take it slow on this accuweather alert day. if you can take mass transit and maybe switch gears, make a different plan ahead of the rain coming our way, maybe do that. >>> disaster areas have been declared on stretches of rivers in colorado and new mexico after that toxic waste leak involved millions of gallons of contaminated water. the orange colored waste stream spans 100 miles. the color comes from high concentrations of arsenic, lead and other heavy metals. epa workers caused this. they accidentally triggered the spill last week inspecting an abandoned mine. environmental officials say the river will be closed another week. >>> and what a waste of a good car. this is how parts of denver looked as massive thunderstorms rolled through dumping two inches of rain. no injuries have been blamed on the storms but centennial airport reported a hangar partially collapsed under the weight of the rain and hail that came down. >>> a bulky box truck got loads of attention from the california highway patrol as it barreled through the he

details in the accuweather forecast. >> thank you melissa. jeff skversky has all your eagles highlights and sports jeff skversky has all your eagles highlights and sports when "action news" comes right >> these new pictures show first responders rescuing three people strappeded on fishing boat off the jersey shore and it happened friday night in spring lake. officials say the boat ran aground on jetty ape waves rocked 21 foot vessel we're told one person on the boat suffered a serious head injury and no one else was hurt. they areg the boat's operator and arrested him for boating while intoxicated. he's thomas mc beginly of toms river. >> three people are recovering in the hospital after the hot air balloon name contact with overhead lines. the pilot safely landed but when he start ready he leasing air the balloon blew over on to the power lines. all three victims suffered serious burn injuries from electricity. faa is investigating the case. >> all day people are honoring memory of civil rights pioneer julianne bond. he pass away last night

time for a check of the accuweather forecast and heat to come. it was hot today but comfortable. >> humidity was in check. >> i list haden melissa. >> i'm glad you're play paying attention, walter. >> it was hot today. humidity ramps up second half of the weekend and. >> possible protracted. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan radar. >> i hope i use that word right. >> dry and cloudy now across the delaware and lehigh valley. high pressure in control. so we'll show you picture outside. sky live in hd we're at penn's landing looking at the rink. a lot of people doing roller skating here and it's partly cloudy and quiet and warm that 11:00 hour especially with that southwesterly wind. after a high today in philadelphia 1 degrees we're coming in at 77 city and pair of 7s in trenton and poconos 6 67. along the coast that's where you want to go to beat the heat and humidity as we get to sunday. 75 beach haven and 76 boardwalk in atlantic city. here's satellite 6 and action radar queue eight cross much of mid-atlantic region. cold front stretched out ac

we'll track that in the accuweather forecast. >> thank you, melissa. in less than five weeks pope francis arrives in philadelphia for the meeting of families and tomorrow you'll have access to a special play book to navigate the big event. papal visit play book will be posted online starting noon tomorrow and answer a lot of questions about transportation and other services especially for those who live inside restricted areas. and it will also have details about all the events scheduled for the world meeting of famil families. >>> and a father honored the memory of his son today by give ago way back packs to children in wilmington. a mailman that deliveries to the lancaster court apartments he says he saw kids in need and wanted to help out while stres stressing importance of education. students and parents even got to go shopping for free filling new bags with donated school supplies. hamlin's son cam room ron was shot and killed nine years ago. >> much more to come on "action news" tonight. we told you about the birth of a panda at the national zoo

time for the accuweather forecast. lets go over to cecily tynan. >> lets not rush things brian. it is still summer and feels like summer and looks like summer, we are live on sky 6 hd, we have bright sunshine out there and temperatures for the fourth day in a row, back in the 90s, the fourth day of the fourth heat wave of the year, reading 89 and millville 83 and on the beaches the wind is off the ocean, it's quite a bit cooler, cape may 80 degrees, so far this year, we have had 26 days of temperatures in the 90s including today and the average to date is 23 days, we are a little bit above normal and the yearly average is 27 days, it looks like we'll be above that by the time we end the year, tonight is a warm and humid night and could have an isolated thunderstorms nothing widespread. 75 in philadelphia and sticky and millville 70 and trenton 71 and allentown 69 and reading down to 70 degrees. >> we are going to stop you for a moment, you are such an electric personality, but your microphone is taking some hits. >>> some people took their work outdoors, the action cam was in ke

the call from accuweather warmer. only 73 in philadelphia for the overnight low 6 2000 66 reading and drop down to 7 at the boardwalk in atlantic city. >> we had a weak frontal boundry that continues to ride north and east. you look south there's a stream of moisture moving to the start of the workweek. i haid humid hultty. humidity is returning tonight into tomorrow. we have tropical storm fred details loved that the first we have tropical storm fred details loved that the first few >> we're not getting fall clothes out yet. >> it's summer. >> absolutely. >> it was a great breaking loss today for pennsylvania red land team at the little league world series. you have may have seen the game here 6abc and the team played an amazing game storing 11 runs and was not enough. final score japan 1, "action news" watt 11. sdwrev jeff has the no from from williamsport. >> tens of thousands in the stands and on the hill. hoping to see the pennsylvania team from lewisbury, new york county snrid sports history. >> these boys worke

