Pelman to give you weather and traffic. Yeah, were trying to remember all that joy that we felt yesterday morning as we deal with the challenges this morning. Keep trying. Theres a lot going on with the weather. Weve got rain, weve got fog, well have gusty winds as well and were looking at satellite and radar showing that heavy rain is really coming in waves. Were seeing the first waves hit early this morning getting a little bit of break in part of the region but you see the rain down to the south thats still yet to move through the area. Its really the first half of the day thats going to be a wet one here. Not just the Early Morning hours. Storm tracker6 live double scan is really the best way to see exactly whats happening in your area, so i want you to take a closer look as we start off here, were seeing in the Lehigh Valley, some pockets of heavy rain. You see that area of yellow, pockets of it traveling around kutztown around reading on 422 near pottstown. Be careful there. As w
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is calling for change in the criminal Justice System and he is using camden as an example of how that trangchange is possible. Plus Caityln Jenner gets a standing ovation at the espy awards and we will tell you who she credited coming up. Will this weather last through the weekend . When you step out today, this morning, it is beautiful. Youre going to love it youre going to be thankful the thunderstorms we saw yesterday are all gone. Its nice out there. Humidity is gone. Its great. Im tracy davidson. Im chris cato. Here is bill henley standing by with the first alert forecast. 65 degrees at 4 32 this morning and the temperatures are still falling at this hour. While is the 60s in delaware and south jersey look at the 50s for pottstown and low 50s in the pocono mountains. Really pleasant day ahead and see lots of sunshine. Just a few scattered clouds to start with but they are moving out. 65 degrees at 6 00. Still be in the 60s at 9 00 this morning. A
59 also in pottstown. Down to 66 degrees in roxborough northeast philadelphia. Cooler at the airport, 63 degrees. Clouds will clear out. Well see sunshine. The temperatures will be climbing, well be at 70 degrees at 8 00. By 11 00, 77 with a little bit of a southerly breeze. Up to 82 degrees and still climbing at 2 00 but its not going to go a whole lot warmer than that today. That changes in a big way this weekend. A look at the hot weather thats coming in to play for saturday, sunday and beyond when i come back in ten minutes. Right now, lets get your first alert traffic with Jessica Boyington. Whats going on out there . Were working through a work zone on 295 out in new jersey. Some good news though all lanes are really open. Were seeing the lefthand shoulder and right hand shoulder dealing with some road blockages, actually around the black horse pike. On the southbound side crew working right in here but the ramps are open. Still good news there. Were still dealing with a 13minute
Philly but the feels like temperature is still even close to 90 degrees in some locations like northeast philly stretching down into philadelphia and this is at 5 30 in the morning. You can only imagine as we go into the afternoon, the sunrises, we start to see the temperatures rising. We should push into the mid90s, feelslike temperature in the triple digits. 79 in reading, 74 in allentown and our actual temperature at 69 in the poconos. Our entire area pretty much under a weather alert for daenk russe heat. Thats going to stay in effect until tonight at 8 00 p. M. That heat index, the feelslike temperature, its the same thing between 100 and 105 degrees. It is going to be an uncomfortable day. Make sure you keep that in mean as youre heading into the rest of your morning. By 10 00 a. M. 87 degrees. Wind speeds out of the west southwest at 10 miles an hour. By the time you head out for lunch, im tracking how long this is going to stick around. Ill ill have the details in the extended
Sunshine so you need your sunglasses today. 76 at 10 00. By 1 00 this afternoon, 81 degrees. And still climbing. The humidity will still be falling with a westerly wind at 7 miles an hour. Neighborhoodbyneighborhood forecast when i come back in ten minutes. Right now Jessica Boyington has first alert traffic. We are looking live or trying to on the schuylkill expressway right now. There it is. Eastbound and westbound seeing a little increase in that traffic but still only a 12 minute drive time. Heading eastbound into the Center City Area from the blue route to vine street expressway. Cherry hill south cornell and mcclellan avenue one lane getting by all day long so active construction site. 42 freeway still five minute trip if youre headed northbound from 55 toward the walt whitman bridge. Southbound doing great as well. On walt whitman bridge, just fine. Here is a look at the other bridges. Give yourself ten minutes or so if youre heading out the door next half hour if it jams up ear