Today. Im rosemary connors. Its 6 00 on this saturday. Happy fourth of july. Brittney shipp has the details on those changes in the forecast. Were already seeing light showers moving into parts of our area. And its going to continue into the late Morning Hours for areas like the poconos or Lehigh Valley. Theres a live look right now. It looks like an overcast or foggy start to the morning in philadelphia. If we take a closer look at temperatures, were at 62 in the poconos. 68 in northeast philly. 67 in mt. Holley. Heres where e thethe showers are. We saw a few showers in Atlantic City now dry. Widen out the picture, show you theres a little bit more moisture on the way moving up from the southwest. As we head into the rest of today, well continue with the chance of light, light showers near allentown and into the poconos. Right along the shore, looks to stay pretty dry. Well see a few showers in the area that could drift along the shoreline there. We dont want you to be caught off guar
Americas birthplace for fourth of july events. This is where the u. S. Declaration of independence and u. S. Constitution were debated and signed. It is expected to be crowded here later on. At 10 00 this morning there will be a celebration of freedom ceremony which will be followed by an independent state parade. More than 6,000 participants will march through philadelphias most historic neighborhood. Now heres a live look over center city where more than half a Million People will be partying on the ben franklin parkway for the fourth. Jesse gary is live on the parkway this morning with a preview of the block party, free concert, and fireworks. Its going to be busy there today, jesse. Reporter it already is busy and look how things have changed. Look what im not wearing. Sleeves are up. Look whats out right there. I dont want to jinx anything so im not going to say anything more than that. Things have definitely changed. Ill move out of the way and you can see how busy it is behind m
Flash flood warnings also anywhere from philadelphia right through wilmington and salem. Rain rates with these storms nearly 2inches an hour so some flooded roads in time for the evening rush hour. In addition we have severe thunderstorm watches in effect until 9 00 all areas in yellow basically south of philadelphia so these storms will be ongoing through the evening hours. Large hail and powerful winds is the major concern. In fact the highest concern is that very dangerous vivid cloud to ground light thing, those torrential downpours and strong winds and a moderate risk for that large hail and also an isolated tornado could still spin up. Well have much more in the full accuweather forecast and talk about the weekend as well coming up in just a little bit weve brought four young men one step closer to their loved ones and so that they can rest in peace. They went from missing to murdered. Now the person who confessed to the crime is officially charged with taking their lives. And le
To his members that the work of the u. S. Attorney and fbi is part of a comprehensive attack on the union. Dougherty writes, if these investigation where is simply about me i would retire today and save our union any a digsal headaches. As part of the raid, agents also visited city councilman bobby henons office at city hall, beside his elect position kenon works in local 98. Federal government has declined to comment on its ongoing and active investigation. Dougherty suggest that the unions recent successful efforts, backing political candidates, has drawn federal attention. He writes, we help elect Brendon Boyle to the u. S. Congress, we were probably first and strongest supporters of the kenney for mayor and recently helped him launch his unprecedented rebuild philadelphia program. I just want to read from this statement we got from frank kiehl from local 98 and it says john doughertys letter to all ibew local 98 members was matter of fact and was intended to reassure all members, t
Lets go over to karen rogers with traffic and david murphy, good morning. Reporter we have a little bit of rain, Storm Tracker 6 live double scan shows you theres a quick batch of heavy rain followed by lighter stuff. Its going to take 20 to 30 minutes for this to pass in a given area. Its not northern and western suburbs. If youre Royersford Limerick trap between now and 5 37 you have a chance of seeing this. Schwenksville and graterford after that. Quarter of 6 00 a. M. , eagleville and skippack. You have 20 to 30 minutes of rain. At times it could be a quick, heavier drenching downpour. Everywhere else its a blip. Not much of a an issue. The wide view shows you once we get rid of that shower activity well wind up with partly sunny skies. The big story is the heat and humidity, they will be high later on today. 75 degrees in philadelphia. 72 in in allentown. 73 in trenton. 73 in cape may. The dewpoints tell a big part of the story, even as far north as allen unto, dewpoint of 70. As