lets see what is looks like on stormtracker 6 live double scan we with see all along the i-95 corridor, we are still dry, what you see near trenton is ground clutter. the storms are out to the north and west. as we go wider here on stormtracker 6 live double scan can you see how they are forming and popping up. it looks like they'll be here by 2:00. we'll start to see some of those through the city. 80 degrees right now, nice and warm and humid. 80 in allentown and 79 in reading and 81 in wilmington and 82 in millville. and atlantic city airport in pomona, new jersey, 83 degrees. the temperatures are uniform in the area, we'll hit a high of 85 but the temperatures will fall when the storms hit. comfortable dew point in the lehigh valley. 62 in philadelphia and more hupd south and east of the city. 72 in cape may and feeling oppressive right now. i think a lot of people will get out and enjoy the nice weather while we have it. i want to warn you about the storms coming. if you head to the playground, 2:00 p.m. 84 degrees but watch for the spotty storms. brick the storm tracker 6 app wit

the stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you clouds and sunny break. sunshine on saturday, that is my pick over the weekend, if you have to pick a day at 84. downpours likely on sun with a thunderstorm around too. a high of 79 and partly sunny and breezy on monday and 82. tuesday 81 and cool for june on wednesday temperatures only in the 70s then. >> thank you. there is much more ahead in our next half hour off "action news" at 12:30. some controversial letters connected to john k. kennedy are going up for auction and we have the details. >>> and a new urban farm is opening up. poor mouth breather. allergies? stuffy nose? can't sleep? take that. a breathe right nasal strip instantly opens your nose up to 38% more than allergy medicine alone. shut your mouth and say goodnight, mouthbreathers. breathe right. >>> police now have a big clue that could lead to his killer. we are live with the latest on the investigation. >>> and a boy stands up to two armed robbers at a video game store. >>> now to the developing story out of bucks county where police say t

there is that shot of stormtracker 6 live double scan, some storms out in pennsylvania are beginning to creep towards the east. >> thank you. >>> that will do it for "action news" at noon, don't forget to join us for "action news" at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00678 for david murphy and sara bloomquist, i'm rick williams have a nice afternoon. we'll see you later today on "action news" beginning at 4:00. ♪ >> announcer: think you need a ton of time to make a great meal? think again. get ready for an hour of super fast, super delicious dishes your family will love. clinton's making your life way easier with his snappy solutions to your most annoying household hassles. then, carla's whipping up a sweet treat that'll get dessert on the table in just seconds. plus, mario's cooking with the fantastic pati jinich and they've got a decadent dish you can in a flash. it's about to get super delicious up in here, right now, on "the chew." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> hey, thank you. thanks, guys. hey, everybody. welcome to "the chew." >> woo. >> they took a shot of one lady not even clapping. i lov

stormtracker 6 live double scan right now showing the direction of the winds. when we have the green that shows the winds towards the radar site, the red is away. when you see the red and green close together, that is gate to gate shear and that indicates rotation. we have a radar indicating rotation with the storm, just to the northwest of wildwood. the good thing is this is beginning to push offshore, but we have the red, that means it's a low level lock. the rotating winds are not just higher in the atmosphere, they are reaching the surface so it's a busy week down the shore and kids are out of school and a lot of folks are out and about. if you know anybody down here, give them a call and tell them to seek shelter immediately. actually we just lost the rotating winds, but we can see 120 lightning strikes. these continue to push to the east quickly at 45 miles per hour. looks like the most severe part of this now is moving off the coast, that is good. a little bit wider, lets show a wider view paul of the entire area, i want to show you what is go on. delawa

as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan, not a lot is happening. north and west of pottsville a little line and western parts of lancaster county, one severe thunderstorm right now and that warning in effect until 5:45

here is stormtracker 6 live double scan spotty shower there's in south jersey at this hour. we'll go in tighter on street level stormtracker 6 live double scan from burlington county to areas in salem and cumberland county and route 70 moisture from medford lakes and malaga, they continue to move offshore for the evening hours. the storm wrez tracking started at 10:00 in the morning to our west. we put this into motion and by 11:00 a.m. it was in our northwest suburbs from the poconos to lancaster. it reached the i-95 corridor at noon and we had the warn that popped up with the showers and storms and then at 1:00, 2:00, that moisture was racing to the east and to the coast, but it picked up a lot of bind and produced a lot of damage. winds at the airport in philadelphia 59 miles per hour and atlantic city 63 miles per hour and for both middletown and maple shade, new jersey, winds as high as 60 miles per hour. the damage across the region. collegeville, moth ball size hail and newcastle county, trees on cars and trees down in cherry hill. big changes on ahead tonight and the

