stormtracker 6 live double scan street level show you the showers and no lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes but heavy rain for kutztown and same for fleet wood and pressing into macungie south and west of allentown at this moment. keep in mind because of the most your we are tracking with the building heat and humidity and low level moisture a flash flood watch is posted going up at 2:00 today through midnight. there will be the potential of heavy rain and portions of the delaware and lehigh valleys. to areas south and west. dew point numbers are really uncomfortable now, upper 70s and even in the lower 80s down in dover, so the dew point numbers gives you a level of how much moisture is in the atmosphere and it's uncomfortable and stifling in spots. the storm prediction put us in the region of finding severe weather today. for the yellow shaded counties, showers and the biggest concern is damaging winds and hail and we cannot rule out the possibility of a tornado or two. we had tornado warnings yesterday afternoon. today's storm lightning say big concern and downpours a big conc

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we'll go in tighter on street level with stormtracker 6 live double scan, and you see the showers in ocean county and surf city and heavier pockets moving into oceanville at this hour and down into tuckahoe and these showers are moving into the east at 40 miles per hour as we go throughout the rest of the afternoon hours. we'll get a break for the rest of the afternoon and something can fire up later this evening. most spots are in the 70s now. 76 in allentown un5-in millville and cape may nearing 80 and 76 there in beach haven. here is the problem today. we not only have the showers but it's oppressive dew points in most locations are in the upper 60s and lower 70s we have a really uncomfortable air mass overhead. satellite 6 along with action radar showing you showers we are tracking now and another line over western pennsylvania than makes its way eastward and that could fire off a shower into early this evening. we have the call from accuweather, today pockets of sun and a spotty shower, on saturday not bad breezy and warm and stray thundershower is likely and temperatures 80 nea

stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing you we have showers just to the north of the city and we picked up rain earlier today and north and west we find the showers from the the poconos to allentown and into reading, we go in tighter on street level with stormtracker 6 live double scan you see the light rain north of the city pressing into norristown south of doylestown and moving into hamburg and north of reading and getting closer to the west of allentown and they continue throughout the day. temperatures are in the 70s and 80s but the problem is we have the humidity overhead. dew point numbers in both locations are in the upper 60s and lower 70s to real uncomfortable outside. you have the warmth and humidity adding to the instability in the once again the storm prediction center placed our region in the slight risk of finding severe weather. we anticipate showers and storms, for our allentown and up through the poconos. the biggest concern is damaging winds and hail but can you not rule out the possibility of a tornado. we had the the tornado warnings that popped up yesterday.

. >> lots of clouds and rain and stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you most of the area does have this. and if we go in tighter you see that in philadelphia there are breaks here and there and we also have heavier yellow cells by chadds ford and lets go ahead and give you a closer look at stormtracker 6 live double scan you see that the rain is continuing to push its way through the region and actually extended far out to the west. some of that stuff to the west may have a tendency to fall apart before it gets here and i am looking at the potential for hitting a lull in the action later on but for now it's wet out there. lots of clouds around and if we get the lull, we'll wind up gray skies and damp condition with a spotty shower or thunderstorm. temperatures are mild but not too mild. mid to low 70s across the region and everybody is stuck beneath the clouds and the dew points have risen a bit since dawn and everybody is looking at human air and higher numbers in the darker shade of green. the darker the green the more humid it is, as we role through the rest of the day, a high o

stormtracker 6 live double scan ri is it come.still on the other side of baltimore that produced a warni washington, d.c., this is a slow mover and much later this worry about that. 83 in allentown and 80 in cape may, and muggy as well. it will stay on the warm side. 83 by 2:00 and an expect a high of 84 at 3:00. we sink back into the 70s and i am for a pop-up shower or thunderstorm just about any time after 3:00 or 4:00. it will not be raining anywhere and starts out as spotty stuff and keep your eyes out for that. as the heavyrts to come in late tonight and overnight it doesn't take much for the water to rise and if are you a pedestrian. as far as rain goes and cars, as little as 6 inches of rising water can stall a vehicle. and a large suv j if you encounter this type of thing turn around don't drown and if are you on foot turn the owner way. we'll talk about when the rain comes in and when it gets better. >> this reminder as the drenching rains move into the region check the 6 athe latest including details updates and stormtra

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing some areas getting hit by heavy rain in fact there is a flasharning in effect until 7:15 p.m. for parts of cumberland county from bridgeton to millville where 2.5 inches of rain has fallen in 45 minutes, that is a lot of water in a short amount of time and the storm just fired up and continued to drift over the same location there's from bridgeton over to millville along route 49 and then fall as part over ocean city. from atlantic city to ocean city gets clouds because of that storm. for the fireworks this evening, most areas are dry, could be the spotty shower or thunderstorm. far southern areas, your temperature at 8:00, 82 degrees and 11:00 temperatures settling in in the upper 70s for the fireworks displays. we'll have a nice wednesday on tap as well. things turn unsettled towards the end of the week. all the details coming up in the full accuweather forecast. in just a little bit. >> okay thank you. >> a lot of people are spending the day on the beach, the sand and ocean and the boardwalk packed in ocean city and ventnor. families from all

