and we do now have a freeze warning in effect for the poconos because of these cold temperatures and'll let you know how many layers you'll need all across the area by morning coming up in your full forecast. >> all right, lauren, thank you. >>> democratic voters meantime they head to the polls in kentucky and oregon tuesday as hillary clinton works to wrap up her party's nomination. donald trump is still trying to shore up republican support. correspondent brook silva-braga reports. (applause). >> reporter: hillary clinton campaigned across kentucky today and made her case to the blue collar voters who have leaned towards bernie sanders in earlier contests and have been courted by donald trump. >> so i know we can bring manufacturing jobs back. we have to change the tax code that give companies incentives to move jobs out of america. we got to stop that. >> reporter: sanders also held a rally in kentucky arguing that polls show he's best positioned to win in november. >> we do much better against trump than does secretary clinton. >> reporter: on the republican side trump responded

better in the poconos, 73 degrees. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, feeling like summer today very warm, more humid, 89 degrees for the high, mostly dry, slight chance of a shower popping up in the northwest suburbs. tomorrow, hot and humid, 90 degrees for the high. a couple of showers in the afternoon. saturday, hot and humid, 90 degrees, mostly dry through the region. our first 90-degree day this season. sunday, partly sunny, 87 maybe a shower. humid showers and thunderstorm, 80 for the high, tuesday, clouds and sun, 82. wednesday partly sunny skies, 80. staying above average, very warm through the seven-day period. especially the next few days at or near 90. >>> i can take it i know you like it. >>> up next more stories you din see last night. including a court filing that offers new claims about the casey anthony case about what a private investigator said about her guilt or innocence. >> reporter: we have a struck that got stuck here, tam, eastbound on the schuylkill expressway and getting on 26th stre

there's a freeze watch in effect in the poconos. i'll have the details in the seven-day forecast. >>> students in west philadelphia are on the trip of a lifetime right now taking them all the way to africa and they invited "action news" to share will memories. >>> boys and girls from global leadership academy charter school packed their bags and headed to kenya. they sent us pictures that we wanted to share with you this morning. this shows gla students taking part in school. they discussed similarities and differences in education and what their life is like in their different countries. >>> you can see the pictures here the happiness on the faces of the gla students. they are visiting an orphanage and united nations facility. >>> they did not forget their tech devices. they are on the other side of the world, but clearly plugged in to stay in touch with the family and "action news" they will return from kenya next week. >>> how awesome is that? >>> it never happened for me when i was in school. pretty cool. >> reporter: we want to

with the wind, 72 in the city, 73 allentown, 68 in the poconos. coast in cape may 65 and same in beach haven. and satellite, the clockwise rotation over the carolinas. this was once tropical storm bonnie. it is now a tropical depression. and it is creeping along. but as we go throughout the rest of tonight into monday, this will move into the northeast and this will be our wet weather-maker for rest of tonight and for that matter into the day on monday when the low pressure kicks it out, monday into tuesday. and futuretracker 6 showing during the overnight hours we have moisture, allow for it from the poconos down into even south jersey. and in the morning pockets of rain across the region. and not letting up, maybe have a plan b if you have outdoor plans scheduled. and it could lead to localized flooding. and the moisture steady early in the day, and then tapering off to showers in the afternoon. and down the shore not the best looking beach day. it is cooler with a high temperature coming in at 70 degrees. and up north of philadelphia, if you ar

where you are in the shore or the poconos we have the get away forecast covered for you. the shore not bad a high temperature up to 74 and in the city we max out at 90 once again today. and the poconos a high of 81 with an afternoon shower or thunderstorm. we hit 90 for a high yesterday and today we are calling for a high of 90. we need three straight days with temperatures in the 90s to have our first heat wave. it's not out of question. we'll take a closer look at that and let you know what the monday memorial day holiday looks like. it's steamy out here. >> the jersey shore as we mentioned is the place to be this holiday weekend. folks have arrived there getting an early jump on the boardwalk and the beach. katherine scott is in atlantic city checking out the situation and filed this report. >> reporter: the taffy is stocked and the water ice is cold and the beaches are hot. the shore towns are ready for you so get on down here and enjoy your memorial day weekend. >> we got here last night. >> early arrivals eager to get this holiday weekend underway. this morning in v

thirty-four up in the poconos. up the coast in cape may 53. fifty for beach haven and boardwalk in atlantic city. here's satellite six with action radar. you can see it is mostly clear and quiet. wind are slacking from where they were earlier today. believe it or not we had some snow showers, some flurries, up north through the poconos. it is mostly clear, dry tonight. with the mostly clear sky and lower wind, we've got a frost advisory. it is mainly for berks, and lehigh counties, it goes up at 4:00 a.m. lasting through 8:00 . temperatures in these two counties will drop down into the upper 30's, so good idea to protect any sensitive vegetation tonight. it is chilly. that is call from accu weather. milder, just a little bit better tomorrow. we are track more rain by tuesday. details coming up with the full and exclusive accu weather forecast, walter. >> thanks, melissa. >>> a police officer from philadelphia who died protecting innocent victims will be honored tomorrow by president barack obama. sergeant wilson the