you see the moisture on stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, along the 95 corridor and areas north and west and we have the severe thunderstorm warn that was issued. staying up until 12:15 this afternoon. gusts of wind up to 60 miles per hour and the possibility of hail. this extends to the north to landed dale and horsham and philadelphia and as far south as portions of new jersey for camden and gloucester county. this stays up for 12:15 this afternoon about 49 lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes as it quickly races to the east at 45 miles per hour. nonetheless moderate to heavy pockets of rain and philadelphia is getting in on the action as well. we have the wet weather overhead, if you have looked outside of the window, we have blustery conditions, winds gusting as high as 48 miles per hour in philadelphia and 39 miles per hour in dover and a gust as high as 32 miles per hour in the poconos. so if you are heading over to citizens bank park checking ougts the phils taking on the cubs, it's cloudy and windy. first pitch temperature 66 degrees and in the ninth, 69 degrees. now

there you can view stormtracker 6 live double scan as well as the latest from accuweather and interact with our team of meteorologists throughout the day on twitter and facebook. >>> in other news, a security guard is recovering from a shootout with a suspect near a philadelphia bar, more than two dozen bullets went flying at 2:00 in the morning in the feltonville section. annie mccormick is live with the very latest. >> reporter: that 22-year-old security guard suffered a gunshot wound to his leg and is treated and released from the hospital. police don't know if the men he exchanged gun fire with were hurt, because they can't find the men or evidence that they were shot. shell casings littered the 100 block of wissinoming this morning. there was a shootout with a security guard walking down the block. >> we don't know what started the shooting other than the security guard saw an individual firing shots and intervened. >> the director of the bar security says the guard was off duty from cooper's bar and grill and stopped in to say hi before closing and was walking a friend down the s

but stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it is also rain-fully. summer officially arriving at 6:34. and this was the first sunset of summer. this was tweeted to us by mark in lacy, new jersey. the sunsetting at 8:33 and two minutes later, the action cam showing what happened the full summer solstice moon. this hasn't happened in decades when we've had the full moon during a summer solstice and it won't happen again in 2062. and the full moon in june is often calledal strawberry moon, not because of the color but because june is typically when people pick their strawberries and native americans did way back when. so temperatures right now hovering close to 80 degrees. philadelphia, 79. trenton, 80. allentown, 75. millville, 76. wilmington, 77. atlantic city airport, 76. that ocean temperature pretty warm, 70 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we just have some high thin cirrus clouds. the system i'm tracking tomorrow is this cold front and we've got a broken line of some thunderstorms associated with it. and this will be moving in

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 thursday. we are tracking the late night rain, it becomes showery on thursday. things improve for our weekend and it's nice for father's day. we'll talk about the details in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> dad deserve its thank you. >>> the hotel portion of revel casino did not reopen as planned today. even if the permit issue kept it closed a little while longer, the reason it was open was reason for optimism. gray hall is live in atlantic city with a boost for summer tourists. gray. >> reporter: hi brian. many tourists are excited about the future openings of places like revel here in atlantic city. despite the financial hardships leaders remind everyone that the ocean is here and beaches are open and businesses are ready for cust

remember the power of stormtracker 6 live double scan radar is just a tap, swipe or mouse click away. at 6abc.com/weather you can share what is happening and follow our team of meteorologists on facebook and twitter. >>> now, to the latest on the tragedy at walt disney world, the body of 2-year-old lane graves recovered from a lagoon at the grand floridian resort and there is a call for visitors warning them of the danger. lana zach is live with the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon rick. it's good to be talking to you. they have pulled five alligators from the waters here but officials say they still don't know if they found the one that attacked the little boy or still on the loose. the beaches at disney world are still closed. divers found the body of lane graves about 15 yards from where he was snatched. >> his parents and nebraska community mourning after the boy's body was found intact by sonar six feet under water, the father fighting to free his son. >> the father god bless his soul, because once a gator clamps down it's the most powerful jaws of an animal in the entire worl

looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan we are following the rain from the early morning hours, the real storm, the heavy storms we were worried about missed our region and went farther so the south. the clouds are trying to break for sunshine and we can still see showers to the south and west and we remain unstable so at any time we could have a brief shower or thunderstorm. but it's not a big deal. the rest of day is dry and sticky, 81 in martins creek and 82 in coatesville. 82 in saint davids and chester and 79 in kennett square. and 76 feels better sitting on the beach in surf city and 76 in a.c. and 82 in glassboro and 80 degrees in hockessin, delaware. lets look at the dew points, any time you get over 60 you feel humid. we are certainly feeling it through the lehigh valley and the i-95 corridor. 72 in dover and 71 in cape may, humidity is way up there especially to the south and feeling uncomfortable. plan on the air for your ride home for your evening commute. not big weather related problems but sunshine is mixing with the clouds and the high is 83 and we are sitting at tha

