is going to continue into the first half of our weekend rick, stormtracker 6 live doublescan showing you it's dry, high pressure has been in control, and it stays that way, for the rest of our afternoon, we'll show you the picture outside and the action cam was outside earlier in the back bays of atlantic city, and folks are doing surf fishing there, and we have a nice finish on the way tomorrow as well. we are coming in at 80 degrees and still nice and dry and the pressure is 30.04 and holding steady, along the 95 corridor, lower 80s, and 80 in trenton and along the coast in cape may, 76 and 80 in atlantic city at the airport. here is satellite 6 along with action radar it is clear and quiet from new england all the way down to the mid-atlantic region and off to the west we track this cold front moving across the midwest and the eastern great lakes and as it works its way eastward, a lot of energy with the front starts to fall apart. we track this saturday night into sunday morning but you won't find a whole lot of precipitation in our region. here is the setup, high pre

afternoon and after that the humidity lowers in time for saturday, we'll talk about the details, stormtrackeruble scan showing you it's dry for the most part, if you look closely, i am watching a spotty shower down across south jersey and down across areas of camden counties and gloucester county as well. so expect a little bit of light activity to continue as we go throughout the rest of the afternoon hours and into the early evening and then clearing just in time for our holiday weekend. we'll show you the picture outside, the action cam, sky 6 hd down the shore in atlantic city, a gorgeous place to be on a friday afternoon if you have the afternoon off, all the beach umbrellas and a lot of folks on the beach and sand and joying comfortable conditions because of a northeasterly wind, and a lot of folks dipping their toes in the water. lets talk about these dry conditions as we look at the drought monitor across the northeast, the short-term impact, the yellows across our region, we have dry conditions and moderately dry for areas in new jersey and across long island, dry conditions breed a

stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us we are dry across the region and a pretty picture from the actionunt park and the stables and the horses soaking up the sun and eating hay. that is what you do if you are a horse on a nice day. >> your dew point dipped to 50 and it's not humid out there, a little on the warm side and a breeze northeast at 12 miles per hour, that is par for the course for the rest of the afternoon, the breeze is running 6 to 12 and maybe higher than that occasionally, 70 in reading and 72 in trenton, you look at these numbers, we are fairly even at the noon hour, only 7 in cape may, and satellite showing you sunshine and the lack of any significant cloud cover, and the farther south in delaware and cape may county, there is high, thin stuff and the sun is getting through it well. up in the lehigh valley, a bit warmer with a high of 79 degrees, yesterday only in the mid-70s across the region and mostly sunny and on the pleasant side there as well. in philadelphia, a high of 80, a bit warmer than it was yesterday, winds running northeast 6 to 10 miles per hour and as w

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we are dry, 75 warm degrees in philadelphia with a breeze. they are on the 26th floor they said at the new parkway studio, they feel a breeze up there. 28 and thank you. that is high up. we have cloud cover in the region and high and thin enough to get sunshine through and the rain is to the south with the coastal low pressure center where it's fall ago part to the south and the dry air is closer by, 72 is the high in leading and 76 in trenton and millville. these are your highs and similar numbers at the shore and mid-70s along the boardwalks this afternoon. 79 by 3:00 and down to 75 by 5:00 and then after 7:00 the sun dips and we go back into the 60s, 62 is your cool overnight low. for the event that kicks off saturday, the papal speech on independence mall, 71 at noon and 72 by 2:00, a nice day today 74 by 3:00. and 6:00 we are down to 71 degrees, if you are headed then to the parkway for the concert and festivities in the evening, bring along a jacket another layer or two, 74 by 4:00 and by 70s breezy and 70s and if the shadows hit you, 6

looks like the humidity is dropping as soon as the frontal boundary dips to the south, here is stormtrackerlive double scan not a lot going on right now, an area of low pressure over the great lakes but a back door cold front dips to the south, we get clouds mixing in with sunshine and you get into the heating of the day period, there could be an isolated shower or thunderstorm popping up. whether you are in the city or shore or the poconos today, philadelphia it's humid with an afternoon shower or thunderstorm around and high temperatures in the upper 80s near 90 once again, at the shore clouds and sunshine and a high temperature of 84, it looks like the shower and thunderstorm activity will stay mainly inland. up in the poconos, a stray thunderstorm is likely with a temperature of 76 degrees, once the frontal boundary moves on through, labor day looks to be dry but things will heat up. we'll talk about that and the potential of heat wave number six for the city. >> thank you. as we mentioned, crews are putting the finishing touches on the made in america festival and once again it will dr

stormtracker 6 live double scan we have a lot of sun out there, as we have been exchanged any of thator day weekend ended. currently plenty of sunshine and a fair amount of beach goers down there, some shore communities may not have lifeguards, we are typically in the summer pattern with warm ocean temperatures, be careful swimming where it is unattended. your dew point is 6 8. a lack the cloud cover in the region and a sunny one the rest of the way, the record high is 96, set in 1932, and 90 is your forecast high tomorrow, than is in record territory and that goes back to 1886, they are long time records that have been around for a time. 98 in allentown and 93 in wilmington and trenton and low 80s at places like atlantic city and down toward cape may, some mid-80s mixed in there as well. 77 in the ocean off rehoboth beach. 92 by 5:00 and hot the rest of the way this afternoon, by 7:00 we are down to 84 and down to 78 at 9:00, and a low of 74 tonight, that is well above average, the phils play the braves at citizens bank park, bring cool drinks in or purchase them when you get there.

here is your stormtracker 4 weather update.radual cooling is forecast this weekend and early next week. the main headline for the weekend will be cooler we will see more sunshine by the afternoon and we are looking for a slightly cooler pattern for this weekend temperatures in almost all locations as the ridge of high pressure that had been overhead continues to progress to the east while the onshore flow becomes more pronounced from the west. highs will be in the mid 60s to mid 70s at the coast with upper 70s to around 90 inland. many spots will be 10 to 20 degrees cooler compared to earlier in the week. also appears that we will see many locations dropping to some of their coolest readings in quite some time. a fair number of north bay communities will be in the upper 40s to lower 50s. 56 in san francisco and 55 in oakland and los '60s for our friends in oakland--low 60's made 80s in san jose and heading toward inland spots we have the upper 80s in the livermore and mid-70s in heyward when i come back have your baseball forec

stormtracker 6 live double scan that is where i may be headed. we have no rain out there and we could use it, it would feel good today, at the shore it feels a little bit better, the temperatures are a bit suppressed in cape may and other spots. really down there and 90s everywhere else. your dew point is up at 72, oppressive humidity when you step outside. winds from the south-southwest at 7, there is your heat index making it feel like 95, future tracker 6 showing us that as soon as 3:00 we could see pop-up showers and thunderstorms, they are isolated and where they hit they could be memorable and not moving fast, and you could really get a downpour that sits over you for a bit. a little bit more of that here and there and at 11:00 most of it off to the north in philadelphia, some of it cruising through overnight, the temperatures are high, 90 in allentown un1ur9 in trenton and wilmington and 80s in millville and dover and mid-80s down at the shore, ocean temperatures are nice and warm and the lack of lifeguards and rip current in the water mak