. >> time for a check of accuweather. we're enjoying a gorgeous change from the steamy conditions we felt this week. sky6 hd showing as you view of penn's landing, a beautiful friday night for you to spend that some time outside hopefully. meteorologist cecily tynan doing there. she joins us with the latest on the conditions. >> hi, monica. timing is everything. mother nature timed out the cold front that moved through last night just perfectly right in time to bring us a beautiful start to the weekend, a little bit of a breeze our here right now, 87 degrees in philadelphia, allentown 83, reading 82, trenton 85, millville and wilmington also 85. and in cape may, a comfortable 81 degrees. and the big change really with the dewpoints. with the winds out of the northwest, dewpoints are dropping down into the 50's. you get dewpoints below 60 degrees this time of year it's very comfortable. it's a dry air mass. the only place with a higher humidity right along the shore with the temperatures right next to the ocean which reall

meteorologist bill evans joining us now with the exclusive accuweather forecast. look at gotham tonight. >> very nice this morning, yep, we're looking at a pretty morning, just a couple of clouds around. clouds. that's the intersection of 5th avenue, central park south right there. the morning has a nice temperature to it, 72 degrees and a humidity kind of in the moderate to low area. 68% for the morning hours. got a southerly wind and the pressure right at 30 which is our mark of fair weather. yesterday's high 85. what a nice day on sunday. humidity. it was a great day. 8:01. muggier day. you'll feel a little more humidity west of the city in western jersey could be a shower that pops up. the drenching rains and storms come in after midnight. showers and thunderstorms for the commute and through the day. they'll be slow moving. they could be capable of producing heavy downpours of rain that could produce flooding around the area. a uv index of 9. a lot of sunshine. the pollen count is moderate. mostly grasses and nettle. that's because heather's been growing chen

let's go over to meteorologist chris sowers and the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. this saturday is a stunner. >> reporter: tomorrow is equally as nice. a beautiful weekend overall. as alicia mentioned the risk for rip currents is on the high side. if you're on the beach and go into the water, pay attention to the lifeguards. as we look live in atlantic city you can see the surf. it's rough, swells of 4 to 6 feet. breakers on the sand as the coastline storm pulls -- coastal storm pulls away. you can see how the foam is being pulled out. that's how it starts. it becomes difficult to fight the currents. be on the look out for those later on. it was a cool start around the delaware valley. it was 49 degrees this morning, in the poconos here we are in the middle of august, we're talking about temperatures 17 degrees above freezing in the mountains. a little chilly up there. allentown, 17. dover, 63. philadelphia, shy of 70 degrees. trenton, 74. allentown, 70. poconos 67. millville, 74. the shorepoints in the low 70s. clouds beginning to increase a little bit down there,

timing of that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> all right. thank you, adam. >> of course the team of meterologists will be tracking the storms at some time. tune in 4:30 tomorrow morning to get information you need to get your workweek started. >> septa has extended deadline for those of who you won the regional rail papal pass lottery you have until tomorrow 3 p.m. to finalize that purchase. the original deadline was 11:59 tonight and meanwhile if you did not win papal pass lottery hope is not lost. remaining regional rail passes that go unclaimed tomorrow will go to random people that enderd and did not win during the first go around and new winners notified by email starting tomorrow night. >> in other local papal news two local marches bands may feel like they won the lottery today the band from cardinal o'hara in springfield and bishop shanahan in downingtown have been chose tone play for the pope when he comes do down. for many performing for this pope will have special meaning. >> i have such an apreciation for pope francis and everyth

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we're going to talk about a beautiful weekend coming up in your accuweather seven-day forecast. heather's looking at your commute this morning. >> not going so well through westchester. right near exit 32 this is an ongoing accident investigation. you can expect a lot of delays northbound on the sawmill. let's show you how things look as you travel across the staten island expressway. this is the eastbound side into the area of south avenue. this delay is all because of ongoing construction there that's been with us all week long. this is the bqe as you travel on the northbound side making your way up into the brooklyn bridge. we have a little construction set up over here in the right lane and that ramp to the brooklyn bridge is closed down. the brooklyn bridge is closed down getting into the city. our street cleaning rules are in effect for today. >>> heather thank you. 4:32 now. ten republican candidates took the ring in the first round of the debates in the 2016 campaign. >> they argument about immigration, taxes and health care. >> billionaire businessman donald trump didn'

you'll find live the hourly forecast from accuweather. also remember to follow our team of meteorologists on facebook and twitter. >> ♪ >> well, if you plan to take part in the historic visit of pope francis next month, you'll need comfortable shoes and patience. road closures will menials everyone will be walking to try to get a glimpse of the pontiff. "action news" reporter david henry is live tonight along the ben franklin parkway with what you can and cannot bring with you on your journey. david. >> reporter: well, rick, as you know in just 41 days pope francis will be standing at an altar down there in the parkway right in front of the george washington statue celebrating mass. now, the million plus people expected to be here may be exhausted by the time mass starts. some will have walked miles and many will start their journey early. >> this is events and many of the activities will in fact be mostly walking events. >> reporter: it's a message the city and organizers want people hear. if you're coming to see the pope, be prepared