as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan, not a lot is happening. north and west of pottsville a little line and western parts of lancaster county, one severe thunderstorm right now and that warning in effect until 5:45 p.m. with winds near 60 miles per hour. it does not include downtown lancaster and it's the very western part of that county and that is coreyville. as we look at it, 49 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes, down from 80 lightning strikes in the last half hour. the storm seems to be weakening towards lancaster and smithville and coreyville. but a lot of lightning and heavy rainfall. the biggest culprits with these heavy hitters is the lightning and downpours. strong winds are moderate, because it won't be with every single downpour or storm, and low risk of large hail or tornadoes. when i come back we'll look at stormtracker 6 live double scan. >> thank you. >>> it's a sad day for eagles fans, and the entire football community. buddy ryan, the tenacious man that coached the eagles in the late 1990s died at age of 82. he is rememb

looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan we have the super high humidity out there. fueling the downpours and storms. you can see it's mainly west of philadelphia and broken in nature. not a solid line that we are tracking. the worst of it at this point just to the west of philadelphia is in southern parts of lancaster county on the brisk of heading into southern parts of chester county near coatesville and south of honey brook. 67 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes, and the northern e contents is light showers from honey brook to pottstown and on it's brink of green lane. we'll continue to track this as it moves to the east at 20 to 25 miles per hour. the problem with these heavy thunderstorms is they are so slow moving you can get a quick inch or two in a short amount of time and as we head toward the lehigh valley toward easton, dealing with heavy downpours lifting to the north. and no severe storms at the time. and jim thorpe getting a thunderstorm and something trying to fire up at i-78. these will continue to develop and pop around the region through much

lets look at stormtracker 6 live double scan around the area, you can see we are mostly dry and can you see these little specs trying to pop up, i have a street level view, and it's not a big deal yet but it shows you this atmosphere, you get a couple near dover, a couple of showers trying to fire up and overall we are dry out there at the moment and we are expecting this to fire up shortly. lets go outside and see what is looks like right now, the action cam was out on the banks of the schuylkill river. we have more comfortable days that is for sure. the overnight hours is when we got the soaking in the city. warming up 73% is the dew point, and it's oppressive. the winds are light and not catching a break there. the ocean temperatures are warming up 71. satellite 6 along with action radar showing how slowly the downpours were to exit so a lot of you on the coastline were driving in that this morning. you can see how a couple of showers may fire up with a front nearby, at any point you can get a downpour or thunderstorm. this is future tracker's look at 4:30, a couple of cells trying t

lets take a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan around the region, we are dry if philadelphia. and most of the region. you see the rain to the northwest. i have a closer view of this with street level view, this is williamsport, the slow moving front we are tracking for days. it's not going to impact us late tonight and into tomorrow. out to the west the first sign of the rain. lets go outside right now. the action cam was out and about taking beautiful shots, looking good in fairmount park and boathouse row. we see how the sun is really shining through and warming up the temperatures. we started off in the low 60s in philadelphia and already 75 degrees and the dew point 61, that is the measure of the moisture in the atmosphere. every time you hit 60 if feels humid out there. the winds out of the east-northeast at 7 miles per hour. the ocean temperature is 62 right now for the ocean temperature. satellite 6 along with action radar showing over the past 12 hours we saw the clouds move in through the morning and now a break with the cloud cover, this is the front we are watching,

you'l find stormtracker 6 live double scan and constant updates from our team of meteorologists. >>> philadelphia police are looking for three men in connection with an armed robbery on a kensington street. they were confronted last week at ontario and arbor streets, the victims were forced to lay on the ground, and video shows the suspect's car a newer model ford fusion driving away from the scene. if have you information you are asked to call police. >>> a prayer service is held now in louisville kentucky for muhammad ali, a final service will be held tomorrow for the boxing great who died last week at the age of 74. marcy gonzales reports from louisville. >> as many as 16,000 people joining in prayer today honoring muhammad ali's muslim faith in louisville. people coming to the champ home town from around the world to pay their respects. >> i am honored and grateful to have the opportunities to be in line and celebrate the memorial of the great muhammad ali. >> tomorrow the final farewell. fans lined up for hours for the free tickets all 15,000 given away until 15 minutes. some en

