That commute later this afternoon. Across coastal sections of new jersey for lower bank eggs harbor mays landing and tuck company even Atlantic City were in and out of the heavy rain that will continue through the rest of evening hours o winds have also been an issue earlier today. Top wind gusts cape may 63 Miles Per Hour winds reported, tuc tuckerton 60 my, 8 fortescue, downingtown 53, philadelphia with a gust coming in the a 46. Theyre still pretty strong especially at the coast. 47 Miles Per Hour winds in that Atlantic City, 41 in the city and 33 Miles Per Hour wind gusts in the poconos. Were getting that constant wind and that moisture coming in off the atlantic which means the winds cecily will be factor even through tonight. Thats right. Winds really the main story with this storm, melissa and the winds continue through the evening hours. National Weather Service extended the high wind advisory warning. The advisories for our northern suburbs, theyre extended until 7 oclock, hig
Of flooding at the shore points, folks are piling up the sand bags, dreading the next high tide. Elsewhere, scenes like this. People wondering how theyll get anywhere tomorrow with huge trees still blocking roads across the area. And you can blame this, live look at radar right now. The drenching rain may be moving on out, but we are not out of the woods yet. Heres live look at the ben franklin parkway. Gusty winds are making it feel pretty chilly out there and theyll be sticking around until tomorrow. Those winds also proved deadly today. Im iain page. Im lucy noland. Thousands in our area are in the dark tonight. Fox 29 though has you covered. Our Dave Schratwieser is tracking the major problems for commuters. Chris oconnell is at the flooded jersey shore. But we begin with meteorologist kathy orr. Kathy, this is proving to be one dangerous storm. Absolutely. A very powerful storm and here it is, heres your noreaster packing winds gusting to over 60 miles an hour today right now were
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Early, clouds pushing in from the west, clouds and sun mix today. The rain hangs off to the north. Temperatures, very mild, 53 degrees in philadelphia. Mild in allentown and reading, 60 in reading. 57 in allentown. 51 in trenton, 53 in millville. 47 cooler down near the cool ocean water. Winds are not strong we are expecting them to stay on the light side. Only a five mile an hour wind in philadelphia. 53 by 7 00 a. M. Marching up to 71 degrees by noon, high of 75. If we hit that it will be a new record in philadelphia by one degree and 5 00 p. M. Holding on to 70 before sliding back into the mid 60s by 3 00 p. M. Or 7 00 p. M. Tonight i should say. Warm today, its going to be another mild one to start out the weekend, there is the threat of not only rain coming through later in the day, perhaps a gusty thunderstorm, ill have the details on that and the complete weekend call coming up from accuweather. Reporter were starting in new jersey, were seeing traffic move right now, a minute a
Notice how the winds are continuing to come up from the south that will cool you off from down here. Its light wind overall and most of us all thats doing is bringing in mild air. 53 degrees by 7 00 a. M. Noon we shoot up to 71 with the mild air coming up from the south. 75 is the high in philadelphia. If we hit that it will be a new record high in philadelphia. We set or tied a few of them yesterday. 5 00 p. M. , 70 degrees, by 6 00 p. M. Down to 64. Were in for a mild overnight low, there could dense fog developing tomorrow morning. Tomorrow afternoon, even though its mild theres a concern of lateday showers and gusty thunderstorms. Ill talk about that with the complete accuweather seven day karen. Reporter all right, dave this is a live look at the schuylkill expressway past the vine. Were seeing police leave the scene blocking a lane up ahead. We had a disainltd vehicle that cleared disabled vehicle that cleared. Blue route, schuylkill expressway, i95 all in the 40s and 50s. The vi