You fall, you cant get up. It is cold out today. Maybe not that extreme, but it is a lot colder than it has been all week. So lets get to it. Why look at bus stop buddy. He is celebrating national almond day, one big giant, yes, windy, colds today, weve got six out of ten in your weather by the numbers because of the winds and the cold. Wind gusts, as high as 24, 25 miles an hour, we got 32mile per hour gust up there in mount pocono. So that really takes the temperature down, when you consider the windchill. 34 degrees, in philadelphia. Feels like 23. Sunrise time, 6 52. Weve got few windchills now, that are in the teens, this morning. Lancaster, pottstown, feels like 19 and 18 degrees, feels like four, in mount pocono. Because of all of the wind, coming down across the great lakes, just like monday, but not quite as windy, weve got clouds, weve got few flurries in the area. Not much to look at really, though, on radar. So High Temperature today will be about 40 degrees. See some sunsh
South now, so dry for the most part. Did have brief shower, cecil county, maryland, diminished as it moved into the northern parts of the delmarva peninsula, now partly to cloudy skies, more sunshine on the increase. Seventytwo allentown, same numbers down into dover, delaware, parts every south jersey, finding some upper 60s in some of the cooler suburbs. There is the winds direction out of the north, cooler and somewhat drier flow. So thats why the humidity levels start going downward throughout the day today. Eightythree for the High Temperature for philadelphia at the shore. Little bit breezy, the easterly winds kicks up, the ocean water mid 70s, so that next the temps down about 80 degrees, mid 70s in the poconos, talk about return to the 90s coming up in the full forecast in a few minutes, meisha, whats the latest . Justin, looking outside right now, look like early risers out there. Overall things still looking good. Good morning, happy tuesday. Vine was closed, looks like, it i
This is the corner of jackson and straiate street. Youll be seeing sunshine today but the wind is blowing clouds through the area. It is not completely dry, weve got a few scattered clouds in the area. Its going to be minimizing as the day goes on. You see the clouds, light shower is activity there, moving offshore. The clouds will clear up. Weve got a sunny nice day ahead. Right now in the Lehigh Valley, 56 degrees. Sunshine will warm temperatures into the 70s there. For philadelphia, 68 degrees. We see some scattered clouds in the suburbs. 62 right now. Still cooling down a little bit before we make our way into the upper 70s. Nowhere near the 90s yesterday. 78 degrees, thats the normal High Temperature for this time of year. Ill go through the forecast hour by hour in a few minutes but first Jessica Boyington with the first alert traffic update. Were watching an accident scene in new jersey turnpike right now, headed southbound. And were watching two tractor trailers that have crash
Prison guard gene palmer now sits in jail awaiting a second hearing later today. He was arraigned last night on several felonies accusing him of assisting in the matt and sweat. They say he delivered frozen meat to the inmates. He is the second employee tied to the plot. Matt and sweat have been on the run since june 6th. Items belonging to the fugitives were found in a hunting cabin. Regarding shotguns there are reports a shotgun is missing. I do not have evidence that a particular shotgun is missing. I would point out those not familiar with the area just about every cabin or out building in the North Country has one or more shotguns or weapons. Federal defenders have been appointed to represent dylann roof. Hes the man accused of gunning down nine people in charleston last week. Federal charges are likely. Last night 150 people packed in to the basement of the Historic Church for bible study. The first there since the shootings. If you are planning to be away at all for the 4th of j
Theyre very pleased that he was captured alive because they want to know how did these two men first of all pull off this brazen escape. Was there anyone else helping them . And number two, how did they survive . How did they make it threeplus weeks on the run . Were learning some details from david sweat as he he begins to recover. He talked about how their plan was originally to run off with prison seamstress Joyce Mitchell who is already in jail, been arrested and charged with helping these two men escape. But the plan with her was to drive to mexico to escape there. And she didnt show up that night. She got cold feet especially her lawyer says after the two men revealed to her that they were going to kill her husband before they ran off with her. So these two men were forced to come up with a plan b, and that plan was to walk north to canada. Now, we know from david sweat that about five days ago he decided that his partner richard matt was holding him back. We know from a Law Enfo