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that we are dry through most of the region and you can start to see the front approaching to the west. we go in close toward this with double scan. williamsport is getting heavy rain along i-80. out in the western suburbs, you will be the first to get impacted by the showers. lets go outside right now and the action cam is out in fairmount park, that is nice taking a view of the water and things are look going out there, they like it dry. 75 is the current temperature, we started in the low 60s, we are already at 75, not bad and the dew point is 61 and feeling more humid than it did yesterday. and south and east of the city where the dew points were higher yesterday. the winds are out of the northeast pretty light and the ocean temperature is not bad 62 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we had all the clouds this morning and now a nice break. we see abundant sunshine right now. we are tracking the fronts for days, tracking to the east, we are starting to see the showers out to the west. it's moving slowly through the region.

be sure to keep 6abc.com/weather open on all of your devices, rely on the power of stormtracker 6 live double scan radar to help you plan and follow our meteorologists on facebook and twitter for the latest updates. >>> muhammad ali battled inside of the ring but sought peace outside of it. the boxing legend is being put to rest and his friends and family are gathering for a final farewell. lets go to louisville, kentucky, a 19 mile route, it's a 19 mile route that goes past ali's childhood home thousands are expected to attend the service this afternoon. you just saw mike tyson and will smith there. many people attend as they place his casket into a hearse traveling through his home town. thousands of mourners are lining the streets to pay their respects and some made signs while others displayed old photos of the boxer. >> he is gone but he will live forever. >> ali's nine children and his wife and two exwives and other family members are taking part in the service today. and set to eulogize ali are former president, bill clinton and billy crystal among others. president obama is una

stormtracker 6 live double scan radar you can see it's dry right now in philadelphia. we have spotty showers around and also to the north and west, for northern lancaster, berks and lehigh counties, also showers up through the poconos, they are light in nature. we should find more in the way of clouds and sunny breaks as we go through the rest of the day. sky 6 hd, down the shore in cape may, new jersey. we have lots of clouds and mist and drizzle especially across coastal communities at this hour. temperatures in philadelphia right now are holding in the upper 60s. 69. the dew point 69, any time the air temperature and dew point are close together. and there is probably a lot of saturation and humidity as well. the winds are calm and the ocean temperature coming in at 64 degrees, 69 for slatington and fleet wood and 67 for warrington and 69 in center city and off to the west in new holland. coatesville lower 70s. down across new jersey, sea isle city 67 and vineland and gandhis beach 76 degrees. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have this frontal boundary

stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you that we do indeed have rain across a portion of the region. this is on and off since dawn. we have the lightning box in the upper right hand portion of the screen. it's reading zero because over the last half hour we see the lightning fall off the map but we are looking at a good cell on the map in deerfield 12:25 and shiloh 12:25. and as we move this up the line it will be more or less heading towards elmer at 12:49. and we'll track this one more time. over here farther to the east. ewing, glassboro and franklinville are among the areas seeing this coming through. it only takes a half hour for the front of the rain to go to the front of the hour. it could be if you have plans to go out in these places, if you hold off for 20 or 30 minutes before this heavy rain starts you'll find heavier conditions out there and there are a couple of additional showers coming down out of the north. the lightning tracker jumped up to 11 and that is for a system we saw in central pennsylvania. no lightning in any of this and just dropping down from the north an

the numbers come down quickly as the showers and thunderstorms develop, as you look at stormtracker 6 live double scan they are just beginning to form out to the west and they are spotty in nature, here and there we see them and we'll track them with future tracker 6 and talk about the big change and the temperature plunge all coming up in the seven-day forecast. here comes the breeze rick and sara, feels good. >> we'll take your word for it. >> the same cold front coming our way is expected to push tropical storm colin away from the east coast. the storm is lashing the southeast. it has dumped up to 10 inches of rain already in some parts of florida. and power was knocked out for 10,000 people a state of emergency is declared. >>> still to come here on "action news" at noon, the cincinnati zoo has reopened the gorilla exhibit. with safety improvements for the first time since the child got inside. the last 9/11 search dog passed away in texas. the final farewell for the k-9 hero. >>> a rush hour car bomb has killed is he people and wounded 36 others in istanbul. they say they were ta

including images from stormtracker 6 live double scan radar. >>> all lanes of i-95 have reopened following a tractor trailer fire in philadelphia. the truck caught fire in the northbound lanes near the girard avenue exit at 7:00 a.m. hazmat crews responded after diesel oil was spilled on the highway. >>> investigators are trying to determine what sparked a fire at a business in montgomery county. the blaze broke out at 11:30 last night at the clemens uniform company. officials say the business had been closed yesterday and no one was hurt. >>> still to come on "action news" at noon, whole foods gets a warning about possible contamination at one of its food truck locations. >>> and the information that hackers stole concerning donald trump. we'll be right back. if you have medicare parts a and b and want more coverage, guess what? you could apply for a medicare supplement insurance plan whenever you want. no enrollment window. no waiting to apply. that means now may be a great time to shop for an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. medicar

