Way into dover. Only moving 10 miles per hour. Over the next eight hours it will be a warm one. Temperatures by 1 00 p. M. At 82 degrees. Again, we will see a mix of sun and clouds. Well stay cooler along the shore. As we head into the weekend, i am tracking rain as we push into sunday. Ill go over all the details and help you break down your weekend coming up in ten minutes. Now lets take a look at how our traffic is shaping up with first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington. Brittney we are watching some ongoing construction here on 295 in new jersey where were blocking off the exit ramp towards the black horse pike. Two lanes getting by on the southbound side. You can see the drive times are not really being affected by that. Starting to gather in some volume about 13 minutes from 38 up towards this point at the black horse pike. Something to watch out for and plan your trip accordingly. Give yourself an extra ten minutes before you head out the door. Berlin new jersey dealing with another ramp closure on the white horse pike. Headed towards haddon avenue local detours. Follow those and youll do just fine. Heading in or out of the philadelphia area currently no problems on 95 southbound into the Center City Area. Starting to get a little volume on the schuylkill but were still doing okay. Eastbound on the blue route, currently no problems southbound from the schuylkill expressway up 95. Well check in on mass transit in ten. Tracy. Breaking news were following into the nbc 10 news room. Police are closing in on a suspected sexual predator they believe attacked two women in south philadelphia. Sources tell us police could have an arrest warrant today. Nbc 10s jesse gary is following the developments. Hes live in front of the special victims unit in juniata. Jesse. Reporter police do not have an updated time line for the arrest warrant that will be issued later today. This comes on the heels of important evidence that detectives seized from the suspects house. They found red gloves and sneakers. Both of those match the description of what the victim says the attacker was wearing when he committed the crime monday night. The most important thing, recently released Surveillance Video proved key in the police search. Investigators say it shows the suspect as he leaves the victims south philadelphia home on monday. Thats when he steals her car, moves it a couple of blocks and goes back to the house and allegedly sexually assaults her. It just goes to the boldness of this particular individual that he feels he could enter the property not once but twice. The mans mother fears her son could be killed in a confrontation with police. Shes pleading for him to turn himself in. Police believe hes responsible for a similar crime in late march in south philadelphia. In that case the victims children were able to help fight off the criminal and force him to leave. Well update the story again coming up in the next 30 minutes. Live outside the special victims unit in juniata, jesse gary nbc 10 news. New from overnight, a fire broke out in a second floor apartment in radner. One person was hurt. Were working to find out that persons condition. Police in Delaware County say there could be more victims after a man allegedly assaulted two women in two days. We are specifically concerned that there is two incidents in a very short, very tight time frame right in this immediate area. Thats why we are getting this information out. Yesterday Police Arrested paul curtis on indecent assault charges. This he say on tuesday he approached a woman jogging on a trail in radner and hit her on the rear end. They say the next day he did something similar to a woman outside a restaurant in media. Police are asking any other victims to contact them. 5 34. New this morning, organizers have made a change in plans at the hero thrill show. The thrill show will not honor the six former Police Officers who were recently acquitted of corruption charges as they had originally planned to do. Those officers were going to serve as grand marshals but now instead the owner of the irish pub in Atlantic City will serve as grand marshal. That pub has been long involved in police fundraisers. The thrill show raises money for scholarships for police and firefighters killed in the line of duty. 5 35. Ocean city will be busy cleaning up after flash flooding yesterday. Low lying areas in toms river remain underwater hours after yesterdays storm. Police say the flooding stranded more than 30 cars. Fortunately no one was hurt. Oh, no this is dramatic video out of texas. A homeowner used her phone to shoot video of water bursting into her home while she and her family were upstairs. Fortunately help got there quickly. Pulled up with a boat and from the second story window we just climbed into the boat and i was holding my daughter. And her husband and two other people also got out safely. She says the house can be fixed and the furniture replaced but theyre just so thankful to have survived that ordeal. 5 35 now. Muriel of mural of memory. As we plan for the pope they want to make sure no one ever forgets it. Who could forget the rough winter we have. They certainly wont in boston. This morning theres a reminder of the snow and ice that just wont go away. Look at that beautiful sunrise. Im tracking a warm weekend, also sunday rain. Temperatures will start to cool down drastically as we head back to work. Ill have the details in my full forecast. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather and meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Good morning right now outside we are taking a look at beautiful sunrise. The temperatures are going to warm into the high 80s today. 68 degrees for philadelphia. Humidity is at 63 . Our feels like temperature is 68 and then our wind speeds will continue shifting eventually out of the south today 5 to 10 miles an hour. Currently at 63 in the poconos. 64 in Atlantic City. 66 in wildwood and 64 in northeast philly. So were not seeing a temperature range for this morning. Were also taking a closer range at the scattered showers. Starting to push into parts of dover. They were thunderstorms but theyre losing speed and steam as they continue to track to the east. As we head into the weekend on saturday our temperatures will also stay warm. 87 degrees with a mix of sun and clouds. By sunday we track rain as we head into the afternoon and into the evening. Temperatures at 77 degrees. So were going to start to cool things down. Today will be one of the last days where were well above average. As we show you whats going to happen with the rainfall heading into sunday youll notice it will start right around noon. Im tracking how long the rain will go. Its 5 39. Usually by this time road work is out of the way. Sometimes road repair crews work a little bit longer and that creates a problem. Especially fridays. Trying to get things wrapped up for the weekend. Nbc 10s first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington has a look at whats happening. Jessica . Yeah, guys, fridays are typically lighter. Construction projects theyre clearing up around the 6 00 a. M. Mark. Another 10 20 minutes before they clean out of the way because well start to see rush hour volume. 95 around state road active work zone here. This is definitely really ongoing. Something everybody is used to. Starting to jam up a little bit in the southbound and northbound side. 12 minutes heading towards the Center City Area from woodhaven road towards the vine street expressway. Another 20 minutes or so out on the pa turnpike. Crews should be cleaning up shortly between Fort Washington and willow grove. That was supposed to be out there until 6 00 a. M. Out on 422 doing okay still. Where it typically jams up is from 29 towards the schuylkill. Eightminute trip so no problem there. As we check on our area bridges, currently no problems heading in or out of the city on the ben, the taconypalmyra or the walt whitman. Mass transit check coming up. Problem for two Top Veterans Affairs employees. This time nothing to do with the va scandal weve been following for months. Well tell you about the party that Officials Say crossed a different kind of line. Cameras capture a trespasser wandering through a local neighborhood. Well tell you where the black bear was spotted not once but twice. Its 5 44 and 67 degrees outside. We are following breaking news this morning. Sources tell nbc 10 news police could get an arrest warrant today for a man wanted in two sexual assaults in philadelphia. This after a raid sources say produced gloves and a pair of shoes that match evidence they were looking for in the case. And were following breaking news out of dallas texas. Heres a live look at the tow truck trying to rescue cars stranded by rising water there. At least five cars are submerged right now and you can see you could see the tractortrailer halfway under. This area got about four inches of rain overnight. Well continue to monitor these developments and bring you new information as soon as we get it. Look at this a Close Encounter in berks county. A bear roaming down the street in maiden creek township. It walked across bob woods front yard. Security camera caught this. Neighbors saw a second bear behind a Convenience Store in richmond township. Game Officials Say bear sightings are pretty common. They advise everyone to keep your distance. 5 45. Another event showcasing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad is planned for outside an Islamic Community center in phoenix. The two gunmen who opened fire in texas were frequent visitors of the islamic center. The event is being billed as a peaceful protest for Second Amendment rights. Muslims view the cartoons as insulting because religion prohibits images of muhammad. Tributes will continue be for legendary blues musician b. B. King. A public viewing will happen in the mississippi hometown followed by a funeral tomorrow. B. B. King died in las vegas last week at 89. Yesterday memphis held a procession for him. Thats where king got his nickname blues boy later shortened to b. B. Well 2 Million People are expected to attend the world meeting of families and the papal mass in philadelphia this september. Its no surprise that police fire departments, and schools are all coordinating now, really discussing how to keep kids and adults safe during that massive crowd and that gathering. Officials had a meeting in aspen Delaware County yesterday. They talked about issues that could arise on the Ben Franklin Park way in september, everything from crowd control to accepted heat or storms. Of course any of those problems could affect a lot of children since the archdiocese and schools will be closed for the world meeting of families. Septa was at that meeting yesterday, too. The Transit Agency will play a major role in the paapal visit because people are being encouraged to take Public Transit in and out of the city. Public transit will be the only way people can move in and out of the city of philadelphia. It will be every