as the extreme heat continues, use our mobile app to keep informed for tips to staying cool to stormtracker 6 live double scan live. it's a free download for your mobile device. it was a unanimous decision, a nevada prison board granted o.j. simpson parole this afternoon. >> mr. simpson i vote to grant parole eligible and that will conclude this hearing. >> thank you. thank you. >> a relieved simpson thanked the board for its decision during the hearing the 70-year-old told commissioners he had no intention of committing a crime in the hotel room and apologized saying he was sorry that things turned out the way they did. >> if i would have made a better judgment back then, none of this would have happened. i take full responsibility. >> simpson could walk free from prison as early as october 1st. christie aleto joins us live. simpson is a polarizing figure so it's not surprise that this had people talking? >> reporter: that is right. it doesn't surprise people that it has a lot of people talking, he served the minimum 9 year sentence of a 33 year sentence. some people were stunned. >> the n

an stormtracker 6 live double scan the closest number storm activity is on the other side of baltimore way down 95 closely or creeping toward the east and ge. and southern delaware will get it on stormtracker 6 live double scan there is way more rain to the west. and it looks like yes early in the afternoon or mid to late after noop we'll see spotty showers or he stuff back by chad roanoke and that comes in later overnight and gives us the biggest problem. a flash flood watch kicks in at afternoon. and areas from the pennsylvania turnpike south, that is because ther most is attached to the southern half of the region, model is different oe'll get, this is the rpm it doesn't to the l it a third inch in south. we expect them to develop higher aggressive. this one 1.71 in philadelphia and 2.1 i wilmington and up of 3 in wildwood and dover. if this pans out it will exacerbate the problem. severe storms are possible but the storm predict center is pushing this farther and farther south. the best chance is delaware and south jersey and just a spotty strong storm. when i step back we'll look

. >> we have seen plenty of rain in the region, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you that it istill pretty wet across the area and down south around cape may we have heavier cells that are continuing to pop through the region and i'll go ahead and try to take a closer look on those. and you can see that in and around cape may those are fairly heavy cells popping through over the next five or ten minutes, if we start this up the movement is from west to east. from you in sea isle city are you about to get hit by that as well. if you look at areas to the north in philadelphia we are getting kind of a break, lighter cells with occasional slightly higher cell popping in and out to the north and west the wide view shows this as well. add it'sal showers in gettysburg and harrisburg and as we look at the rest of the afternoon we where are look agent chunks of precipitation and a lull coming up later on in the afternoon before spotty stuff develops in the evening. 75 is your current temperature and 73 in wilmington and 74 in allentown and 72 in cape may. as we look at where numbers are

here is stormtracker 6 live double scan. chris sowers is manning the radars. give us the advantage of 3-d, many times there is a lot of circulation you get the cylinder that comes out of the base of the storm. that we are not seeing is with this storm, it's amount of lightning that continues to be pulled out of the storm that is a dangerous element to the storm even away from a possible tornado is the amount of lightning, this particular one extremely dangerous with that tornado warning. southern parts of berks county because of the storm with the possible circulation continues to wrap into southern parts of berks county but ins now extends into points county northern chester county and along 422 between pottstown and royersford. the national weather service started it in berks county near wolmersdorf and continues it here and very rarely in our area, because tornadoes can spin up so quickly, and dissipate quickly. very rarely do you see them extended beyond the original tornado warninging, this is something they are definitely watching here. we see this class

as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan local here, we have the flair-up that occurred in partsmontgomery county and phoenixville and spring city along egypt road and german town pike heading to the east at 25 miles per hour. and winds could be 25 miles per hour and not severe just moving to the north of king of prussia. this is the severe strong near bethel and pottsville. and just to the north and west of hamburg, not in our viewing area yet but warning you ahead of it as it sinks to the north and east and its journey towards the region half hour to around 45 minutes and it's all fueled by that intense heat and humidity out there this afternoon. right now it feels like 99 degrees in philadelphia. 103 in millville and 106 at the atlantic city airport. 116 degrees right now in dover. the peak in the area. and notice storms in allentown they have a little bit of rain and the heat index sitting at 78 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar we are dealing with high clouds through much of the day after morning sunshine. and now fueling up the storms, the severe thunderstorm wat

as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we bring that toward you and you can look at light raindwood down to cape may and over the bay especially into delaware. just getting scraped by light rain there, sunset beach at the tip of cape may county and the heavy rain in fact as you go into parts of delaware here near smyrna, the thunderstorm just to the north there that is trying to push into the bay in southern parts of cumberland county and dover and milford we are dealing with the downpours and storms, this is the most active area and this will be the area later on this evening during the fireworks that there could be pop-ups around while most of us north of that area will be on the dry side. right now temperature-wise, we are at 88 in philadelphia and 86 in allentown and 86 in reading and wilmington shy of the 90 degrees there you see the 70s in southern areas and that is where we saw the rain showers and even heavier downpours popping late in the afternoon. most of it is way down to the south where a frontal boundary is situating near west virginia and northern virginia back i

especially in the northern suburbs and most of us are dealing with clouds and sunshine and stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you the showers, crossing wilmington into the lower delaware river into salem county and another one in southern chester county and it doesn't look like much and additional stuff in lancaster county that doesn't make it into our area before it falls apart. 80 in philadelphia and 82 in allentown and 80 in millville and 78 in cape may. your dew points are okay across most of the region. low to mid-60s that is not too humid as you get down south in places like cape may and dover dew points in the 70s indicate much more humid air and head for the cool drink stands if you head outside for a walk on the boards. this model has 85 by 4:00 and that is about right and 79 by 8:00 and dipping down to the low 70s by midnight and holding close to that in the overnight hours, tomorrow is not quite as warm and a bigger chance of of not only cloud cover but thunderstorms holding the temperatures down. when i step inside in a little bit we'll look again at future tracker 6 an