maybe a better chance in the poconos. 82 for the high. looks like the best chance for precipitation false on memorial day, so -- falls on memorial day, a few scattered showers or thunderstorms around, 67 cooler at the beach on monday. 73 in the poconos. the reason we have the chance for that, in part is because of this suburbs. tropical hurricane center shows we have 67% chance of the organization to form. that's why we have a chance of a shower horror thunderstorm -- thunderstorm around on monday. 89 is the high today. friday, 90. saturday, 9o slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm. sunday may be a better chance of a shower, partly sunny skies, 87. most of the day on monday is dry. humid for memorial day. a couple of showers or thunderstorms around 80 degrees. tuesday, clouds and sun, 82. wednesday partly sunny and 80 so we're looking at a seven-day forecast where we're staying above average. today and the next few days you're feeling the heat on. very beachable days, thanks karen. >>> 5:10 all new on "action news," shock be -- shocki

we are holding in the upper 80s in philadelphia, 89 in trenton and 90 in reading, 81 in the poconos and we have the south facing wind for cape may, so a temperature of just 69 and upper 60s as well in beach haven. and talk about the humidity and dew point in the atmosphere. any time you have dew point numbers. when you have numbers reaching 65 and 70 degrees, you feel the uptick in humidity. and you'll notice that when you step outside. double scan live radar 3-d, we see a frontal boundary out to the west, you have the heat and added instability. a shower and thunderstorm north of the city tonight. but the weekend kickoff looks like this. if are you at the shore and the city, the poconos, the shore tomorrow not bad a temperature of 75. in the city up to 92, it's hot and humid and at the poconos high temperature of 83 with an afternoon pop-up shower or storm. so we are ranking the days, if you have to do so over the holiday weekend. tomorrow is mostly sunny and dry and number one, sunday a few more clouds roll on in. and that is number 2. and we are tracking some rain into the holiday, t

on the blue route for gang coming back from the poconos no delays at the moment, turnpike from phillyley forge looking good and mass transit off to a good start. we have the young little boy in the back has a question, michael? >> yes, father kelly, did you hear that they might move the police department from the round house to the old inquirer building. >> wow. >> how about that. >> look at you with the little tip. >> that would be an impressive looking police station. >> and wonder turn the old round house into condos like they did methodist hospital. >> that is what we call the new building, the square house. >> the pointy house. >> sunshine this morning. how long will that last. sue has that new forecast coming up in 15 seconds. still feels sticky out there but things where to change. as far as your allergies are concerned, is there problems that you have today allergic to tree pollen or grass pollen, now that the rain is gone anal geese coming back and here's where it went. everything moved off shore, mostly during the overnight hours, and we're not seeing anything, yeah on ultim

low 50's in the poconos of course the warm up today, 24 hour temperature change, about five to ten inome cases closer to 15 degrees because of the winds change, pumping in some of this warm, and also, we've had drier air building in despite that warm up so feeling very comfortable outside right now. spinning else and showers trying to work this them in north and west of the sitly not have very successful time, but do have some sprinkles trying to work in toward the poconos right now, few clouds of course in association with the sprinkle activity, but it will be running into this air with dew points down into the 20's showing us the next couple of house don't have to worry about any of the rainfall if you still have plans to get out and about this sunday evening, head into monday cloud deck clears out altogether. overnight tonight mostly clear, less wind, casino of breezy day today, down to 51 degrees, right around average as far as lows are concerned. as we head into the afternoon tomorrow, 72 degrees, right around average for us, mostly sunny to start, then increasing afternoon cloud

thunderstorm possible in the poconos. ellite a 60% chance of storms that can develop in a sub tropical feature aiming to the carolinas and bring some rain our way as we get into mont. five-day at 5:00 with the pop-up storm north and west at 90, we take out the chance fb storms saturday in sunday. and very muggy, the peak of the heat saturday, it could be the first heat wave and cools to the 70s on memorial day and unsettled weather and on and off rain and downpours and storms and clears on tuesday with a temperature of 85 degrees, it is thursday and almost the summer and that means meteorologist, melissa magee is down the shore at the absecon lighthouse in atlantic city. soaking up the sun and getting exercise as well. >> reporter: yes, it is beautiful outside in atlantic city, we are showing you the around the absecon lighthouse, it's about 178 feet tall. we'll go inside and show you the keeper's dwelling and give you a history less on the absecon lighthouse, it's the tallest in new jersey. we'll send it back to you. 228

only monday, 67 much cooler at the shore and 73 degrees in the poconos. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, it's very warm today, a bit more humid, 89 degrees only a slight chance for a shower or thunderstorm especially in the northwest later today. friday, hot and humid, 90, mostly dry, saturday, hot and humid, 90. mostly dry, just a chance of a shower popping up at the end of the day. sunday, 87. maybe a chance of a shower. not a washout for memorial day, humid, showers, 80 degrees, tuesday, clouds and sun, 82 and wednesday partly sunny skies and 80 you're looking at the 7 day looking above average every single day. what a change from what we've had the past 6 weeks when its been damp and dreary and cooler. so things are changing in a big way for us right now. >>> it is 5:40. still ahead on "action news," presidential hopeful hillary clinton is responding to a report criticizing her use of a private e-mail server what she was secretary of state. >>> we have an unruly passenger who had an outbreak excluding the stripping of her clothes. >> repor

