We will be at 80 later on today which will feel a bit like summertime, june. It will get wet and colder as we head into this week. Heather is looking at the commute. Still have the problems on the belt parkway. We do. Now the ed koch, 59th street bridge. Check out this sea of brake lights as you leave queens over into manhattan. So, lets go to the maps and i will tell you what is going on. Ed koch, 59th street bridge leaving queens into manhattan, an accident on the lower level. Upper level has picked up a lot of volume as a result. The belt parkway, this is a big deal here eastbound between coney island and nap street, misplaced tractor trailer. All lanes are closed down on the eastbound side. Montauk closed both directions between venetian and buena vista because of an accident investigation. All lanes are closed down. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules suspended. Metered in effect. We start with the developing story in queens. Nypd is putting out a call for help to find the
Forecast. Down the shore there has been fog. Temperature 73 degrees. That is warm. We should be at 56 for this hour of the day. Murray hill 73. 71 riverdale in the bronx. 70 bridgeport. 68 to 70 long island. 68 in poughkeepsie. Flood watch has been put in effect for dutchess, Ulster County, Orange County for flooding rains for tomorrow. Today is going to be a warm day. We will have showers this afternoon. Might even be a thunderstorm coming up later on today. We will talk about that. Heather is looking at the commute. The George Washington bridge, we have inbound side of the lower level closed down. This is because of some construction. Its not causing major delays. Upper level doing fine. No major problems. Lets go to the maps. Inbound lower level George Washington bridge is closed. Upper level is open. If you are trying to come into the city at the hudson river crossings, not doing badly. The ramp to the George Washington bridge is closed. Not doing badly meaning its a minor delay ac
The park. Teterboro two inches in northwest new jersey. We will talk about joaquin. It increased in intensity fast. Its backing down now southwest to the bahamas. This is where it will hang around a few days. We will talk about its path. Coast. It will be days before this takes place. We will talk about this in your accuweather forecast in a few machines. David, back to you. Thanks. They are taking precautions on the jersey shore. New jersey Anthony Johnson is there in belmar with the latest. Anthony. Reporter david, they have been starting the preparations since yesterday, getting word about joaquin so they said they would go ahead and jump into action. Lets show you what is place on the beachfront in belmar. You can see that the dunes are behind me. They are about 8 to 10 feet high. We see frontend loaders out here putting down more sand. They got a lot of this sand after Superstorm Sandy so they are using it to protect beaches because they do not want to see the water coming from th
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After that we focus on joaquin and the possible impact. This storm is wobbling near the bahamas. No change in intensity from the 5 00 advisory. Still a big window of movement. Still could go out to see. Remote chance of that. More likely a track to the carolinas. We are in the window of the track but our forecast shows most likely the midatlantic or carolina coast. Its impacting with coastal flooding and bands of rain but the worst to the south. Steadier rain returns tomorrow night especially on the coast. Be concerned about coastal flooding and on shore winds and erosion and we will have more in the sevenday forecast in a few minutes. See you in a few minutes. As lee said, there remains so many variables with tracking joaquin. For folks near the shore of new jersey and long island, their antenna is high when they hear hurricane and they are getting ready. Anthony johnson has that part of the coverage in Seaside Heights for us. Anthony . Reporter yeah, bill, you can see out here a beau