do i me have meteorologist melissa magee was there as well. it continues until tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. >>> much more to come tonight, flooding and fire, death toll rise necessary west virginia as severe flooding in overall communities while dozens of homes are destroyed in california by fast moving wild fires. we have the latest. >>> later, it is like looking in the mirror for dozens of dogs in coatsville, why this dog festival isn't just fun to watch but it serves a great cause. >>> plus hear from the person who knew or knows best, ben simmons better than anybody. jeff skversky has sports when "action news" comes right back. >>> president obama has declared a major disaster in the state of west virginia as ordered in federal aid to help in the recovery efforts. twenty-three people are dead, as crews desperately searched for the missing. road have buckled. vehicles have have been carried away and some homes smashed. tonight approximately 32,000 poems and businesses remain without power tonight. >>> meanwhile, in california, strong wind, and dry

for melissa magee, sharrie williams, melissa magee, adam joseph i'm brian taff. join me tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. >> now, here is rick williams with a look ahead at 5:00. >> thank you. >>> hello everyone, coming up next on "action news" at 5:00, cecily tynan is on an outdoor adventure live at the philadelphia zoo. >> reporter: hi rick. i'm trying to get dewey here the speckles owl to look at the camera. these are from south america, what is interesting is show them your face, they are called speckled owls like they have glasses, look at the camera, they live in the higher canopies of south america, they are virtually silent when they fly, they can sweep down and get their meals quickly and are barely noticed. i'll feed the penguins here at the philadelphia zoo. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> people are still cleaning up after the damage following strong storms that swept through the delaware valley, tre

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with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night, sarah's off to day marks one week since dozens were killed inside a nightclub in orlando and tonight the nation pauses to remember. >>> thousands of people, spend a day taking part in the annual gary poppa run. >>> but the big story on "action news" is evacuation of a police station in philadelphia, after the discovery of a ak-47, and a pipe bomb and officials say weapons were actually brought in by authorities. "action news" reporter jeff chirico is live at 35th district headquarters with the details, jeff? >> reporter: well, walter, very unusual situation here. then tire building had to be evacuated just after ten last night, 14 prisoners and 20 staff members had to leave after police found what they believed to be a pipe bomb in a bag. "action news" obtained a photo of the device that officials say wasn't more than about 6 inches or so. it ended up here after authorities with the attorney general's gun violence task force pick up a a man wanted for making a a straw purchase and the

valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. >>> saturday night i'm walter perez. a woman loses control of her car and end up inside someone else's garage. dozens of local veterans pay tribute to the men and women who for the and died for our country. >>> but the big story on "action news" is death of the boxing legend and american icon mohammed ali. boxing great died late last night at a hospital near phoenix surrounded by family. he became known simply as the greatest but in the end his toughest opponent proved to be parkinson's disease which he battled for decade. abc's melissa has more on the life and legacy of mohammed ali. >> reporter: walter, celebration of the mohammed ali's life will begin next week from a private family ceremony to a public procession through streets of his hometown of louisville, kentucky, the world will be able to say good bye to their champion. >> i'm handsome. i'm fast, pretty and can't possibly be beat. >> reporter: celebrating the legacy of the greatest of all time, mohammed ali. >> i always will rem

lets turn it over to melissa magee for the details on the accuweather forecast. a nice weekend ahead for us? >> reporter: yes, some things to look forward to on saturday and sunday and for today we are tracking showers mainly south of philadelphia, here is stormtracker 6 live double scan you see the moisture across areas in south jersey and also into delaware. we'll go in tighter on to street level, if you see we are south and east of the turnpike and elmer and glassboro and even into fortescue, south of millville, we have 22 lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes with this cluster moving through and along route 1, in between middletown and wilmington we are dealing with the moisture. we are not finding the moisture temperatures are in the 80s. 83 in philadelphia and 83 in allentown un75 in wilmington where there are showers. and 76 in cape may. and beach haven 71 degrees especially with the moisture and easterly wind at this hour. if you step out it is a friday and later on we have you covered with the evening commute. 4:00, 82 degrees and partly to mostly sun