the lehigh valley, upper 40's, elsewhere, dropping down into the 30's, upper 30's, tonight, in the poconosby tomorrow afternoon, temperatures really struggling, only climbing up into the mid to upper 50's, and most cases. by tomorrow evening, that chill returns, temperatures dropping down into the 40's, in philly, by the 9:00 hour, tomorrow evening, and then, by monday morning, temperatures are pretty chilly, certainly, by may standards, down near the freezing mark, in the poconos, well down into the 40's, in the city. and 40's across parts of southern new jersey, but because those temperatures are going to be drop down close to freezing, up in the poconos, we do have this freeze watch in effect for carbon, monroe counties, this is tomorrow night into early monday morning. so, nice spring plans outside, bring them on inside. for tomorrow, much cooler day in store, high temperature only 49 degrees with a passing sprinkle possible in the poconos, very gusty winds all across the region, then things quiet down into monday, still little breezy, below average, but nice sunshine, high of 64. rain

the exception is the poconos. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have dry conditions and not much in the way of shower activity at this hour. but i wouldn't be surprise if we saw something flair up north of philadelphia during the day and into the afternoon. a lot of folks are trying to get away on this get away friday. here is the travellers forecast, the green light in philadelphia, the same for the northeast and boston and out to the midwest in chicago, minor delays at 41 minutes, all in all it's okay if you are traveling by road or by air. in our neck of the woods. we are ranking the days saturday and sunday, it looks like the national spelling bee for those folks and kids there. we are ending in a tie for tomorrow and sunday. on monday coming in at number three we'll be tracking showers moving on in. coming up we'll take a closer look at the forecast, our high is 90, and yesterday a high of 90, and this could be heat wave number one of the unofficial start of our summer season. details with the acc

i don't want to call anybody out off camera but lus, the poconos and. lehigh valley, berks county, we have a frost vorax we're not alone. a lot of the northeast is under the same advisory and warnings. in the lehigh valley, we're talking about places like lehigh valley, allentown, upper millford. extending into bethlehem. kutztown and rockland, in berks county. a wide area seeing cold temperatures overnight. we saw a few sprinkles and flurries as far to the north and west of philadelphia. as you can see skies are clear. the temperatures are falling fast. 50 in the city t 43 in pottstown. 35 in the poconos. little bit of a wind out there out of the west, northwest. 12 miles an hour in philadelphia, 13 miles an hour in the poconos, haven't talked about that in month, the windchill in poconos 26, feels like 39 in reading and lancaster. we're talking about morning lows in the 30's to the north and west. interior south jersey will be right around 40. monday's record low, mainly in the 30's, many are in jeopardy of being broken. come the morning. coming up we'

we have showers in the poconos, one in the western suburbs, a few showers in the lehigh valley. for the early morning commute, tomorrow maybe a couple of showers, the latest model run showing intensity right here. this is 5:30 a.m., it's not everywhere. a couple of showers around later tonight and into tomorrow morning. you have a chance for that. it's a predominantly dry day. yesterday we made it up to 88 degrees, today topping off at 89. it's warm today and a bit more humid than yesterday. just a chance tore a spotty shower -- for a spotty shower later on north and west. how about the holiday weekend, a lot of people are heading to the shore. saturday, 74, sunday, 74. slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm. monday we could see showers or thunderstorms. in the poconos, you have a better chance to see a shower or thunderstorm on saturday or sunday monday looks to be a little bit more active doesn't look like a washout if you're heading to the shore or the poconos. a lot of it depends on what's happening in the tropics. the tropical satellite shows us a weak suburbs, the natio

we did hit 90 in philadelphia around 3:00 this afternoon. 87 in the lehigh valley and 70s in the poconos and look at the shore with the wind off the water, the ocean is just 58 degrees and 69 in beach haven, and 68 in cape may, a weak sea breeze and you head 10 miles inland it jumps up to 83 degrees, a few high clouds to the north and west and sprinkles to the poconos, all of that continues to fall apart at least the showers you see here along the appalachians, for tonight it's partly cloudy and it starts to turn the dial up on the humidity it turns muggy overnight and 64 to 67 degrees with the south-southwestly wind off the coast of bermuda with the winds counterclockwise, a southerly flow and plenty of sun for the next three days, an isolated storm for the next three day, it is dry and hot and on the muggy side. with temperatures in the 90s, and then the high breaks down a little bit and the low pressure off the carolinas could be tropical in nature hitting south carolina and numerous downpours and thunderstorms, definitely the pick of the weekend is saturday and sunday and goes downhi

mid 40s in the poconos we're down to 57 degrees right now in millville. lder air up winds moving in on the back side of a cold front that did clear the delaware valley earlier in the evening. temperatures pretty chilly up into the 40s. 46 degrees right now in state college. storm scan3 showing us the last of the moisture moving well offshore the cloud deck breaking down a few linge lynn sprinkles starting to dissipate. panning off to western pennsylvania, seeing some returns. a couple of flakes flying there. we're not worrying about that that's just showing us that cold air in place that's going to continue to build in across the area overnight tonight. so partly cloudy and pretty brisk 48 degrees our overnight. northwesterly freeze breezy around 10 to 15 miles an hour. the winds are really whipping us as we head into the day tomorrow. westerly at around 15 to 25 miles per hour. with gusts of 35 maybe slightly higher throughout the afternoon. high temperatures really struggle, 60 degrees so running about tepp to 15 degrees below average. we will see some s