showing you what is going on, stormtracker live double scan radar showing it is dry. it's been dry all weekend, no issues with precipitation. and outside we go from the temperature university camera looking at the center city skyline where southbound on broad street, looking at city hall. a mosty clear sky. nice and comfortable. the humidity is low but that is changing as we go throughout the day. a high today in philadelphia up to 87. not bad in the city at 71. 72 in reading. 68 in lancaster. up in the poconos 71. cooler at the coast, 67 in cape may. but the pine barons in new jersey coming in at 59. 68 in wilmington and 64 in dover. here is satellite 6, along with action radar, we have clear skies from new england down across the mid-atlantic region. the cold front we are tracking to the north and west. we had a ridge of high pressure firmly in control over the weekend. and the ridge of high pressure moves to the east and we are tracking the cold front that moves through. actually two cold fronts we are tracking this week. one monday and then a more active cold fron

we'll show you what is going on on stormtracker 6 live double scan. sun is giving way to clouds and showers are cross south jersey and also into delaware. we'll go in tighter on storm tracker 6, i-95 pressing into newark, delaware at this hour and along state road 1 between newark and middletown at this hour. pressing over into areas of south jersey and elmer heavy pockets at this hour. and 21 lightning strikes within the past 15 minutes with this cluster, it's moving to the east and you look at that moisture in chestertown out of the viewing area, we have to watch that as it scoots eastward in southern delaware and south jersey later on today. we show you the picture live outside in hd, from the temple university camera, we had sunshine earlier today and we watch the clouds roll on in because of this frontal boundary having an impact on our weather this afternoon. philadelphia 81 degrees, dew point 66, you can feel the moisture and humidity outside at this hour. the pressure 30.01 and on the rise and high pressure returns to the start of our weekend

rick, stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you that most of the area is dry and it's muggy and warm as you step outside. as you go close toert storms you see most of them are in gettysbu gettysburg, the white stripe you see every now and then say lightning strike on storm tracker, and they are pushing to the east and as we get past 2:00, 3:00, we have to be on the lookout for these, and in some cases just a shower or downpour, but in some cases severe weather. as we look outside we have chopper 6 flying over citizens bank park it's one of those places that is warm and sticky. 86 degrees right now in philadelphia, the dew point is over the 60 degree threshold for humid air and it feels rather sticky and worse the farther south you go through the region, winds are running 5 miles per hour right now, temperatures are zooming and 81 in allentown and 82 humid degrees in trenton and 84 in wilmington and 86 in millville and cape may we are at 84 warm degrees. future tracker 6 picking up the storm story, every time we get a new model run in it places the storm in different places, just abou

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing not everyone is seeing them but we have a pretty concentrated line of storms moving through the i-95 corridor right now. it is now pushed through center city philadelphia and is heading into south jersey, crossing routes 130, this view alone, the past 15 minutes, we have 21 lightning strikes and there is a pretty good concentration of heavy downpours working into cherry hill and this is pushing to the east be that line extends through southern new jersey and southern delaware, it passed through wilmington. and salem you are getting hit very hard with downpours, 33 lightning strikes in this view alone. that being said, they are not severe, we are not looking at damaging winds or large hail. but we do have lightning and heavy downpours. and the possibility of small hail as they work through over the next few hours and this with a front means behind it the skies will clear and temperatures dropping down into the 50s overnight and behind this system we have a cool air mass. look at that, temperatures in the 60s that is what we'll be dealing with tom

stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing you the heaviest moving out wilmington and philadelphia. but north of the i-95 corridor in trenton, we are getting heavy poquettes of rain and into south jersey. the severe thunderstorm warning is up until 12:45, we are tracking the line of showers and storms with winds as high as 60 miles per hour, we have seen reports of pea size hail in the path of these storms. it extends from chads worth to hammonton and port elizabeth. this is moving to the east at 45 miles per hour. you can see the moisture north of philadelphia and trenton and mercer county into wrightstown and browns mills and millville at this hour. and showers and storms approaching camden to gloucester and salem and cumberland counties. it's moving to the east. as far as rainfall, we are expecting .10 to .25, more of that where you pick up one of these heavy thunderstorms that moves on through. earlier today wind gusts in philadelphia of 32 miles per hour and a gust in lancaster, of 28 and 54 miles per hour at this hour in dover. 66 miles per hour in millville especially as the

