This was the second time in two months that united flights were grounded by computer problems and the Company Stock was taking a nose dive on wall street, and that ended abruptly when they halted all trading at 11 00 this morning the exchange blamed technical issues blaming stocks from other exchanges that was not effected. It ended just after 3 00 this afternoon while that was going on, the wall street journals home page went off line, the glitches came one after another, and leading some to speculate that the economy could be under cyber attack and president obama is monitoring the situation and there is no sign of outside interference united certainly interfered with travel plans for a lot of people. People are so dependant on technology that we condition get the flights going without it we should have been able to leave. Frustrating day . Yes very frustrating. A frustrating day for a lot of folks whose lives are ruled by computers, we are all relying on them but no word from the go
Or two. More sunshine break through and quick warm just by 1 00 this afternoon. 84 degrees and climbing. We could hit 90 this afternoon. And that heat and humidity that you feel this morning is going to fuel the strong storms later today. We will go through the future cast hourbyhour to show you that line of storms as its expected to move through later today. Right now, lets check in with Jessica Boyington in the traffic center. We are watching the schuylkill expressway right now. We are not seeing a lot of volume as of yet. We are light still. Montgomery drive eastbound into the Center City Area where you see the volume first. Eastbound, 13 minute drive time. Average speeds there about 61 miles per hour. The westbound side doing a hair better. In philadelphia walnut street closed around south 54th. Take Chestnut Street to get by the area a block over. To be safe and not stuck in any of those delays. Blue route no problems. 15 minutes heading northbound or southbound from 95 up towards
Reading area and intensified through maryland and delaware and philadelphia will see raindrops this morning but its the storms this afternoon that are of greatest concern. 76 degrees at 8 00. Some scattered showers at that hour. By 11 00, we will get some breaks in the clouds. That is going to really heat things up quickly. 79 degrees at 11 00. We should be near 90 this afternoon. That will fuel the storms when they roll in later today. The timing of the storms ill show you with the latest future cast when im back in ten minutes. Now a check of traffic and Jessica Boyington with the first alert traffic. We are watching ongoing construction on 95 around the betsy ross bridge. Lane restrictions here so that lane closed and that lane is closed and signs throughout the area. Traffic is actually moving northbound as well. You can see the southbound side. Where we see volume and delays first in the Early Morning hours but everything is still moving but something to watch out for as rush hour
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This storm. 16 lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes, you hear the thunder you have to get inside. There is no safe place outside during a thunderstorm. This is the Storm Timeline the far western suburbs really under the gun for the next hour, the i95 metro area including philadelphia wilmington and trenton, that line moving between 7 00 and 9 00 and central delaware and southern new jersey between 9 00 and 11 00 tonight, if you are down the shore most of the evening should be fine the problem with these storms that there is a lot of juice with them. We are looking at abundant lightning and quick heavy downpours and strong winds and wind gusts up to 16 Miles Per Hour and a low threat of large hail and the wind profile shows north and west of philadelphia, there is a bit of sheer and change of direction, that means there is a low risk of tornadoes, well talk about the timing of the storms coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Stay ahead of Severe Weather with the Storm Tracker