But the big story on action news tonight is a rocky start to the fourth of july weekend forecast. It has been humid, unsettled with the mix of sun and rain and right now a severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until tonight for most of our area taking a look from sky six over the Philadelphia International airport, you can see rain, coming down right now and those dark skies are above. Action news cam was in abington as well, just a few minutes ago where you can see rain is really coming down. Meteorologist Melissa Magee is here now with the first check of the accu Weather Forecast, medical list a. Walter, we have been un settled throughout much of the afternoon and looking at Storm Tracker six live double scan radar you can see showers , storms, moving out of the northwestern suburbs pressing into that 95 corridor and slowly press nothing to areas in south jersey. Not only do we have a severe thunderstorm watch out but a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for sale em, camden, gloucester cou
Starting to work in from the northwest. Were seeing dewpoints in the mid 60s and mid 70s first thing this morning. Were starting to see the westerly winds do its thing here and dry the atmosphere out. 78 is the exoint in dewpoint in dover, millville, 70. Beach haven, 72. Its going to be hot today, but unlike yesterday we wont be dealing with the oppressive humidity. Call from accuweather, mostly sunny, less humid, nice day, 90 degrees is the forecasted high. One thing make sure you continue to apply the sunscreen if youre laying on the beach, uv index is very high. Looking ahead, less humid thats the headline over the next few days, lots of sunshine expecting with high temperatures of 90 degrees. We run the risk of seeing thunderstorms, especially on the 4th of july. I know a lot of you have fireworks plans and picnics and things like that. Ill be back and time everything out foy on future tracker 6 and show you cooler numbers in the seven day forecast. We begin with breaking news and
Degree murder. Governor Chris Christie calls the lawmakers back as the budget stalemate rolls on. Its a great day for an outdoor celebration, lets go outside to meteorologist chris sowers. Reporter it feels fantastic. The dewpoint have dropped off. Its very, very nice, refreshing breeze out of the northwest. 85 degrees, millville, 87. Dover, wilmington, 85. Allentown, 83. Look at the poconos, 75 degrees at this midday hour. Heres a look at the dewpoints this tells the story. These numbers have been in the low to mid 70s for the last 48 hours starting to see them retreat back into the mid 60s, its starting to feel better. The numbers will lower throughout the day. Some locations could see the dewpoint temperature drop into the 50s later on. That will feel really, really good. Satellite and radar were expecting walltowall blue skies from this point on. Maybe a couple of clouds later on, thats about it. Should be a nice finish to the weekend. Call from accuweather today, here we go, mostl
Incident freelight traffic issue free speeds are at or above posted roads drying out from overnight showers new this morning, the red cross is helping 17 people this morning after a two alarm fire overnight. The Milwaukee Fire Department got called to a two story home near 4th and concordia shortly after 10 last night. Milwaukee police tell us a firefighter injured a saw on the roof. No word yet on how it started, but we . Do know one of the two duplexes damaged is a total loss. Damages are estimated at 125 thousand dollars. Two votes in the Milwaukee Common Council today should clear the way for more construction on the bucks arena project. If youve been near the area of fourth and juneau downtown. Youve seen the project is well underway. Ann sterling is live with more. There is a flurry of construc here in downtown milwaukee. Crews are making substantial progress on building a new arena and practice facility and parking structure for the Milwaukee Bucks. This morning the Common Counc
Temperatures will be warmer with several spots reaching the 70 degree mark this afternoon thanks to a slightly breezy southerly wind at 5 15mph. Incident freeTraffic Building on the roadways issue free roads drying out from overnight showers new this morning the red cross is helping four families this morning after a 2alarm fire at this house overnight. Milwaukee fire crews responded to the scene near 4th and night. 17 people were inside the two story home. Milwaukee police tell us a firefighter injured a finger while working with a saw on the roof. No word yet on how it started. Damage to the two homes is estimated at 125 thousand dollars. Two votes in the Milwaukee Common Council today should clear the way for more construction on the bucks arena project. If youve been near the area of fourth and juneau downtown. Youve seen the project is well underway. Ann sterling is live with more. There is a flurry of construction going on down here in downtown milwaukee. Crews are making substan