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karen i ll have details on that coming up from accuweather. all right dave. more immediately we have been talking about the fog affecting our area. we see a little bit of it here especially in new jersey. 42 northbound at creek road moving just fine. just some he reduced visibility. ahead the ramp from 42 northbound to 295 has reopened. the construction crews have left the scene. and we can see also the ramp from the schuylkill eastbound to the vine street expressway is eastbound has reopened as well so that construction has cleared. crews will return again tonight shut the vine down at 11 o clock. couple of accidents in the area. one here in west pottsgrove township. this is new on burke street at howard street. another accident on the northeast extension southbound. we re hearing a tractor-trailer sideswiped a pickup truck and kept on driving so it s a hit-and-run accident here. it is on the shoulder but on the northeast extension southbound past lehigh valley. also ....
rogers joins us. on satellite there are clouds to the north and east of philadelphia. a little bit more to the south and they are going to start to gather. within those clouds we also have a little shower that s opened up. this is still on the other side of trenton but it is angling down out of the northeast towards trenton and if it doesn t fall apart we might get a little bit wet in parts of bucks county and eventually northeast philadelphia. we ll see whether or not that holds together. future tracker six has been showing us that there s the possibility of some fog out there and this morning visibilities are below a mile in mount pocono. most of the stations are not bad. where you see patches of gray that s an indication of possible fog. careful of that again this morning. 60 degrees currently in philadelphia, 50 degrees in allentown, 51 degrees in reading. 61 in trenton. 56 in wilmington. not a lot of wind but certainly on the cool side. 61 in cape may. and as we ....
good afternoon in the news, a man arrested for the murder of a little girl made his first court appearance. but the big story on action news is a monster hurricane possibly heading for the east coast. matthew has slammed into western haiti and is pounding the caribbean with devastating conditions at this hour. now, parts of the u.s. are bracing for the impact as the storm tracks west. elizabeth herr reports with the latest. reporter: [ inaudible ] those are some of the images you saw there from haiti, accuweather keeping a close eye on matthew and whether it can effect the jersey shore and the delaware coast. david murphy has the latest. reporter: you saw the pictures and hearded sound of the roaring wind and now the satellite picture shows the eye a little while ago going over the western portion of this peninsula in haiti. and that means haiti itself was suggested especially over on the east side with 145 miles per hour category four hurricane winds. people ....
hello again. here are some stories we are following for you on action news at 12:30. new information about a hit and run involving a crossing guard in northeast philadelphia. details on the car that police are looking for. and tonight the vice presidential debate. what the candidates need to do to get voter support. and now the details. we are following the latest on hurricane matthew s path, the storm made landfall in haiti early this morning. wins top out at 145 miles per hour and the other concern is flash floods and mudslides and the hurricane is heading to eastern cuba and after that the path is uncertain. it s still too soon to know how it may affect the east coast like delaware and the jersey shore but people are getting ready just in case. bob brooks live in brigantine, new jersey. reporter: rick, they don t want to take any chances. again, we do not know exactly what hurricane matthew will do. if it comes up this way? but if it does crews in brigant ....
center, making landfall saturday morning, category 2 winds of 105 miles per hour. and then it heads to the north and east. just south of the delaware and new jersey coastline by sunday morning, winds of 90 miles per hour, we have to remember this area in red is the cone of uncertainty, it could go far left or far right in this area. there are a couple of ingredients that have to come together. when we decide where matthew is going to head we have to look at the 500 millibar charts. this is what is going on the in the atmosphere 18,000 feet. it works from the top down and this is matthew, it s working up the coast and there is high pressure off to the east a strong ridge that is pushing matthew towards the east coast and at the same time this is the cold front a trough, how they interact will depend or decide where matthew heads. if this trough is strong it can kick the storm out to sea and we ll miss out on the major effects of the storm. and there are models that sho ....