stormscan 3 showing us a few sprinkles, trying to work into the poconos but with a dry air in place, really not having a lot of luck doing so. otherwise, mostly clear conditions across it's region right now. getting you out the door on monday morning. mostly sunny conditions sun rises at 5:51 tomorrow morning, starting off in low 50's. by 8:00 we're up to 57 with a cool breeze and just how long will that sunshine stick around? we'll answer that question in your full forecast coming up in just a few, natasha. >> thanks we'll see you soon. >>> a mothers day tradition at the art museum. the 26th animal susan b. komen race for the cure brought thousands to the art museum. i was proud to be there along with the other members of the "eyewitness news" family, jessica dean has more on a morning filled with so much meaning for so many people. >> thousands of breast cancer survivors, women and men stand ready for their moment of triumph. beginning their victory charge, each remembering their own struggle and all of them struck by the love surrounding them. >> my husband, my children, my mother,

for the city there's 92. poconos look for a combination of sun and clouds, spotty afternoon thunderstorm. it's a very small chance like a 25% chance, but we have to allow for that chance. 86 degrees in the mountain. beautiful day, tropical down spores expected tomorrow afternoon and monday. i'll have that coming up. >>> prepare for the rain. the memorial day weekend is here, that means the mad dash for the jersey shore for fun in the sun. beaches and boardwalks are popular places to turn as we kick off the summer season. jeff chirico checked in with those who headed to ocean city a little early. >> reporter: while the sun sets on the jersey shore, the summer is beginning. crowds return to the boardwalk in ocean city enjoying the staples of rides and fudge and good times. for the shields girls and their friends from fort washington it's a welcome break from a grueling school year. >>> i love school, but this is amazing. >>> it's fun to be down with our family and friends and have fun. >> reporter: a beach ball drop ki

here in philadelphia it's hot and humid with a high soaring up to 92 degrees and the poconos it will be warm and humid and 83 degrees, i think saturday will be the pick of the holiday weekend. ranking that number one although it is going to be hot. sunday we see clouds advancing from the south and monday is when we are dealing with potential for downpours from a tropical system to the south. i'll talk more about the timing of that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. >>> it's summer season is already underway in atlantic city. the action cam was on the north carolina avenue beach as mayor don guardian unlocked the ocean. and then into the waves. bumpy out there. the shore is expected to be packed. among them at the beach is "action news" reporter, trish hartman. live in ocean city with more. >> reporter: hi there sharrie, today the beach and ocean was officially unlocked in ocean city as it was in many towns across the jersey shore, the summer season is underway with travelers and merchants looking forward to a gorgeous weather season in time for the holiday. it a

but mostly cloudy skies and a sure or two. 67 degrees at the shore and the poconos looking for a high of 73 degrees. here is your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, as you get ready for the big holiday weekend and warm and humid today and 89 for your high and mostly dry, tomorrow hot and humid and 98 degrees with a passing shower or thunderstorm in the afternoon. saturday hot and humid and 90 for your high and it looks beautiful on saturday. sunday partly sunny skies and 87 and a shower or thunderstorm in one or two spots. monday memorial day your best chance to see a shower or thunderstorm. 80 for your high and cooler at the shore and tuesday 82 and wednesday 82 degrees. staying well above average. >> we like above average. >> me too. >> thank you karen. >>> traffic in new york city is backed up on a normal day but it came to a screeching halt when a woman went into labor on the side of the expressway in the bronx. the woman had already delivered a baby boy when the ambulance arrived and they brought her to the hospital and she delivered another baby boy. mom and twins are doi

could trigger an isolated thunderstorm most likely over the poconos tonight and most areas are dry and saturday the pick of the weekend it is going to be sunny at the shore and hot and humid in philadelphia and poconos warm and humid and 83 degrees with an afternoon pop-up thunderstorm. the best day of the holiday weekend will be tomorrow. it will be hot inland. there are changes due to tropical moisture streaming in from the south. we start the day with sun and increasing clouds and i would not be surprised as early as late sunday afternoon, that is number two and monday memorial day unfortunate for the parades looking for to tropical downpours and specifically the shore. coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily. lets go live now to atlantic city and "action news" reporter, jeff jericho, first day of the long holiday weekend. >> reporter: that is right jim it's like mother nature flipped a switch and now it's summer. look mind me a site we are waiting for a long time. a number of folks on the beach enjoying the sun and temperatures in the low 70s and some rides

stormscan 3 showing us a few sprinkles, trying to work into the poconos but with a dry air in place, really not having a lot of luck doing so. otherwise, mostly clear conditions across it's region right now. getting you out the door on monday morning. mostly sunny conditions sun rises at 5:51 tomorrow morning, starting off in low 50's. by 8:00 we're up to 57 with a cool breeze and just how long will that sunshine stick around? we'll answer that question in your full forecast coming up in just a few, natasha. >> thanks we'll see you soon. >>> a mothers day tradition at the art museum. the 26th animal susan b. komen race for the cure brought thousands to the art museum. i was proud to be there along with the other members of the "eyewitness news" family, jessica dean has more on a morning filled with so much meaning for so many people. >> thousands of breast cancer survivors, women and men stand ready for their moment of triumph. beginning their victory charge, each remembering their own struggle and all of them struck by the love surrounding them. >> my husband, my children, my mother,

