bruce saw these same solar panels can replace all paved rolled roads they withstand two hundred fifty thousand pounds of weight four times the legal limit of a semi truck i'm sorry the legal weight of a semi truck and as the traction to stop a vehicle moving at eighty miles an hour now corner the energy information administration solar energy was only responsible for point eleven percent of all u.s. energy generation in two thousand and twelve meaning that there's an enormous energy avoided at these roadways could fill. even one as as far. same with over twenty thousand square miles of paved services in the u.s. alone we crunch numbers and there would be three times more electricity than the nation uses all switched to solar roadways wow but the contribution that solar roadways could make to the renewable energy sector is just the beginning of the potential applications check this out the panels are also better but leave the lights which would allow programmers to mark roads and signage however they wished this means warning signs concerning upcoming obstacles could be flashed directl

looks like we're in store for another dreary day scott. >>> dreary and muggy. looking at temperatures by six a. m on thursday in the mid 60s for philadelphia. watching out for more patchy fog as well. speaking of ultimate doppler and fog we have drizzle right now showing up across the area. but take look to the south. a line of showers and thunderstorms a lot of this activity will be moving to the north clipping the western suburbs toe perhaps with a rumble of thunder but flood concerns around washington, d.c. earlier this evening also the report of a tornado toward the bedford pennsylvania area. so the severe weather threat that does not exist for our area tonight. however, looking at those headlines a rumble of thunder west, patchy fog drizzle, just kind of dreary if you're stepping outdoors overnight. tomorrow, warmer than today. muggy with more chances for those scattered showers and thunderstorms and then look at this. for friday, we're talking widespread activity just keep the umbrella handy but i do have some good news. drier conditions and also more sun

. >> bruce. the threat of rip currents most certainly makes a lot of us nervous and we're head holiday where many head to the shore. chief meteorologist scott williams joining us and, scott, what should we look out for and what do we do if we get caught up in one? >>> hi, lou cease. we continue to follow warming water conditions across our area so a lot of folk are going into the water. rip current risk is a danger especially this time of year and you should be alert even expert swimmers can caught as well as novice swimmer. basically it's a powerful current that takes you back out to sea. the only escape is to not panic and swim parallel to the coast. so you never want to fight a rip current because it will just take you back out to sea. and also your energy levels will go down. here are some safety tips. you don't want to panic. you want to swim parallel to the shore. never swim alone and always swim when lifeguards are present and obey any warning. we'll talk about an increased risk for rip cu

and sadly it will be a lot like today, scott? >> we continue to find the humidity, the clouds as well as those showers. so have the umbrellas tomorrow morning for that morning commute and also those low beams because we're looking at some fog moving in. ultimate doppler right now showing some of the moderate rainfall now lifting north and west of our area toward the lehigh valley as well as the pocono mountains. but we still have the drizzle out there and that humidity right now at 87%. so very thick out there as we look at ocean city, new jersey, socked in right now with the clouds, fog has also begun developing down the shore. so watch out for that tomorrow morning. temperatures will be in the upper 60s in the city. a few scattered showers around but the main concern tomorrow morning will be the development of fog. down to a half a mile right now in atlantic city as well as the pocono mountains. coming up, we'll finally talk about when all of this cloud cover, the humidity moves out and i think you'll like that seven day foreca

keep that umbrella handy, scott. >> that's right. it's going to be muggy, too. right now humidity at 64%. winds out of the east southeast at 5 miles per hour. but look at the chem chess still in the 70s across our area. in fact we also still have a flood concern we'll talk about that coming up. over the next 12 hours it's going to be in the low 70s by 1:00 a.m. what about 71 degrees by 7:00 a.m. with those scattered showers around for the morning commute. 76 degrees by 10:00 a.m. keep the rain gear handy because you'll need it not only tomorrow but most of the week. that aerial flood warning for local creeks and streams primarily from all of that heavy rain we saw earlier this afternoon and evening. ultimate doppler, however, showing that most of the heavy rain has come to an end. we'll have much more on this very unstable pattern coming up. >> all right. thank you, scott. >>> a 10 year old little boy with autism is hit and slapped by a schoolbus aid after the boy was cursing screaming. the child's mother found out about the reaction and he her...ring. >> her so