A few showers in some spots mainly warm and muggy. 71 degrees in philadelphia. Its warm to start with 63 degrees in mt. Pocono. Sunshine will break through the clouds. That will lead to a quick warmup 82 degrees at 11 00, well see showers and the possibility of more thunderstorms. Well go through it neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back in ten minutes. Right now, lets get a look at traffic, Jessica Boyington. Any problems, jessica . We are having problems out in new jersey. Every time one clears another one pops up on the turnpike side, south of exit 7 a. Theres an extent traveling through that area in washington county, still mop touring the black horse pike. On the southbound side we were dealing with all lanes being blocked earlier this morning. Some traffic getting by between washington and friesville yod. Road. These are westbound lanes headed towards the schuylkill expressway expressway. Still no problem on 295, up towards the schuylkill. Vai. Patco will roll out six of i
Equipment anticipating a long stay, chairs, and a reinforcement of people. The topic on many lips, a strike both sides will dispute saying they did not want and yet thats exactly what they have. Were disappointed. We really felt that the one issue that was a Sticking Point was something we could continue to discuss. The we did ask for a twoweek extension with or without the pay raises that we had offered to the employees. Those offers were denied. Reporter that denial has led to workers for two Regional Rail unions, standing outside their job this morning instead of working at their job. Late last night executives say representatives from the blet and iew told them they were on strike effective 12 01 this morning. The Regional Rail system stretching 280 track miles is now shut down for the First Time Since 1983. The issue thats created this impasse centers on pension increases offered to other Union Employees and fourees worth of raises. The two striking unions do not have a pension, s
Umbrella salesman. That and a fog horn maker. We have dealt with fogs and we have it again. The temperatures are cooler, we are seeing the coolness lead to fog at the jersey shore. Light fog in cape may. It is thicker in areas north and west. Zero visibility in coatsville and chester county. Mount pocono, and one mile visibility in blue bell. Not an issue. Showers in the area. A steady shower moving into Delaware County and salem county and gloucester county. It will be spotty at best. 63 degrees in philadelphia. Five to ten degrees cooler than yesterday morning. Hourbyhour forecast when i come back. First, jillian mele has your forecast. No big incidents to report. Dealing with overnight construction. This is a live look at 95 in gerard. The road work has cleared. Traffic is moving along fine in both directions. 76 looks good. So do the bridges. Keep in mind, you could see slippery conditions on the bridge surfaces. This is the ben franklin bridge. No incidents to report there. For dr
South of delaware, south of lewis. Thats an improvement from a short time ago. The temperatures in the upper 70s. 73 right now. A bit muggy in philadelphia. Might run into a spot or two 0 of fog but mainly, its going to be much quieter. Theres still a chance of an isolated shower. Better chance well see showers at lunchtime. A look at the latest Power Outages at this hour. Updated numbers, peco is reporting 4400 people in the area. Ac electric, 7800 customers atlantic and Columbia County the most impacted. Weve got the nbc10 weather app. Its free to download. You can get it right now at our website nbc10. Com. And because of the weather, obviously, as jillian mele reported already, theres downed trees out there. Tell us more, jillian. You have to watch out for debris across the area. Anytime you see a storm like that, you can expect to see downed branches and downs wires. Nothing impacting traffic on highways. This is a live look on the ben franklin bridge. You notice we have some cons
Clear skies over center city. Thats a live view from the adventure aquarium. With clear skies, the temperatures have been coming down. Were in the 60s this morning. 65 here at nbc 10. 50s north and west for pottstown, reading and allentown. 66 in millvillec and wilmingto at 64 degrees. A pleasant start, a sunny day ahead. 67 degrees at 7 00. By 9 00, low 70s and then near 80 degrees at noontime today. No sign of the 90s for today or for the weekend either. A look towards the weekend within i come back. But first jillian mele has your traffic. Good friday morning to you, bill. So far, so good on the major roadways. This is 95 near girard avenue. This is in the midst of the Construction Zone thats out there. The boulevard is also clear. You can see the headlights, drivers making their way southbound as they pass fox street down to 76. 76 is also quiet. We have longterm construction out along route 202. The route 29 off ramp is still closed. Vai. Two men are in custody after a countytoco