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night, walter's off, a man shot six times tries to drive himself to the hospital and then end up in a crash. cities a cross the country boost security, during lgbt pride parades. >>> but the big story on "action news" is an apology from one of country music's biggest stars to a local police officer wounded in the line of duty. kenney chesney mistakenly told the crowd at his concert last night that folcroft police officer christopher dorman had died. today, he made things right. "action news" reporter trish hartman has the full story. >> it was a mistake. he made good on it. >> reporter: that mistake was made in front of the thousands of country music fans at lincoln financial field last night. at the request of officer christopher dorman and many supporters of social media,. >> don't forget me. >> reporter: kenney chesney gave a shout out to the police officer shot seven times on friday but he mistakenly said that the officer died. >> but

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. >>> saturday night i'm walter perez. widow is found beaten to death inside her home in chester county. >>> a call to action in delaware county as dozens of people rally for gun control. >>> but the big story on "action news" is police say a six two-year old woman was bludgeoned inside her own home. victim had recently widowed and just sold her home. "action news" reporter jeff chirico has more from berwyn. >> reporter: news of the murderer on the loose in this quiet up scale neighborhood has shocked folks living here, police say a family member found a body of six two-year old denise barge erin side her home in the 900 block of heather stone drive, friday morning, the police say she was beaten to death but they are not saying if they have any suspects. barger's husband died in march, and... and sold her home but had not moved out just yet. neighbors didn't want to speak on camera about barge error this homicide but they tell me, they are not worried for their safety.

"action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. >>> saturday night i'm walter perez. a chance of thunderstorms in parts of the area. a first for citizens bank park, college graduation that took place, at second base. >>> but the big story on "action news" is a murder of a young singer from south jersey. cristina grimmie was on the fast track to fame, a finalist on the popular tv singing contest, just finished a concert in florida and was signing autographs when she was shot and murdered. "action news" reporter trish hartman is live at the fillmore in fishtown where grimmie had performed a few weeks ago, trish? >> reporter: that is right, walter, cristina grimmie performed here at fillmore two weeks ago with the band before you exit kicking off their tour together. it was after a show in orlando that the new jersey native was shot and killed. >> just great, for her. >> reporter: students at cristina grimmie's former high school in marlton, new jersey were shocked by the news of her violent death. >> i just thought

with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >> ♪ >> sunday flight a suspicious package shuts down train service at the norristown transportation center. >> investigation under way after ryan howard says a fan threw a beer bottle at him. >> but the big story on "action news" is the arrival of strong storms across the region. in fact, the city of philadelphia is under a severe thunderstorm warning right now. >> taking a live look right here from over center city, you can see the dam ominous clouds hanging over the skyline. rain is beginning to fall. meteorologist melissa magee joins us tracking the storms with the first check of the accuweather forecast. >> walter and sarah things are getting quite active across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys. on storm scan six live double scan radar 3-d we have a line of convective activity through new england across the midatlantic region with these showers and storms that continue to move eastward pressing into philadelphia. in fact a severe thunderstorm warning has been posted for the city, really that i-

lets take it to melissa magee and find out what is going on. she is in for adam. >> reporter: hi brian and monica, we have varying degrees of temperatures because of the moisture. outside across the delaware and lehigh valleys. 78 in philadelphia and brighter to the north in allentown and lower 80s and much cooler to the south in dover and cape may. temperatures there in the upper 60s and that is because we are tracking moisture, here is satellite 6 along with action radar you can see the rain kind of moving in from a northwest to southeast direction and with that comes more in the way of cloud cover, we are expecting more on the way as we go through the rest of tonight. enjoying the overnight hours. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan 3-d you can see something that has yet to redevelop in western sections of pennsylvania, that is heading our way as we head throughout the night. future tracker 6 showing you at 5:00 in the morning a boyfriend of heavier rain moving in philadelphia and areas to the south as we get into the start of our thursd

and melissa magee joins us with a check of the accuweather forecast. >> if you like the heat, you are certainly going to like the first couple of days of our workweek. certainly sizzling today, and sizzling for dad on father's day and warming yesterday. yesterday a high of 85, and today in philadelphia maxed out at 91 above our normal of 84 degrees this time of year. outside tonight, still pretty warm with the west to southwesterly wind. 79 in philadelphia, 73 in lehigh valley. and cooler at the coast cape may to beach haven. temperature only upper 60s because of the south-facing win and wind off the atlantic. and some in the upper 50s, no humidity to talk about. the moisture is pushing in from the ocean making it feel like it is slightly humid across the coastal communities and that will change. and it is mostly clear and dry and quiet thanks to a dominating ridge of high pressure staying that way the first half of the day tomorrow of the summer heat is on as we get into our monday with the official start of summer come tomorrow. and tracking storms this week, and it will be turning

