Uncomfortable and thats because of the dewpoints. They are well into the 70s throughout the entire area. So we have oppressive humidity not just today but the next five days were keeping that feeling of oppressive humidity. I want to show you this. Satellite6 and action radar showing the clouds that have moved in. Were starting off with cloudy skies. You see the rain thats up to the north and west. Weve got a weak disturbance moving through could trigger a shower or thunderstorm at any point. Not seeing a whole lot of anything at any point. By 8 00 a. M. 78 degrees watch for a quick shower in one or two spots. By 10 00 a. M. , its 81. By lunchtime 85 degrees with mostly cloudy skies. By 3 oclock 90. Thats your high but its going to feel like its about 97. By 6 oclock, 86 degrees. Weve got more opportunities for showers and storms after today. Well talk about that in that sevenday forecast coming up, matt. Were starting to feel less comfortable with the traffic situation, too, karen. Although here on the schuylkill expressway it doesnt look too bad so far on this wednesday morning. Taillights still zipping along eastbound coming away from the blue route headed toward the city and we have what appears to be a disabled vehicle although penndot who was there is pulling away as we watch. Were watching a new crash in upper moreland this morning its shutting down warminster road between york and mill roads. Byberry or terwood roads would be possible alternates. Also word of a new crash in hatfield township. Its along cowpath road at fairgrounds road. All the overnight construction on 476 the northeast extension has cleared out. As has our crash here in south jersey on 295 northbound by auburn pedricktown everything is reopened there and overnight construction here on 295 in Camden County by the black horse pike has cleared so both ways youre moving along just fine through the ongoing work zone. Issues with the septa Regional Rails particularly the paoli thorn theyll Regional Rail line not running this morning between thorndale and malvern because of lingering amtrak wire issues from yesterday. Trains are running from malvern into the city but only one every 40 minutes so problems for you once again this morning if you ride the Paoli Thorndale line. Tam. Thank you, matt. This is new. Someone shot a 47yearold man while that man was walking in the citys West Oak Lane section overnight. A spray of bullets from this incident also shot out a cars rear window. Police rushed that man to the hospital. Hes in serious but stable condition. The overnight gunfire erupted on the 2000 block of chelten avenue. Just a few blocks away from that scene another shooting but this one left residents horrified trying to help a sixyearold girl shot and bleeding on the street. The child was playing outside her hem on the 6300 block of woodstock street and at least two different guns began to blast shooting at least 21 bullets through the air. That child was shot under her left arm. Bystanders rushed to offer aid until she could be transported to einstein hospital. Were told that she is currently in Critical Condition. Well have more coming up on this in a live report in our next half hour. And this is new. A man driving a stolen car with a threeyearold boy inside crashed in southwest philadelphia. The man lost control and struck a parked mercedes that careen need a parked truck. It happened at 8 30 last night near 63rd street and eastwick avenue. The boy was taken to the hospital but is expected to be okay. The driver who is in his 20s was seriously injured and investigators say when hes released from the hospital hell be turned over to face charges with police. Family and friends paid tribute to the threeyearold girl killed in a car crash in kensington on monday night. Loved ones placed stuffed animals and candles for Esther Palmer at second and west york streets last night. Police say the 17yearold driver in the striking vehicle ran a red light and may have been racing a third car that left the scene. Detectives are searching for a late 1990s black honda accord. Yall know yall were a part of it so please step up and say something. Because theres a grieving family. The little girls mother and grandmother were hurt in the crash. They are expected to recover. It is now 6 04 and an eightyearold boy rescued from a backyard pool is in Critical Condition at Childrens Hospital this morning. The child was pulled from the pool in winslow township Camden County just before 5 oclock yesterday. Authorities have not yet explained the circumstances of his near drowning. We are remembering a Childrens Television icon this morning. The man known as captain noah died yesterday at the age of 90. W. Carter merbreier was a beloved colleague here at 6abc. He and his wife pat cohosted the syndicated tv series captain noah and his magical arc for nearly 28 years. Katherine scott is live at the art museum with more on the fond memories captain noah left behind. Katherine. Reporter matt and tam so many people grew up with captain noah over the years he he had