whether you are going to be at the shore, the city or poconos, tomorrow we have you covered. d 73 degrees and mostly cloudy and evening hours likely. in the city, back down into the lower 80s. mostly cloudy as the day progresses. it is humid with evening rain on the way and showers late in the day with the poconos, high temperature of 83. here is the reason why. satellite 6 and action radar showing you we are tracking moisture over charlton, south carolina because of tropical storm bonnie. winds sustained now at 45 miles per hour. eventually the storm system moves north and west and works its way up the mid-atlantic region, and taps into some of the tropical storm moisture as the system surges northward. talking about what we can expect as we were to rank the days. today coming in at number one, and each day after today goes downhill. sunday number two, and the actual holiday on monday, we're tracking what would be tropical downpours across the region. taking a closer rook -- look in the full accuweather forecast. >>> and the place to be tonight is the jersey shore where we fi

it includes the poconos and the jersey shore. today is the winner.omorrow, some rain expected after 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon. memorial day heavy morning downpours, transitioning over to just showers, leftover showers by afternoon. it's cooler on memorial day with highs in the upper 70s. rainfall totals could exceed 4 inches if you get underneath one of the tropical downpours. not everybody will see this number here. we're forecasting one to two with heavier amounts, one or two areas could see numbers like this, most of us will see one to two inches sunday night into monday. sunshine expected today, hot and humid, 92 is the forecasted high. poconos beautiful out there. mostly sunny conditions a pop-up thunderstorm is possible very late in the day, 86. sunday, clouds increase, showers late 83. memorial day expect downpours highs only in the mid to upper 70s. jersey shore same thing beautiful afternoon, sunny on the sand, 78 degrees sea breeze, tomorrow, showers in the afternoon. 73. the morning looks okay. memorial day expect to see showers and thund

a freeze watch in the poconos and areas north and west, between 1 and 7:00 a.m. purchasey ferocity is possible for the -- patchy frost is possible for the lehigh valley and the northern suburbs. when i come back we'll talk about how low we go in the forecast. >>> a fire at the lincoln motel in bucks county has killed a person. investigators say it looks like someone set the fire on purpose. the action cam was at the scene of the 2200 block of lincoln highway. the blaze break out at 2:30 a.m. when firefighters arrived they found smoke pouring from rooms 103, and 104. >>> officers were called here in the early morning hours for a fire, the fire appear suspicious in nature. we have a confirmed victim inside. >>> firefighters rescued three other people. officials have not released the name of the person who died and they have not made any arrests. >>> a young woman is in critical condition after getting shot 6 times on a philadelphia street. the action cam was at the scene 3800 block of north 13th street in tioga section of the city. shots rang out here at 1:00 a.m. p

up in the poconos. how about that? >> that was good. >> camel beach water park, a nice place to escape the heat. let me tell ya. it's near 90 degrees. higher humidity right now. and a lot of people looking for different ways to escape the heat. you can see these temperatures, they are high, but this doesn't say how high the humidity is. we have high humidity throughout the area. and in some of the neighborhoods, talking about chester county, montgomery, bucks, delaware counties here. collegeville 90 degrees. that's current temperature now. bensalem 88. new hope 88 degrees. so it's going to be a hot holiday weekend. for this time of year. memorial day weekend is usually pretty cold. but not this time. 77 degrees the average high in philadelphia. of course, it's cooler at the shore. now in philadelphia, in the low 90s tomorrow, which could be a heat wave, by the way. sunday, not quite as hot. monday on the cool side. that's actually closer to the average high temperature. there's the rain that we predict, and some of that

across most of the region, berks, lehigh, northampton county, up to the poconos, you don't have it today. but the rest of us do. and it is going to heat up very efficiently. take a look, already off to very mild start, flirting with or already into the 70s here, in philly, allentown, reading, dover, you're all in the 70s currently, and it definitely feels quite muggy outside. very, very mild start. so, we're going to make it an easy run for 90 here today. it is hot, it is steamy, you will have sunshine, eventually heat driven shower or thunderstorm fires up as the day progresses and we'll certainly have to track the possibility even into the upcoming holiday weekends. >> so nice walking out the door this morning, katie, so warm. >> windows down. >> i know, windows down already. all right, thank you so much, katie, 90s, i'll take it, construction here, 422 westbound the off ramp to trooper, right lane still compromised even the eastbound side pulled off to the shoulder, just know construction out here on 422, hopefully that get moved out of the way by the five hour, seems like it is being

people are heading out of dodge today perhaps to the shore or the poconos. and if you go to the walt whitman bridge, a broken down vehicle on the schuylkill expressway eastbound at 28th street, it's taking out the right lane and everybody is doing the merge after they rounded the curve around university avenue, at the walt it's extra slow and the delay begins at city avenue. a slow crawl you may want to stick with the river drives instead and the vine street expressway is clogged and a busy thursday afternoon, heavy traffic in both directions along the vine at the schuylkill expressway. a nice afternoon weather wise, warm out there but a motorcycle was out and about and got into an accidents on exton at the 30 bypass at 202 northbound and they just got that pushed off to the side. in newark a crash at salem church road at route 4, the slowing is at highway 1 passing the christiana mall. and here on 42, southbound yes definitely more drivers than we normally see here in the northbound lanes approaching 55. lets grab the ipad done the commuter report on this th

freeze watch in the poconos. next week warmth in the delaware and lehigh valleys. 70s from wednesday on, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday. we have to get through tonight first. i'll have the details how low the numbers get in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. guys. >>> developing this noon, a person is in custody after a deadly fire at a bucks county motel. the blaze broke out early morning at the lincoln motel in bensalem. trish hartman has been following the story all morning long. trish what is the latest information on the situation? >> reporter: police just wrapped up their investigation at the lincoln motel they were here for almost 8 hours after they were called for the deadly fire. police say one person is dead and one is in custody. no word yet on charges for the suspect. investigators are trying to piece together how the fire started. firefighters were called to the lincoln motel on lincoln highway at 2:30 a.m. arrived to heavy smoke and flames. guests woke up to fi