melissa magee is live at the "action news" big board. how did these severe storms develop and what about tonight and tomorrow? >> reporter: we had a lot of energy in the upper levels of the atmosphere and enough moisture and energy to trigger the showers and storms. we'll put it into motion, you see the bowling ball of energy and it quickly raced out to sea to the north and east as we speak, it was brief and fast moving across the region. we'll time out the precipitation for you. 10:00 this morning, the showers and storms were well north and west of our viewing area by 11:00 this morning we had the showers and storms from the poconos all the way down to lancaster, by 11:30-noon today we had the showers approaching the i-95 corridor. 1:00 this afternoon the showers are starting to exit coastal sections of new jersey and a mostly clear sky on the way tonight. but the storms did pack a lot of damage, gusts across the region. up ever deerfield, gusts as high as 72 miles per hour. millville 66 miles per hour and atlantic city 63. gusts today

a great day to be down at the shore throughout the weekend, melissa magee is out on the terrace enjoying this friday. >> we have comfortable conditions just in time for the start for our father's day weekend. high pressure is dominating and we have numbers in the 70s and 80s at this hour. 79 in philadelphia and 80 in reading and at the coast in cape may 74 and 73 degrees in beach haven. look at the dew points, it's it's level of moisture in the air and it's comfortable. dew points are in the middle to upper 50s. more moisture to the south where there was showers this morning for cape may and dover, those come down as high pressure dominates for the rest of today. low humidity for the rest of our friday. here is satellite 6 along with action radar you see the rain, it was a disturbance that moved through overnight and earlier today. those are starting to dissipate and get suppressed to the south and clouds are breaking for more in the way of sunshine as we go through the rest of the day. speaking of day and night the phils are at home first pitch temperature at 7:05, we have the number of

let's go to melissa magee for add today. hi melissa. >> hi there monica and brian. friday it's spectacular after a bit of a cloudy start. we have plenty of sunshine to enjoy for the rest of the afternoon into the evening hours. we'll slow you the picture outside. sky6 live in ac down the snore cape may and if you look closely at the picture here we've got a red flag up and there's actually a moderate risk today for rip currents with an east to northeasterly wind and that will extend into portions of the day on saturday. nonetheless a lot of folks out and about enjoying the beach and sand as well. along the coast it is a little cooler with that east to northeasterly wind. 71 in beach haven, 74 degrees in cape may but as you head inland we're down to 80 in philadelphia after earlier today temperatures were about 84 in the city. 83 in lancaster and 80 degrees out to the north and west in reading. here is satellite6 along with action radar. you can see the showers we had across our region early this morning there across areas in south jersey and delaware. all of that mo

here is melissa magee. >> reporter: nice this afternoon and plenty of sunshine and comfortable as well. here are the numbers at this hour. 71 in philadelphia and 70 for reading and lancaster. down in dover, 72 degrees at the coast and cape may cooler with the northwesterly wind at 69, and 72 in beach haven, look at the winds it's not as windy as it was yesterday. the sustained wind speeds 9 miles per hour in allentown un13 as you move to the south and east. it slowly starts to slacken into the early afternoon and evening hours. it's sunny and dry at 2:00, a temperature of 75, we are in the upper 70s at 4:00 and 6:00 this evening. 8:00 that dips down to 72 and 69 at 10:00. if you get away on this friday, we have you covered. at the shore a high of 76 and beautiful. and 79 in the city and the poconos a high temperature of 72 underneath a mostly sunny skies. the changes are coming in time for the weekend. future tracker 6 is showing you it's sunny and dry at 6:00 in the morning but look at the storms to the north and west. those head in our direction in the early afternoon and evening hou

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. ♪ >>> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night, we begin with breaking news from northeast philadelphia. a woman has been shot and killed with a cross bow. police say her boyfriend is in custody. this happened just about a half-hour ago, an hour and a half go on willis road. the woman was shot in the upper torso again with a cross bow. she was taken to aria torresdale hospital. >>> and new details about the morning that the folcroft police officer christopher dorman was shot. we now know that his desperate calls to dispatchers at first went unanswered. the reason at that key moment the system was down. there is concerning news emer emerging from delaware county about the day that folcroft officer christopher dorman was shot seven times. they say the system failed momentarily as officer dorman's colleagues were trying to get him help. "action news" reporter jeff chirico has been looking into what happened and life with the details. jeff? >> sarah, the time could go n not

