hope you had a great weekend. meteorologist bill henley standing by with his first alert forecast. not too humid out there. we ll see the nice weather continue. 668 in pottstown, and some 60s also for interior new jersey, central delaware while philadelphia is at 74 degrees right now. the temperatures will be climbing. lots of sunshine, just a few scattered clouds. 6:00, 72 degrees. by 9:00 in the upper 70s into the low 80s at noontime, 83 degrees, just a light breeze blowing today. there s a chance of storms in the future. not for today, however, the future weather when i come back in ten minutes. right now let s get your first alert traffic with jessica boyington. we have good news right off the bat. all construction on the vine street expressway is not active. both lanes are open westbound or eastbound. watch out for signs in the area just to watch out for that. otherwise, three minutes headed westbound from 95 up towards the schuylkill expressway 50 miles per hour as
jim? this map just out with the additions there. it will take people awhile to digest it. it is going to be up on our website and on the nbc 10 app. thanks for that late information. now to the impact on south jersey. we know which roads and bridges will be accessible. that plan has been fine-tuned and details have been released this afternoon. nbc 10 s cydney long continues team coverage from camden. driving your own car to camden that weekend is highly discouraged? reporter: that s right. you are simply not going to be able to do it. this is going to be all about patience and pre-planning. we found out today, take a look, the parking lots behind us like the one here along the waterfront at the base of the ben franklin bridge, campbell s field, the battleship, you name it, there are about 1100 spots. you will not be able to bring your car here. they will all be reserved for credentialed tour buses and it will make camden the mass transit hub for this historic visit.
that s in the pocono mountains. a little bit cloudy out there to start today. with the summer-like weather comes the chance of showers and storms. that s what we re tracking. meteorologist brittney shipp has more for the changes in the forecast, which also include some cooler temperatures this week. brittney? we actually drop back below average for a change. we ve been close to 90 for the past five days or so and today will not be any different. we ll see temperatures pushing close to 90 degrees with a range between 87 and 90. right now, a mild start, 66 degrees. in the poconos, 70. in allentown, 69. in pottstown, 67 atlantic 66 currently in wildwood, and already seeing a few showers and downpours moving just to the west of clinton, over milford right now, allentown, about five minutes ago, seeing scattered showers. and you can see the unsettled weather off near punxsutawney and williamsport tracking to the northeast. but we will see another round of wet weather as we head
used by our first alert meteorologists. we are following some developing news. the president of the naacp in spokane, washington has stepped down after a controversy over her racial identity. rachel dolezal is accused of falsely portraying herself as african-american when she is actually white. her parents recently set the record straight. her mother spoke out once again after her resignation. we just hope and pray that she will be successful in her pursuit to come into a more realistic and truthful way of living. in a statement, dolezal said she is stepping down because it s in the best interests of the naacp. nbc 10 is there after a police chase comes to a crashing end in philadelphia s overbrook section. the suspect slammed into a verizon van at 63rd and haverford this afternoon. you can see what happened. the van ended up on its side. verizon worker was taken to the hospital. he s expected to be okay. police took the suspect into custody. he was wanted in a home i
are going to disadvantage democrats but the truth of the matter is that if we have a strong message, if we re speak to go what the american people care about, typically the popular vote and the electoral college will align and i guess part of my overall message here as i leave for the holidays is that if we looked for one explanation or one silverbullet or one easy fix for politics, then we re probably going to be disappointed. there are just a lot of factors in what s happened not just over the last few months but over the last decade that has made both politics and governance more challenging. and i think everybody s raised legitimate questions and legitimate concerns. i do hope that we all just take some time, take a breath, that s certainly what i m going to advise democrats, to just reflect a little bit more about how can we how can we get to a place where people are focused on working together based on at least some common set of facts, how could we have a conversatio