In march he canceled all performances for the year due to health issues. He and his older brother formed the bluesy man. Allman was 69 years old. A loss for the phillies family. Hall of fame pitcher jim bunning has died. Bunning played for the phillies for six seasons. He pitched one of the perfect games in modern National League history in 1964. He also served in congress and in the senate representing kentucky. Bunning was 85 years old. And coming up in sports, reaction from larry, as the phillies honor bunnings legacy. Turning now to the memorial day weekend weather. At the shore, in philadelphia, and in wilmington, people enjoyed the seasonable weather today as the rain held off through the morning and early afternoon. Right now light rain is moving over delaware and the jersey shore. But for the most part the kickoff to memorial day weekend has been pretty good. First alert meteorologist erica has the latest of what to expect. We had a pretty nice day all around. Temperatures topp
They were serving up hamburgers and hot dogs and all the sides. Will we see rain today to dampen any outdoor plans . Lets get right on that with our meat phaeteorologis meteorologist, krystal klei. Its going to be a good day for that because we dont have to worry about that chance of rain, at least not during the daytime hours. As we get into the evening, that chance of rain will return to the forecast. But if you have afternoon grilling plans you are good to go, and i know its early but we have been up a while and that looks good. 62 degrees in philadelphia. We already see some clouds overhead we can see from our live camera, and some sun is breaking through as well. Hazy this morning. And check out the temperatures, one station in parts of the pennsylvania suburbs. 48 degrees. 59 in parts of new jersey. 52 in the Lehigh Valley. 61 in delaware right now. We have this good mix of clouds and sun and winds that are not terribly strong currently, and we have some reporting northwest and s
Barbecue on lemon hill. Will it be good grilling weather again today . For that heres a live look at penns landing, where people who are heading out to the blue cross riverfest where people are heading out. Lets get over to meteorologist, krystal klei. If you are going to be out late tonight, you need the umbrella. You can tell from our live pictures, right now all of us are dry. 64 degrees in philadelphia. Its a nice shot of some haziness and clouds overhead. 55 is the temperature in parts of our pennsylvania suburbs, and 62 in new jersey. 56 in the Lehigh Valley, and delaware at 62 degrees. Great temperatures to start the morning. You need a light jacket and you can leave that umbrella at home for the daytime hours. We have clouds trying to move in from the west and today they will become more of a nice forecast again. And tonight that rain approaches and tomorrow morning that we really see the rain and some spot thunderstorms possible. Good news is for your memorial day its a washou
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