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let s get to the accuweather alert. meteorologist bill evans has the first look at the forecast. looking at rainfall amounts, we have seen the rainfall amounts a couple of attemptths to a quarter inch around city. further south 1/2 inch of rain. 73 degrees with more rain on the way. 73 montclair and hanover. temperatures are mild. warm for the overnight hours want f effect until 4:00 this afternoon. the yellow areas is heavy downpours inside the rain shield. that s where you can get problems 95, connecticut, westchester, rockland county. we will be drenched by daybreak. weather and traffic every seven minutes. that has an effect on the roadways. we have two problems on the bruckner. one southbound near country one near white plains road another accident is being cleared away. then as we take a look at the l.i.e., this is construction closed between exit 40 and 41. all lanes are closed until 5:30. we hope to get that cleared way within the hour. we have the northern ....
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and traffic. reporter: ken and lori, happy thursday morning to the both of you. we have this buffalo stretch of weather that continues for a couple of days. we start with 68 this morning minus the fog right? when the sun comes up we ll get a head start and temperatures in the 60s. long branch and wrightstown will quickly climb near 80 degrees. bridgeport 64, 62 for white 95 in monticello. more humid tomorrow, near 90 on saturday. we ll be tracking storms then. until then the satellite radar picture looking great this morning. northeast winds are calm. we ll go for a high today of 81 degrees in new york city. that is weather. now here s heather o rourke with a look at your drive and your commute this morning. 71st avenue. all or transit systems running on our close to schedule except for the l, and m, with track work. the crossbronx express way eastbound webster avenue into the sheridan, we have construction. not backed up to the george washington bridge but the longer ....
clear skies. 63 brookhaven. 65 east hampton. a good day today with a lot of sunshine. very low humidity today, mid- 80s to upper 80s. weather then heather every 7 minutes. mass transit. it is doing okay. long island railroad, j ersey transit and metro north all checking in on or close to schedule, no major issues there. and here s is the 59th street bridge making your way across the span. you can see it looks okay, no major issues to report on the span at thisoi but we do have a problem on the bridge queens brown upper level right at the 21st street exit going into queens, this over high tractor trailer, it is on the zebra stripes. once they try to remove it that is where the problems may come in. the disabled vehicle has been cleared away, alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect for today. mass transit doing okay. you. 6:01. onto the breaking news in the bronx. police just gave us an update on a shootout inside a deli that left one man dead. the gu ....
not fun. 6:03 in ridley, 6:12 in chester. that s when the heaviest rain comes in. it s coming in fairly quickly, and by 9:00, it s pretty much gone for this first batch. we have this moisture coming into the shore as we go into early hours tomorrow. nurchds gets its share before this is over as well. more on changes coming including 90 degree temperatures in minutes. all right, glen, see you then. school children threatened with a gun. school leaders called 911, but help did not arrive. there was no police response for several hours. the urban promise academy is located on the border of pennsauken and kcamden. we asked questions to sort out this delay. reporter: the men in this silver suv drove off monday before 1:00. urban promise school administrators say they stopped to engage and threaten fifth grade students on the playground. her 11-year-old son, one of them. he said the man held it out the window and pointed it at him. did you get the tag number? we d ....