if you're making the treck back from the poconos watch for that. ire location in pennsberg sounds like the fire crews are pulling away at seminary street at 8th street. bucks county wires down at iron hill road. monroe township our lady of peace parish. wires came down at south main street at carroll avenue. you're seeing the rain on the ac expressway in the winslow area. it's damp, but volume is light. if you're coming back from the beach early, you're okay. tam? >>> new this morning, witnesses in florida reported the frantic rescue effort after a child was attacked by a shark. the 13-year-old suffered a bite behind the knee. another boy was near the victim in chest-high water when it happened. >> we were jumping around in the wave. we both went under and we came back up he said shark bit my leg, go go go. >>> fellow vacationers rushed to help the child until a ambulance arrived. the injuries are not life life e threating. >>> a 352-year-old guard received a package when he opened it exploded and he suffered burns on his hands and arm. >>> a 100-ye

the 40's in philly. 49 degrees. mid 40's in lehigh valley. 34 in mount pocono. up tomorrow morning, out the door, it is going to be chilly, 42 degrees for the 6:00 hour. it's going to be breezy. those windchills will be in the 30's for a good portion of tomorrow morning. at least we'll have nice sunshine but these temperatures to wake up to on a monday morning certainly aren't very motivating, 38 in allentown waking up to 39 in reading. 37 in lancaster and 42 degrees in philadelphia. 40 is our record low temperature set back in the 80's, we're getting close to that. there is a warmup in the seven-day forecast. i'll let you know when to look forward to that. coming up in a couple minutes >>> grief counsellors will be on hand at bridgeton high school for students dealing with the weekend deaths of two classmates a last night two teenager girls were killed when they crashed into a tree while driving home from the prom. two other girls were in the car and taken to the hospital. one is in critical condition. the other in serious >>> president obama will honor slain p

the 40's in philly. 49 degrees. mid 40's in lehigh valley. 34 in mount pocono. as we wake up tomorrow morning, out the door, it is going to be chilly, 42 degrees for the 6:00 hour. it's going to be breezy. those windchills will be in the 30's for a good portion of tomorrow morning. at least we'll have nice sunshine but these temperatures to wake up to on a monday morning certainly aren't very motivating, 38 in allentown waking up to 39 in reading. 37 in lancaster and 42 degrees in philadelphia. 40 is our record low temperature set back in the 80's, we're getting close to that. there is a warmup in the seven-day forecast. i'll let you know when to look forward to that. coming up in a couple minutes >>> grief counsellors will be on hand at bridgeton high school for students dealing with the weekend deaths of two classmates a last night two teenager girls were killed when they crashed into a tree while driving home from the prom. two other girls were in the car and taken to the hospital. one is in critical condition. the other in serious >>> president obama will hon

sixty-eight in the poconos. the it is cool.e have been dealing with showers and storms moving on through. seventy at the coast in cape may. nice sea breeze. at beach haven coming in at 74. here's satellite six with action radar. it dries, quiet across the region. you can see this frontal boundary draped across the mid-atlantic region and areas in the poconos have been dealing with some showers, and some storms. but our area, for the rest of tonight is warm, and it is humid, we will drop down to 66, in the suburbs, and 69 in philadelphia, for the overnight low, we have got increasing clouds that will move in, as we go throughout the overnight hours whiz means the clouds are moving in, even as we get in the second half of our weekend. if you are traveling down the shore tomorrow, on sunday, we have got some evening showers, that we're dealing with, high temperature coming in at seven 36789 on monday, thunderstorms are likely with a high of 72. monday does not look like the best of beach days. we will show thaw at the moment. at t

seventy-nine in the poconos. up the coast in cape may 69. same thing in beach haven.satellite six with action radar. what we are tracking is storm system off to our south and east. this was, tropical storm bonnie, and this has since been downgraded to a tropical depression. the storm system right now is nearly stationary but later on tonight in, to monday, we will have moisture work its way in the the mid-atlantic region and that is what we will be dealing with for the majority of the day on monday before a cold front you can see off to the west kicks in as we get into monday night. because the call from accu weather next 12 hours turning cloudy that rain will arrive later on tonight dropping down to 66 in the suburbs, and 68 degrees in philadelphia, for the overnight low. here's future tracker six, by 11:00 p.m. we have rain, some of which will be heavy at times. would i allow for showers to creep into philadelphia at that time as well. the at 2:00 in the morning look at this moisture for areas north and west, of that 95 corridor from the poconos down to lancaster, l

there could patchy frost on the ground for the lehigh valley and the poconos. trenton, 40. 44 in philadelphia. millville, 41 and cape may, 46. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, shows 65 for tomorrow, breezy and milder, cloudy tuesday, afternoon rain, 64. maybe a leftover shower on wednesday, otherwise clouds breaking for sun, 66. thursday, friday, saturday, feeling like it should for this time of the year. 72, 74, 76 degrees, lots of sunshine. so not too bad out there today. a little chilly for may standards, at least it's not raining. >>> we'll survive. >>> thank you, chris. >>> you can find the seven-day forecast even live look at double scan radar at any time of the day on our website 6abc.com/weather. >>> more than two thousand students from st. joe's university received their degrees this weekend, it was a sea of cap and gowns as bachelors and masters and phds were handed out during ceremonies yesterday. look who served as the keynote speaker for the doctorial program. it is our jim gardner, he received an honorary doctorial degree. congratulati