. >> this reminder you can get the latest forecast including detailed updates and stormtracker 6 live double scan radar any time on your phone or tablet using the 6 abc app. it's a free download as well for the mobile device. >>> a police detective was on the stand for a third day for a preliminary hearing and 16 members accused in the death of a pledge. the judge in bellefonte will decide if there is enough evidence to send the case to trial. chad pradelli is live with the latest developments from inside. >> reporter: hey brian, at one point the district attorney calling the defense attorneys the peanut gallery. and one accusing the da of putting on a side show. tempers are hot at times as the preliminary hearing is very much on going. >> i don't know if we'll get done today but we'll see won't we. >> the mood was light but soon turned tense inside of the courtroom as attorneys for the 16 defendants and district attorney stacey parks miller verbally sparred forcing the judge to call a recess. >> i don't take is personally but it's border line excessive. >> attorneys continue to cross

and also coming to the north and west and storms on stormtracker 6 live double scan 3-d here. severe storms here in the pennsylvania and new york board, they start to fall apart in the evening hours and they start to hit parts of our viewing area especially toward the poconoss and the lehigh valley. and there is that excessive heat warning and no relief after the boundary comes through tonight. for wilmington and philadelphia and trenton and all the counties adjacent to i-95 and the heat advisory, for the rest of us that expires at 7:00 this evening. we'll chat about the heat wave going into the day on monday and an active part of your weekend with storms as well. coming up in the seven-day forecast in just a little bit. >> a lot to follow thank you. >> lets bring in gray hall now sweating it out live in fairmount park with more on how people are trying to keep cool gray. >> reporter: it was a struggle for a whole lot of people don't let this beautiful scenery fool you. the heat from the pavement registering at 122 degrees, it's shot if you don't have to go outside stay inside

as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we kind of widen it out for you. see all the thunderstorms and downpours stretching from the carolinas to the virginias and tennessee valley low pressure coming in not severe weather but heavy downpours especially the second half of the day. as we look at these heavy downpours in the morning, a low risk for them they won't start popping up from the afternoon west to east 1:00, 4:00 and 7:00. the evening rush will take the hardest hit with ponding on the roadways and brief heavy rain in the area. we'll look closer with future tracker to show you where and when they pop up and talk about a nice start to the upcoming weekend. we'll clear it out just in time in the seven-day forecast. >>> philadelphia police are investigating the shooting of a man in east mt. airy that happened early this morning. it happened before 1:30 a.m. on east walnut lane. officer responded to a report of a man with a gun and they found a 28-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his back in the road. no arrests have been made. >>> surveillance vide

and the only thing we have got on stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you that it's picking up light stuff in the lighter shades of green and in the process of pushing to the east. that is what is on the map for now. temperatures treat us well. 73 currently in philadelphia and same in allentown and 69 and cool and comfortable. wilmington 77 and 75 in lancaster and 75 in dover. and 75 in cape may, new jersey. as we take a look at the dew point scale not bad. low to mid-60s. it is a little more humid where you see the 75 and 68 by the water and bay and ocean front but not a bad day at all building in the region in terms of temperature and also humidity. over the next several hours, 3:30 or 4:00, we expect to hit our highs, philadelphia has a shot of 81 degrees and allentown 78 degrees and wilmington also looking at 81 degrees for a high later on and generally speaking we are looking at decent conditions across the region with a high of 81 in philadelphia and humidity on the low side. when i come back we have an even better today tomorrow and the possible of showers today in the forecas

stormtracker 6 live double scan right now though, we are looking at no storminess. that could pop up later on and we have a bit a green blip south of baltimore that could develop into something later. but we are okay for now and outside sky 6 hd is showing us center city and kids running around the perimeter of the fountains they installed that is the way to handle today. it's hot and humid and do something that keeps you cool. we are still in the 80s and 87 degrees and the dew point has slid a bit. and we were at 71 and now 66 and anything over 60 is humid. if you get moving around and you done have a fountain to jump in it's hot. atlantic city 71 degrees not bad. as we look at the numbers currently we are not quite so bad in allentown, 81 degrees and a little bit humid. 82 in wilmington and 84 in trenton and 87 in philadelphia and 80 currently in cape may. and the heat index making it feel a couple degrees warm under philadelphia, but 94 is your heat index in wilmington and up to 100 in dove, delaware. it kind of depends where you are. if you have the high humidit

cloudy skies and moisture is starting to move off to the south and east and you can see it on stormtracker 6 live double scan radar there in south jersey, we'll go in tighter to get a closer view of what we are looking at. see the showers moving into south jersey for southern burlington county. and atlantic city and cumberland counties as well. we'll track the moisture moving to the east this afternoon. as far as the temperatures are concerned it's warm and very humid. philadelphia 73 and 71 in trenton and allentown 76 and along the beach, beach haven 76 degrees and cape may 77. we'll push in tighter, on satellite 6 along with action radar we look at the dew point numbers they are in the upper 60s and lower 70s. any time have you dew points that high it's quite warm and quite oppressive and uncomfortable outside. philadelphia 69 dew point and 67 in allentown and few points in cape may are in the lower 70s. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we are drying quiet right now in the city and points north and west. and tracking showers down in south jerseyth they start to move out but a

