Shy of the 50 degree mark also in delaware today. Ill break these forecasts down hour by hour with the future cast. We have rain ahead for the weekend. Ill show you when to expect that. First, your first alert traffic. Not all that bad. Folks onto blue route, Baltimore Pike headed southbound towards 95 for the Philadelphia International airport, folks you wont run into any issues or delays and northbound for the boulevard again travel speeds are in the 60s. So its very light so far as of right now. Nothing to really worry about. Take a look at this. Upper moreland an accident at center avenue and easton road. Well be watching this accident as long as it hasnt cleared. Also too another issue on 95, nonissue, southbound woodhaven to the vine, 60 is the travel speed. Take you 13. Well see issues on 95 during the heart of the russia hour. Back to you. We have more information about the breaking news overseas. Italian media is reporting a man killed in a shoot out with police in mylan is an
Today. Dry. Well get sunshine. But not until after 20 after 7 00. Once the sun comes up temperatures will be climbing. 26 degrees in some neighborhoods in the Lehigh Valley, right at freezing in delaware and philadelphia is 34. Suburbs are 33. New jersey just above freezing right now with a westerly wind at 7 miles per hour. That will be increasing some afternoon. 47 degrees in new jersey, at the shore also in the upper 40s. Warms to 48 degrees in philadelphia. Middle to upper 40s for the Lehigh Valley and delaware. Ill break these forecasts down hour by hour and show you how quickly we move out of the 30s when i come back in ten minutes. First your first alert traffic with traffic reporter francesca ruscio. Were watching road closures on columbus boulevard. At 95 and washington because of a water main break. Folks columbus boulevard. Well watch 95 for quite some time. 95 at caster avenue, travel speeds are in the 60s. This picture will change in a matter of a couple of hours as we app
Today a pretty nice day. Were starting off dry and mostly clear skies. Nowhere near as cold as it normally is. Usually see these numbers in the 20s. Right now its 36 degrees in philadelphia. Theres a little bit of a breeze now out of the west at 12 Miles Per Hour. That will be enough to make it feel chillier start with. Look at these afternoon temperatures. 47 in new jersey. For the suburbs degrees along with the Lehigh Valley and near 50 this afternoon for philadelphia. While delaware is dry, today 47 degrees. Dry today but rain is on the way for tomorrow. Ill go through forecast hour by hour when im back in ten minutes. First lets check in on the first alert traffic with Francesca Ruscio. We have some updates for you folks in terms of mass transit. Train 1295 will be running 30 minutes late because of earlier equipment problems. Everything else is running on time and schedule. So, again thats train 1295. We have a water main break on the southbound side of columbus boulevard blocking
Morning but clear this afternoon. Another nice spring day with lots of sunshine. 60s across the board. Even at the shore, right at 60 this afternoon because of the sea breeze. Delaware hits 67. Big warmup over the weekend. Timed perfectly for easter sunday. Well look at the forecast when i come back in ten minutes. First well see how the friday commute is going. Jessica boyington with the update. The boulevard around 17th, both directions now. It looks okay. Heres the southbound side. Thats whats moving toward the schuylkill expressway. Typically see more delays there, at least first with all the traffic heading toward the schuylkill. Not seeing anything major yet. Considering its only 5 30. Eastbound on 422 from 29 to the schuylkill, an eightminute trip. Average speeds in the mid 60s. Both directions on 422 look good this morning. Theres a disabled vehicle in pottstown. Watch for that on North Franklin street around spruce alley. And well end here out in voorheis, new jersey. Route 73
Were dry, that rain is from the city on south and east and that is part from matthew and cold front moving through but by afternoon we will get sunshine but noticeably cooler. Complaining about the cold today . I think youre early on that. I was getting a hard time this morning with my jacket on. Now tommy can understand. We will wake up in the 40s and 30s in the suburbs. So typical october cool down. First we have to get rid of the rain, steady rain in parts of the delaware and south jersey right now. Driving will be slow over the next few hours, here in center city we have steady rain. 59 degrees. So that north wind is overtaking region. 16 miles an hour. It will pump in cooler air. Just look at that rain shield. Kind of lining up over i95 flooding to the north and west. You can see heavier steady rain from dover, delaware southward and jersey shore so just watch out there for next few hours. Flash flood watches are in effect until noon time for kent, sussex county, delaware. Parties