Forecast. Where did july and june for that matter go . The humidity, thats already gone. Look at the winds. These northwesterly winds pushing the humidity out of here. And drier air will stay with us through the day and into the weekend. Calm now in philadelphia. Philadelphia International Just a little breeze. Especially above building level. Thats bringing temperatures down, too. 63 in pottstown. Wilmington, 70 in trenton, philadelphia, 73. Nice and clear. This is the view from the nbc10 studios. At the surface, very little wind. Sunshine ahead. 72 at 7 00. A quick warmup. 82 at 10 00. Upper 80s at 1 00. With winds out of the west and west northwest, air making it feel more comfortable. Coming up with the neighborhoodbyneighborhood forecast in ten minutes. Now traffic with katy zachary in the first alert traffic center. Reporter thanks. Seeing light volume building. This is a live look at the schuylkill expressway at Spring Garden street. Headed eastbound into center city philadelphia, it will take 12 minutes between the blue route and the vine. Westbound, the same not the same direction, but between the points, it will take about 11 minutes. Average speeds in the 60s. 95 in delaware looking good as well between 295 and 495. Average speeds in the 60s. It will take nine, ten minutes to go that stretch north and south in delaware. Mass transit running great for new Jersey Drivers headed through the new Jersey Transit station. Everything on or close to school. Septa and patco looking good. Area bridges clear. Thank you. Breaking news. An amber alert for a 16yearold girl has been issued. Pennsylvania state police say a man abducted Jenna Patterson from her home on east view drive in wilkesbarre, lewis earn county around 11 00 last night. She was wearing gray yoga pants and a multicolored shirt. The abductor is 21yearold water lewis. Walter lewis. He has a handgun and may be dangerous. Hes driving a red car. Were trying to work to get more information and bring it to you. As soon as we find out, well bring it to you. 5 33. Breaking news from overnight in philadelphia. A woman is dead after police say someone murdered the mother in a city neighborhood. Nbc10s Monique Braxton live on scene in Port Richmond. What do you know about what happened . Reporter hi. Investigators tell us she was found by her fiance inside the house with the white door shot execution style. Relatives and friends paint the picture of the young working mother. They say 22yearold stephanie dukowsky was shot once in the head in her bedroom. Her 2yearold daughter who was nearby was unharmed. Neighbors say dukowsky worked for a local dentist. She lived here with her father and fiancee. Police tell us both were not home when she was killed. Her behave came down banging on her boyfriend came down banging on the door, panicking saying he found his girlfriend dead on the floor. I got my niece, and we ran up into the bedroom and found her on the floor. It was terrible. Reporter some neighbors tell us they heard one gunshot. And one actually chased the gunman, but he got away. Were told he was wearing a gray hoodie. Further details about the killer are still sketchy at this moment. We did watch as a forensic unit suited in hazmat gear combed the scene for clues. Neighbors no doubt hope something found leads them to the person that killed stephanie dukowsky. Police say right now a motive is unknown. Well stay here and monitor the investigation. Any updates well make sure you know it. Live in Port Richmond, Monique Braxton, nbc10 news. 5 35. This weekend, people will pay final respects to philadelphia man killed in a hitandrun crash. Funeral services will be held for francis ararroyo. Earlier this week, an suv crashed into them and didnt stop. Police are still looking for the driver. Congressman chaka fattah completed a full day of work in washington yesterday a day after the feds handed down an indictment in an alleged racketeering ponzi scheme his wife, nbc10 anchor, renee chenaultfattah, is not charged. The feds allege she took part in a scheme to fraudulently sell her car in order to pay for Closing Costs on a vacation h e home. Renees statement says both the indictment and media accounts are incorrect. Chenault fattah is on leave from nbc10. Meanwhile, the u. S. Black chambers honored congressman fattah as their advocate of the year yesterday. The 29count dime was returned against fa tea indictment was returned against fattah and four others. It accuses the democrat of misusing hundreds of thousands of federal, charitable, and campaign funds. Chaka fattah has not been arrested. No court date has been sets. You can read the entire fattah indictment on nbc10. Com and