take us with you on this 4th of july, get fire work schedules, traffic conditions and stormtracker 6ive double scan radar on your phone or tablet any time it's a free download for your mobile devices. >> new jersey's three day government shut down is of, meaning people are allowed to spend their holiday at the parks and beaches. chris christie signed the budget deal this morning and made no apologies for spending time on a state beach that was closed to the public. >> sitting there with a baseball hat and shorts and t-shirts talking to my wife. >> if i was sitting next to a 25-year-old blond on the beach chair that is a story. >> christie says he requested to give state workers a paid holiday and to discuss back pay for the days the workers were furloughed. a disturbing discovery is under investigation in northern philadelphia. someone found remains of a baby in a small casket on west clear field street. they are trying to figure out where the casket came from and who left it on the sidewalk? >> it was probably taken from a funeral home, or possibly just dug from the ground from a fr

stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you so far so good a shower or two around here this morning. as we take a look outside we have sky 6 hd and there is the place to be the shore is not as hot there, maybe as humid but with the ocean temperature creeping up to the low 70s nice and swim near the lifeguards and you are in good shape. 83 degrees in philadelphia and still humid and in a lot of our neighborhoods just outside of the city we have dew points close to 70 or above. winds from the southwest at 9 ensuring we continue to draw in the somewhat humid air during the afternoon. 93 is the high in philadelphia and 92 in wilmington and 90 in millville and down the shore there it is low to mid-80s up and down the beach. the dew points will remain on the high side and we get in and out of pockets of more humid air and this model at 6:30 tonight has 70s almost everywhere and dew points of 70 or higher is oppressive. look for a hot and humid afternoon. 92 by 2:00. and high 93 by 3:00 and by 4:00 still in the low 90s and not much better at 8:00, 98 degrees there. those are not be frequent

. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan right now shows us that we are essentially dry as i take a slightly closer look on stormtracker 6 live double scan you see out to the west there is a light shower and fairly widespread but not dumping a lot of rain. out by gettysburg and pushing into our area and keeps fall ago part. i think the better chance of precipitation is later this afternoon and this evening around here. as we take a look outside we are at temple university looking south to center city and not all that hazy but it is hot and humid again today. 85 is your current temperature in philadelphia. dew point at 68 and a lot of areas have dew points in the low to mid-70s and that is especially points south of us in wilmington and south jersey and delaware. winds south-southwest at 13 and the ocean temperature dip a bit and down to 61, here are your numbers across the region and people in the 80s outside of atlantic city, you touched 90 degrees and the humidity high it feels like it's hotter than these temperatures would otherwise indicate and heat index values in the 90s in wilmington

and three days in a row of 90 or above and call it a heat wave above the normal of 87 degrees, stormtracker 6 live double scan most areas are dry and we have been dealing with pop-ups of heavy rain and thunderstorms south of the city especially southern tip of cape may county getting showers there on the edge of cape may and drying up west of wildwood and sea isle city and a rainy afternoon and rehoboth beach and storms firing up in lancaster county and parts of maryland and this nasty thunderstorm with 60 lightning strikes south of oxford heading towards newark and parts of newcastle. that could slide towards sail imand parts of cumberland county going into the evening hours. for the fireworks forecast most areas stay dry but again wilmington and philadelphia points to the south there are pop-ups with temperatures starting in the 80s at 8:00 and 11:00, 78 degrees. we'll talk about a nice wednesday on tap and more storms for most of us at the end of the week in the accuweather forecast. >> thank you. >> well, folks flocked to the jersey shore trying to see out one more weekday, check out th

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we are mainly dry and a little precipitation creaming in and it has a tendency to fall apart and eventually pop-up showers and a thunderstorm in a couple of parts of the region and future tracker 6 showing you that shortly. stepping outside we have sky 6 hd cape may the place to be not as hot and humid down the shore but get on your sail board or dip your toes in the ocean there and get some relief. temperature is 85 degrees right now in philadelphia. your dew point up at 68 and areas with dew points over 70 the oppressive range and winds 13 and ocean water 61 and cool for your toes but not too cool with the heat and humidity the way it is today. a lot of clouds out there and the showers to the west have tried to come in and falling apart and eventually the stuff falling to the north and west is liable to pop. and helps later in the afternoon when you get the increased instability. and a warm air mass like today and a humid air mass. today's high is 89 and low 90s in reading and lancaster and philadelphia and millville. and the shore mid-80s in

stormtracker radar not much to show you here things finally cameled down to us. out to the west still seeing storms moving way through ohio and frontal system that is culprit. that will move its way across the area tomorrow and with it we could see a storm or two popping up or spotty shower and i cannot guarantee some of this tonight won't make lights across the i-95 corridor. it bears watching. highs today where they should be. 91 reagan national and 88 dulles and 8 9 at bwi thorough good marshall. it was pretty much on average and as far as temperature now go, it's 76 quantico and same d.c.. p 9 culpeper and 68 dulles and 69 mannasas and we have 7 leonardtown, napp list at 80 will see a rim of high pressure building in. as the front moves through tomorrow it may trigger a s spotty shower or popup thunderstorm. temperatures 80s and low 09s and as ridge builds in drier air filters in. we won't have to deal with humidity tomorrow we will. but it will still be a warm day. no short aming of sunshine for you. so your weekend forecast then, 89 on saturday. 85 on sunda