low 50's in the poconos. the wind calm down. cold air in place. will talk about a freeze watch for mountains. poconos carbon monroe county and northwestern suburbs have potential to drop down to the 30's. keep those heavy coats around. i will let you no he when things warm up when i she thaw seven day in a few minutes. >> justin, thank you. >>> new this morning in bucks county a deadly fire inside lincoln motel is under investigation. flames broke out around 2:00 a.m. in the 2200 block of old lincoln highway in bensalem. it took fire fighters 30 minutes to get the fire under control. the smoke cleared, fire fighters found one person dead inside a room. no details this morning on their identity, the fire is being called suspicious and arson investigators are on the scene. >>> president obama is in new jersey this morning to speak at rutgers university's graduation ceremony. cherri gregg from our sister station kyw news radio is live from camden where graduating students are boarding trains heading for the ceremony in new brunswick, good morning, ch

in the poconos, also down the shore, both spots a little bit cooler in the city but staying put, they will be pretty good as well, just find yourself a pool to take a dip in this week toned cool off. storm scan three shows showers and thunderstorms off to the west, and those are starting to fizzle out a little bit. you can see energy transferring southward, falling apart. i don't think much of anything gets in here this evening f what he get anything it is a stray shower, that is about it. mostly staying off to the west. that is the case for tomorrow as well. as we can even goes, tomorrow looks like the best day and then, we will start to see things change a little bit especially by monday. we hit 90 for the high today, we will hit it yesterday, as well, came back, and corrected that, so 90, two days in a row, can we get there tomorrow, it will be close. sunday a couple degrees cooler and monday thanks to the cloud cover and increase in the threat for rain that will be a will cooler day as well. future weather shows clear skies, saturday morning, saturday looks great, a stray shower o

we have heavy rain this morning north and west of the city up in the poconos, some spots over 2 inches here over monroe county, heavy rain in the city and heavy rain down the shore. some spots didn't get as much but few areas over two or 3 inches of rain. few rainfall totals from earlier today, jonas, pennsylvania in monroe county in the poconos, three and a half inches just shy of that n sewell, new jersey 2.93. mount holly at 2.9. at philadelphia airport this morning one and a half inches of rain and still very warm and steamy out there with temperatures in the 70's and 80's at the moment. coming up we will tell but showers and storms moving through tonight and how it will clear us out as we see nice weather back in time to start mountain of june. for now, back to you. >>> thank you, kate. >>> business owners down the shore hope to salvage final day before everybody heads back to work and school tomorrow. not a perfect beach day in ocean city but rain isn't stopping people from enjoying their memorial damon. earlier this morning, most folks did without the umbrella for a nice walk or

let's take you up to the poconos, good spot to be there today as well. little warm side. t looking life from big boulder over at the lake, looking mainly clear skies there, i pension maybe late this evening could be stray shower or thunderstorm so the holiday headlines, hot humid conditions, just locked into the summer like weather pattern, sunshine and clouds today, tomorrow another warm day, more clouds increase, could be shower, thunderstorm specially late afternoon, into the evening hours, and then better chance for some showers sunday night, into memorial day, so not as hot monday more clouds. we have to dodge few showers, potential thunderstorms specially first half of the monday. outdoor plans, no problems today. and most of the day tomorrow looks pretty good. high pressure over the mid-atlantic keeping us nice and quiet. not finding any active weather across the mid-atlantic, northeast, also in good shape. change for memorial day because of this little system right here. doesn't look like much. developing stage, could become tropical storm bonnie late today, has no

. >> it's jamming traffic considerably if you're making your way home from the poconos if that's whereu were for the memorial day weekend and leaving early because of the rain today. the accident is on the southbound side near the lansdale exit, which is near exit 31. they were saying expect delays of up to an hour because of the right lane blockage because of the crash on the northbound extension. 95, very light volume. there was flooding reported on 95 in the northbound direction, just south of the philadelphia international airport. be aware of that if you're headed in that area. juniata park, there's a vehicle still out there, g street and wyoming avenue. it ran into a pole and wires fell on the car. you want to avoid that intersection specifically. a hazard in the roadway in delaware county. chester pike south at south avenue, a branch is in the roadway there. >>> 6:14 and a group of runners spent the holiday weekend showing their support for a septa officer. >>> coming up, how hitting the pavement is helping to bring awareness to the injured officer. >>> plus, it's one of the mos

the suburbs. with an actual temperature of 29 in mount pocono, 40 trenton. thirty-eight lancaster. thirty-eight in millville. 43 degrees in dover, i thought we were finished with the wind chill maps through the season. it feels like freezing in allentown. it feels like 38 in atlantic city. 37 degrees in wilmington delaware. keep that in mind selecting outer wear this morning. hopefully you didn't take that warm coat to the cleaners because you will need to it day but not so long, the sun will be shining and it will take us up to 65 degrees and it will be breezy, throughout the day. that is your monday planner from the weather authority. so it the is, cold, cold, cold, bob kelly. >> cold, you got it. >> my kids have started to wear their shorts so getting them back to the long pants and a jacket, good luck with that. 43 degrees out there right now. live look at 4:31. as we get ready to roll in toward philadelphia headlights on the freeway coming in toward the city. light volume coming from the opposite direction, 422, and in problems, here as you work your way from trooper road in to