i'll talk more about that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. alicia. >> not me on that one. brian likes it hot. i like it a little cooler. thanks cecily. >>> when you find yourself in the middle of severe weather or breaking news, go ahead and join the action. e-mail your photos and videos to join the action at 6abc.com or use the #6abcaction on social media. >> well, in this heat firefighters had to battle a two alarm fire in olde city today. chopper 6hd was over the scene in the unit block of north third street after 1:30 this afternoon. the blaze broke out in a five story building. you can see firefighters working on the roof today. at this point it's not clear just what started this fire. >>> well here's one reason a lot of people were looking forward to monday this week. the eagles took to the field today for the second day of training camp. "action news" sports reporter jeff skversky is among those there. he's live at the novacare complex with more on a new running back. what are we learning about demarco murray? >> reporter: well, brian

we'll let you know the timing on that walter coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you, adam. >> well steps ahead extended deadline for those of you who won the regional rail papal path lottery. you have until tomorrow 3 p.m. to finalize purchase. the original deadline was 11:59 tonight. meanwhile if you did not win the papal path lottery hope is not lost. remaining regional rail passes that are on tomorrow will go to people that enter ederd and did not win the first go around. you'll be notified by email tomorrow night. >> musicians from a pair of local high schools may feel like they've won the lottery they are have been chosen to play for the pope when he comes to down. live with the full story, jeff. >>reporter: hey, walter, you can file this under achance of a lifetime for several dozen high school studentsch the marching bands at bishop shanahan and cardinal o'hara got the news today they will perform for the holy father during the visit here to philadelphia. they arrived at the cardinal into the ball field ready to start band camp not expecting announcement that

we begin with the accuweather forecast -- accuweather alert. >> parts of the area are under a flash flood warning. this is video from scoots plain -- scott's plain, new jersey. >> a lot of rain coming down. >> we got these photos in the past 30 minutes. this shows flooding on byrd avenue in strouts plains, new jersey. you can see the water there. >> meteorologist jeff smith is tracking the storms from the weather wall. >> a concentrated area of new jersey. they have gotten hammered the past few hours. the earn tip of somerset until 7:30 p.m. 5:45 for much of union county, new jersey. in the thunderstorm cell has been sitting here for hours over u.s. route 22, i-78 starting to show signs of northward movement during the past couple of frames and thankfully showing some weakening signs as well. we zoom in closer to that area, we are talking near summit, southwest of there, near long hill, not far from scotch [000:59:58;00]

i'll have more details on that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. rick. >> all right, cecily, thank you. >>> now let's check in with reporter chad pradelli who is live at eakins oval with the hot weather story from people who had to be outside today and were certainly doing their best to sweat less. chad. >> reporter: yeah, they were doing their best and there may be some relief on the way right now. if you look behind me there are some dark clouds, maybe a possible shower. cecily would know more about that. >>> right now a little bit of a light breeze. it doesn't feel too bad at this moment but earlier today it was brutal and fountains like this were the refuge. eight month old everett and his other pint sized buddies didn't seem to mind the heat this morning as they crawled and played in the fountains at the sisters city park. >> they're trying to cool off on this nice day. it's a little hot. he's enjoying the water. >> i like to get out early get in the water, get some exercise and sun and get home for nap time. [laughter] >> reporter: the founta

those stories in a moment, but first 89 the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. it's a hot one. >> reporter: that's the problem with el nino, she stirs up the atmosphere and gets onery and this could last a while. this has the potential to last 7 or 8 days. get used to the heat and humidity. there's escape right there. the relief, the jersey shore you'll see a sea breeze today high temperatures on the sand should top you tell in the mid 80s. 76 in philadelphia. trenton, 74. the good news there's no humidity out there. it's slightly humid on the scale which is not that bad. the numbers will drop off during the day. allentown, 74. poconos 72. satellite an radar. crystal clear high pressure in control. a cold front is out to the west. there could showers dotting the new york/p-a state line getting as far south as the poconos. otherwise, here's the day planner. 87 degrees by lunchtime. 3:00 p.m., there's your 90. 6:00 p.m., 89 forecasting a high of 90. sun sets at thunderstorm channels not much in the way of thunderstorms. not much activity to talk about, when i come