from tips to staying cool and stormtracker 6 live double scan the 6 abc is a free download for your mobileevice. >> we are following developing news from bucks county where authorities were back at the property owned by cosmo dinardo. as police fanned out across the property, they are investigating the murders of four young men after dinardo confessed to shooting them on the farmland and police uncovered the bodies last week and requested a k-9 unit to help with their search today. >> in northeast philadelphia one of the victims is being laid to rest. family and friends gathered for tom meo's funeral held at the church and dozens of mourners attended a visitation in torresdale. >> police are searching for a man that stabbed two women in south philadelphia overnight and a 4 8-year-old woman dies and they believe that the suspect is the daughter's ex-boyfriend. katherine scott is live at police headquarters with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: rick, when police arrived to that scene overnight. police say that that mother was conscious and talking and was able to tell officers a

lets take a look at the almanac at stormtracker 6 live double scan nothing happening at the present time quiet as i speak right now. this time tomorrow it will turn fairly active. the high today 84 degrees that is down from yesterday's 90 degrees in philadelphia. that marks the third heat wave of the year. that is pretty much near average. 3 degrees shy of 85 degrees and the low around target of 75 degrees and take a look at that record set back in 1999 it was 100 degrees. we are far from that at the present hour, same for millville and 84 reading and trenton 81 degrees and the ocean is still fairly chilly at 65 degrees, that is why you see only 70s beach haven and cape may. but the farther inland you get away from the shore like reading and allentown the temperatures bump up. everything in the form of downpours and storms has been pushed temporarily down to the south over the virginias, the carolinas and here you see a spin near st. louis, that low pressure is going to ripple along a boundary towards us here during the day tomorrow and tomorrow night into early friday morning that is th

lets look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we are dry through the region right now, lets go on outsidehow you what it looks like and this is the action cam taking beautiful shots of that sunshine, it would look good if that is all we have onto see, and we feel the intensity of it. that is why we have the access he heat warning until tomorrow night at 8:00. that is for the core of our region. the i-95 square, where it feels like it's over 100. 92 degrees already now in philadelphia. most of the region now 90. everywhere but the poconos and beach haven and the boardwalk sitting in the 90s at this point. feels like 99 in philadelphia and trenton and 103 in millville and 105 in cape may and the heat and heat index is dangerous today and add to that we have an ozone action day. not a lot of mixing in the atmosphere and the air is unhealthy for kids and people with heart and lung conditions, you need to be careful. here are the satellite images storms to the west and they fall apart as they hit us. if you are in the poconos you want to watch for that an isolate chance for a shower or thunder

this is headed right towards aldi on our stormtracker.ght make it all the way to the american legion bridge by 70:08. i think given the atmosphere pretty unstable right now, and still sunshine left, it probably will make it all the way to the american legion bridge. so it's a wet ride for some folks going home, and then could be a muggy night for everybody. lows in the 70s. morning camp temps 72 to 86. we're talking, that's 7:00 a.m., to 9:00 a.m. that's as cool as it gets. heat index over 100 tomorrow. thursday, dangerous heat indices, 104 to 110. you just can't be outside, exerting yourself. record highs are possible, but not likely. 96 is our forecast high tomorrow. 98 is th records, 99 tomorrow. 100 on thursday. we mentioned this yesterday. probably a better chance of flirting with the record high on thursday. even into dulles, where the record high is a little lower. beat the heat. we'll exercise in the morning, or indoors. wear loose, light colored clothing. check on the elderly, and check out the temps. 95 tomorrow. 98 on thursday.

. >> this reminder get the latest forecast including detailed updates and stormtracker 6 live double scan radar any time on your phone or tablet. the 6 abc app say free download for your decrease. >> philadelphia police have charged a man after a baby was found with a needle in her leg in manayunk. investigator says she overdosed on drugs and had to be revived with narcan, and john rawlins joins us live with reaction from neighbors there. >> reporter: charges with aggravated assault and the endangering the welfare of a child is 35-year-old steven welsh he lives in the house behind me here on the 200 block of green lane. >> gosh. >> a neighbor's initial reaction a 9-month-old inside of this house was found unresponsive last night in bed a syringe needle stuck in her leg and narcan was used to revive her and sent to the hospital and treated for an accident overdose. 35-year-old steven welsh said to be the child's father now faces endangerment charges, welsh was arrested last year for dui and drug paraphernalia. if welsh is addicted they hope they will give him treatment and not jail. >

stormtracker radar though showing you things improved.re tracking all kind and we even had a severe thunderstorm warning earlier tonight for part of our area and watch for areas out to the far west. and but as we take a look west things are still happening. take a look. this line of storms all associated with a cold front. and is that the headed our way. and now, we could see some of that moving through tonight. and we could see maybe another popup storm or shower. it's a strong possibility especially to areas south. and it may not hold up once it gets past mountains. we'll have to watch closely. today's high. 91 reagan national and 88 dulles and 89 thorough good mar sal and close to where we should be temperature-wise and this hour fairly warm out. 8 quantico and 71 mannasas and 77s d.c. and 74 gaithersburg this hour and 76 fred fredericksburg and 8 at annapolis. we had gusty winds in some areas where we had storms starting to move through earlier. sthingz wind department this is frontal system that will move through tomorrow. with that