bus and every train that comes into that platform will be full of people moving one after another. And look at this armored vehicles, Police Command posts and bomb detonating robots were also on display. That was so the School Officials could have a look at the devices in case theyre ever put into an emergency situation during the september visit. Meantime the Delaware RiverPort Authority is putting together plans for the popes visit. Theyre working with all the Regional Transit systems to create a strategy centered on safety. It wants to have a more definitive plan in place by september. Philadelphia is obviously known for its murals painted on buildings across the city. Its no surprise pope francis will be featured. They unveiled a plan to commemorate the visit. The mural will be really big, more than 4,000 square feet. It will cover one entire side of the school. Remember, you can count on nbc 10 for special coverage of the september world meeting of families and the papal visit. Check out the nbc 10 app. 5 48. The surge in warm weather reminds you of summer. In boston the long hard winter is still hanging around. Take a look at this dirty mess. That is an ice pile three stories high filled with dirt and trash. This is a spot where the city dumped most of its snow throughout the winter. Record snowfall hit boston over the winter as you know. City Officials Say the dirty ice pile will be around for weeks even with temperatures hitting 80 degrees. Crews are slowly working away at the debris. Theyve already pulled out about 85 tons. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Good morning. The work week is almost over. We are going to see lower humidity levels, which will be nice. It will make you more comfortable. Weekend rain. By sunday we are going to see rain moving in into the afternoon and also into the evening. Plus were cooling things down. If its a little too warm for you, we are above average. Well below average as we look into monday. Across the region reading at 61 degrees. Atlantic city at 64. For philadelphia 68 degrees. Throughout the rest of the area, 66 in the poconos, 62 in mount holly, stone harbor. Temperatures in dover at 70 degrees. Its a mild start to the morning throughout most of the area. We are also tracking a few little scattered showers that are starting to move into the dover area and also the central parts of delaware. We started off with thunderstorms and you can see theyre weakening the closer they get to central part of delaware. We would set the storms moving through texas. Weve seen anywhere from 3 to 5 inches from dallas. Really a dramatic rainfall total. Dramatic video out of that region. We continue to see the weather pattern where soaking rains are causing flash flooding. As we head into the weekend, we are going to stay dry for today. Saturday maybe a few sprinkles. Mainly a dry day for us. By sunday thats when were going to see widespread rainfall. By 2 00 p. M. Notice moderate rain coming down for philadelphia. Alan town, all seeing rain even stretching out to newark wilmington, dover. This will continue throughout sunday afternoon even heading into sunday evening and sunday night. Definitely need your umbrellas. Temperatures will drop down as well heading back down into the high 70s. Eventually even into the 50s on monday. Our highs today though are going to be above average. 88 degrees the high for philadelphia. 87 in pottstown. 80 in mount pocono. Seven day forecast shows more up to date now. Above average. Take a look at what happens on sunday. Return to average with a chance of showers and also thunderstorms. Rainy in philly on monday. Highs only at 59. Brittney, cooldown on the way. Ten minutes until 6 00 now. Lets see what awaits you. Nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington has that. Where are you watching jessica . Checking out the schuylkill expressway. Not a lot of volume around montgomery drive. I did spy on a little disabled vehicle over into the right hand shoulder. No volume is accumulating behind that scene 126789 minutes eastbound up towards center city. Eastbound lanes right there. You can really see that there are no problems. As we move forward out into new jersey, still no problems there. You have to get to the walt whitman bridge from 55. Still a fiveminute trip. You can see all the cars moving along nicely there as well. Elsewhere in new jersey were dealing with some construction. Construction patches here and were looking at the white horse pike haddon avenue. Thats closed. Pay attention to local detours around the area and you should do just fine. If youre out the door for mass transit, currently no problems or delays for septa, new Jersey Transit or amtrak. Another black eye for the philadelphia va. Two top employees could be puchb fished for activities outside of the work area. Senior leaders are told to avoid personal relationships with employees. The wife of another employee was paid to tell fortunes at that party. Inspector general said it all adds up to people misusing their positions. The two employees are waiting to see what their punishment might be but both said they did nothing wrong. Just last month the Inspector General issued a 78 page report that slammed philadelphias va facility. The report cited poor leadership and unreasonable work loads. Other issues included mishandled or neglected mail slow response times to veterans inquiries manipulation of records and millions of dollars in duplicate benefit payments. The philly va is part of a nationwide overhaul that comes after many veterans died while waiting to be treated at va hospitals. Several facilities across the country are accused ever falsifying records and denying medical service to eligible vets. It is race weekend in delaware. As nascars top names roll into the state, the changes that the speedway has made to create more energy and excitement. And its a move to lure one business back to a new jersey shore town. Well tell you where you can right buggies on the beach. There are a lot of channels on your tv but only so many you want to watch what if you could pay for the types of channels you want and not the ones you dont now, fios brings you a totally new way to customize your tv. Starting at 74. 