Yesterday, gorgeous sunshine temperatures so comfortable in the low 80s. Well see a really nice day again today. Getting a cool start, 50s and 60s, 59 right now in reading. Its 68 degrees in philadelphia. And dover is 64 degrees. Your neighborhoodby neighborhoodbyneighborhood forecast coming up. Well see sunshine, calm conditions 73 degrees, up to 80 by lunch time. A look at that neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when im back in ten minutes. Its a friday. Lets take a look at the traffic that may be accumulating during the morning hours. Jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. Happy friday, everyone. If youre heading out the door in the next couple minutes or so you wont face difficulty in terms of volume. This is route 202. A disabled vehicle on the righthand shoulder no crew helping that passenger yet. But headed eastbound into the Center City Area no real problems. As for the pa turnpike 23 minutes, you can see the cars are green and word of the construction project pick
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
The firearm. The officer returned fire and shot and killed gashard. They were looking for him since last september. He was saved by s. W. A. T. Armor that is morrow bust than standard issue. Had that been a patrol officer, it would be a different issue, it was low enough this vest had an flap that when down and it caught the round. The officer is a 17 year veteran of the force and has a wife and two children. We are not releasing his name to the public after Police Determine he and his family are no in danger. Thank you for the update. Coverage of this story continues at 6abc. Com there youll find the latest details about the officer and suspect as well as information about what led to this mornings violence exchange. Its all right there right now at 6abc. Com. From our delaware newsroom tonight, a registered sex offender was arrested for sexually assaulting two teenage girls, 27yearold Matthew Hagen knew one of the alleged victims and investigators say he invited the girls back to his
There, right . Some areas getting heavy rainfall. This line of showers is moving through the area including center city. Thats a live view looking at center city this morning from the loews hotel camera. Look at the storms. Right now raging through delaware. They just cleared middleton. Rainfall is extending into salem and cumberland counties and thunderstorms into camden and Burlington County just south of esham. Its not going to be an allday rainfall. Well see showers and thunderstorms to start with. 6 00 still tracking some storms in the area 73 degrees and then well see a chance of scattered showers and possibly thunderstorms at 9 00 and at noon. Thats going to hold our temperatures back today. Well be in the 80s this afternoon. Well go through the futurecast hour by hour to show you when the storms are most likely to pop up in your neighborhood. Thats when im back in ten minutes. Lets see how this is affecting the roads. Jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. We dont have
And 11 00 and 2 00 they will be scattered around. Not everybody will see them all day long. Keep an umbrella handy today. Tomorrow, heat and humidity. Got a look at the weekend forecast when i come back in ten minutes. Right now, Jessica Boyington is tracking how this wet weather is affecting the roads. Jessica . We are seeing slippery conditions and ponding in some spaces. Were starting off first out in mt. Laurel new jersey in 295. Traffic moving along nicely. Southbound is typically where we see the volume for the morning. Right now about a 13minute drive time headed southbound from 38 up towards the black horse pike. Northbound moving along just fine as well. Pa turnpike, earlier we saw rain actively falling. Not anymore. Westbound, eastbound 22 minutes at the most from route 1 up towards valley forge. Slippery conditions also come with several accidents. A few out in Montgomery County one in shelton ham cheltenham and cheltenham avenue. Well check in with more wet cameras and more