stormtracker live double scan showing that we have a dry night tonight. and temperatures are gradually cooling off. a lot of cloud cover and the temperatures not dropping off quickly. wilmington 70, philadelphia 67. down from the high of 84. cape may, atlantic city airport at 64 right now. we do have some fog developing along the shore. there is a dense fog advisory posted just offshore, off the coast of the bay. the atlantic city airport now 2.5 miles disability. georgetown, delaware reporting 1.5 mile visibility. and some of the dense fog will begin to roll a little farther inland as we get that easterly wind. satellite 6 and action radar showing you see this right here? that is tropical depression bonnie nine ll lly -- finally m out to see. and futuretracker showing tomorrow morning lots of clouds. and around 8:00, you will likely see scattered showers. the latest run beginning to trend it a little farther to the north across allentown, lehigh valley, the poconos. then as we head into the afternoon we will see some breaks in the clouds, but also with t

and stormtracker live double scan around the region. again mainly along the i95 corridor at the present time, fired up in the western suburbs near chester county, parts of montgomery county and pushing off to the east. you see the cluster here approaching center city where it has been raining the last hour or so. and again, the schuylkill expressway right here being inundated by heavy rainfall, even route 1 heading into media, chadds ford beginning to temporarily dry out. it continues all wait south to newark and parts of wilmington. and again, kind of around the region here into parts of new jersey. a closer look, bryn mawr, the main line soaked. and heading towards darby and philadelphia and center city, and will continue to move into new jersey. temperature-wise we are all right around the same. 72, 73, 74 degrees. again, extremely humid out there as the dewpoints have really spiked over the last three or four hours. this is all in response to a front that has pushed in from the west, and now the front is putting on the brakes. kind

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 action radar. high pressure dominating the region. dipping to the south tomorrow, but mostly clear and quiet from new england across the mid-atlantic region and the first half of the day tomorrow of the call from accuweather the next 12 hours is mostly clear and warm. 64 the overnight low in reading, 68 in philadelp

stormtracker 6 live double scan getting a break after working overtime this morning. we had showers and thunderstorms this morning and now a break in the action. and overnight tonight we could have another round of showers and thunderstorms really clip the southern part ofs of our viewing area. it's definitely on the cool side. cool for june, philadelphia currently 69 degrees, wilmington 68 and cape may 66 the ocean temperature is 65. and allentown brighter and 62 and reading 68 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing that we are just stuck in the clouds now and one low pressure moved off the eastern seaboard. another one though is spinning out of the midwest and you can see we have a vicious squall line of thunderstorms working out of western pennsylvania, ahead of it super cells and a confirmed tornado in the eastern panhandle of west virginia but this whole system is sliding to the south and tonight mostly cloudy and isolated shower possible and parts of southern delaware and extreme southern new jersey could get clipped by the system with the possibil

stormtracker 6 live double scan a couple of light showers there in south jersey and that is why we have more in the way of cloud cover and cooler numbers there. that is starting to break apart and what we are tracking overnight is off to the north and west. early tomorrow morning we'll show you the picture outside. looking ought side at penn's landing. plenty of sunshine earlier today and now the clouds are starting to roll on in. in advance of the precipitation. our high today in philadelphia with the amount of sun overhead, 80 and 3 degrees shy of average, the record 100 set in 1994. along the 95 corridor 77 in the city and 81 in trenton and 73 in wilmington and 77 in reading but cooler at the coast in cape may 69 and 71 in millville. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have for the most part quiet conditions, this boundary will lift off to the north and we'll watch moisture that will gather across western pennsylvania and slide our way as we get into the overnight hours and early tomorrow morning on thursday. future tracker 6 showing the precip arriving, cloudy and showers

find stormtracker 6 live double scan and updates from our team of meteorologists. >>> matt pellman is here now with a look the the traffic. >> some people are headed to the shore to get a jump on the weekends during summertime. the blue route is always extra heavy, that is the case, a solid line from mid county from the schuylkill to baltimore pike. on the big picture, along german town avenue, we have the septa bus accident. and henry avenue is still closed in east falls because of yesterday's downed tree, stick with ridge instead. live look at the vine street expressway busy as always but not scheduled to close tonight and that is good news. construction has brwrapped in warrington over the little neshaminy bridge. and 295 northbound by the black horse pike accidents have cleared but speeds in the teens there as well. i'll see you tomorrow rick and monica. >> thank you. >>> still to come the man captures on surveillance video trying to abduct a teenager from a store in florida appears in front of a judge today. >> tonight officials say the precheck system is not living up to its pro