many special guests on his show including jim henson, Charles Barkley and elvis press he lee but it was captain noahs kind and gentle demeanor that kept kids coming back for decades. Captain noah was a hero to a lot of usism his real name was Carter Merbreier but all the kids knew him as captain noah. He died at his home in audubon pennsylvania tuesday after a short illness. He was 90. He was like family to the kids and they felt comfortable. Reporter merbreier grew up in Delaware County attended penn then seminary at temple university. In 1967, captain noah and his magical arc began airing on 6abc. A show merbreier created and cohosted with his wife patricia who died in 2011. What a great show. He taught kids how to share and we need more shows like that on tv. Reporter at its peak in the early 70s the show drew a larger local philadelphia audience than both captain kangaroo and sesame street combined there were puppets cartoons and of course the songs. I remember send your pictures to dear old captain noah, send today, send right away. Red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and blue. Reporter the show was recorded at 6abcs studios and aired on the station until 1994 when the pair decided to retire. They cohosted approximately 3600 episodes and are remembered for making countless kids feel special and loved. I can make a rainbow, make a rainbow. Sing a rainbow, too reporter captain noah is a piece of so many peoples childhoods. If you want to see his prop and set you still k theyre housed at the please touch museum. Were live overlooking center city, Katherine Scott channel6 action news. Brings back some memories katherine. Thanks for that tribute. 6abc president and general manager Bernie Prazenica issued this statement what he we remember about carter is that he loved to make horn smile and he maintained a deep faith in the human spirit. Our condolences go out to the merbreier family his channel6 family and all fans of captain noah. Expect a little less pain at the pump for the second Straight Year gasoline prices are expected to fall below two dollars by the holiday season. I like that. Maribel aber is live at the nasdaq in times square with more on the story. Thank you, maribel. Reporter tam, you got a road trip the eia says prices are expected to fall under two dollars. Gas prices have slid in recent weeks over concerns refiners are producing too much fuel. Gas futures are down 21 percent from a year ago. Stocks eked out small gains. Right now futures pointing to a slightly higher open. Closely watched recorder on job opening due out later today. Disney reported strong earnings. It has plans for a new espn streaming service. Ratings continue to fall at the Sports Network so disney is investing 2 billion to buy a steak in the streaming unit of major league baseball. Disney did not say when the service will launch. Disney is the parent of 6abc. Thats the latest in Business News from the Nasdaq Market site. Back to you tam. Thank you marchly. All right karen. So today is when it starts to get really hot. Yeah, the humidity way up there today. The excessive heat watch starts tomorrow but you feel the difference today matt youre right. Lets take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan around the area. You can see he were try. We had a little sprinkle in the lehigh valley. Really kind of dissipated. That rain is well up to the north and west, not in our region. Lets go on outside right now and see what it looks like. Weve got a weak disturbance moving through and we have lots of clouds early on and we could see a shower or thunderstorm at any point but it doesnt look like it will be very active this morning. The temperature is 77 degrees. It is warm already. The thing you notice when you step outside, the humidity. Look at the dewpoint almost as high as the temperature. 73 degrees. The humidity is oppressive. The pressure is falling. The winds are out of the southsouthwest, thats just pumping up that hot and humid air mass and the ocean temperature 80 degrees. Satellite6 and action radar showing over the past 12 hours the clouds have moved in and there you can see the rain and the storms that are up in northern pennsylvania and new york. Were watching to see if we get a spotty shower or a thunderstorm in a few spots. This is future tracker showing at 8 30 in the morning maybe a couple of spots see is a shower spark through, maybe at 11 30, quick bit of drizzle. You have to be prepared for anything with this high humidity and little disturbance rolling through. Much of the afternoon might be kind of quiet and then with the heating of the day we could see another chance. This is a look at 4 30 in the afternoon. A few showers or thunderstorms pop up here or there. Not everybody is going to see them. Its just spotty and something i want you to be aware of. Our high today is 90 degrees. Now, yesterday yesterdays hi. The difference is the humidity. It feels awful out there today. By 8 00 a. M. , 78. By 10 oclock 81. Watching for a quick shower or a thunderstorm. I dont think