It is 5 00 on the dot. Hurricane harvey battered the texas coast and here in our area, we are in for a beautiful weekend. Couldnt be more different. Lets get right to our meteorologist krystal klei tracking all ever it for us. Yeah, totally different forecast our area to down south. Look over texas, this is the radar view of what is Hurricane Harvey. As you mentioned, downgraded now to the category 2 after a category 4 landfall. And you can tell a bit by looking at the eyewall that is that little doughnut right in the middle of what were seeing on radar, notice how its pinching into it a close because its weakening. Warm waters fuels it, so once it gets over land, it starts to weaken. But it is a very dangerous situation as it continues to spin just to the north of Corpus Christi. It made landfall near rockport, texas. And then a second landfall over copano bay. And now its churning over the coastal area through at least wednesday. This is when the devastation comes into play. Because when it dumps rain that long, not only are we looking at dangerous storm surge, but also dangerous conditions as we continue with all of the rain. And here is a look at the new projected path. Right now, through your sunday, we are looking at pretty much staying at the exact same location, but weakening down to a Tropical Storm level. Notice then the latest model indicates that monday it will start to wrap back right over the location its currently sitting at, still with winds at 345 miles an hour. A 45 Miles Per Hour. And then it will hook to the north of it in tuesday but still again in the exact same location which is causing all those issues. Coming up, well talk more about our forecast locally. Its a weekend beauty. And also if we could see any of harveys moisture in our neck of the woods at any point. Hurricane harvey is pounding the gulf coast in southeastern texas as weve been telling you. Take a look at the radar, it shows heavy wind swept rain sweeping across that region. There is a report of a tornado touching down near houston. Here is what we know. The hurricane made landfall near Corpus Christi around 11 00 last night. Harvey is now a category 2, downgraded from a category 4. Forecasters say more than 3 feet of rain could swamp the area before its all said and done. President trump signed a federal disaster declaration, that allows federal funds to begin flowing to state and local efforts in texas. Here is a live look, you can see the wind is blowing. Rain coming down. The storm damaged and flooded out this hotel in rockport, texas which is just north of Corpus Christi. No serious injuries were reported there. Meteorologists said winds tops 100 miles an hour pummeled the town. Thousands along that part of the gulf coast sdrak eighted. And in Corpus Christi, check out the carport on the move. High winds uprooted the structure yesterday even before the leading edge of Hurricane Harvey came ashore. Winds from the storms outer bands pushed inland to cause many problems there. Rescuers and volunteers from our region are heading south to help hurricane victims. Firefighters are being deployed by the federal government. And a dozen red cross volunteers from our area are in texas this morning. The red cross is mobilizing hundreds of others along with truckloads ever food, water and clothing plus shelter supplies. Here at home, we will likely feel the effects from Hurricane Harvey at the gas pump. Nbc 10 was in broomall where a goal of regular was going for 2. 69, but that price is expected to on jump. Refineries along the gulf coast are shut down until harvey passes and that could gasoline supplies leading to higher prices. Nbc 10 is with you every step of the way. The nbc 10 app has instant updates and notifications to keep you on top of what is happening with the storm as well as weather in our area. New this morning, Pennsylvania State police are searching for a driver who hit a car on the schuylkill expressway and then took off. The crash caused the car to catch on fire. Randy gyllenhaal is live along the schuylkill expressway with the latest. Three people in the hospital, randy . Reporter yeah, a really tough accident here. Police say the three young victims all adults in their 20s, they were driving west here on on the schuylkill expressway when police say another car hit them and then took off leaving behind a fiery wreck. State Police Actually saw the aftermath of this crash on their Traffic Cameras. This accident was in the westbound lanes near the montgomery drive exit. Heavy black smoke and fire pouring into the air. The victims car was up in smoke. They were able to run out of the burning car. All three had minor injuries. They were taken to the hospital. And police are now searching for the other car and as well the driver. Right now they dont have a description, but police will be looking at those Traffic Cameras as they continue this investigation. For now were live along the schuylkill expressway, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. And we are coming off of a busy night at the Trump White House with three major stories coming out of the oval office. First, President Trump pardoned joe arpaio, former arizona sheriff. Last month a federal judge convicted him of con stemt ftem ignoring an order not to detaining suspected undocumented immigrants. The president praised his political ally as a, quote, worthy candidate for the pardon due to arpaios history in border enforcement. Critics