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 moisture in the air and we certainly have the humidity with us, a 66 degree dew point in philadelphia at this hour, 72 in cape may, 75 in dover, any time you have dew point numbers above 70 degrees, you can feel it's quite oppressive. 63 dew point in trenton. he

stormtracker 6 live double scan will show the eruption of those downpours and storms with the humidity in the carolinas and the panhandle of florida and all of this is lifting to the north and it turns unsettled as we go into your friday and temperature-wise for the next 12 hours, temperatures drop back into the upper 60s by early tomorrow morning. notice at 6:00 a.m., a cloud on the icon as it is unsettled here to end the week and more changes arriving on saturday, and we'll give you that 4 and of july forecast and the timing of the downpours and storms and how long they progress or if they do progress into the weekend. >> the holiday weekend is approaching, stay with 6abc.com/weather, stormtracker 6 live double scan radar your best defense against rained out picnics and use facebook and twitter to follow our team of meteorologists. >>> many people are kicking off their 4th of july weekend early by doing sightseeing around philadelphia. janet reyes is live around independence mall where it has been busy today janet. >> reporter: it has been, the list of things to do at independence ma

stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you there are no cells of precipitation anywhere in the immediate or distant region. as we look outside it's a great day to climb outside in the 6 abc zoo balloon. on the schuylkill river, and the zoo of course, and maybe take a long cool drink up there. either before or after take a drink and enjoy the view, and a pretty distant view available to you today. it is on the warm side and dew points are up over 60 and muggy and humid the farther south you go. and less humid across the region, winds are light they may kick up as the day goes on, and you see a lack of significant cloud cover. and fair weather cumulous popping here or there. and generally speaking we expect it to stay fairly bright. 88 is your high in philadelphia and 87 in wilmington and mid-80s in trenton and allentown and reading. and down the shore we are going to be stuck although it's not exactly getting stuck and we are in the mid-70s, and actually pretty nice down along the beach. temperatures the rest of the way 87 and 4:00, 86 and warm toward dinner times and then down to the 70s

this is the last of it, but it was a stormy afternoon down the shore, this is stormtracker 6 live double scan, we moved this back to 2:00, this is when the intense line of storms worked through delaware to cape may and 3:40 is when the tornado warning was posted and we have wind reports of 80 miles per hour gusts in cape may county. that caused a lot of problems, these are some of the storm reports, they are still coming in and barnegat township reporting hail and wind gusts causing problems, a tree fell in a house in whitesboro and lots of power outages in lower township. this was sent to me from britney off the whale watching ship off the coast of cape may showing the shelf cloud moving in. i'll have more on the storm damage coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks cecily. >>> philadelphia congressman, chaka fattah, is facing serious jail time after the verdict was handed down in his corruption case today. >> we are going to confer with my lawyers and pick out what the next steps are. >> those were congressman fattah's first words after he was convicted in the corruption case, he was foun

as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan a beautiful day and low humidity and cumulous clouds at times but not tracking rain. 85 in philadelphia and 84 in allentown and as well as reading and wilmington again feeling pleasant out there. upper 70s in the poconos and right along the shore a sea breeze through much of the day keeping temperatures at 74 in cape may and 76 in beach haven. but there are changes lurking to the south, a warm front draped over the virginias and the carolinas, that lifts to the north tomorrow morning ushering in the tropical air once again in addition to that, we have a cold front near chicago and that will also push in from the west tomorrow. between the two fronts and tropical humidity it gets us into trouble with the pop-ups once again. for tonight patchy clouds and stays dry and stays muggy, 63 in the suburbs and center city. 7:00 tomorrow morning, we are not going to wait for showers or downpours to fire up in certain locations with that warm fronts, so first thing roadways will be wet. if you try to head to the shore early or the poconos early in the

everything has settled down and stormtracker 6 live double scan showing a few spotty showers and we had a vicious line of storms moving through cape may county, we are live on sky 6 hd and the sunshine is back but the beaches are pretty much empty, a lot of people likely dealing with property damage now thanks to the winds that were helped fueled by the warm, humid air, not officially a heat wave. sunday and yesterday 91 and today only hit 88 degrees, that is 4 degrees above average but you need three days in the 90s to make it a heat wave but it was warm and humid and you can see the areas that had the rain, cape may down to 66 and millville 70 and philadelphia we are at 80 and allentown and reading in the mid-80s, 86 degrees with a good amount of sunshine. satellite 6 along with action radar showing this squall line really fired up this afternoon. the tornado warning at 3:40, this is pushing to the south and another front is moving through a dew point front bringing down drier air and that could bring a spotty shower or thunderstorm this evening. then it turns more comfortable with lo

