Lets go to meteorologist bill henley. The excessive heat warning is still in effect right . The first alert is still in effect because of the high heat and the very high humidity and the potential for strong storms later today. The showers and thunderstorms already showing up on the radar. This morning im tracking a few on isolated showers moving through Lancaster County and the pottstown area light rainfall there. The line of storms for this afternoon is already in western pennsylvania and moving our way. Before it gets here another hot and humid day. We are starting off in the upper 70s for philadelphia northeast philadelphia just dropped down one degree from 80 and still in the 80s in doylestown and pottstown. Otherwise hotter than yesterday morning and just as steamy. 77 in roxborough. We start off with clouds and few isolated showers and 78 by 6 00. 9 00, 81. Upper 80s into the afternoon. As we move into the afternoon, we are watching for showers and thunderstorms. Ill take you th
Neighborhood by neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. Right now, lets get a check of first alert traffic with katy zachry. Volume is building on 95 southbound if you can see behind me, were seeing many more headlights than we saw in the last half hour. Fortunately, no accidents on 95. If youre headed between woodhaven and the vine street expressway, it will take you 15 minutes. Just some volume along 95. No accidents or issues to report. No accidents or issues along the pen turnpike between route 1 and the valley forge exit it will take you 21 minutes. The same if youre doing in the opposite direction. Much of the overnight construction scenes along the turnpike and throughout the other majors in pennsylvania have lifted by this time. And construction is lifting in new jersey as we speak, 295 the turnpike and the 42 freeway all free and clear of any issues. The ac expressway and the garden state parkway are free and clear as well. Check of mass transit. Within i came out here, i no
Headed up towards the walt whitman bridge. No problems on the walt right now. No openings for the tac pal, the ben and the betsy are doing just fine. Tracy . Now to breaking news at 5 31. Most of the stock markets in asia are down again. Tokyos nikkei closed down 3. 9 , a wsqlow. Chinas main Stock Market Index closed down more than 7 for a fourth straight day of declines. Analysts say the markets dropped after china devalued its currency, signaling a slowdown of the chinese economy. The numbers from overseas could set up another wild ride on the u. S. Markets. Wall street is reeling from yesterdays session. It saw the dow dip more than 1,000 points shortly after it opened. Now investors finally caught their collective breath at the final bell yesterday. Stock futures were up overnight but of course that was before most of the asian markets started tanking again. At the closing bell yesterday, the dow plummeted 588 to close at 150008,871. Experts say dont panic, focus on the longterm go
Horizon youll see plenty of sunshine. 45 in reading, 52 in philadelphia. 46 in trenton and wilmington. 60 in cape may. As we go through the afternoon it will be similar to yesterday. Get the pooch out and play today if you can afford to do that. 51 degrees by 7 00. 65 under the sun by noon. The high like yesterday should be 72 by 3 00 p. M. Sliding down to 63 degrees by 7 00. If youre sending the kids to the bus stop, bundle them up a bit. Well be in the low to mid 40s in the suburbs in philadelphia. 51 as they wait for the bus. Karen were looking at the slight warmup over the weekend and rain next week ahead in the seven day. Reporter were seeing volume on i95. Southbound traffic by allegheny, overnight construction is cleared, but a few people up and head heading to work as you head toward center city. Lets look at the numbers, 43mile an hour i95 southbound near girard, not too bad. The slowing just beginning. We have an accident in gladwyn black rock road. The flyers play at 7 00 p.
Their lives helping those overcome their own struggles meet tragedy themselves. Just a little bit past 6 00 a. M. Good morning. Im tracy davidson. Im vai sikahema. Cloudy out there and everybody is dealing with the rain. Lets get to meteorologist bill henley who has the most accurate forecast for your neighborhood. A rainy, dreary day. Starting off with rain. Seeing some moderate showers into pennsylvania. In south jersey just northeast of mount laurel steadier showers and gloucester has been seeing moderate showers as well. Starting off with rain and temperatures that are in the 50s right now. There will be some breaks in the rain. Starting to see the rain taper off. Im expecting to see storms develop later today. 50s right now in philadelphia. 54 in the suburbs. 55 degrees for delaware. Well see temperatures climbing. If we get breaks of sunshine this afternoon it will warm into the 70s some suburbs and delaware and possible in new jersey too. 69 degrees with those clouds hanging in