stormtracker 6 live double scan that rain extends to the ohio valley and sometime before we clear outhe timing in the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> markelle fultz is sitting out tonight after leading the sixers in points in the summer league game. >>> time for sports ducis is here the latest on the sixers, one more game in utah and moving on. >> one more game in the summer league i want to talk about how you broke my chair rick. >> i am not the culprit. >> for the record it's broken. the sixers markelle fultz has shown promise but not tonight he will sit out against the san antonio spurs. the sixers say they are giving their trop draft pick a day off. he scored 23 points in the loss to the jazz. and that one from the parking lot and the sixers loss the game by 6 and after this game the rookie heaped tons of praise on his teammates. >> my teammates did a great job and getting us back into the game and i came in trying not to let the team down. i give all the credit to my teammates keeping us in the game and i did what i can to contribute. >>> josh hart is set to make his lakers de

this is stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the first cell i was talking about and this one has a little bit of lightning. we have about a dozen lightning strikes and the problem with that is heavy rain. you see the area of red that is crossing 611 now and headed through horsham and willow grove and to newtown and langhorne and moving up to the east-northeast and this is the cell that promptsed the other severe thunderstorm warning and this right now is just to the south of i-95 jackson mills and this has a lot of lightning strikes just to the east of new egypt 114 lightning strikes notice last few minutes, anyone in the area you hear the thunder and lightning and get inside immediately. any lightning strikes can strike away from the storm. you hear the rumble of thunder you have to seek shelter immediately. a severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 tonight. this is the northern two-thirds of our viewing area, what is going on is a cold front sneaking down from the north and this is encountering the heat and humidity and this is triggering the potential for damaging wind gusts. the s

she got in stormtracker 6 live 3d. >> fill annette no the sign. >> the search continues tonight for the gunman that so the and killed a man along the popular d.c. bike trail. police say they found 37-year-old victor williams morning along an caingt don't on northwest. investigators believed annie yu mall was also injured or killed. police are still trying to figure out if this was a target add tack. >> i arrived male bale suffering from unconscious wounds. d.c. fire and ems responded and he had been row noupsed on a spus stoment or motive. >> we now know names of two men shot to deathed in a car in a lorton aibd. police say they have ryan grass and a car parked with moore open. a tweet this morning sets the murdzers could be drug related but they would not say more. so far there's been no arrest. >> imagine this someone snuck in are you home and started living with the attic how long without you knowing about it. it happened to women until arlington. witness swit live on the scene. >> does they hear about it. footsteps up in your catic and make you should you try to convince yourself it

and ta river is near flood stage can look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we have more rain on theails on that in the seven-day forecast. >>> we want to bring you breaking news now earthier in the newscast we talked about allentown mayor, ed pawlowski and what is happening with him. he is holding a news conference now to address charges with him. >> i regret putting my trust in a manipulative man mike fleck many i trust the judicial system to sort out the facts and fiction and prove me to be the man i am to be. as the mayor of allentown and former candidate for the united states senate. i hope the presumption of innocence in this country holds true, i simply ask the same. to the people of allentown i know this is a frustrating time for all of us. to allentown city council and others in the political arena i am trusted by the voters to continue the renaissance of this great city. i believe that a mayor cho has shown historically he is right for the job and has the courage and backbone and not cave in to a false narrative for standing up for what is right and true is what leadership

here's a look at stormtracker 2.e do have a trough off the pacific northwest coastline that will keep us with the onshore breeze a little bit longer. high pressure remains over the desert southwest and high pressure is also off the coast. a little bit of that monsoonal moisture will move in to tahoe today. ewa look at that forecast in the event you are heading there for the weekend. you can see the wind bars with the onshore breeze at upper levels still remaining in place. it's going to weekend and temperatures will rebound with hotter spots getting into the upper 90s. it's not going to turn off completely, the onshore breeze, because of that, the coast will be mild and comfortable. inside the bay, not too bad. half moon bay, 54. upper 50s in oakland. 60s in livermore and brentwood. for the afternoon today, depending on where you are, it could be mild or hot. 66, stinson beach. upper 80s in nevada. upper 90s for clear lake and the inner east bay. brentwood, 95. 75, alameda. low 80s, san leandro. 89, saratoga. 75, san

stormtracker 6 live double scan for now shows moisture creeping in in pottsville and harrisburg and anyafter 2:00, 3:00 i would look out for spotty showers and thunderstorms. looking outs side, we have sky 6 hd at the shore and rain may not make it at the coast and like everywhere else you hear rumbles of thunder that you are indoors and for now they can enjoy themselves. we are at 92 right now. the dew point 70 and most of the area with dew points 70 or better and that means oppressive human and winds south sound west at 12 and not all that strong and cool and comfortable in the ocean at 63. current temperatures are in the 80s in the northern and western suburbs and low 90s from trenton and millville and dover and still in the 80s in cape may and atlantic city. and here are the current heat index values. and we see them up over 100 we are already there at the airport in a.c. and millville. and excessive humidity in dover and feeling like 99 in wilmington. 93 is your high in the lehigh valley. and strong storms could built in in the after hoon and evening. and warm conditions down the s

