Numbers are going its going to be warm, high of 83 at 3 00 p. M. Maybe a little bit humid but not too bad no worse than partly sunny skies for the most of the day. Fourth of july will be cloudy and showers around, hopefully clearing out or drying out in time for the fireworks. Ill have the latest on the future tracker 6 and the latest call for the entire weekend coming up from accuweather. Matt what are roads and rails looking like early on. Reporter lots of stuff going on, roads are looking good, because a lot of people have off work. Rails on a Holiday Schedule which means a saturday schedule. Route one close to highland avenue we have Police Activity and now theres a ambulance on the scene as well. This is northbound route 1 coming away from the pennsylvania turnpike. Stay to your left. Blocking the right lane, but not causing a huge delay because volume is light on this holiday friday morning. Well talk about the closures because of holiday festivities and issue down the shore, as
In the news a Philadelphia Police officer is off the job and facing charges for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, and a former firefighter that responded to the twin towers on 9 11 is new yorks newest lottery winner. But the big story on action news is the excitement building for the 4th of July Celebrations, from the shore to the city there is no shortage of parties and fireworks tomorrow. Preparations are well underway. Action News Reporter Katherine Scott with the latest from the ben franklin parkway. The setup is well underway here, the setup is here for the concert and people are ready to celebrate. Today the rivera family is out for a skate near the art museum and ben franklin parkway will be packed but like many they just find their spot and gaze upward. People for some reason thought there was nothing going on no pushing and no shoving everybody is getting along. Crews are out building the stage for the 4 and of july jam and there is still work to be done for the concert. Be
South today. Currently in philadelphia, mainly cloudy skies, 72 in wilmington. 70 in trenton mid 70s on the boardwalks at this early hour. Heading out the door to catch the bus. 73 by 6 00. 75 by 8 00. Mainly cloudy and humid conditions. 83 by noon, 86 by 3 00 p. M. The high of 87 around 3 30 or 4 00 and 83 by 6 00 p. M. Through the day theres a chance of a spotty shower or popup thunderstorm. If you hear a rumble of thunder take cover because of lightning threat and gusty winds. Well let you know how long the humid pattern last in the seven day thats minutes away. Reporter the clouds are coming back, so too, is the traffic after this holiday weekend. A lot of people are being forced to come back from the beach so well see extra traffic on the garden state parkway Atlantic City expressway county 42 freeway. So far so good. The traffic stop we had on the southbound side of 55 has pulled away. No overnight construction to clear out on the vine street express way. All lanes remain open in
The schuylkill expressway. Looking good. The as you head out on the pennsylvania turnpike, no overnight construction thats a good thing the construction crews still have off so speeds are in the mid 60s passing willow grove and Fort Washington toward mid county. There was no overnight work on the burlington bristol bridge it will close overnight tonight for scheduled maintenance. This is 42, northbound traffic with people coming back from the beach. So far so good, heading toward 295 and the walt whitman bridge. South jersey native carly lloyd is americas new sports sweetheart leading the u. S. Womans soccer team to the world cup since 1999. Katherine scott is in delran in lloyds hometown. Reporter what a game and what a performance by carly lloyd, she scored three goals in the first 16 minutes people around the world were watching and they watching in delran and they were going crazy. It will be wild going back to new jersey. Reporter her home state was going crows for carly lloyd as
With matt filling in for karen and david has accuweather. Reporter we have showers creeping up from the south. At wide view showed shows the clouds and rain. Doesnt look like a whole lot of shower activity, as we get into the after a chance of a shower and maybe a thunderstorm popping up. 72 degrees right now in philadelphia. 66 in allentown, 69 in trenton. 72 in wilmington, mid 70s along the boardwalks. It is humid this morning but with the clouds as thick as they are, doesnt feel too bad just yet until you start Walking Around and getting the sun through. 8 00 a. M. , 75. We expect clouds mixing with sunny greats breaks. 86 by 4 00 p. M. Through the day a popup shower or thunderstorm in a couple of spots you want to take cover from any storms because of the threat of lightning. How long does the warm and humid pattern last ill answer that in the sevenday forecast. Reporter all right david with good memories of barbecues and parades an fireworks and time at the shore we head back to w