99 per month with no annual contract. Get custom tv, including internet and phone. Price guaranteed for two years. Or get 300 back and free dvr service for 1 year, with a 2 year agreement. Hurry, offer ends june 8th. Go to getfios. Com. Cable just gives you channels. Fios gives you choice. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v beautiful shot here just after sunrise over the Delaware River. It is 67 degrees. Youll notice when you step out the door a lot less humidity in the air this morning. Its feeling nice. Were headed into the upper 80s today with a chance of showers over the weekend. Meteorologist Brittney Shipp back in a moment on more on when that can arrive. Hopefully no rain in dover at the speedway this weekend. Of course all eyes in the racing world are on dover delaware. Nascar rolling into the dover speedway for three big races starting tonight, but there are some changes on the track this time around. Most noticeably the dover speedway has downsized. More than 20,000 seats were removed from the speedway there. Thats to make it appear more crowded in person and on tv. So the nascar series truck race is tonight and then the buckle up 200 Xfinity Series race is saturday. Sunday the fedex 400 sprint cup race. Tickets are Still Available for all three of those. How about this beach buggies may be making a return to the jersey shore this summer. In fact they are making a return in one town. Seaside park ocean county will allow those buggies to ride on the beach by next month. Drivers will shuttle passengers along the beach. No racing allowed, no buggy racing. Cant take those down to dover. Drivers cant go faster than 20 miles per hour. Now the owner of fun town piers behind the beach buggy idea, he wanted a way to bring back visitors. Those buggies will run until september. Get ready for the revamped eagles. The eagles roster completely revamped for 2015. Fans got their first look at several of the new players including quarterback tim tebow in midnight green or at least in a midnight green helmet. Hes wearing the red noncontact jersey for quarterbacks number 11. Tebow took a few snaps at the nova care complex. He signed with the eagles last month, a oneyear deal. Tebow knows that he still has to make the roster at Training Camp this summer. I think you just go out and you compete and you try to earn you know whatever you can. So its just about competing, trying to get better every day and, you know thats the goal. I feel a lot more comfortable. I feeling a lot improved and hopefully when you dedicate that much time you do get better. Heres a look at another new eagles quarterback, sam bradford, number 7 there. He threw pretty well yesterday according to those who saw the drills during a limited practice. He did have a limp and wore a knee brace. Chip kelly said bradford is on schedule in his recovery from acl surgery. So we think that means that they think hell be starting in the fall. Yeah. They released the depth chart yesterday as well and tebows listed fourth in three quarterbacks which means i think hell be the guy that will not make the team because of the rule change. I think tebow has his job. With the twopoint conversion being more enticing. Yeah. You heard it here first. Well see. Youre watching nbc 10 news. Nbc 10 news at 6 00 a. M. Starts now. Nbc 10 breaking news. Philadelphia police say they are closing in on a suspect wanted for two sexual assaults. This morning they have new evidence in the case and it points to one man. Well have a live report. Plus this morning people in a jersey shore town are getting the first look at the damage done from flash flooding. It stranded dozens of drivers. Were expecting a warm day and humidity. Rain is headed our way. Could impact your weekend plans. Just about 6 00 a. M. Good morning, this is nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. Im vai sikahema. Less humidity. Seems like a repeat of the last few days. High 80s. Lets get right to nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Thats right. Temperatures still well above the average with 77 degrees. Close to 90 degrees once again today. We do have big changes on the way as we head into the end be of your weekend and definitely into monday. Theres a live look as the sun continues to rise. Breezy conditions. You can see the flags blowing. Temperatures for philadelphia 66. Wind speeds out of the east northeast at 7 miles per hour. Temperatures show were at 59 and pottstown 60. Reading, 59 degrees. 63 in washington township. 59 in mount holly. Right along the shore still in the 60s. 63 in avalon. Mild start to the day. Lewis at 66 degrees. We are watching a few scattered showers move into parts of dover and the central parts of delaware. Youll notice that they were thunderstorms but theyre losing speed as they continue to track slowly to the east at 1