. >>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. >>> she was a rising star, a young singer from south jersey with a powerful voice, on fast track to fame after placing third in the nationally tell rised singing contest. last night cristina grimmie was gunned down after a concert by a man whose motives remain a mystery. saturday night i'm walter perez. the big story on "action news" is senseless death of the young woman full of promise and talent. cristina grimmie grew up in marlton, new jersey and graduated from cherokee high school. last night she was signing autographs in florida when a man walk up to her and opened fire. we have reaction from her hometown but first, details about what happened from abc's lauer than lister. >> reporter: he was on a mission of murder. >> it does peer that he came here to commit this crime. >> ♪ >> reporter: she was his unsuspecting pray singing here in the last performance of her life. >> we're in orlando today, please come to the show. >> reporter: after her performance cristin

time for a check of the accu weather forecast with meteorologist melissa magee. an important forecast as we have gary poppa's run, fathers day and first day of summer. >> i think dads will be mostly pleased tomorrow. >> we sure will. >> nice and warm. no excuses for poppa tomorrow. we will show you what is going on here storm tracker six live double scan radar, you can see it is dry. no issues with precipitation. outside we will go the action cam was outside, earlier tonight, there in center city. eakins oval and art museum. you can see we have a mostly clear sky, really comfortable conditions, because the humidity is low. it will remain that low even as we get in the second half of our weekend tomorrow. we had a high today in philadelphia of 85 degrees. right now we are coming in at 70 in the city. same thing for allentown and trenton. we have a southeasterly wind. it is much cooler at the coast. sixty-six in cape may. sixty-nine in beach haven. up in the poconos pleasant 74 at this hour and 72 to the south and west of lancaster. here's satellite six with action

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist, melissa magee, jeff skversky and sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> please, let's just all get along. we're on this earth for such a short time. >> is there anguish and grief in florida avenue the worst mass shooting in the history of our country. at least 50 people were killed and 53 were injured after a crazed gunman who pledged allegiance to isis open fire inside a gay nightclub in orlando. i'm walter perez. unspeakable massacre that occurred in orlando. tonight president obama ordered flags to be flown at half staff all across the country as investigators, poured through omar mateen's background to get a better understanding of the motive behind this despicable act. we have team coverage tonight. "action news" reporter jeff chirico and trish hartman has reaction from the lb gt community and security measures taken across our region. christie ileto spoke with the former official from home land security, and chad pradelli is in orlando with what we know about the suspect. we will begin with abc's marci gonz

. >> coming up on "action news" melissa magee with that accuweather forecast for the weekend when we continue in just a moment. >> students interested in careers in healthcare are celebrating a big milestone in hundreding park in philadelphia tonight. these olney charter high school kids are graduating from the health tech mentorship program before they go on to college. the students got to work with doctors and nurses and other health pros to see what jobs they like best. and since it began the school to work program has helped 334 high school juniors and seniors and they reached a milestone at a. >> uh-huh. >> weekend accuweather forecast, melissa magee. >> jim, it's looking really nice especially for any celebrations for dad for father's day. show you what's going on here at storm tracker6 live double scan radar it's dry. no major issues with precipitation. but if you look off to well west of philadelphia and east of lancaster, we're tracking a sea breeze front that's currently moving on through so on street level with storm tracker6 you could see the convergence of moisture press

. >>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. >>> clear skies, out there right now looking live from sky six over center city but we're tracking a heavy chance for rain tomorrow. saturday night i'm walter perez. the big story for "action news" is threat of severe weather tomorrow. after warm sunny day it remains balmy tonight but tomorrow heat sticks around with the potential for some strong gusts of rain. meteorologist melissa magee is live at the "action news" big board with the first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa. >> it is not just rain but likelihood of strong to severe showers and storms, that will be moving in throughout the afternoon and evening hours. we have got warmth overhead right now. warmth will add to the instability come tomorrow. it is currently 72 in philadelphia. seventy-three in washington d.c. off to the west in pittsburgh, pennsylvania also coming in the lower 70's. looking at dew point. it is level of how much moisture is not at months fear. anytime you have dew points at 60