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here we go, future tracker 6 sun and clouds, that's the call from accuweather. there's that slim chance of the shower or thunderstorm in the poconos that continues through the late evening hours, overnight tonight once the sun sets we lose the heating of the sun we lose the threat of showers and storms. it's quite overnight tonight and sunday it's quiet once again. lehigh valley low humidity, breezy, 87 degrees is the forecasted high for places like allentown and bethlehem. jersey shore, sunscreen alert you'll need to apply it often. lots of sunshine today. clouds mixed in from time to time. very warm land breeze 87 degrees the forecasted high. but low humidity levels. reading, 88. lancaster, 87. al torn, 87. note -- allentown 87. philadelphia is where the official readings are as long as philly hits 90 it's a heat wave. a lot of suburbs are topping out in the upper 80s. trenton, 89. cape may, 87. millville and dover, 90 degrees. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast mostly sunny skies for sunday, 90 degrees today and tomorrow, low humidity levels. monday

the call from accuweather. clear, warm, humid, dropping down to 6 in suburbs and 75 in philadelphia for that overnight low. we've got the building heat on the way for the rest of the week. high pressure situated to the south and east. you tap into the return flow and that south westerly wind. it's hazy. hot, humid, not just tomorrow but prolonged period of hot and unsettled weather and heat wave number four we just need one more day with temperatures in the 90s to hit heat wave number four here in philadelphia. the exclusive 7 day forecast the heat continues tomorrow. high temperature 95. near record in the city. record 96 setback in 1997. and on tuesday, staying on the humid side, high of 92. we will bring back of threat of pop your shower or thunderstor thunderstorm. same holds true wednesday and thursday. high 90. clouds and sunshine on friday and in at 90 degrees and on saturday season any and hot with eagles at home with another preseason game. and in at 90. and on sunday mostly sunny and high temperature

. >>> it is the return of the muggies in the accuweather forecast. get ready for a sweltering workweek. sky6 live hd looking live at cape may. we'll see another day of 93 temperatures the heat wave continues and some of us could see rainy weather later, as well. meteorologist david murphy is at the big board with all the steamy details from accuweather. we had an area of high pressure over us that has shifted off the coast and you can see rain off to the north and west. >> still the temperatures are warm. even up in allentown 85. 85 in trenton better along the coastline in places like avalon and, of course, the dewpoints are higher. that were in the 50s over the weekend and now we're seeing them climb to 60 to 65 degrees in some spots higher than that. not oppressively humid but sticky over the weekend. if you're heading to the pool, it's going to be a hot one, 91 by 5:00 p.m., sun and clouds enough sun to warrant sunscreen. later on in the evening hours in particular there's a chance of thunderstorms popping up. anything that curse in the northern s

here's sdlusive accuweather 7-day forecast. it's more humid tomorrow with afternoon shower or thunderstorm. high of 92. heat continues on tuesday in at 90 and finally by wednesday we'll break our heat wave with high up to 8. after that a bit of change in the pattern. unsettled on thursday with showers and storms. high up to 80. on friday it's a cool day with thunderstorm or two possible. and high temperature in at 79. cloudy and rain chance on saturday. 80. as we get to next sunday is not as warm high temperature coming in at 81. day 6 of heat wave today sarah and looks like it will continue with a throat of thunderstorms. >> we can hand it will now. >> exactly. >> thank you melissa. >> we want to wish a happy birthday to edgele flat who turns 100 dunkin' donuts the action cam was at the birthday party with more than 100 family and friends at moorestown field club in burlington new jersey. ethel has three children 7 grandchildren and 11 great grand kids and she has a positive attitude and seeing the good in people. abc's world

accuweather seven-day forecast in a few minutes. right now debbie has a look at the early commute. >> good morning, amy and everybody. inbound b.q.e. slowing down with construction. inbound george washington bridge construction cleared on the upper level. moving okay at the george washington bridge. bayonne bridge overnight construction being cleared. let's go outside, staten island expressway eastbound out to victory boulevard, ongoing construction project. expect delays through the construction zone. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect. back to you, ken, shirleen. >> all right, debbie. thank you. >>> still ahead, new on "eyewitness news this morning," o'donnell's daughter, after a safe return home, reports indicate that she is no longer living under her roof. >> plus, from pandemonium to the sadness that they are expressing at the national zoo as one of the twin panda cubs >>> this one goes out to all the smart alex out there. if you are sarcastic, it may not be a bad thing. >> people show sarcastic cartoons p

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast look at all these 90s. partly sunny tomorrow, 90 degrees, and each and everyday the humidity increases. tuesday, hot and humid, 94. wednesday, sunshine, hot still humid, 94. both tuesday and wednesday it will feel like 96 or 97. we get into thursday, a thunderstorm is possible late, otherwise it's another dry day 92. friday we're showing 90. saturday we've cooled it down that's the start of college football season, 88 degrees, even that could be in the 90s. >> guess what it's someone's birthday today. happy birthday! other news now, a california surfer is glad a shark decided to take a bite out of her surf board instead of her. she was surfing when a young white shark 6 feet long swam toward the board. she pushed the board toward the animal and she jumped off, that's when the shark took a bite out of the board. she was not injured, officials have posted shark warnings signs in the area for the next two days. consideration i'd like to put in my 15-year notice. you're quitting!? technically retiring, sir. wit

we will talk about that in the accuweather seven-day forecast in a moment. back to you guys, michelle, ken. >> thank you very much. >>> breaking news now on the murder charge that has been filed in the violent death of the granddaughter of oscar winning actor morgan freeman. lamar davenport was arrested in the stabbing of actress edena hines. it happened near west 162nd street in washington heights. one of her neighbors saw part of the horrible scene. >> i see him on top of a woman and i couldn't really see what was going on. then the police came. two police cars came and arrested the guy. >> morgan freeman posted the following on his facebook page. i want to acknowledge the tremendous outpouring of love and support my family has received regarding the senseless and tragic passing of my granddaughter edena hines. >>> we have an accuweather alert for the tri-state. >> we could break the old record of 95. we are supposed to. it was set in 1944. bill says it will feel hotter than that today. you have to take extra precautions around town. >> kala rama is live o

