Fact that we have got the heat building in, we also have those dew points up, enough so that its going to feel hotter than it truly is. Thats why we are under a first alert. We will talk more about that first alert and how long its going to last for us. Thats coming up in just a few minutes. We will see you shortly. Thank you, krystal. We are two days away from the Democratic National convention here in philadelphia and center city is certainly ready for the convention. Visitors, state flags are flying along south prod street headed towards the Wells Fargo Center. Closer to city hall this colorful art project adorns the median on broad street, president ial quotes cover fencing and we have all seen the decorated donkeys around town. Drew smith is live at the Wells Fargo Center this morning, he has got a heads up for us on everything happening there today, tomorrow and the week ahead. Drew. Reporter thats right, rosemary. This is the calm before the convention. Right now some people sta
Abc action news taking you to school. Or your kids at least, with Team Coverage. Were there as we head to several counties as they go back to school. Good morning. Rise and shine. Todays a big day for school kids and parents weve got janelle and ivan standing by now watching both traffic and weather together for you. Any problems on the roads so far . Just lingering construction but so far so good. Weatherwise looking much better than the last couple of days. Even if we had some light rain which we dont, that would be an improvement but titan Doppler Radar right now pretty quiet. I expect that to be the case, you dont have to worry about this morning, it will be dry. By the afternoon though a different story as we transition back into our typical july august pattern now storms. Coverage about 40 to 50 . And well continue to see that. By the way, sunrise coming up at 6 58. It will be dark the next hour andahalf with temperatures in the mid and upper 70s. Reporting clear skies across st.
Rest of the snow still backing in to parts of the area with light snows but the heaviest definitely by the boards at this point. We have to allow for the western edge through the evening hours then things should be quiet. Scattered snow showers, nothing more than some coatings. I think by tomorrow evening and tomorrow night we may have additional accumulations. Yes, youll be seeing occasional snow and snow showers tomorrow night but not a lot of accumulation. Expect thick snow at times. Thats all the way through tomorrow night. Moderate coastal flooding a concern during high tide this evening. Its a snowy week that ends with fierce chill. Well have on that in the 7day forecast. More on the timing and accumulation as well in just a few minutes. Snowy roads in connecticut where a stretch of i95 is reopen after a serious bus crash. Heres what we know right now about the crash. At least 30 people were injured but are not lifethreatening. The bus owner is based in flushing, queens. This is
Its way to our area, possibly bringing snow on the first day of spring. Good evening. Im rob schmitt. Im natalie pasquerella. Will we get the snow, rain or will it pass us by . Depends where you are. Winter does not want to give up. You may need to dig out that snow gear one more time. Eastern long island could get the brunt of this storm. Erica grow is tracking that. Eastern long island seems to be the bullseye with this system in the tristate as it grazes us to the east. Were going to stay dry through sunday morning but the of first flakes or maybe even some raindrops could arrive by about noon. Then a snow wintry mix on sunday afternoon. We dont have the potential for sleet or freezing rain. This is either a snow or rain scenario. Wet snowflakes mixing with rain showers. Accumulating snow on sunday niftght for just about everyone in the tristate. Snow ends early monday morning. We also have a Winter Weather advisory for Nassau County and western suffolk county. Eastern suffolk is un
Island sound off atlantic. In the 40s and low 50s. The air temperatures wont be as warm as yesterday. Made it above 70 in a good part of the area yesterday. We stay in the 50s all day today. 52 with a chilly breeze at noon. More clouds and a high of 57 degrees. Weve got rain in the forecast. Well look at the Holiday Weekend outlook in a little bit too. Emily west has a look at the traffic. First crash of the morning on the cross bronx eastbound. Two lanes are blocked here. A live look at the George Washington bridge where the earlier roadwork on the outbound lower level has cleared. Upper level looks great. Everything is fine at the lincoln and the holland. The goethals bridge at a hold so you can take the bayonne or the outer bridge. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Thank you very much, emily. We want to get to the latest on the terror attacks. A location that has become a place where people are gathering this is in central brussels. We showed you this yesterday morning. 24 hours l