for melissa magee, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. we will leave you with i a final look and legacy of boxing legend mohammed ali, good night. >> i'm handsome, fast, i'm pretty and can't possibly be beaten. >> impact that he made transforming america, the impact he had on the world and that is what history will remember him for. >> he knew he was in the grips of the disease, he would be pulling magic tricks and letting you know he was still magic in still the greatest of all time. kris: coffee shop's on the south side of 67th and lex. take the 65th street transverse across the park. freaking tourists on 5th avenue always screw up traffic. [ sighs ] [ cellphone rings, buzzes ] [ beep ] it's madison. probably running late. hey, bitch. hey, madison. sure this comes as a shock to you, but i'm running late. of course you are. i'll meet you there as soon as -- [ gasps ] [ sighs ] just my stupid lacrosse trophy. anyways, i'm on my way in five. [ rumbling ] did you hear that? uh, hear what? hold on. stay with me. who's there? hello? oh, my go

melissa magee is having fun along the washington street mall in cape may. melissa still working on the shake i see. >> reporter: yes, it's a strawberry shake. i love strawberry it's a staple down here. we are along washington street mall. have you to come to stewarts, they are around for 4.5 years, we have our crew and friends with us. there is so much to see here in cape may, they have their lovely milk shakes and they also have a lot of history here in cape may as well. if you come down here, you need to find out what is going on this weekend down at the shore and see historic sites as well. here is the whipped cream -- >> the estate is cape may's historic museum. it's a walk back in time. >> it was built in 1879 for the doctor, the 18 room historic home and the surrounding buildings are part of guided tours for years but this year self guided tours are starting. this is a way to start and take the time to explore the house, this is focused on the objects that victorians used to make every day life better. like this scope. >> they didn't have radio or tv,

melissa magee are you cooking or eating now? >> i think i'm going to leave the cooking to the chefs and i'll be eating with all the other patrons. this time it's about seafood at ocean side seafood. it's a shore thing and they have quite the spread of fresh seafood. we have crabs and crab cake and fresh corn, and i'm taking orders in time forest ran week, monica and rick what do you want? >> i'll take tilapia. >> scallops? >> tilapia? >> okay shrimp and corn. whatever you got. >> if i thought we would actually see that stuff -- we'll never see it. >> how about lobster i changed my mind. >> quick break. >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> hello again here is what is happening on "action news" thursday night. >> i am with her and fired up and can't wait to get out there and campaign for hillary -- >> president obama gives his seal of approval for hillary clinton's quest for the white house. >> do you recognize this white car tied to a violent holdup. firefighters rush

magee. some spots got hit. >> we had strong showers and storms and that moisture was starting to move on out. we will show you the picture right now, storm tracker six live double scan radar still some spotty showers, there in ocean county and surf city. also in atlantic county, press nothing to atlantic city at this hour and tip of cape may, as well, but bulk of the heavier showers and storms that did ignite the severe thunderstorm warning and severe then are storm watch that has long expired across our region already starting to have move off shore. we will show you the picture outside, sky six live in hd, looking the at the ben franklin bridge, on this sunday night, we've got a mostly cloudy skies, clouds are starting to break apart. still humid but humidity will lower as we get in the start of the workweek on monday. temperatures are in the 60's 70's after a high of 84 degrees. right now 70 in the city. sixty-four allentown, lehigh valley. sixty-two in the poconos. the at the coast in ca

meteorologist, melissa magee will have the seven-day forecast perhaps sunnier weekend. we'll see when "action news" comes right back. ,000 home make, with top prizes of a hundred grand? (man) whoa. it's amazing. yes! (male off-screen announcer) with instant games from the pennsylvania lottery, the instant you play could be the instant you win. keep on scratchin'. . >>> it was a proud moment forever high school seniors in montgomery county. this was their commencement ceremony in glen side. plenty of proud family and friends were in attendance. they are celebrating getting more grants and scholarships. 60% of the class received full scholarships to places like la salle and temple university. congratulations. i would suspect that most are being held indoors. >> there is a lot of clouds right now and we have more wet weather in the forecast this weekend. we'll talk about it with stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, you can see it's dry ougt here in philadelphia but spotty showers in areas in ocean and burlington and atlantic and cumberland counties in south jersey, and a

despite the clouds and it's great to go to cape may, melissa magee is at the fudge kitchen. and melissa anything vanilla or white chocolate. just in case. >> i have you covered cecily. we are right up above at fudge kitchen. there say lot going on here and history as well. check out hank he is doing it up big time making the ribbons. hank you are on the spot this is your 15 minutes, there you go -- we have more on what to do down the shore, cecily there is vanilla fudge. i have it waiting for you. rick and monica what do you like? >> a sample plate. >> free is my favorite. we won't see any of that. more ahead in our next half hour of "action news" at 5:00. >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again. here is what is happening on "action news" thursday night. police say that the gunman that kill aid professor on ucla campus is connected to a murder thousands of miles away. and governor tom wolf issued a call to action for all pennsylvania lawmakers to take a stand against drug addiction. >>> now to