region check the 6 abc app yourself any time and get the forecast including detailed updates and stormtracker 6 live double scan live radar on your smart phone or tablet. >> allentown mayor, ed pawlowski fled not guilty to dozens of charges in a pay to play scheme. he is charged with multiple counties of bribery, fraud and elf tortion. >> prosecutors say he steered city contracts to individuals that then donated to his various campaigns. >>> a bike riding thief that broke into a mosque not once but twice is in northeast philadelphia tonight. philadelphia police need your help tracking down this brazen suspect. jeff joins us live at the greater philadelphia mosque with the lightest. >> reporter: monica, both of those break-ins were caught on a series of cameras both inside and outside of the mosque and what makes this disturbing to members is that it's believed that the thief worshipped here. >> to steal from the house god? that's -- i don't get it. >> that is a member's reaction to the recent burglaries at the greater philadelphia mosque. a driver on a bmx bike manipulates the rear door to ge

as we look at the weather center an stormtracker 6 live double scan most of the storms today north of the poconos and lehigh valley into southern new england and we see a couple of nasty storms popping in northwestern pennsylvania and those will fall apart as they work to the south and east. no energy to get things to bubble up here. we can't have cooling downpours here this evening. it's certainly feeling tropical out here and the dew points running in the 70s in much of the area, dover 77 and 75 in cape may. you rarely get to 77 in this region this is oppressive humidity and that is why it feels so uncomfortable out. it's not the air temperature but the dew point that throws the numbers into the 90s. heat index 93 philadelphia and 94 in trenton and at the shore today you are jealous someone is down there thinking they are colling off. 97 in beach haven and cape may over 100 in the last hour and now 93 and dover 102 degrees is how it feels right now. >> the excessive heat warnings go into effect now and last through the afternoon. the heat warning in the bright area of pink on the i-

stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us we are mainly dry and a blip of green at dover and coming in from the coast of cumberland koith and most of us are dry. as we look outside we have sky 6 hd and there are the clouds overhead with sunny breaks and it's not a real dark gray sky cover when expect sun to dig through the clouds as we go through the day overall. fairly comfortable out there. temperatures 74 degrees and dew point 61. and nice and low. border line humid. i don't think you'll have a problem going out or working out or taking a walk. wins from the east at 5 miles per hour and future tracker 6 selling the idea of a sprinkle or shower in a couple of spots into the early evening hours and it doesn't look to be a factor for most of you and no reason to cancel plans. 80 is the high in philadelphia, upper 70s in allentown and reading and lancaster and mid 7:00 in toms river and along atlantic city and the promenade in cape may. a little stickier down toward cape may. 78 at 2:00 and accuweather says a high of 80 today otherwise upper 70s. it's going to be a comfortable and warm

. >> may see sunny breaks and not raining yet and stormtracker 6 live double scan right now shows mostr rain well up to the north above the poconos as we take a look out on the action cam beautiful pictures coming in along the wissahickon creek you see the gray sky mainly overcast today reflected in the water. and 78 is your current temperature and we are starting to see that rise. the dew point has really climbed. we were down around 60, on the air on our morning show. getting up close to the 70 degree threshold. winds south-southwest at 15 miles per hour. and numbers across the region, 73 and 74 in reading and upper 70s in the i 95 corridor and upper 70s in cape may and atlantic city. in terms of rain, cloud cover occasionally giving way to sunny breaks. we'll start to see the possibility of a spotty shower and perhaps an isolated thunderstorm. all the way up to 7:00 there is more on the model run as late as 11:00, 11:30, i do want you to take cover from any storms. because some of them could be strong. 82 and a spotty storm around in the lehigh valley. you hear thunder and head into

and we have our stormtracker 9 on the roads right now. our photojournalist is there at connecticut avenue. nick, what have you heard about the water rescues underway that have been in the last hour and what do things look like right now? >> reporter: hi, melissa. a few minute ago, a honda civic was parked here, flood levels rose about 3 or 4 feet. montgomery county police said they were at the door handles of the car a couple minutes ago. the owners pushed it away, but you can see on the ground a lot of silt, a lot of dirt, rubble, debris, twigs that were brought i'm at dale drive. i drove on 16th street with a lot of flooding and low-lying water i experienced. luckily that's a ford explorer so a lot of clearance. a lot of debris collecting on this trap. if you're near a storm drain near your house or where your work or where you live, clear it out to allow flood waters to come into the drain a little bit easier to mitigate the risk of flood waters getting into your home, office, or car, even. i got to speak with the gentleman that owns t

stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us that after a brief morning shower in some of our northetab suburbseared ou and so far so good on the rain and hopefully your day is off to a good start. and as we take a look outside we have sky 6 hd there is center city bright across the region with mil. city bright across the region with mil. mixing it. 85 degrees in philadelphia and dew point over thelea0 dis oree threshold for humid air and more humid the farther south you go to the shore and the delaware bay. 0inds from the east at 8 miles per hour. and the ocean temperature is 60. showing you out to the west a shower popping up to the east of pittsburgh and west of state collis oe that the thing we are watching for around here a little later on in the ath 1ernn and evening. high tuthperatures look warm. 86 in allentown today and same thing this trenton and 87 in lancaster and trenton and philadelphia probably goes to 89, 86 in millville and upper 70s down the shore. phillies and pirates a 4:00 start they want to get you in and out of the stadium to enjoy your fireworks. 87 degrees is the first

