Lets begin with meteorologist bill henley and his first alert forecast. You were right on the money with the timing of those storms last night. Were feeling the dry air that was pushing the storms our way. That wind thats blowing the flags in center city bringing the temperatures down finally. Some of the lowest readings weve seen in days. 63 in the pocono mountains. 75 in philadelphia. We will see sunshine bright sunshine and with the northwesterly winds that will be blowing through the morning, the humidity will keep coming down. By lunch time were up to 80 degrees and cleemimbing. Lets check in with first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington. We have good news for friday morning. On the vine street expressway typically with the ongoing construction weve been dealing with we have both directions closed east and westbound. Today we only have westbound closed. All traffic still being diverted on to the broad street exit. We have an eastbound drive time still two minutes from the sc
Degrees. Northeast philadelphia at the airport is 74. Well see a warmer summer day today with lots of sunshine sunny skies 6 00 72 up a couple degrees by 9 00 and 80 at lunch time and through the morning, north or northwesterly winds bringing in the drier air. Youll really feel the difference today. Im back with your neighborhoodbyneighborhood forecast in just ten minutes. First, lets check in with traffic reporter jessica boyington. Out in new jersey around the black horse pike where you can see crews blocking out the ramps. More crew on the shoulder on each side. Northbound and southbound is what youre dealing with. Not affecting the drive times because we dont have volume through the area. The 42 freeway, 5 minutes from route 55 to the walt whitman bridge. As for the area bridges, no problem on the walt whitman, the betsy is doing fine, the tac pal is doing fine. We have construction on the ben heading westbound into philadelphia. Chris . That was a loud one. That sure was loud. Thi
Speed. Headed southbound from 38 up towards the black horse pike at this point. Were still watching for ongoing construction out in cherry hill whether or not this scene is active we have lane restrictions there. Route 70 westbound construction from south cornell avenue up towards mcclelland avenue. The pa turnpike no problems there. The cars are moving. Average speeds are a little above average there, 67 Miles Per Hour. 22 minutes headed westbound from route 1 up towards valley forge. Well check in with mass transit coming up in the next ten minutes. Cleanup tens after last nights storm caused widespread damage across the area. In berks county this is all thats left of Blue Mountain Elementary School in tilden township. The principal was the only person inside when the storm hit. She made it out safely. Here crews blocked off the road while they dealt with the damage. This is an harborview drive where roofs were ripped off buildings and the walls completely collapsed on others. New ca
It will be a quick warmup. Because of the winds from the north northwest at 12 miles an hour still a northwesterly wind. A few scattered clouds and 84 degrees at 2 00. Well go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back in ten minutes. Right now, a check of traffic as the sun is getting brighter. Jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. Yes, bill, you said it. Were on 95 right around state road actually. So 14minute drive time were not seeing a ton of volume stack in there. Woodhaven road towards the vine street expressway. If youre headed northbound or southbound, theres lane restrictions and were also dealing with sun glare. You can actually see that reflecting off of some of the road work around the area. That is if youre headed northbound is where youll run into the sun glare. Give yourself extra time be more careful than you normally would. Old city, Second Street is blocked between chestnut and walnut street. Heading out the door for mass transit, s
Backdraft. Two firefighters inside a burning home when it suddenly explodes, sending insulation everywhere. This morning, how they managed to escape with their lives. And girl power the nation set to honor the world cup champion u. S. Womens soccer team with an historic ticker tape parade in new york city. But not before they make their way to the plaza to see the hottest girl band around, fifth harmony, live in concert today, friday, july 10th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to a friday morning. Savannah comes back from vacation on monday. Were here with hoda kotb. On your last day, we brought out a big crowd. Can i just say, this is my kind of crowd. A crowd of young girls, their moms and a bunch of other people some of whom spent the night overnight but theyre ready for fifth harmony around so am i thats in our 8 30 halfhour. But lets start on a friday morning with history being mad