for melissa magee, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. have a good night. we will see you right back here tomorrow. >> ♪ [ camera shutter clicks ] what if we got married on the cyclone? the roller coaster at coney island? come on. how much fun would that be? and talk about an appropriate, if not slightly on-the-nose metaphor -- a bride and groom together, side-by-side, as they go through the ups and downs, the twists and turns, and the loop-de-loops of life. castle, i love you, but i will not marry you on a ride or up in space or on a slide. bet dr. seuss got married somewhere fun. yes, his wife's living room. how many people do you think can fit in one of those roller-coaster cars, anyway?

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meteorologist melissa magee in for cecily tynan live outside with more. hi, melissa. >> hi, monica. it's delightful at this hour across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys. a bit of a breeze kicking in at this hour. check out the high so far across much of the midatlantic region. new york city 76, 84 so far today in philadelphia. 73, though, in richmond, virginia and here's the reason why. it is cooler to our south. as we look at satellite6 along with action radar you can see we had a couple of showers earlier today across south jersey and delaware. now, those are dipping down across areas in the virginias. for our region it's mostly clear, it is quiet and we are drying out. so, if you're out on the town here on this friday, 7:00 p.m. that temperature 80, partly sunny and dry at 8 o'clock, mostly clear at 9 p.m. and a temperature of 71 in the upper 60's on the way at 10:00 and 11 o'clock tonight. we'll talk about what's ahead. we've got a stellar weekend on the way. low humidity as well. and a brief heatup on the way as we get into next week for the official start of summer. we'

and a ray of sunshine in ocean city, new jersey, meteorologist melissa magee, has the forecast. some clouds and improving and you are making friends address well. >> reporter: i have guys doing tricks behind us, we have the forecast coming as well. it's clearing out tomorrow and clouds are breaking for sun and a high temperature of 72 and high pressure moves in as we get into friday night and it stays with us for saturday and sunday and sunny and beautiful on saturday high of 83 and sunny and nice on sunday a nice sea breeze, the ocean temperature 65 degrees. it's cloudy here on the boards in ocean city. but we can always have a good time. wave hello. cecily have fun this weekend, i ate your nutella crepe by the way. >> get another one! that looks great. if you head to dover for firefly festival, it's looking fantastic, a morning shower and sunshine by the afternoon 74 degrees and saturday, sunny and comfortable and 77 and sunday is looking great, spectacular in fact with a high of 79, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast tomorrow kind of transition day, morning clouds a

meteorologist melissa magee is at the "action news" big board with our first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa. >> i think mother narcan deliver, tomorrow, walter. if you like today, we have more of the same on the way for the second half of our weekend here, currently in philadelphia, it is coming in at 72. seventy-one in reading. cooler in south jersey and delaware. look at these numbers at the coast. only 65 in cape may. sixty-one in millville. 67 degrees in beach haven. we have an easterly component to the wind tonight. you can see that looking at sustain wind speeds. it is calm across the region. but with that southeasterly wind it will be cooler at the coast as we get that moisture coming in off the atlantic in comparison to inland locations where it is about 5 miles there, in philadelphia so the the sunday forecast looks like this. whether you are at the shore, city, or poconos. eighty-three tomorrow at the shore. warm, breezy. eighty-nine in the city tomorrow. up in the poconos sunny and beautiful with a high temperature coming in at 80 degrees. so the humidity stays

melissa magee is down in avalon for restaurant week. she is working it. >> reporter: yes, i'm working it brian and sharrie, this week it's all about food i'm in the kitchen with chef sorrano, we are cooking up something good for restaurant week, the delicious sampling of all the food you can eat and the all important accuweather forecast, chef get to it, we have table 27 and need atlantic salmon -- >>> israel is taking a series of steps today responding to and retaliating for an attack that killed four people in tel aviv. prime minister netanyahu has deployed hundreds of troops to the west bank and imposed sweeping restrictions on the movement. and it was carried out by two palestinians in a crowded tourist district. it was among the deadliest attacks in a nine month wave of violence. >>> the stanford student sentenced to 6 months in jail is expected to be released. he is expected to be released in september after three months. his original punishment has prompted outrage for many that say the jail time is too short. some members of sta