here is the accuweather seven- day forecast. a perfect day. then it gets cooler with cloudy skies. drier and cooler. a low pressure system runs up to the area friday with rain. there could be -- excuse me, i was trying to hold that. rain on saturday morning and sunshine by afternoon and the temperature will be around 80 degrees. i understand there is a lot of weddings this weekend. so, that will be on saturday afternoon. should be fine. if you need a best man at the wedding, i have one for you. he is right here. this is my buddy maximus. good morning. he is fired up this morning. show me -- show me some love. show me some love. >> that is my boy. he is here to get his snack. >> he is dressed in a white tuxedo for the wedding. >> perfect best man. put the ring around his neck. >> well dressed all the time. >> all right, buddy, come on. >> that's my pal. >> you have a great day. >> grab an umbrella. a little shower. >>> what a mess we have. we will talk mass transit first. long island railroad, that's what we will discuss first. a downed tree which means 2k0u7bd wires port jefferson

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. ever wanted to own a piece of the rocky movie? now is your chance, sylvester stone is going -- is it a -- stolone is going to part with some of the memorabilia, and if you're a rambo fan, he is going to sell things there. >> reporter: i'll take the gloves the rocky gloves. >> gloves, ooh. >> i could see putting them on. >> reporter: as i kid, i think anybody out there if you were a rocky fan you dreamt you were rocky balance balboa. let's go outside, double scan live we're crystal clear, lots of sunshine, no humidity and fairly comfortable temperatures. here's a look at the sky 6s, first up the 12kr50z is a cloud in the sky 78 degrees, dewpoint 59. slightest breeze out of the north northeast at 3 miles per hour that continues to usher in the dry air. look at the wave action in cape may. seas of three feet. the national weather service says today a low risk for rip currents. currents are stronger near piers and jetties pay attention to the lifeguards. 63 that's the dewpoint. temperatur

bill evans joining us now with the accuweather forecast. >> let's take a look at the radar. you see that line of showers we've been watching, and that's the focus of our weather this morning as that line of showers and thunderstorms are sliding eastward. we've got pretty good visibility from brooklyn to the lower east side. the temperature is 76 degrees. the humidity is high. it's nearly 90%. the wind is calm. it's below 30 which is our mark of fair weather. yesterday's high 86 right in line with our forecast warmer than our normal high of 82. the high overnight low at 68. sun's up at 6:12. we'll see a beautiful sunset at 7:46. we're going to be looking at downpours here through early morning, and then there could be some flooding issues in parts of the area. that's going to be mostly around dutchess county and nassau, suffolk county and brooklyn queens. temperatures in the low and mid- 70s. the winds have been an issue. teterboro 21, 28 around laguardia, and that's a southerly wind that has been coming up in here pumping up the moisture. the wind's going to go north and nor

accuweather forecast, warm, humid. mix of sun and clouds. drier air starts to move in from the west. up to 87. clearing and becoming more comfortable overnight. down into the middle to upper 60s. less humid tomorrow. a lot of sunshine. the high up to 856789 we will repeat tomorrow's weather thursday and friday. we will make it a hat trick. 84 both days. 89 saturday. warmer. then muggier for the second half of the weekend, thunderstorm into the picture by monday. a small price to pay for the beautiful weather. a shower or thunderstorm through midday today. not too bad. back to you guys. >> right. >> not bad. >> thank you, mr. smith. >>> let's go to debbie duhaime for another check of traffic. >> reports of a bad accident on the belt parkway eastbound at the mill basin drawbridge. bradley avenue, construction slowing you down. montauk highway is closed in oakdale with fire department activity. slowdowns on the westbound side of the grand central. clearview with construction. l.i.e. west cross island a collision. l.i.e. west bumper to bumper in

lucky you with a look at the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: this is as perfect as it could be during the month of august. you saw how hot it was last week. this feels like a september morning. poconos 55. 60s for everybody else, real nice stuff. 65 in millville. 65 in wilmington. reading, 62 and trenton 65, as alicia mentioned there is no humidity out here at all. satellite and radar, we are crystal clear for as as far as you can see from philadelphia to the least to the far western suburbs, jersey shore. everybody enjoying a mostly sunny sky this morning. high, thin clouds across cape may county they will thin out this afternoon. 74 degrees at 9:00 a.m. lunchtime, 82. 3:00 p.m., 85. high, thin clouds this afternoon not a big deal. 6:00 p.m., another 85 forecasting a high of 86. it's a nice, quiet start to the weekend. tomorrow looks just as nice. high temperatures topping out in the mid 80s. it's a comfortable dry weekend overall with seasonable temperatures. the only negative in the forecast if you're down the jersey shore it's not in terms of the weather rather the rip current ris