pounced. A cowardly and pathetic move. To wait a few days while were in the midst of a hurricane where peoples lives are in danger to try to slip this pardon in under the radar. Protesters in phoenix accused the president of breaking his promises to uphold the rule of the law. Also last night President Trump instructed the pentagon to extend a ban on transgender recruits from joining the military. The president gave defense secretary jim mattis leeway to come up with a policy on transgender troops who are currently serving in the military. And finally in another white house shake up, president ial aiad oig Sebastien Gorka is out. He was closely aligned with steve bannon who left last week. Gorka made headlines innian when he wore the medal of a neonazi ci nazi linked group to a bault. And north korea launched three test police still missil. Two of the short range missiles failed in flight. While the other appeared to blow up just after launch. Back here in our area, several philadelphia leaders say the latest demand by black lakeeffelives marry for an officer to face murder charges went too far. This is cellphone video of a surprise black lives matter protest thursday at the northeast philadelphia home of a Police Officer. Other officers stood outside the home to keep things under control. Investigators say he shot david jones in the back in june after a struggle there on the street. The officer stopped jones for riding an illegal dirt bike and during the Scuffle Police say jones grabbed the gun that had been in his waistband. The shooting remains under investigation. The fop call for legal action against easa khalif. Did he cross the line . Absolutely not. He crossed the line. The fop obtained a court order preventing the release of Police Officer names in shootings unless approved by a judge. That will remain in effect until a full hearing in late september. Its about 10 after 5 00 on your saturday morning. And we are tracking Hurricane Harvey which smashed into texas late last night. Right now its batteri ining th gulf coast. Well have updates throughout the morning. Well begin with our Current Conditions outside. Temperatures are fairly nice this morning. There is a falllike chill in the air. 54 in allentown, 64 mt. Holly. 63 in trenton. And in philadelphia, 68 for the current reading. Today will be beautiful. As we go through the day, it looks like this is tomorrow, but tomorrow and today will be very similar. So today and tomorrow, we are looking at a mix of clouds and sun, and we are expecting for those temperatures to rise into right afternoon the upper 70s, low 80s for our highs. Lets talk about Hurricane Harvey. So were jumping over to harry sorry texas. Ju harvey overtexas. With between 15 and 30 inches of rain possible by the time harvey finally weakens and starts to try to move off to the north. That is all the way through at least wednesday, thursday. Some models have it sticking over that area through saturday of next weekend. Surge up to 12 feet possible. Just checked and high tide is at 6 25 this morning, so were coming up quickly on that and thats when you will see the worst of the storm surge damage start to present itself across the area. And we are looking at winds right now at 100 Miles Per Hour likely to downgrade later day to a Tropical Storm. Well talk more about this coming up. And it is that time of year again. High School Football is back and well take you to a school where the excitement is burning hotter than those friday night lights. Sfrs if what you see is what you get. Then youve hit the jackpot. You cant fake steak. Longhorn steakhouse. Tonights special, the Great American steak dinner for 12. 99. A centercut sirloin with a side, plus a starter, or dessert. And for lunch, try one of our new burgers. Like the bbq bacon burger. Only at longhorn. A playground is back open just days after someone spray painted racist graffiti on the equipment there. Crews spent yesterday cleaning up castle hills playground. A family visiting the park on thursday noticed the messages and reported the vandalism to police. Investigators are looking into whether that graffiti is linked to another incident that happened on wednesday. Someone spray painted racist messages on an suv in wilmington. Police say this was a hate crime. There is a sign of late summer, friday night lights are back 00 in our area as high School Football kicks off. Drew smith takes to us one high school where the students could not wait to be back even before the first bell rings. Reporter everything is fresh, from the merchandise to the school spirit. I have my friends numbers on my face to sport them. Reporter north penn hosting la salle, a steady stream of fans lined up early for tickets. Kind of like Christmas Eve yesterday. Reporter its a family affair. Love it. Cant getter better. High School Football in pennsylvania. Reporter these are the best seats in the house. I managed to sneak into the student section. It was packed tonight even though school hasnt started. They are making sure the players on the filed can hear them cheer. Beautiful night, two powerhouse programs. Reporter and the principal already training future players. 