it's cloudy and cool down the shore but meteorologist, melissa magee, is in ocean city on the boardwalk, making a lot of friends and you have a good forecast melissa. >> it does improve. that is the good news, as we head into the weekend, so on friday, we are clearing out with clouds to sunshine and the high temperature tomorrow of 72 degrees, saturday high pressure builds in and stays with us, it's sunny and beautiful by then, a high temperature of 73 and sunday for all the dads on father's day it's sunny and nice with a high of 74. the clouds will not keep us away in ocean city. you guys having a good time? >> yes! >> it is always fun down at the shore. cecily i'll send it back inside to you. >> bring me back some crepes when you come back. i want the nutella crepe. >> you got it. >> i put my order in. it looked really good. if you head to the poconos it's looking beautiful and mostly sunny and high of 73 degrees, saturday 75 degrees and sunny and sunday warming up to 79, a gorgeous weekend. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast we wake up with clouded in the morning and perhap

. >>> it was a great day to be outside for sure, meteorologist melissa magee has the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast when "action news" comes rights back. one american park is larger than yellowstone, yosemite, grand canyon and glacier national parks combined. and that's not the only thing you can only find in new york state. ♪ you can find it all only in new york. new york. it's all here. it's only here. plan your summer vacation at iloveny.com >>> ♪ >> it was a ride to save lives today, 3400 cyclist set off from the ben franklin bridge bound for atlantic city for american cancer society's bridge to beach bike-a-thon. this event has raised 1.3 million-dollar for cancer research and education and six abc is a proud media sponsor of the bridge to beach bike-a-thon. >>> time for a check of the accu weather forecast with meteorologist melissa magee. week ahead looks nice. >> not bad for start of the workweek. the it was less humid to day, that will follow news to our monday. we will show you what is going on outside with storm tracker six live double scan radar. it is dry. no iss

melissa magee is live in ventnor for down at the shore. you are crashing a party and food in your hand and i know you are not cooking. i saw a long line otherwise there would not be a long line. >> oh my gosh that is such a dig, they are having so much fun at the beach side barbecue in ventnor. hello people! we have got the grill going just in time for the 4th of july holiday weekend, i have ava and her twin sister, olivia. here is your burger. we have acro yoga performers and we have ashley and jason, hang on tight guys. i think i can do this too. i always wanted to do this. we'll have more on the accuweather forecast and the shore forecast when "action news" comes right back. hold that pose! i got it! amazing balance i'm impressed. more "action news" when we come right back. >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> hello again rick is off tonight and i'm brian taff. here is what is happening on "action news" right now. delaware state police revealed how the cigarette

and for sarah bloomquist, melissa magee, jeff skversky, ducis rodgers, i'm walter perez. have a great night and a good weekend. ♪ >> does it blow your mind that it is that much? >> you know dealing with that much money. >> and lebron james and the cleveland cavaliers trying to keep their hopes alive for this city. ♪ >> i don't get paid by the sixers, so i've not going to answer that. >> this is "action news" sports sunday sponsored by audi. ♪ >> welcome in and thanks for joining us. along side mike, i'm ducis rodgers. if you haven't heard by now, the cavs are the nba champions and cleveland the first champion since 1964. and what does this do for lebron's legacy that he came home and brought the championship? >> it chips the statute of michael jordan a little bit of the second best player of all time, in my opinion. in the performance he put together over the last three games of the series is phenomenal. you lead all teams in points, steals, blocks -- it is saying something. >> a triple-double. a poor shooting night, and draymond green on point. and the game tied ig

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. >>> a check of the accuweather forecast with meteorologist melissa magee. you know me, it doesn't get any better than this. i just love it. >> this is the kind of weather you like. if you like today, a lot of hot air, low humidity. >> you know me, a lot of hot air. >> and it stays that way tomorrow. and what is going on, stormtracker live double scan radar, you see it is dry and quiet. high pressure has been dominating our region all of the weekend, so looking good tonight and even the first half of the day tomorrow. outside you go, and the "action news" cam outside in east falls. a father and son duo doing a little fishing there under a mostly-clear sky. the kid has on some shorts, it was warm enough tonight to be doning that kind of outfit. philadelphia 91 degrees above the average of 84 this time of year. and quaker town 91 and dover 89. and still really nice, 79? philadelphia, 76 reading. the poconos 72. at the coast from cape may up to beach haven with the south-facing wind a little cooler. numbers there are in the upper 60s. here is satellite 6 and ac