a great day, high 856789 here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. saturday and sunday, we got sunshine and nice weather. partly sunny to sunny. highs around 82. lows 68. >> your work is done. >> my work speaks for itself. >> i think he will find some place to rest. >> it's a tough act to follow, poor heather. >> yes, it is. >>> we have news up above. i will leave this up to john del giorno and check in and see -- looks like the accident is causing delays, john. >> it is. before we talk about the new jersey turnpike with yesterday's nightmare out here, for you folks at home, take a deep breath, it's not nearly as bad as yesterday. all the lanes from yesterday are reopened. this is a new one, northbound truck lanes right at exit 13. you see that truck off on the right shoulder? behind the overpass, we have a bad angle here. there is another truck there. it was on the shoulder. [ indiscernible ] >> all lanes are open as you travel up through that area of the new jersey turnpike north near exit 13. a rubbernecking delays nonetheless but nothing like yes

chris sowers joins us with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. we're getting hot and humidity in spades. >> reporter: today is not that bad, last week we were topping out at 90 degrees, it was a comfortable 90. there was no humidity. today will be similar to that. tomorrow, temperatures are up a few more degrees. humidity starts to increase. today is a comfortable 90. there's the view over the ben franklin bridge. all is quiet on this saturday morning. quakertown doesn't feel too warm up there, 61. 60 in tanersville. 62 in saint davids. pottstown, 63. gandys beach, 68. glassboro, 67. cinnaminson checking in at 66 degrees. ocean water temperature right now if you're down the shore and have a nice day relaxing on the sand, the ocean water temperature is 76 degrees, that's like batting water. noticing going on, huge high pressure system sitting over the mid atlantic states. lunchtime, 80 degrees, facebook facebook -- maybe a few puffy come will you say clouds that's about -- cumulus clouds that's about it. here's how many 90 degrees we've had. atlan

the call from accuweather the rest of tonight rment partly cloudy to mostly clear. again looking up in the sky and checking out the super moon and dropping down to 69 in city and not as school as recent nights and 61 for the overnight low and 62 out to the west in lancaster. here's the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. hotter day tomorrow at 90 degrees. hot and steamy on monday in at 9. the first day of september the heat is on high of 92. and three straight days with temperatures in the 90s. we're month more than likely going to have a heat wave across the region. heat rolls on wednesday at 93. still well above average on thursday 9. sunny and hot on friday, 90 and temple next saturday 90s. >> hello september, thank you melissa. still to come on saturday night jamie apody with sports and first a look at tonight's winning powerball numbers. first a look at tonight's winning powerball numbers. here they are. oh my gosh, it's the guy from last night. what?! can i jump on your wi-fi? yeah, you can try it. hey! i had a really good time last night. yeah, me too. the

so, the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, lots of sunshine tomorrow. it will be hot but again, the humidity not a huge factor. 91 degrees on sunday, up to 93 degrees and more humid as well, so if you're head to the eagles game at the linc, stay hydrated, drink lots of. what at the kickoff 90 degrees, by the fourth quarter up to that afternoon high of 93. heading into monday, the peek of the heat 94 degrees. perhaps a few afternoon thunderstorms. this officially makes it heat wave number four with three days in the 90's but that heat wave likely will be extended tuesday steamy with some afternoon thunderstorms as a weak cold front tries to approach, 92 degrees. on wednesday and thursday also a chance of a few thunderstorms with afternoon highs in the low 90's and friday up to 92 degrees. the last heat wave eight days look like this one could be about the same. the hottest day at this point appears to be monday, 94 degrees. so, at least we're looking at temperatures generally in the low 90's, not upper nineties. >> okay we'll take that. >> we have no cho

coming up, the accuweather seven-day forecast. we have tropical storm erika that may become a hurricane and threaten the u.s. mainland. right now we send it to debbie duhaime look at the commute. >>> nice ride inbound george washington bridge. lincoln and holland moving okay. outbound george lower level construction clearing as well. east 80th street, everything is closed between first and second. broken water main. steer clear of that. ed koch,59th street bridge into queens ongoing maintenance project inbound side of the b.q.e. building brooklyn bridge inbound construction continues until 6:00 this morning. on the new york state thruway southbound at 14-b into spring valley, construction. moving okay into the tappan zee. let's go to the webcam. staten island expressway eastbound, ongoing construction staten island eastbound out to victory boulevard. alternate side parking rules are in effect today citywide. back to you, michelle, ken. >> all right, debbie. thank you. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news this morning," giving the g

