Yesterday, gorgeous sunshine temperatures so comfortable in the low 80s. Well see a really nice day again today. Getting a cool start, 50s and 60s, 59 right now in reading. Its 68 degrees in philadelphia. And dover is 64 degrees. Your neighborhoodby neighborhoodbyneighborhood forecast coming up. Well see sunshine, calm conditions 73 degrees, up to 80 by lunch time. A look at that neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when im back in ten minutes. Its a friday. Lets take a look at the traffic that may be accumulating during the morning hours. Jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. Happy friday, everyone. If youre heading out the door in the next couple minutes or so you wont face difficulty in terms of volume. This is route 202. A disabled vehicle on the righthand shoulder no crew helping that passenger yet. But headed eastbound into the Center City Area no real problems. As for the pa turnpike 23 minutes, you can see the cars are green and word of the construction project pick
Until 6 00, 6 15 or so. Out in Montgomery County lower merion, we are watching an accident scene on old lancaster road and north latchlis lane. Heading out the door on the pa turnpike turnpike, no problems. A 22 or 23minute trip through the work zones that have cleared up a little bit early. Mass transit, currently fro problems or delays for new jersey transit, septa or the patco speed line. We check in with new jersey roads in the next ten minutes. Vai. Police are calling the death of a recent Drexel University grad in West Philadelphia suspicious. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live at the scene. Matt, give us a briefing on the investigation. Reporter its suspicious indeed, vai. Police have a lot of questions they need to answer. Right now police are still out here holding the scene. Right there, this is the 200 block of south 50th street. Thats the house where this 27yearold was found dead yestebde9n 27yearold Jasmine Wright was found beaten and possibly strangled. She was in a third floor
59 also in pottstown. Down to 66 degrees in roxborough northeast philadelphia. Cooler at the airport, 63 degrees. Clouds will clear out. Well see sunshine. The temperatures will be climbing, well be at 70 degrees at 8 00. By 11 00, 77 with a little bit of a southerly breeze. Up to 82 degrees and still climbing at 2 00 but its not going to go a whole lot warmer than that today. That changes in a big way this weekend. A look at the hot weather thats coming in to play for saturday, sunday and beyond when i come back in ten minutes. Right now, lets get your first alert traffic with Jessica Boyington. Whats going on out there . Were working through a work zone on 295 out in new jersey. Some good news though all lanes are really open. Were seeing the lefthand shoulder and right hand shoulder dealing with some road blockages, actually around the black horse pike. On the southbound side crew working right in here but the ramps are open. Still good news there. Were still dealing with a 13minute
Investigated a bomb threat on this plane, American Airlines flight 762. It was headed for san francisco. The tsa says someone found a threatening note in the bathroom inside the terminal. Police found nothing suspicious inside. Passengers were rescreened. The plane took off for california after about a 90 minute delay. What a gorgeous day in center city. Another day of low humidity and in the background you see the white puffy clouds up there in the sky, and a lot of blue sky. Pictureperfect. Lets take a look down the shore. The beaches in cape may are packed again today. Not as hot on the beach as it is inland today. We are now looking at a change or a chance of a heat wave. From one extreme to the other. Nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz is here with the nbc 10 first alert forecast. Glenn . Yeah. The temperature is really going to take a jump over the weekend and the humidity also so the combination is going to make it feel quite different than it is tod
Reporter jessica, fortunately no one seriously injured here but this is a tough task trying to remove new Jersey Transit bus. It is off the side of the road but still snarling traffic. We have seen now a third tow truck that has been brought into try to move this new Jersey Transit bus, that apparently had a collision with the car, and went through the guardrail and down an embankment. It is 10 feet down off the side of the road. We understand there were three people on the new Jersey Transit bus, all of them employees for new Jersey Transit a and in of them having serious injuries, that require going to the hospital. We do necessity driver of the vehicle in the crash did go to the hospital, and injuries are described as just being minor, and traffic is backed up for several miles. They have one lane shut off, and off the side, right side of the road, lane is closedded and so new Jersey State Police are asking anyone who is traveling southbound to take i95 if you can on the pennsylvani