Additional clouds creeping in from the west. There might be a sprinkle popping in from the northern and western suburbs. It will be brief and not give you much concern. 54 in trenton. 52 in allentown. 59 in philadelphia. 54 in wilmington, obviously as you head out to the bus stop or get the car started, its cool this morning. Cape may, 66 degrees. It will be bright with clouds, the high 73 thats well below average, but comfortable. On the bus stop its on the cool side make sure the kids are comfortable. They might like a light jacket and throw it over their shoulders on the way home. 52 degrees in the suburbs, 60 in urban centers. Hurricane irma has diminished in strength slightly. Its not a category five it is now a category four. Its still dangerous and doesnt spell much difference over the weekend for florida. Reporter all eyes on that one. As you get off to your friday morning commute its light volume. Traffic on the blue route moving just fine. Eastbound traffic heading toward kin
Karen rogers with traffic. Reporter we have clouds over the terrace right now and satellite mimicking that idea. A few clouds locally. There are clouds out to the north and west. Showers near pittsburgh may make it into the poconos and brief sprinkle into the closer northern suburbs, but not a big deal. 58 degrees on the bus stop in philadelphia. Temperature keeps on sliding. 52 in allentown and reading. 65 in cape may. This afternoon well, it looks good, well be cool by 7 00. 56 but by lunchtime, 6. Not a bad afternoon for recess. 73 on the way home from school this afternoon thats the high with partly sunny skies overall. Pretty nice. 72 degrees by 5 00 p. M. 7 00 p. M. , 69 there will be a breeze blowing at times. Hurricane irma is a category four as it pultz pulls away from the turks and caicos. The latest numbers coming up from the National Hurricane center and accuweather. What you got there, karen. Reporter its a shot where you can see the flashing lights. Penndot is zooming all
Hurricane irma has cut a devastating path across the caribbean, leaving death and destruction in its wake. At least 20 people are now known to have died and more than a Million People have been affected. The massive storm, one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the atlantic, is forecast to hit the United States on saturday night. And theres another hurricane coming up behind irma. Jose has now strengthened to a category 4, with driving winds of 200km h, thats125mph. And forecasters warn it could strengthen still further. Our correspondent laura bicker is the first foreign journalist to reach barbuda, which has been devastated by irma. Islanders there are racing to evacuate to neighbouring antigua beforejose makes landfall. This is her report. The island of barbuda was once a caribbean paradise. Now it is lost. Hurricane irma has reduced it to rubble. Homes are unrecognisable. The ruins lie scattered, torn and ripped apart. Having survived the worst storm in living memory,
For being with us. Hurricane irma has cut a devastating path across the caribbean, leaving death and destruction in its wake. At least 20 people are known to have died and more than a Million People have been affected. The massive storm is forecast to hit the United States on saturday night. And theres another hurricane named jose coming up behind irma. Our correspondent laura bicker is the first foreign journalist to reach barbuda following the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Irma and has been speaking to residents there. The island of barbuda was once a caribbean paradise. Now it is lost. Hurricane irma has reduced it to rubble. Homes are unrecognisable. The ruins lie scattered, torn and ripped apart. Having survived the worst storm in living memory, and knowing another is on the way, people are exhausted, hungry and just desperate to leave. I dont know. Im just waiting to get evacuated from here, and then im going to come back and try and salvage something, and help. I dont know. M
Floridians are heeding call to get out. Cameras captured the desperate moment people tried to get out of town. The bottom line officials say, get out right now. It is 5 00 a. M. , saturday morning, lets get you to meteorologist chris sowers with the overnight update on irma, chris this is a massive storm. A massive storm its back up to a category 5. The 5 00 a. M. Update is not in, these are the 2 00 a. M. Numbers, 165 Miles Per Hour gusts shy of 180. North of cuba, havana is right there. Heres the florida straits and the florida keys. Its moving west at 12 Miles Per Hour. Were seeing the feeder bands wrapping around the center working their way in towards southern florida. Heres a closeup shot on Storm Tracker 6 live. We set it in motion for you, heres the florida straits and the florida keys, marathon is right here. Heres key west. It is drifting west southwest at 12 Miles Per Hour. Whats going to happen over the neck 6 to 1 hours conditions will rapidly start to deteriorate in this