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 95 hot and humid monday. 95 feeling like 96, 97. still under a heat advisory criteria. this will get close, the higher the temperature gets more oppressive it will feel. tuesday hot, 92. wednesday, thursday, friday, accuweather has bumped these numbers down into the 8 i didn't want to go that route yet it's only off one computer run, even if they were in the 80s, we'll have still have high humidity levels. >> imagine 90s even if it is in the 80s. >>> ever wonder like what it was like to be a soldier during world war ii. head to battleship new jersey and find out. here's karen rogers 6abc loves the arts. >> reporter: the battleship new jersey sat on the water for the last 14 years. >> unlike other museums looking through glass, here you get to touch history. >> reporter: it has the span of three football fields the longest of its time. it was built in philadelphia, so she is a local girl. and built by women. >> reporter: through 50 years of service from world war ii to the persian gulf world 55,000 americans called the battleship hom

full accuweather forecast coming up. right now debbie has a look at the commute. >>> good morning, jeff and everybody. we start off telling you about the subways. e and f train normal service resumes. maintenance cleared. let's see what is happening heading to the l.i.e. westbound heading into the cross island, an accident blocking one lane. watch fourth stop-and-go traffic heading through that area. heading to the staten island expressway east add construction. lincoln and holland moving okay. outbound george lower level a stall. let's go to a webcam. inbound b.q.e. stop-and-go traffic approaching the brooklyn bridge, ongoing construction. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect. back to you, rob, michelle. >> thank you, debbie. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news this morning," hugs all around for a little boy lost in the wilderness. how he managed to survive. >> the chair under construction for pope francis's v >>> a boy is back home with his family after being lost in the wilderness. he got separated

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temperatures are going to start to ease in a hurry and the accuweather 7-day, though. karen i'll have details on that coming up. >> easing temperatures, that sounds good. let's head outside and check out the schuylkill expressway at city avenue. the overnight construction is clear both lanes opened at this point in both directions and looking pretty good. we've got the phils playing at 7:05. you'll see that extra congestion there in south philadelphia. meanwhile we're mostly looking at speeds in the 50's. you're about 49 miles an hour on i-95 southbound near girard. over here in lower providence township we have a disabled vehicle early this morning so watch for it on trooper road right at park view drive and also delaware memorial bridge extra overnight construction going on again with temporary traffic stoppages. so, this is on the bridge northbound as you're heading into new jersey. watch for that this morning causing some problems if they're doing those traffic stoppages. in the clear on the ben just construction westbound blocking the right lane, tam. >> thank you

here's exclusive accuweather forecast jakes tomorrow 8. can't you tell? too smrirty. >> 86 say wenz we're looking good and monica malpass monica malpass the stretch continue friday sunshine and clouds and 85 degrees and season able sat sunday walter in at 87. after monday afternoon and tuesday we're looking nice. >> sounds good. >> thank you, melissa. >> up next a horrible crash at the indy car raish number poconos. the indy car raish number poconos. jv: jack pews had been oh my gosh, it's the guy from last night. what?! can i jump on your wi-fi? yeah, you can try it. hey! i had a really good time last night. yeah, me too. the only thing is that... the only thing is what? what's the only thing? oh my gosh he's married. he's a kleptomaniac. he's a pyromaniac. he's a total maniac. hey! hey! go back to your wife you sociopath! leave slow internet behind. the 100% fiber optics network is here. get out of the past. get fios. tea? now $79.99 a month. go online or call now. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v he >> a non

. >>> let's head outside to meteorologist chris sowers, the accuweather forecast and lucky you to be enjoying this gorgeous sunday morning outdoors. >> reporter: it is beautiful out here this morning, as a matter of fact if you have the air-conditioning on right now go over to the window and turn the ac off and open the windows up and let the fresh air in. it feels fantastic right now. temperatures are in the 50s throughout the area. look at tanersville we're almost in the 40s. 51 degrees, 56 in marges -- martins creek. levitt torn and warrington, 59. glassboro, 63. agenda beach, 61. woodbine 60 degrees, not much in the way of humidity out here, it feels good, but the humidity levels will come up slightly if you're down the shore that's thanks to an onshore breeze as a frontal boundary pushes closer to you guys down in. everybody else, combination of sun and clouds. there's a chance of showers east of the delaware river and north of the atlantic city expressway, a small portion of the viewing area that may see a pop-up shower. 9:00 a.m., mostly sunny skies, 72 degrees, 1:00 p.m., 8 8

more detail in the accuweather forecast. she you then, michelle. >> developing right now, police worked through the night, trying to figure out what led a man to open fire on a security building in manhattan and killing a security daughter -- life. you can see the officers carrying bags and box evidence out of the home of kevin downing. >> marcus solis is live where the now deceased man lived. >> reporter: he a grudge against the department of labor, the agency for which he worked. all is quiet here, but it was a different story overnight as motive. >> reporter: heavily armed esu officers swarmed the scene, but it was over as quickly as it began. 68-year-old kevin downing slipped into the lobby camara. he then went towards the elevators and shot himself. the building was secure, and alone. it's called criminal probe, but terrorism. federal agents then executed a search parent on his home. >> i just heard it and i came out. >>> he was a former employee of the department of labor. >> he's a former federal employee, at one poin