too many people are going to see it this morning. By lunchtime 85. Look at this, at three he clock its 90 but its going to feel like its about 97 with the humidity. By 5 oclock, 88 degrees. Again a shower or a thunderstorm. Moderate risk of rip currents if youre headed to the shore but thats a good place to beat the heat and the jersey beaches will be about 84 for your high and delaware 87, the sea breeze will help you out. Were talking the next five days, its a Tropical Vacation without the vacation. The dewpoints mid 70s. Its going to feel like the tropics with the heat index between 95 and 105 over the weekend. Couple of scattered storms here or there. We have a chance for it each day. Vivid lightning and downpours with this high humidity. Heres your exclusive accuweather 7day today. Its hot 90 and very humid, chance for a shower or thunderstorm. Tomorrow not only oppressive humidity but the heat, too, 92 for your high. This is when the excessive heat watch goes into effect. Friday even hotter, 94. Chance for a thunderstorm northwest especially. Saturday the heat index is 105. The temperature 95. Chance for a late day shower or thunderstorm. Even sunday its still sticky, 92. On monday, thats when the actual front comes through so your best chance of a few showers or thunderstorms. Ahead of that front we make it up to 89. You finally feel the relief on tuesday with 86 but you know what, tuesday feels like a long ways away. Yeah. Yes, it does. Yeah. More than a few hours, thats for sure. Thank you, karen. Time right now 6 12. And still ahead on action news, new details in the killing of a young man in North Carolina and the 911 call the accused killer made before opening fire. And its day three of delays for Delta Airlines. A power outage monday caused a global melt down thats now spilling over into another day of stranded travelers. Matt there we had some debris on the ramp span from 95 northbound to the blue route northbound. Luckily they got it pushed out of the way but weve got construction elsewhere on 95. Well check that coming up on this wednesday morning. Dear fellow citizen, i know what its like to live a full life. But living for today doesnt mean forgetting about tomorrow. Most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do for retirement. But i like to think of retirement like its a 30year vacation. So how are you going to get there . Dont worry. It just takes some planning. And i can help. So if you have a question about retirement, ask me. Sincerely, Bernard Tynes fellow vacationer and fellow citizen. Welcome back. Taking a live look at Philadelphia International airport on this wednesday, 6 15 and Delta Airlines predicts there will be more cancellations and delays today from its Computer System failure on monday but on the flight board at phl everything is pretty much on time so thats good here. Company Officials Say a critical piece of equipment failed at the airlines atlanta headquarters triggering a global computer outage. Delta ended up canceling 1500 flights. The computers were working yesterday but they were slower than normal leading to more delays and cancellations but again here in philadelphia just about everything is on time with delta. All right, lets head on over to matt pelman. Take a look at what your commute looks like on this wednesday. Good morning. Taking a while get back to normal on that front for sure. Its pretty normal this morning on 95, even normal polite volume which has been the case most of the days this week as i think some people are enjoying a vacation week but not us and maybe not you. So if you have to head into work 95 southbound is just a little bit sluggish here by cottman then slows farther south from allegheny into girard but nothing horrible. So far at least on 95 southbound. We do have a crash we were watching in hatfield township by the Theological Seminary along cowpath road at fairgrounds road. And in up are moreland still have that crash shutting down warminster road near york and mill. Might wander to stay on byberry or terwood as some alternates. Lets hop on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound still some overnight construction past norristown taking out the right and center lanes and then farther west in Chester County, you still have a right lane work zone as you pass malvern. Then a couple zones on the shoulder as well so still lots of construction on the pennsylvania turnpike. On the pennsylvanianew jersey turnpike connector headed westbound in florence township theres right lane construction were hearing. Thats going to be out there indefinitely and overnight work there at the burlington bristol bridge is long gone but crews return tonight at 9 oclock so at that point you probably want to avoid the triple b. Some construction in cherry hill today and tomorrow. 7 00 a. M. To 5 00 p. M. Long wood of a northbound closing. Kenilworth gets you around that and heart wood drive also closing. Springdale road an alternate around that starting in just about 45 minutes. 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