Across the area. Down the shore right now 81 in surf city. 76 degrees in brigantine. We have mid 70s right now in cape may as well as wildwood. So for tomorrow, as we take a at that forecast area wide in the city 76 degrees. Were looking at mostly cloudy skies down the shore. Scattered showers 74. Only in the upper 60s in the pocono mountains. Well talk much more about that rainfall as well as what to expect for the fourth of july evening fireworks celebrations across the area. Back to you. Dawn. Thank you, scott. Were keeping an eye on the roads heading to the shore for people getting a late start on the weekend. Heres a live look right now at route 42 at the the ac expressway. So far looks like no big issues. We of course will keep checking throughout the newscast. And for many people who had off from work today theyre already down at the shore. Taking in the sunshine. Relaxing. The place to be. Among them our own Joanne Pileggi is working today however, but lucky for hersheys on the
The region with dewpoints above the 70degree mark and that is the threshold for oppressive air. So especially as the sun starts to break through the clouds a little bit later, it is going to feel very oppressive and its one of those days where you want to plan a lot of shady breaks maybe some ac breaks and keep those cool drinks handy especially if you have to work or play outside. 78 degrees by 8 oclock, 89 is your high at 3 oclock and there is the chance of some additional showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Theyll be spotty but they could produce drenching downpours. Matt pelman when does this humid pattern gender ill have answers in the accuweather 7day. Soon would be fine with most of us i think. Good morning david. Youll get to work pretty soon this morning. Its not taking an awfully long time, at least not on the schuylkill expressway right now. But of course delays will form over the next half hour or so. This is the schuylkill right at the vine street expressway. Everyth
Developing now on action news, an outbreak of violence in philadelphia neighborhood. A sixyearold is among the victims. There is new reaction to bill cosbys claims made under oath. Old Court Documents seem to support what his accusers have been saying all along. There are Serious Health concerns for children who were treated at a south jersey clinic. The state review finds several of them received the wrong vaccines. Good morning, just after 6 30, tam is off erin ohearn joins us. We have dave murphy and matt pelman in for karen. Its been about 45 minutes since a shower passed through here on the terrace so things are drying out. Take a quick look at storm tracker6 live double scan. One shower pushing out of center city and now passing frankford. Looks like it will past to the east of the northeast philadelphia airport. It is falling apart by the time it gets by bensalem it may not be there. The wide view shows you a fair amount of cloud cover. Were starting to see breaks in the clouds
Skies. As you grab that car door handle or maybe as you head to the bus stop. As we roll through the afternoon it is going to be a warm one. Were going for that high of 89 degrees at 3 oclock. And as we go in through the afternoon look for a gusty thunderstorm but more importantly those drenching downpours. Not everybody sees them but if you do you want to slow it down because they could produce quick rising water on poor drainage area roadways. Matt pelman the end of this humid pattern is ahead in the accuweather 7day. Details coming up. David i would not like to be doing Road Construction in this heat and humidity but the crews were out and about lots of them overnight. One of the crews was blocking the ramp from the northbound side of 95 to the westbound side of the vine street expressway. As you can see, that ramp is reopened now and ready for you. Same with the vine itself over by the schuylkill. All the crews have cleared out in both directions. They will return tonight at 11 ocl
That we should see an increase in the strength of these storms. Thats whats happening and thats why the severe thunderstorm watch has been extended into the philadelphia area and new jersey. The flood threat for tonight is actually less than it was yesterday but a lot of lightning and also a lot of high winds. Those are the main threats. But we still have some threat of some hail and even a tornado or two in parts of the area. Lets check in with meteorologist Sheena Parveen for more on exactly what to expect the next few hours. The reason why that watch is going so late is because of all the heat and humidity in place and thats what you really felt today. Temperatures still climbing through part of the area. Thats what will help fuel a lot of these storms as they move in tonight. 85 in philadelphia so we have gone up a couple degrees in the past hour. 85 degrees in reading, parts of delaware still at about the upper 80s and as we go into tonight, those temperatures will start to drop a