live from ventnor john rawlins for channel six "action news". walt. >> mind over matter. thanks john. >>> now we will head out to annie mccormack in belmount plateau in fairmount park. plenty of people there soaking in the sun. hi annie. >> reporter: walter, that is right, not everybody went to the shore with john rawlins plenty of people stayed behind here in the city. the this is one of the most popular places for people to go belmont plateau. you can see city line there people hanging out kid having fun and picnicking here in the park. the grilling has started in fairmount park. traffic, crawled heading to the philadelphia zoo and tourists filled independent mall. >> very night. >> great day for it. just to walk around. >> we generally don't go to the shore on memorial day weekend. we stay in the city. we have our friends. it has been a fun day. >> reporter: outside the city the devon horse show attracts competitive riders and olympians of all ages. competitor rider erika, 13 from florida. >> it means everything to be here and i started driving so my favorite portion s

"action news" was in ventnor for the memorial day run. what iwhalen was a firefighter in ventnor. it raises money for scholarships for local high school seniors. the fee is $20 the 5k starts at newport an atlantic avenues a9:00. >>> piles of boxes fueled a dumpster fire in bucks county. firefighters doused the blaze. it broke out behind lincoln properties. it houses commercial businesses and storage units. the cause is under investigation. no injuries were reported. >>> there's more to come on "action news" sunday morning including a warning about using live streaming app you'll see how easy it is for a stranger to track you. >>> pennsylvania ballet season is almost over, a new program features one of the most influentialraphers of the times. >>> you're looking at the water there, meteorologist chris sowers is back next with the exclusive accuweather forecast. scwhr time for accuweather nice so far warming up a little bit. >> reporter: warming up a little bit. i'm sure the folks down the shore are glad to hear that. sky6, you can see the rays of the sun, not a cloud in the sky mil

ventnor looking good as well as we look at the temperatures.at this. 77 that's our high today in philadelphia. low 70s atlantic city as well as wildwood. so mostly clear it will be chilly for tonight mid 40s in the burbs. upper 40s 40s in the city and once again 30s in the pocono mountains watching out for that frost. so for tomorrow, if you're staying in the city, 70. 80 on sunday. 87 on memorial day. a cool start tomorrow morning in the pocono mountains. it will stay pretty cool. 62 for the high. then rebounding into the low and mid 70s by sunday and monday and down the shore chilly water temperatures but you might want that wind breaker temperatures 66 degrees tomorrow. but milder for sunday and monday. it looks like it will stay dry down the shore. but look at 87 degrees for the high temperature on memorial day day. maybe a pop-up storm. 90 tuesday 90 wednesday thursday 90 and even it stays hot for friday of next week. wow -- >> bring it on. >> heat wave we're looking at. >> all right. >> guys it's an end to dynasty right now. next year kob

summer would not be complete without a barbecue and this weekend only you can fire up the grill in ventnor, remember no open fire pits allowed and beach badges are required. kickoff memorial day weekend with a bouquet of color. the kite festival is flying high in wildwood with tons of activities for the entire family, it started on friday with an illuminated kite fly and continues through the weekend. if you want to see the largest kite festival in north america, head to rio grande avenue and the wildwoods convention center. hope to see you this weekend down at the shore. >> so the kite festival again starts this friday and lasts through monday you can come down to the beach at rio grande avenue or also come down inside to the convention center i have beatrice the director of the event. what are we expecting? >> fabulous weather and great family fun and lots of activities so come on down. >> it's going to be a good time, thousands and thousands of people come and here is a tip you have to hold the strings tight and don't run with the kite and keep your back to the wind and let the wind fee

