Will be the case throughout the day into tonight. There are areas that did get heavy rain overnight. These areas in yellow had generally over an inch and theres an area in orange there in northern delaware, parts of Newcastle County near smyrna. Two and a half inches of rain estimated. Cape may county over an inch of rain. So we dont need a lot more. Were not getting that much at the moment except in parts of burlington, ocean counties, poconos getting a fair amount. But you can see we here in a relative lull compared to what we saw earlier this morning. Now, theres more moisture coming up from the south. Nothing too extreme at this point but its just a wet, wet day. 61 degrees in philadelphia now. Thats actually above the average high for this time of the year. Its only 52 in reading. The temperatures Holding Around the 60degree mark. It will be breezy. It will be damp with periods of rain that actually get heavier tonight. More on that timing and the rest of the weeks forecast with t
A lot of news to get to but we begin with a rain falling outside. Meteorologist bill henley told us yesterday that this would be happening in the overnight hours. A lot of green on the radar. Yeah, its coming down, a steady rain in the area is going to be with us probably through the morning. We could see breaks in the rainfall during the day but most of the day it is going to be falling and there will be some spots of more moderate showers and thats heading for delaware and south jersey. Fortunately, its warmer. Nowhere near the Cool Temperatures yesterday. 55 degrees right now in philadelphia, and not looking for a warmup thanks to the rain. 56 degrees at 6 00, 9 00, the rain in the area, 59 and low 60s as we go into the afternoon. Add to that some wind, weve got a dreary day ahead. The forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when im back. Right now Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. Were getting ready for a slippery commute, on the vine street expressway around 24th stree
Spreading north as we go overnight. Here is future weather. The rain slowly spreading to the north by 8 00 in the morning, heavier rain could be in new jersey and delaware by the morning commute. Temperatures around 60. Philadelphia area across i95 from wilmington to trenton, upper 50s and rain around and areas north and west, the rain will be increasing through the morning. The rest of the timing on this, how long it will last and how much rain you can expect. Were following breaking news from vine land where a tractor trailer crashed into a car sending one person to the hospital with serious injuries. Sky force 10 was above the scene shortly after 10 00 tonight. Right now, part of it is shut down. Police say a man confessed to hitting a 9yearold with his car and then leaving the boy to die. We first brought you news of the arrest on nbc 10 news at 5 00. Were learning how police in bethlehem tracked their suspect down. Reporter the boys 14yearold cousin says they were coming from behi
On the cool side. A little cooler 2 00 this afternoon with showers in the area. The rain in spain falls mainly on the plain but in our area it is the roadways that are a problem, Jessica Boyington with your first alert traffic. Do not ask me to repeat that. You just looked that up. He is being fresh grabbing difficult times saying wet roadways several timings. 95 around cottman avenue were going to see big delays, not up there yet but all lanes blocked southbound, right in here if you can see, a little zoomed without all of the traffic blocked. This truck has been here in this spot for about 20 minutes sor so. We can they they havent budged yet. Once it updates youre going to see its going to be a huge delay here. All rains, stuck in the center lanes that turned itself around in the center so now at 22 southbound froxt woodhaven to the vine street expressway. All lanes stop so know that as you head out door. Youll be detoured throughout the area. Into new jersey an obstruction chesterf
The chance of rain even into the evening will go through with it a neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when im back in 10 minutes. Jessica boyington is watching some wet roads this morning. Second time thats happened today. Its hard wet roads. Right. Were watching wet roadways, thats hard to say. Try that at home. 95 around cottman avenue. No real problems, we had a disabled vehicle already cleared out of the way. Were seeing average speeds drop a tad but thats okay. Thats what we want on a rainy day. Southbound from woodhaven to the vine street expressway at 14 minutes, so no problems in general on those drive times. And then we head out to the schuylkill expressway. Through the conshohocken thats hard to say, this is were going to take this out today. The schuylkill at the conshohocken curve. To the vine street expressway were at 12 minutes even with the active rainfall in the area. Westbound doing slower at 56 miles per hour, compared to 63. So westbound toward the king of prussia