Area need security and today the city is hiring. Its very high in importance and the urgency to have the best out there. Philadelphia works hosted the events at this Career Link Center and hundreds applied. These candidates would mainly help with crowd control, these are three week fulltime positions that pay between 8 and 10 an hour. Because of the increased traffic expected for the papal visit. People would need to be on time and be aware of the rules and be able to communicate with crowds of people. If they perform well on the job, this could be their foot in the door for a permanent position. I amplied parttime and im looking for a fulltime position, i have a child ready to go to college and as a parents i need more than one job. The candidates will be selected for interviews. Katherine scott can channel 6 action news. Meanwhile we are expecting new details for the popes visit to the city. Mayor Michael Nutter and state and local officials will hold a News Conference today at city
A huge invention for people that live in center city and people that live outside of the city have to be aware of major highway closures the schuylkill will be closed from the blue route to i95 eastbound and westbound it will be closed from i95 to u. S. Route 1, the roosevelt extension and route 76 the vine street expressway, will be closed from the schuylkill to the delaware rivers. In addition to that, city avenue between lancaster avenue route 30 and belmont avenue will be closed in both directions to all traffic, that is because that is where the pope will be staying in that area. So that area will be shut down to traffic as well. Major inconveniences coming and the ben franklin bridge will be closed and the one bright spot, i95 will remain open. That is the only major highway that will not be affected by all of this, people that live in center city will be most impacted. And people trying to get around the city like the major highways like the schuylkill expressway they will not b
Will mark an official heat wave. Good sunday evening. Im george spencer. Its going to feel even more sticky tomorrow as our region continues to heat up. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Michelle Grossman is here with what we can expect when we wake up. You can expect warm mornings. Were going to warm up very, very quickly. Were seeing the temperatures drop slowly tonight. Temperatures still in the 80s. 89 in allenallentown. 72 in wild wood. After a high of 93 degrees today. Day two. Tomorrow will be an official heat wave. Well get into the 90s. Well top around 94 degrees, feeling more like 95, 96. More humid tomorrow, stuicky. As we wake up on monday morning, were waking to mild air. Lots of sunshine. By 6 00, 74. 8 00, mostly sunny, 77. 10 00, 84. Another heat wave thatll last a few days. Were tracking some storms and the heat wave. Well look at that in a few minutes. Baby, im preying on you tonight just like animals thousands packed the beach, fighting the heat and humidity to hear m
Business is out of the way, we can get back to business. Meteorologist bill henley is standing by with your first alert forecast on a monday morning. Here we go again, another week and another day in the 90s. Saturday and sunday reached into the low 90s. It will be hotter today. Warmer in philadelphia, 75 degrees. Upper 60s in pottstown, millville, trenton is 74 at this hour. And bright sunshine is on the way. 6 00 numbers, 73 degrees. By 9 00, though, close to 80 degrees and then closer to 90 degrees just three hours later at lunch time with southwesterly winds developing, helping to bring in humid air. A bit stickier than it was yesterday. And it will be even stickier tomorrow. Well go through the forecast, neighborhood by neighborhood when i am back in ten minutes. Right now lets get a look at your monday morning ccommute. Katy zachry has your first alert traffic. The roads are looking good this morning, pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. I am following an accident in Montgomer
Will see gusts as high as 25 if not a few 30 miles an hour gusts but at least at this particular view outside palmyra cove nature park things are very tranquil. North wind at 4 miles an hour. Win direction, dont go by that temperature, it is a warm start to the morning but trust me, a transition is underway. Even at midnight, 77 degrees. We started off really warm, at 77, and it is expected high today. Watching us in hd you know there are a few stray rounds of showers, way out to sea. That will not an impact but that is is what left of maria still a Tropical Storm but making its departure out to sea. Heres where we currently stand zero seven in allentown. Fiftynine in mount pocono. One of the places more remote then the other but gives you a sense of the fact that that cool air is starting to drop in and, we will see temperatures level off. They will be within a window of five to 6 degrees, my 8 00 a. M. 72. At 3 00 p. M. , 77. Still above average but still cooler then it was in recent