on our stormtracker, headed toward middleberg in about three or four minutes. could it affect dulles? flights coming in and out. fairfax, shortly after 7:00 tonight. so just keep that in mind, it will die down as the sun goes down. it's a little cooler d.c. north. still looks like it's 100 degrees in waldorf. 95 tomorrow. 98 on thursday. 92 friday. even low 90s over the weekend. the good news is, it will not be as humid over the weekend. here's a look it's going to feel like it's 88. we'll tell you when that goes above 100 tomorrow, and it could approach 110 on thursday. >>> lots of new developments to break down tonight about donald trump jr.'s meeting with the russian lawyer. today in a surprise move, the president's eldest son posted an email chain that spells out why he agreed to hear the russian lawyer. tonight, there is information that robert mueller's investigation plans to look at the meeting and the emails. there are growing calls for donald trump jr. to appear before that senate committee investigating russian meddling in the election. >> it was in b

it's still going feel like summer this afternoon but not like it did a week ago, as we look at stormtracker live double scan no big blips of rain out there. it looks like down by dover and the top of the delaware bay and the river a little green developing and light sprinkle or shower developing today. as we look outside we have yes, sky 6 hd look agent one place to be and sunshine through the clouds in cape may right now. and decent day on the beach. and elsewhere across the region because the humidity is really eased back, temperature currently 74 degrees and dew point down to 61, we spent so much time in the low 60s and 70s that is where the humid air resides but when you get the number down to 60 no problem. winds from the east at 5 miles per hour and the ocean temperature is 5-. temperatures across the region, 71 degrees and in allentown right now, 73 in reading and 76 in trenton and 76 in wilmington and 73 in millville and 74 in cape may where the folks are enjoying the beach. future tracker 6 continuing the idea there say chance of a light spotty sprinkle that pops up this afternoon

stormtracker radar going back and you can see investigate tajs of hefty thunderstorm moving out of charlottesville and downpours over hagerstown. it will be quiet overnight tonight wake to a lot of cloud cover tom and weville a chance for thunderstorms later on tomorrow afternoon. low temperature tonight in 70s. warm erjs mild, muggy, 77 annapolis and 75 there in leonardtown. so here's the forecast for saturday. we begin first this holiday weekend anyone visiting welcome to d.c. and tomorrow may be a say. we start out cloudy ape sticky and temperatures quickly rise into 90s by mid afternoon a cold front coming through will bring showers and thunderstorms which will probably be quick hitting as they tend to be in the cold front. could bring brief, heavy lightning, winds. >> little once we get the storms out of here it looks took a nice saturday night. less humid on sunday, 92. not too tearble of weekend and really saturday is only chance for thunderstorms through independence day. >> caityln. thanks. >> new information tonight on shooting at a hospital in the bronx. a dr. that kus odd work here ret

coming up in the seven remember you can get the latest forecast including detailed updates and stormtracker 6 live double scan radar any time on your phone or tablet. the 6 abc app is a free download for your mobile device. >> road closures are expected to linger today in the city's fishtown section wheremain brea. that buckled the intersects at thompson streets and there are still customers area without water service. storms are causing traffic troubles in hock utility pole s wires with it. >> two women are want ford assault and robbery at a bank in center city. police released this video of the suspects, the investigators say that the pair punch aid woman in the face on july 18th, it's on the 100 block of broad street and the woman is accused of stealing her bank card and cash. >>> police in south jersey have released a sketch of the suspect they hope to identify and arrest for robbing a bank. surveillance cameras captured images of the robber when he walked into the fulton bank on july 6th, the man passed a note demanding cash. anyone with information about the bank robbery is urged to c

where is the stormtrack located? tell me in my ear so i can tell our viewer what is is going on with that. okay. we will zoom in a little bit closer here for you. we take off a stormtrack for us. if you are watching in the mount pleasant, that is where we are looking at the storms. this is moving east. and capable of producing gusty winds and heavy downpours. bailey crossroads you are looking at h hour. reagan national airport is right over here. we are going to lock for that rain to continue to move across the area. it won't last long. 15 to 20 minutes or so. but we expect to see delays in terms of the air traffic. as the cell moves across the district to upper northwest d.c. in the warned area until 5:15. that does include seat pleasant and silver hill. repeat it for me one more time, i would appreciate that. addison heights, bailey's crossroads and old town alexandria. that is where we are seeing the strongest storms. we are hoping to pause this for you. if you are watching the in silver spring, cabin john, mount

as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan they have them up north the poconos but not here jut yet. we have the action cam next to the battle of german town at fairmount park i love the history around here and that is one of the many sites you can go to learn about it. dew point has climbed since this morning, upper 60s and you hit 70 and we are get tting there. and ensuring that that number goes up instead of down. and ocean temperature 75 off atlantic city. if we see showers and thunderstorms they will be fairly spotty and nonetheless anything that pops producing a strong gusty wind. by 7:00, just a couple of and later tonight a little more the model wants to concentration this north and east of philadelphia and i would not vouch for that. we should all keep our eyes out for this. everybody is warm. 82 in allentown and 83 in reading and 86 in philadelphia. and at the shore upper 70s and a low risk are of rip currents but swim near the lifeguard s as usual. and 84 by 5:00 if we break out sunshine. but you get the idea it's humid and warm. 82 by 6:00 and 80 by 8:00 and mid-70s by 1