the nbc10 app. Congressman fattah is serving his 11th term in office. Hes been an advocate for education and improving the lives of young people. Dream Academy Philadelphia is a mentoring program founded with funds secured by fattah. Its credited with helping atrisk students. We tukd two students who said the program has helped them get closer to their dreams of going to to college. Like graduated out of the program, ive seen myself change differently, turn into more a leader and more positive and well organized. Wouldnt be lost, but i wouldnt know as much as i do know. Congressman fattah insists hes done nothing wrong. No shortcuts to seeing the pope. The warning from septa after an online post promises early access to those papal passes. Clouds offshore, skies are clearing, the humidity dropping. A live view of beach avenue from the Marquise De La fayette hotel. 70s at the shore. A warm day, but theres something missing. The neighborhoodbyneighborhood forecast ahead. 5 39. A Beautiful Day ahead. Look at nice, clear view from the Comcast Center in center city. Bright sunshine, but what is missing, the humidity is coming down. And well be much lower as the day goes on. 72 degrees. Seven degrees cooler than yesterday with the lower humidity. It feels much more comfort animal. Nothing show on the radar. That will stay dry through the day. Temperatures climbing. 90 for reading this afternoon with low humidity. 82 in the pocono mountains. Bright, sunny skiles for doylestown and mt. Holly. A long the coast, 80. 80 for rohoboth beach, inland, warmer, 91. Sunshine and less humid conditions for wilmington, drexel hill, and philadelphia. Upper 80s and low 90s this afternoon. Look at the weekend forecast coming up in the seven day. Weve heard the saying it happens only once in a blue moon which means its a rare event. Kind of like whats happening this morning. On the screen, a live picture of the moon. A blue moon has information to do with the color. A blue moon is two full moons occurring in the same month. According to the u. S. Naval observatory, that is a blue moon. At 6 43, this will be a second full moon of july creating that rare celestial event. Beach bacteria. The sewage flab has two jersey shore beaches shut down. Plus this i have no idea what the appropriate reaction is. Would you . The aggressive cobra caught on camera and what animal control did once they caught it. And good morning, your commute this morning is looking great in new jersey, delaware, and pennsylvania. A live look outside at 95 right at the vine street expressway. The left side of the screen is northbound. Very little volume. Southbound on the right side, we are seeing it pick up. Coming up, well look at 76. A quarter to 6 00. Breaking news, two cars and a home hit by gunfire in the feltonville area of philadelphia. Police dont know where the shots came. From people were in the house t time of the shooting but were not hit. Police dont think that they were the targets. They say ten shots were fired. An amber alert issued for a 16yearold girl. Pennsylvania state police say a man abducted Jenna Patterson from her home on eastview drive in wilkesbarre, lewis earn county, around 11 00 last night. She was wearing gray yoga pants and a multicolored shirt when she was abducted. They say the abductor is 21yearold walter lewis. He has a handgun and should be considered armed and dangerous. Were trying to gather more information. If you happen to see them, youre asked to call 911. In ocean city, a sewage problem has closed part of the beach. A small amount of sewage has been found in a storm drain. Its expected to reopen beaches after getting the all clear. Officials Atlantic City closed the North Carolina and pennsylvania area swimming levels because swimming areas because of levels there. Authorities think the earlier levels in tests were the result of heavy rain sunday. A storm drain outfall pipe is between the two beaches. Today the accused South Carolina Church Shooter is scheduled to be arraigned in the charleston courtroom. Dylann roof faces federal charges including 12 count of committing a hate crime and obstructing the practice of religion. Roof allegedly shot and killed nine churchgoers during a bible story at an historic africanamerican church last month. [ screams ] a woman starts screaming in the courtroom during the sentencing phase of the colorado theater shooting trial. She shouted at the jurors not to kill convicted gunman james holmes as the jury was set to start deliberations. The woman was later sentenced to three weeks in jail for contempt of court. Deliberations will resume monday. 