Basically posting this just to let you know that there is that possibility of runoff still getting onto the roads as late as 10 oclock this morning. Satellite and radar shows you that that main chunk of rain will be getting through probably off the coast by about eight or 9 oclock this morning. After that its clouds and sun today, and just a slight chance of a spotty thunderstorm popping up in a couple places. Most of you dry this afternoon. Boy its warm this morning. 75 degrees in philadelphia. 70 in allentown. 73 in trenton. 73 in cape may. And its not only the warmth but its the humidity today. Look at these dewpoints. Any time you get dewpoints over 60 we talk about it feeling humid. These dewpoints over 70. Thats oppressive humidity. And once that sun comes out, you are definitely going to feel the muggies today. 73 degrees by 7 oclock. 76 by 10 oclock. If you want to try and get out one of those areas where youre not getting inundated by rain and get your workout in early you can
Fourth of july festivities are ending on a soggy note tonight thanks to mother nature. Many celebrations were put on hold or canceled due to the rain and along the parkway, partygoers armed with umbrellas tried to make the best of it. Monday night. Jims off. Im rick williams. The end of the Holiday Weekend and the beginning of some very wet weather thats intend descended on the delaware valley. A flashflood watch is in effect for some parts of our area as the rain turns heavy during the overnight hours. Lets get the very latest from meteorologist cecily tynan whos at the action news big board with stormtracker 6. Cecily . And, wick, this radar is not something you want to see during a Holiday Weekend. Weve got pretty steady rain thats really moved through philadelphia right now. Areas to the north and then if you look across West Virginia and virginia, theres low pressure with some thunderstorms. And thats also heading our way overnight. So zooming in right now, the heaviest rain is ov
Shows heavy downpours moving through south jersey and more coming out of baltimore heading into delaware and south jersey later this morning. And even in places where it isnt rain anything mohr we might still have leftover ponding and puddling on the roadways from some earlier heavy rain that came through and as a result of that, there is a Flash Flood Watch until 10 oclock across much of the region. Now, they have dropped it in southeastern pennsylvania because its been awhile since weve seen the heavier rain here but in delaware and south jersey its still up until 10 00 and you still have more pockets of heavy rain on the way. Satellite and radar shows you that once we get rid of that rain, it will probably be off the cost by eight or 9 oclock this morning. Well transition to a mix of clouds and sun and maybe a spotty popup shower or thunderstorm this afternoon but most of you are looking ahead at a dry afternoon. Well, its warm this morning. 74 degrees in philadelphia. 70 as you hea
Cloud building in as we go through the day. Overall sun and cloud milk. We are keeping an eyes out to the west, as a trough will come through and perhaps fire up drenching thunderstorms during the afternoon and early evening hours. 77 degrees is your current temperature in philadelphia. Seventy in allentown. Zero seven in millville. Seventyfour in cape may. Nicer weather looking at these numbers in the morning and say this will bill up into a nice one. When we add a dew point in the mix, 73 really. That is what you get around the gulf coast. It will get worse down there but idea is that is oppressive whenever you see upper 60s and lower 70s. 82 degrees by 8 00. By 10 00 oclock 88. Were in the 90s by lunchtime. High of 95 today but more importantly the heat index will make it feel like around 100 during the height of the afternoon and there are spotty afternoon thunderstorms. It the looks like another hot and humid one tomorrow. Then things will get better saturday, lot better on sunday
Creeks and streams so be careful of that. There is a Flash Flood Watch in effect until 10 oclock this morning and its basically because of the runoff from those heavy pockets of rain that have come through. Its possible that some of these western and Northern Areas where the rain is already beginning to die down that they get dropped off this watch area before 10 oclock. But its still a possibility that you got problems through the morning commute. After this rain gets through, we are going to transition to a mix of clouds and sun and theres just a slight chance of an additional popup shower or thunderstorm later today. Most of afternoon drive. 75 degrees warm as you head outside this morning. 70 in allentown, 73 in trenton, 72 in cape may. And man is it humid out there. This darker shade of green that you see covering most of the region and all these numbers in the upper 60s and 70s, well, thats really an indication of oppressive humidity and once we get past this rain with these dewp