(good morning to the poconos. 't it be cool if you saw a big whale pop up out of the cat err, up there at the pocono mountains, waking up, and just another yucky morning here, as we get started. 6:46. good morning, everybody. come on, let's grab your coffee, keys, began outside. here is a live look at the 30 bypass, hit and miss rain, depending upon where you are beginning and ending your trip, looks like most of the heavy ran on it way out. but, check out a cool set of wiper blades. imagine, pulling up behind this guy? >> hit the button, water starts squirting out. >> , looking good there, having some fun on a wednesday morning, because certainly not fun driving. we got traffic lights out here, on the platt bridge, right at 26th and penrose, so, hopefully ' can get an officer on the scene, or a streets department to hit that reset button, but i would avoid using the platt this morning, and maybe use that girard point double decker to save yourself the time there. ninety-five northeast philly, looks like we turned

a little bit, matt we'll talk about the holiday weekend forecast i'll set you up for the shore the poconos and the city, toasty this weekend for sure. >> reporter: good thing it's a great popsicle day. we wish the truck fire was out of here, it's not in bucks county. at times it's blocking all the lanes of the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound at the delval interchange. i would avoid the turnpike through this chunk of bucks county, the levittown area if i were you stay on street road over to 13 to 413 to the burlington bristol bridge for your crossing as you make it across the delaware river. this is the schuylkill expressway, we're watching a crash in the westbound lanes by montgomery drive. police on the scene they are talking out the right lane and partially blocking the off ramp. at this point there's isn't a huge westbound delay, in case one forms stick with the river drive as alternates. meanwhile, along 422 there was a crash early this morning on the ramp from an together ga the westbound lanes that's the exit exit -- sanatoga westbound lanes near the premium outlets. had 2 no complai

temperatures in the 20s in the poconos. millville 33. doylestown 35. we tied the record of 37 in allentown and trenton we have a new record of 40 degrees on this date. temperatures rebounding very quickly this afternoon. about 20 to 25 degrees as far as the rise in temperatures is concerned. in philadelphia it's 66. that's the high so far for the day. mount pocono 56. 66 in wilmington and 63 degrees in millville. still seeing that wind out of the northwest in the poconos. sustained at 20. philadelphia out of the west sustained at 12. that slowly will be danishing in this evening. temperatures falling through the 50's by the 11:00 o'clock hour with some increasing clouds then our next weather maker will be moving in just in time for tomorrow. so we are expecting the rain to move in during the late morning early afternoon hours with another area of low pressure coming up we'll time it out and show you finally when the warmth moves in to that seven day forecast. i'll see in you just a few minutes. >> all right. kathy, thank you. us representative chaka fat

ill a's let you know how and go in the shore and poconos forecast in detail with the full accu weather forecast, jim. >> thanks, cecily. >>> philadelphia's own dj jazzy jeff kicked off the party at the blue cross river rink tonight. starting at 9:00 will smith's musical partner spun record for summer fest while hundreds of the people went for a spin on the roller rink. >>> we asked to you keep six abc.com hand think holiday weekend on all of your devices. check out our interactive traffic map as you are heading out, rely on storm tracker six live radar to stay ahead of the weather and follow the "action news" weather team throughout the weekend on facebook and twitter. >>> it is done. new jersey governor chris christie has signed the bill that will keep atlantic city from going broke. that is good news, with the summer season just getting underway. the bill gives atlantic city's leaders five months to balance the budget for the next five years. said christie the final count down starts today. if it doesn't work the state will be able to take over the cities finances. >>> this was the s

we have showers creeping in lancaster and berks county and lehigh county and the poconos with the frontal on through. spotty showers likely even at 7:30 a.m. watch what happens in the wake of the front from a west/east direction, the clouds start to stay away early in the morning and by the afternoon we have ample sunshine to enjoy in time for the second half of the weekend and in time for mom on mother's day. sunny and breezy, as well. 9:00 a.m., 56 degrees, a spotty shower moving out from a west/east direction, 62 at 1:00 a.m., 65 at 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon. 66 degrees the number at 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. we're holding in the upper 60s. here's the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. breezy and brighter especially by sunday afternoon. high temperature coming in at 60 degrees, monday, sunny and pleasant up to 72. on tuesday, mostly cloudy and bit cooler, a high of 65. philadelphia union are at home on wednesday. it's mild and partly sunny, 71 degrees, the shower is possible later in the day. scattered showers return on thursday, high of 71. it stays unsettled on friday, 72 for the a

storm scan3 showing us some heavier spots of rain especially up towards the poconos and the rain reallytarting to fill in in the lehigh valley now back into berks county, reading seeing some moderate rain coming down at this point. as we look at the i-95 corridor, rainfall intensity certainly has picked up over the last hour. now we've been seeing a couple of yellow returns there indicating some more moderate intensity rainfall. down the shore you're dry for right now interior parts of southern new jersey but you see showers that are continuing to move up to the north and east moving out of delaware so you'll see some of the shower activity moving into cape may and atlantic counties as we head into about the next hour. do have an area of low pressure off shore. most of the moisture is off shore with that center of low pressure. it will continue to move off to the east and that will provide a best chance of shower activity off to our west as we head into the day tomorrow. but for this evening, we are going to see these areas of rain kind of heavy in spots. future weather showing us as we