4yearold flag football. Reporter while the coaches are focusing on a strong start. We want them to have fun, play hard. High School Football is the love of the game that they play for. Reporter a love of rivalry and tradition back in action this week. In lansdale, drew smith, nbc 10 news. And with high School Football back, that means the nbc on 10 High School Blitz returns. Still ahead, well show you the highlights from across our region as schools kick off their football seasons. And well begin by talking about Hurricane Harvey. This is a look at the radar view in coastal texas. It made landfall just to the northeast of Corpus Christi and now a massive system moving inland, but the problem with Hurricane Harvey is that it is going to stick over this area day after day all the way through it looks like at least mid next week which is just going to dump rain across this entire area. So on top of the storm surge and wind threats that this is currently providing, it will also provide a major rain total threat which will likely lead to flooding over much of the coast, even houston where now they are just getting the arm bands across the area. So lets track this out and look at the projected path of Hurricane Harvey. Now, this is just an update, 0 100mileanhour sustained winds. So likely to drop to a category 1 pretty quickly because the warm water is what fuels a hurricane, so bounce get it over land, it does quickly start to weaken. By sunday, this is at 1 00 a. M. , so really overnight, already having dropped down to 60mileanhour winds. But that is still Tropical Storm strength and still dumping a lot of rain in the area. Here is where the problem comes in. A lot of models are having it do a loop right back over the same area its in currently. This is monday at 1 00 a. M. , 345mileanhour, still a Tropical Storm and knocking the entire region yet again. Tuesday into thursday, it starts to move more north and weaken a bit more. But this is just one computer model, the european model, notice this still very heavy rain through tomorrow afternoon. Still in the same spots right on through tuesday evening. And then really not weakening and moving to the north until thursday morning and onward into next weekend. This is where one of the major threats comes from, the long lasting heavy rain across the area. For us locally, we have Clear Conditions across the zone and today were looking at very nice temperatures, 80 for center c y city, 79 in lansdale and 77 in allentown. Trenton youre al 78, smear iyr. And low humidity. So if you look at the Clear Conditions that we see now, they last right into your afternoon hours and tomorrow as well. Well talk more about this coming up. Its that time of year again where the High School Gridiron dominates friday night. And were kicking things off in delco. Upper darby went to work. Heading right into the end zone. Upper darby kick things off with a 350 win. And east went up the gut and into the end zone. They win 403. And meanwhile academy park hosts pens bury. Pens bury airs it out for the 45 yard pitch and catch. Pens bury win as close one 2720. And haverford hosting chester, and hooval haverford is the big. And forget about it, hes off to the races, a 74 yard rumble, unionville over the rams 2617. And this game first half, the bucks defense gone bells them up. West takes it 2113. And lets get a birds eye view of some action. Check out pen ridge breaking free and aint nobody going to catch him, a 60 yard score, they get the win going away 417. And central buck south hosting, knocking on the door and they bust it down. Jack johns calls his own number for the touchdown, 346. And council rock with the shutout 280. Lower merion hosting chichester. And working to stay on his feet and statemeometimes its all abe balance. But it wasnt enough, chichester wins 3019. And link ccolns sam carr catchm if you can. And he drives into the end zone for the score. But Lincoln Falls in a barn burner, 4332. And how about king . Trojans with the ball. Lloyd takes the handoff, cuts outside. Number 2 turns on on the jets and goes in for six. King down 2010. And salem on the road, frankford wants this throw back. It would get picked off. They hold on to knock off frankford 2014. Other matchups vying for next weeks game of the week, st. Augustine, malvern prep, and upper darby versus garnett valley. Log on and vote or text your choice. That is it for the blitz. Im danny pommels. Enjoy your saturday. The time now 5 27. We are tracking Hurricane Harvey. Krystal klei is following that and our weather here at home. Yeah, and here is a live look at radar. Well talk about how long it may stick in this area. And well also talk about this beautiful view the over the city where we will see a nice weekend ahead. Hurricane harvey is pounding a large swathe of the Southeast Texas coast bringing rains, winds and flooding. The hurricane has made landfall twice. Here is some of the early damage seen in rockport, texas. And here in our area, a hit and run causes this car fire on the schuylkill expressway. Three people managed to escape the burning car and are being treated in the hospital, but police are still looking for the driver who took off. Good saturday morning and welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im katy zachry. We are tracking Hurricane Harvey and conversely a beautiful weekend here in our area. Krystal klei has you covered with the most accurate forecast in town. Yeah, big difference in our forecast. This is the view over texas and you can see Hurricane Harvey still looking very powerful as its now made landfall about 11 00 our time just to the northeast of Corpus Christi. You can see that its weakening some because if you look at the center, this is called t