meteorologist melissa magee is live. hey, melila? >> hey, there, sharrie. hey, brian. welcome to smithville. we're 15 miles north of atlantic city where you can discover a tradation of hospitalility in colonial times. you can see the carousel going behind me. there are about 60 shops here. so much fun. we're going to have more on the shore forecast as you head down the shore. plus, we're going to take you on a train ride and the historic -- we've got bob the conductor. all aboard! let's go. "action news" continues right after the break. hit it, bob. sir, this alien life form is growing at an alarming rate. growing fast, you say? we can't contain it any long... oh! you know, that reminds me of how geico's been the fastest-growing auto insurer for over 10 years straight. over ten years? mhm, geico's the company your friends and neighbors trust. and deservedly so. indeed. geico. expect great savings and a whole lot more. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner's to p

. >> and i'm melissa magee. saturday/tonight on fyi philly. >> it's an fyi wedding special. >> from venues for the nuptials. >> to artful table dÉcor. >> rehearsing for that first dance as bride and groom. >> and a cool way to entertain your guests. >> we have everything you need to get ready for the big day. >> and that includes getting fit to tie the knot. >> hi everyone and welcome to fyi philly. >> we are at the ritz carlton philadelphia. >> and we are moving on up to a de-luxe penthouse in the sky. >> the whole hotel has just undergone a 25-milllion dollar renovation. >> or as they call it here at the ritz, a renewal that adds modern pops to the hotel's vintage roots. >> the building was originally a bank and the theme of the makeover is "the color of money."

melissa magee is live at the "action news" big board with the latest. >> rick and monica it was shortly before noon we were tracking the showers and storms moving west, across the delaware and lehigh valley. the storms today at 10:00 in the morning well north and west of our viewing area, but as we put it into motion, you can see the line of showers and storms extending from the poconos down south and westward and lancaster county. as we press forward 11:30 to noon we had the showers and storm as long the i-95 corridor. it continued to travel eastward by about 1:00 it's off the coast and 2:00, 3:00 in the afternoon the skies will clear and they started to clear from a west-east direction. the other part of the story is blustery winds, upper deerfield winds gusting at 72 miles per hour. 66 miles per hour gust in millville and atlantic city 63 miles per hour and maple shade, new jersey, 60 miles per hour and philadelphia winds at the airport coming in at 59 miles per hour. lots of damage reported across the region, collegeville, moth ball size hail and sicklerville, pea size hail. and lum

meteorologist, melissa magee, is now live in ventnor where there is a barbecue going on on the beach and melissa is at the helm of the grill. >> you know that i had to fire up the grill guys because we are getting ready for the 4th of july weekend and we have essentially a beach side barbecue here in ventnor and i have rich here manning the grill and ella she is going to the third grade next year and she is my helper. we have live music. how is everybody doing? >> woo! >> we have live music and vendors and a whole lot of fun. we have congress hall and a b bicentennial celebration. >> congress hall in cape may is celebrating 200 year sfwlz it's amazing to think about a place being here in 1816 when there was just 20 stars on the flag and the country was only 50 years old and. >> and while it has been renovated and has modern conveniences and services the past is represented. >> the bones of this place is still the same and the stairs still creek a little bit and to us that is a good thing. >> the steps bear the names of the presidents that stayed here. >> it hark ened back to the pres

. >>> meteorologist melissa magee is here with the accuweather forecast. we may have to deal with precipitation before tomorrow? >> yes, especially depending on your locate. south of philadelphia is what we are clueing in on. we see stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you the showers right now, south of philadelphia pressing into wilmington and also into areas south of south jersey and delaware. if you are south of glassboro or elmer or into salem. we are dealing with a pocket of moisture and same with fortescue, we have one lightning strike associated with the cluster moving on through. a rip of energy is moving north across our region this afternoon. if are you in philadelphia, chopper 6 hd was up high above the skies looking at the channel 6 zoo balloon, a lot of folks are enjoying a beautiful friday morning and afternoon. the schuylkill river is in the picture as well. depending on your location philadelphia 81. 76 in cape may and 80 in reading and 80 in allentown and 76 in wilmington and 78 in dover. you look at the dew points it's a level of mois