5 46. Just in, the wildlife minister from zimbabwe says they are seeking extradition of the american dentist who killed the lion. Walter palmer paid to track and kill cecil, the most famous animal in zimbabwes national park. He claimed the shooting was legal. One of the guides is facing poaching charges. A warning ahead of the papal visit. Someone put an ad on craigslist claiming to be preapproved for septas papal passes. Theres a problem septa says the offer isnt real. You can get passes by entering their lottery that starts monday. It is incorrect. You can buy up to ten passes for 10 each. There are only 350,000 passes available for the two days which is why theres a lottery. If youre hoping to get the real deal, heres how it works online registration will begin at 12 01 a. M. Monday. The lottery will run for 24 hou hours, ending at 11. 51. Sental notify the winners thursday, august 6, in an email allowing them to purchase the passes. You can prepare for the pope with our nbc10 mobile app. Find out transportation information and the papal itinerary for his visit to philadelphia. Also, only nbc10 traveled to the pontiffs homeland of argentina to learn more about the man who became pope francis. Dont miss the 30minute special, the peoples pope, next tuesday at 7 00 right here on nbc10. Ten minutes before sunup and a nice day ahead. A few thin clouds on the horizon. With northwesterly winds, humidity is coming down. Thats air rushing to the area. 66 humidity. 73 degrees. Definitely cooler than yesterday. At the surface, the wind is very light. Its pushing clouds out of here. The showers and thunderstorms we saw roll through yesterday are completely off shore. Its going to be dry today. Look at the clouds move out. Theres the line of storms that pushed out by the less humid air mass that is coming in not only for today but through the window. Dont forget the sunglasses. Bright sunshine, upper 80s to low 90s. Reaching to the low 90s over the weekend, but the humidity stays low for saturday. 71 in the morning. 91 in the afternoon. Cooler to start on sunday, down to 68. High of 90 saturday afternoon. Then into the workweek, heat and humidity building. 95 on monday, steamy tuesday, but the chance of showers and thunderstorms tuesday. 90 wednesday afternoon but not as hot. The humidity dropping, 85. Still a chance of a shower on thursday. Ten of 6 00. I heard in the report that katy said volume is slowly starting to ramp up as we get closer to 6 00. Lets find out where. Katy zachary watching the roads. Reporter it definitely looks like a friday in the summer. Is it august 1st yet . No the 31st. Tomorrow. The very end of july, my mind is all over the place. In the poconos, many people going to the shore. Routes to there look good. If youre headed to the poconos, route 22, volume picking up. Southbound on 309 between allentown and quakertown, it will take 12 months. Northbound, it will take the same amount of time. 95, 76, and 476, typical trouble spots into the 6 00 hour. Still now at ten of 6 00, things looking good. Especially woodhaven and the vine on 95, 14 minutes. Average speed is 50 miles per hour. If youre taking mass transit, everything running on or close to schedule. Tonight septa begins its third annual trolley tunnel blitz which means more headaches for riders. A 15day repair project will close the tunnel at 10 00 through august 17th. It runs from 13th to 40th. During construction passengers will have to use alternate routes. They can use the market frankford line from 40th street station to travel to and from center city. From our delaware bureau, dover downs has eliminated 48 jobs over the past few months which is twice the number it had planned to cut. The ceo says the additional cuts are the result of declining business after a casino stops offering table games during early weekday mornings. Beer drinkners Delaware County will soon be able to buy a local brew with a local name. Two Sp Brewing Company is in aspen, Delaware County. Makes an delco lagger. And in chester county, changes are coming to the exton square mall. Crews will soon diminish the cart demolish the kmart and replace it with an organic supermarket. Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes here at nbc10 news today, during the commercials . See for yourself and talk with us, and well answer. Today we gave away a mug. No, not just a giveaway. This is from tracys personal stash. She has more nbc10 gear than about anybody here in fact, anybody here. Bill is laughing because he knows thats true. Follow using the app periscope. Our address is nbcphiladelphia. Next, unusual sightings in new jersey waterways that are getting a lot of attention this morning. Oh my gosh, its the guy from last night. What . can i jump on your wifi . Yeah, you can try it. Hey i had a really good time last night. Yeah, me too. The only thing is that. The only thing is what . Whats the only thing . Oh my gosh hes married. Hes a kleptomaniac. Hes a pyromaniac. Hes a total maniac. Hey hey go back to your wife you sociopath leave slow internet behind. The 100 Fiber Optics Network is here. Get out of the past. Get fios. Now 79. 