Along the ben franklin parkway as philadelphia prepares to celebrate our nations independence. Down the shore the festivities are already in full swing, boards busy along the coast as fireworks light up the night skies. The big question in all of this, will the weather cooperate with all of the 4th of july celebrations . Backyard barbecues . Right now, stormscan3 is tracking rain. Its expected to arrive in our area tomorrow. Good evening, to you, im jessica dean were hoping its not a washout this weekend, for more on that, lets go to meteorologist kate bilo who is live on the cbs so were clear with the of his look at the holiday if forecast. I wish i had better news for the 4th of july. Its not going to be a total washout. Youre going to be dodgings showers and maybe a thunderstorm, by evening we try to clear things out and get fireworks, starting overnight, and especially into the first half of day tomorrow, we do expect wet weather, lets look at stormscan3, well zoom in, clouds start
Right now at 11 00, the final preparations are under way along the ben franklin parkway as philadelphia prepares to celebrate our nations independence. Down the shore the festivities are already in full swing, boards busy along the coast as fireworks light up the night skies. The big question in all of this, will the weather cooperate with all of the 4th of july celebrations . Backyard barbecues . Right now, stormscan3 is tracking rain. Its expected to arrive in our area tomorrow. Good evening, to you, im jessica dean were hoping its not a washout this weekend, for more on that, lets go to meteorologist kate bilo who is live on the cbs so were clear with the of his look at the holiday if forecast. I wish i had better news for the 4th of july. Its not going to be a total washout. Youre going to be dodgings showers and maybe a thunderstorm, by evening we try to clear things out and get fireworks, starting overnight, and especially into the first half of day tomorrow, we do expect wet wea
People dont want to get rained on in their backyard barbecues. I wish i had better news. I wish i could tell you it would be a uni beautiful blue you sky kind of day it is not. It is not last saturday. Most of the heavy rain is missing us to the north and west but we are dealing with some showers. Lets look at is what happening outside. We will take you down the shore amount lot of foulke down the shore waking up seeing how their day will go. Is it a beach day boardwalk day, shopping day in cape may. First part of the day beach weather may not be so nice. Storm scan three shows why that is, look at that big massive heavy rain off to the north and west, williamsport getting a a soaking. Light showers at the very least. Waking up to some drizzle and gloom and here in the city same story. As we zoom out south of that big massive rain near williamsport we have scattered showers. Those will move through during the course of the day. It looks like the heavier of the steady rain will miss us
Swing, with those beautiful fire works busy boardwalks as well, all ready to celebrate the fourth. But we have to mention some rain this fourth of july holiday unfortunately as we look live at storm scan three the big question is will the weather cooperate with all of the fire works, festivities and backyard barbecues you have planned for today . I think, we will of good news for you just a little bit. Happy Independence Day to you, it is saturday july 4th. Im nicole brewer. Just past 6 00. We will send it over to kate and get those questions answered. You said it is not perfect by any stretch but it is not terrible either. It is not terrible. It is a two day weekend. Two of the three days are perfect. Today is not the worst day we have ever had if that is the best way to put it. When you lead with that it is in the worst day we ever had it doesnt sound great but we have a couple showers to track. It is in the a complete wash out. Ims hopeful by late this afternoon and this evening mes
Works, we will talk more specifically about the storms, and what to expect as we head in the rest of the week coming up in your full forecast in just a few minutes. We will see you then. Annual fourth of july party on the parkway kicks off at noon and it has been a fun packed afternoon for visitors. Eyewitness news reports leash a nieves has been on the parkway all day and shes with us now, tell us what comes next, alycia . Reporter well, jessica, in just a little while we can look forward to major performances, music legends and then big fire works show at 9 30 but all day long it has been nothing but fun for several who come here every year, and for some like myself hoff been here, come here for the first time. Party on the parkway. Happy fourth of july. Reporter for many in the region it is a tradition on the fourth of july. Always coming out here with family, enjoying music, festivities. Reporter for some others like myself, it is a new experience, navigating the five blocks of fun