registration continues this morning at the ventnor community buildings 6500 atlantic avenue. starts at another and atlantic avenues at 9:00. >>> plastics and boxes fueled a dumpster fire that broke out behind 225 lincoln properties. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. no injuries were reported. >>> there's still much more to come on "action news" this sunday. >> the pennsylvania ballet season is almost over and a new program is coming to the stage featuring one of the most flubs influential choreographer of all times. >>> looking live at atlantic city beach, when we come back, chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. discover brookside and discover an exciting combination of tastes. rich, dark chocolate covering soft centers. flavored with exotic fruit juices. it's chocolate and fruit flavors like you've never experienced before. discover brookside. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ if you want it ♪ ♪ go out and get it ♪ [bagpipes playing] >> some of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation were honored at camden county veterans cemetary. this sit

the session kicked off at 10:00 in the morning moving down ventnor avenue where those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country were honored. >>> in philadelphia a group gathered at penn's landing. it was back in october of 1983 that those bombings left 241 u.s. service members dead along with 58 french paratroopers. most of the americans and marines, some of them were from philadelphia. >>> it was the deadliest terror attack against americans until september 11th. and many consider the bombings to be the beginning of america's war against terrorism. >> and a ceremony held at the world war ii memorial this morning. they honored the 16 million americans who served in the armed forces in that war and the 400,000 who never came home. 12 veterans laid wreaths at the memorial's freedom wall. >> in new york city hundreds of people gathering at the intrepid air and space museum. the observance included a ceremony where the wreaths were tossed into the water. there was a three volley salute. capped off that ceremony. >> now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >

you can see right now pretty quiet ventnor city moving toward atlantic city no weather worries right at the temperatures. toward the pocono mountains into the upper 50s behind that front that's cleared that area but 76 right now philadelphia. 74 in dover. low 70s in atlantic city. mostly clear chilly temperatures tonight. once again into the 40s. but tomorrow, a rapid rebound. still a little cool for this time of year tomorrow. so keep that in mine. 70. then 80 on sunday. 87 on memorial day. pocono mountains in the 30s to start tomorrow morning. low 60s. cool. milder though for sunday and monday. down the shore, it's going to be cool. so you might want to have that wind breaker temperatures tomorrow 66 for the high. upper 60s on sunday. 74 degrees on memorial day itself. but look at the temperatures as they rebound. 87 degrees on monday. there could be a pop-up storm as that humidity increases. but then look at tuesday wednesday, thursday, friday, we're looking at 90-degree heat. >> wow the heat is on. >> all we need is three consecutive days with temperatures at or above 90 our firs

ventnor city, new jersey. >> send us your picks. >> we're also getting tweets about guy. he is athe new weather guy. so special welcome to dave warren. what's the weather looking like? >> it looks good. i picked a good weekend to start here. we start with the sunshine. do whatever you have to do outside at the shore in the morning because by the afternoon that sea breeze kicks in and this time of year it is cold. that water temperature is only 47. nice here in the city. the radar is clear, maybe an isolated shower later. ultimate doppler is clear now. the temperatures, well they're into the 50s, easily climbing above 70s, especially inland not really the case at the shore. you can see this sea breeze developing. right about 3:00. look how it drops to 60 in atlantic city. and then it moves inland dropping the temperatures quite a bit. tomorrow morning, maybe close to ideal for runners. they like to see temperatures below 50 degrees. it's climbing into the 50s by 8:00 and really warming up throughout the afternoon. the temperatures will climb into the 70s tomorrow. and on s

. >> last week on the same day doctor ventnor came by which i thought was interesting because the two of you that parallel efforts to sequence genome. he said to me that his institute in california also plans to identify and million individuals and sequence the genomes. based upon the experience that you had earlier when you were working parallel side-by-side is there anything comparable about what he is planning and what you are planning? is there anything to learn from the early experience about collaboration? 's are they completely separate? >> there are wonderful ways to make this a collaboration. i have been in touch with him repeatedly and recently made a plan a plan to come and visit is human longevity is to. exactly exactly what his plan is in terms of to the million people are he will be sequencing is not fully emerged. everything is a bit of a work in in progress but i promise you, there's so much be gained by working away. one thing that we will be clear about his we want this to be a project for scientists, researchers with great ideas to the old to get access to data as q