call from accuweather. comfortable, 56 suburbs overnight low and drop down to 66 in city. here's satellite 6 and action radar few changes on the way for sunday. we're tracking this frontal boundary kind of hard to detect here across coastal sections of new england down across the mid-atlantic as well and area of low pressure out along atlantic. front app boundary is not going to move to the east. it will retrograde west ward across our region and that could spark off sprits or sprinkle and spotty shower mainly east of city tomorrow. so here's a setup for us sunday, clouds and sunshine. maxing out at 86 in city and again we're tracking area of low pressure with stalled out frontal boundary and east ward and most locations dry second half of the weekend. call from accuweather looking at day planner partly sunny, 8:00 in the morning temperature 80. 70 i should say. 79, 11 a.m. and partly sunny 2:00 in the afternoon and 5:00 temperature 85. here's the exclusive 7 day forecast. sunshine on the way tomorrow. high temperature 86. monday we're tracking cold front out of great lake

she's got your accuweather and matt pelman is talking about that mess on the schuylkill. good morning. >> we have a lot going on weather and traffic even at this early hour. and we're starting right now with the national weather service posted a flood advisory in effect for much of the region as you can see in the i-95 corridor and this is for minor flooding but the rain is coming down so steadily we've created ponding and puddling on the roads. in areas of poor drainage that's what you're driving through. storm tracker6 live double scan showing the heaviest of rain. the area of yellow has already moved through the city. beyond that we're seeing lighter showers. we'll go in closer to this and you can see -- i don't know if you can make this out but right here we have another area of yellow traveling through the city, one in woodbury right on 295, one near 55 in glassboro but the bulk of the heavier rain has already moved through medford lakes pushing into burlington and mercer counties. if you're in trenton you're getting that right now but it also will be heading to the

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meteorologist cecily tynan joins us outside with some good news from accuweather. hi, cecily. >> hi, monica. doesn't get much better than that in august. we did wake up with some clouds and some showers along the shore. satellite6 along with action radar showing 5 o'clock this morning you can see that band of clouds along the i-95 corridor and areas south and east. those showers across parts of delaware, southern new jersey, but clouds quickly moved into new jersey and delaware and now finally those showers have moved off the coast and high pressure is really flexing its muscles and bringing us some gorgeous weather as we head through the weekend. temperatures right now about where they should be for this time of the year. the average high for this time of the year is 86 in philadelphia. we hit 87 degrees last how, now down to 86, allentown 83, trenton 84, wilmington 84, millville 80 and along the shore with the clouds and that sea breeze quite a bit cooler, avalon and the boardwalk in atlantic city it's 75 degrees. but it's a very dry air mass and also it feels ve

. >>> first, though, chris sowers joins us with the accuweather forecast. i'm already sweating it thinking about. >> reporter: dog days of august. let's get you outside, yeah we've got another heat wave on the way. we are expecting temperatures close to 90 degrees. for now it's clear, though, there's the view of the center city skyline. the humidity is not that bad, tomorrow it starts to increase and next week you notice the stickies. 65 in reading, 64 in allentown. philadelphia checking in at 70 degrees. wilmington, 67, lancaster, cooler, 61. satellite and radar showing absolutely nothing, high pressure in control sitting overtop of the delaware valley that provides us with sunshine out there today. maybe a few clouds from time to time. we'll call it hot with high temperatures topping out around 90 degrees. the good news, the heat indices, the feels-like temperatures will also be 90 degrees. not too much humidity today. starts to increase tomorrow. more so next week. when i talk about that i'll tell you about thunderstorms in the forecast when i see you in

. >>> it's time now to get a check of the accuweather forecast. >> it's just about as stunning as it gets out there. meteorologist, cecily tynan, this time we mean it, 80 degrees and low humidity. >> it's fantastic out here and comfortable and not feeling like typical august weather, look at these temperatures, these are temperatures we see in the beginning of september, philadelphia 81 degrees, new york city and baltimore 82 and pittsburgh and syracuse, only 77 degrees, part of what make its feel so comfortable is the fact that dew points are very low, we have dew points in the 50s, and when you get dew points below 60 degrees it's a comfortable and dry air mass, if you are heading to bethlehem, three doors down are performing for the opening acts and it's clear and calm with low humidity and the temperature of 75 degrees, try to get outside and enjoy the weather, this will be a beautiful night, 7:00, 79 and 8:00, 76 and by 10:00 temperatures still in the low 70s, i am tracking though the heat and humts including our next heat wave of the season, detail coming up in the full accuwea

. >>> it is time now for a check of the accuweather forecast morning clouds have cleared up to make way for a pretty sunny looking friday. sky 6 hd showing us a view of penn's landing, it's shaping up to be quite a beautiful day, meteorologist, karen rogers is tracking the latest conditions. she joins us live outside. karen not a bad start to the weekend. >> i love it out here alicia soaking up the sunshine and it's warm and a nice breeze you can see by my hair blowing and kicking up and feeling comfortable with dew points in a comfortable position as well. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's not entirely sunny we have clouds and precipitation just kind of hugging the coastline from atlanta city on south, specifically in cape may county as well. the bulk of it is off the coast. parts of southern delaware as well. cape may some of these showers hugging the coastline near sea isle city and garden state parkway and route 47 and 49 inland. up towards atlantic city, the beach there it looks south of you right now. we just have grays with this area of low pressure you see this here o