99 a month. Go online or call now. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v five minutes before 6 00 on this last day of july. Breaking news now. An amber alert issued for a 16yearold girl. You see her picture here. Pennsylvania state police say a man abducted Jenna Patterson from her home on eastview drive in will be bar, lewis earn county, around 11 00 last night. She was wearing gray yoga pants and a multicolored shirt. Shy say the abdoug they say the abductor on the right is walter lewis. He has a handgun and should be considered armed and dangerous and may be driving a red car. Were trying to work on finding out the make and model. If you happen to see them, youre asked to call 911. Wildlife authorities on alert for endangered manatees after the creatures were seen this week in two new jersey waterways. One manatee has been spotted over the past couple of days in the Delaware River. People have been coming the banks hoping to glimpse the manatee. Its likely the same sevenfoot manatee seen last week in delaware. There are reports of a manatee near tom river. Everybody leaves it alone. Take a look from a distance. Its a precious creature. We got to take care of our wildlife. While unusual, manatee sightings in new jersey are not unprecedented. When the weather gets colder, most normally turn and head south. I like manatees. This is one visitor you definitely dont want to see outside your apartment. Residents found this albino cobra on the third floor of their building in houston over the weekend. Authorities are not sure how it got there. One brave person managed to take the video before police captured the venomous snake. Because it was aggressive, the cobra was euthanized. Talking eagles. Can you believe it . It is that time of year again. The eagles started camp this week. There are still Unanswered Questions at the quarterback position. Sam braidford and mark sanchez are expected to battle it out for the starting job there. The birds traded nick foals for bradford whos been hurt the past two years. The first practice coming up, and chip kelly it says all starts at quarterback. The one thing everybodys got to know is were going to continue to make this thing a championship operation. Thats what this deal is all about. Dont forget quarterback tim tebow is all on the roster. Nbc10 is your official Eagles Television station. Well have complete coverage of the preseason opener august 16th at the link. Our coverage begin at 12 30 that day. Theres excitement over the eagles every year, but especially this year because of a new partnership. Your official eagles station. Youre watching nbc10 news today at 6 00 starting now. We are following two breaking news stories this morning. First an amber alert issued for this 16yearold girl from lewis earn lucerne county. A 21yearold kidnapped her. And a mother is found shot in the head in her Port Richmond home. Her 2yearold daughter was there. Were live at the scene talking to neighbors who say they are in shock. And sunny and hot what we can expect today. Were getting a break from the humidity. About 6 00 a. M. Welcome back to nbc10 news today, im tracy davidson. Im vai sikahema, my wife, tracy, Everybody Loves the break in humidity, their hair better day. Meteorologist bill henley is here. Hes got good hair. Why, thank you. It was so steamy yesterday. Really high humidity, it was tropicallike yesterday. Today as humidity is taking a break, it means temperatures can come down lower. Were getting a cooler start. 63 in pottstown. Wimping ton, 6 wilmington, 67. 71 in roxboro, northeast philadelphia and south philadelphia, along the Delaware River trail. In the 60s. 67 degrees. A nice start. And here it is, the end of july. Last day of july with a full moon, blue moon. The second in a calendar month. Well see bright sunshine all day long. 8 00, 75. Winds bringing in dry air. Near 90 at 2 00, i expect us to warm into the 90s today. The humidity stays low. Its going to be much more bearable today. Well go neighborhood to neighborhood to show which areas will hit 90 or above when im back in ten minutes. Lets see what the little built of moonshine is doing to traffic if anything. Katy zachary with the first alert traffic. Reporter yeah, nothing much, though. I like that toss, thank you. This