Right now. Skies are still clear for you. Even though peak of that meteor shower starting to wayne at this point as light of the day starts to eventually climb over the horizon. Storm scan empty w High Pressure built in place we have fantastic weather going on for you here today. Mid 80s the spectation. It will be warm. It will feel like summer. But you dont have that humidity to contend w very comfortable at lunchtime. Why not have lunch outdoors. Just a good excuse, by tomorrow, i say that is a good pool or beach day, but are we looking ahead to another heat wave. That is the the question, and i will answer that for you in the seven day forecast as the show progresses. Meisha, over to you. Any excuse to be outside. Good morning, happy thursday, it just feels like this week is going so fast. I dont know about you but even they it is dark outside it is going right by. Heres collegeville 422 eastbound past route 29, you can see taillights in the camera but overall everyone traveling aro
Im expect ago this high to hit 84 degrees, just shy of seasonal for our thursday afternoon. We expect to see temperatures spike a little bit more as we head in the upcoming weekend. Tomorrow looks like a fantastic pool or beach day and are we facing another heat wave . Well, at this point the forecast says, yes, ill tell you when coming up later in the show, meisha, over to you. Thanks, katie good morning. It is thursday, still early but you we are seeing that sun peak out a little bit, which is clouds, here, heres i95 around cottman. You can see it just starting to pick up in those lanes. In the the north bound lanes we have construction, moving road crew on the road lane between bridge and academy, it is i95 north. Southbound direction for those of us, that is where we will get caught up in some traffic as we move into that 6 00 oclock hour and into our rush hour. Heres a look at the schuylkill expressway, these travelers taillights moving in the eastbound direction toward vine. You
Details are coming out. Revealing plan to get people into and out of philadelphia for not only the world meeting of families but also for the papal advice the, the papal weekends, one way to park in jersey, tune walk across the ben franklin bridge, which will be closed to vehicle traffic. Officials held a news conference, in north jersey, earlier this morning, and detailing plans to increase transit lines to philadelphia. This afternoon we also are expecting philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter to update city plans, and also, how it will affect city businesses, well have more for you on Eyewitness News starting at a. In other news this noon, the death toll is expected to rise after explosions rocked philadelphias sister city in china yesterday. The fiery blast errupted at a port warehouse with Hazardous Materials inside, killing dozens, injuring hundreds. Cbs news correspondent set dont report from the disaster area. The explosions turned the night sky a vivid orange. First one ball of fi
Reporter thats a shame about jimmy carter, he he was one of the best president s. Reporter High Pressure is buildings in from the west, we have sunshine coming up over the horizon. 71 in philadelphia. 61 in millville. 68 in sea isle city. Were low in terms of humidity. 67 by 6 00 a. M. 69 by 8 00 a. M. Comfortable, clear skies humidity not a problem and rolling through the day, it will be a warm one, but a nice summer afternoon ahead. 8 00 a. M. , 69. 3 00 p. M. , 83 degrees thats the high this afternoon before we dip to 80 by 6 00 p. M. For another hour or so, before dawn we have the meteor shower bringing down 100 meteors per hour. The best place to look is the northeast. Im going to look for it from the terrace in another minute. That might be something youll see in the northeast and see the meteors coming down, pretty cool. Reporter i stood outside in my driveway trying to see the meteor shower thats why i was late today. This is i95 near the airport. We have construction in the pr
Beautiful day. As we head into the weekend, the humidity returns and we heat up a bit. Ill have the details in the sevenday forecast. What about the highways and by ways . , karen. This is i95 at cottman, we had cleared construction and penndot came back and blocked the right lane, now they are cleared again. We have the accident in cheltenham avenue washington lane at water main break fromy either. Still an issue in this fire causing problems on humphreys drive. Stick to bristol road. You heard about the tractortrailer fire on new jersey turnpike. Youre moving better on the new jersey turnpike if youre heading northbound youre doing all right at this point, tam. Breaking overnight, a massive explosion killed 62 people, the bomb went off hours ago in baghdad at a packed market. We know that 89 people were hurt and police say a refrigeration truck which wouldnt seem suspicious in a market like that was used to carry the bombs. In the last hour, isis took responsibility in an act of sect