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we got rid of the rain we had this morning and still a lot of clouds upstairs and on the cool side. philadelphia currently 69 degrees and down from the high of 70. that is 13 degrees below normal. allentown saw more sunshine and 71 degrees and ocean temperature 65 and 66 on the beach and wilmington 68 degrees. with this cool air in place, we have missing an outbreak of severe weather that really isn't that far away from us. double scan live radar showing we have a massive squall line moving through west virginia now and low pressure near cleveland is pushing this along and we see super cells developing ahead of it. one confirmed tornado in martinsville, west virginia, i post aid photo on my facebook page. another rotation now in the red, this is a low level lock, the rotation is not just high in the atmosphere but at the surface. so tornado warnings there. we'll miss out on the severe weather although we could get severe thunderstorms in southern delaware and extreme southern new jersey overnight. the next 12 hours, mostly cloudy skies and isola

to visit 6abc.com/weather for the latest updates and there you can view an hour by hour forecast and stormtracker 6 live double scan radar and be sure to follow our team of meteorologists. who put that in there? on facebook and twitter. >>> fire engulfed an apartment building at 76 east logan it took an hour and a half for views to get control of the blaze and fortunately nobody was hurt and there is no word yet what sparked the fire. a family from chester is safe tonight. thanks to an alert 7-year-old and an assist from firefighters, a fire broke out at yarnell street at 2:30 this morning. the girl ser inity awoke her parents. they made it to the fire escape and were rescued by firefighters. the red cross is helping four families displaced. >>> and the teen admitting to setting a fire at school is spending 52 weeks at a juvenile detention center. he was remorseful and apologized this morning in court. the damage to the school is estimated at $800,000. the teenager is ordered to pay $10,000 restitution the amount of the school's insurance policy deductible. >>> police in voorhees want you to know

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's dry and quiet, and in the wake of the severe thunderstorm warnings that popped up earlier today. and in the wake of the heavy damage and rain we saw across the region. we show you the picture outside, sky 6 hd looking at the commodore barry bridge the clouds are breaking apart and we have a bright blue sky and it turns mostly clear as we go into the rest of this evening. temperatures are on the cool side. we max out at 73 in the city and right now coming in at 66 in philadelphia and definitely a cooler day in comparison to yesterday. 69 in dover at this hour. and 65 in allentown and the lehigh valley. we have showers and storms, not much in the way of precipitation but the winds are bluffer we today. a gust as high as 37 in wilmington at this hour. gusting up to 28 miles per hour in beach haven. here is why, satellite 6 along with action radar showing you the short wave that moved through and triggered those showers and storms across the region. it was brief and fast. right now moving off the coast and we have got clear skies across the ohio

. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan kind of swung and missed at that. storm tracker showing we are dry. a little earlier today we were down in fairmount park along the schuylkill river and things were looking good. it felt humid in philadelphia earlier and things feel more comfortable now. 84, if you are out and about, if you are doing work or exercise make sure you hydrate. the dew point is below the 60 threshold, which is humid air. there is cloud cover out to the west starting to filter in past point and moving into central pennsylvania and some pushing towards the east at this point. we'll see more of that this afternoon but it's high and thin enough to let the sun through. 83 in trenton and 88 in philadelphia and wilmington and 84 in allentown and close to that in reading and 80 degrees down at the shore. i got a tweet from someone at the beach, with an empty chair and it said dave this is all for you. i wish. ocean temperatures cool, you probably don't want to go in much past your ankles and 80 in cape may and sea isle city. and milder in the wate

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that right now not a lot of action going on. we have a few scattered light showers across delaware and south jersey. and there is move on the way but plenty of clouds have rolled in what a difference a day makes. yesterday sky 6 showing bright blue skies and sunshine and now looking over the commodore barry bridge you see a pretty thick cloud deck and the cloud deck advancing from the south and afternoon highs depended on your location, as expected quite a bit cooler down the shore and wildwood the high of 73 degrees, newark delaware also the clouds getting there first and 76 and philadelphia made it to 83 degrees before the clouds rolled in and trenton and the lehigh valley you saw a good amount of sunshine and made it up to 84, tomorrow morning looks like we'll have showers around and good idea to allow caution and allow extra time. the possibility of downpours and even a rumble of thunder. in addition to heading out early a good idea to tune into "action news" as david murphy tracks the showers. right now temperatured a big r

. >> lets take a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan around the area. we are dry and looking good right now, it's pretty out there. lets go outside. chopper 6 hd was out and about flying near princeton and that was sara out here in her morning rowen joying the day before they came to work. looking good you can see the sunshine. 69 degrees still the current temperature. the dew point is 32, that is unheard of for this time of year. no humidity out there at all. wins north-northwest at 17. they are picking up to gusts of 25 miles per hour and the ocean temperature is 58 degrees, really cooled down. lets look at these numbers now. 69 in philadelphia but 68 in reading and 66 in trenton and 71 in millville and dover, with a beautiful sunrise. thanks to everybody out there on my facebook page posting pictures, this is lisa's view of north wildwood. we love the pictures. thanks for sharing it. not a lot happening at this point. high pressure is moving in a quiet couple of days before we track storms for the weekend, lets look at it hour by hour. bright sunshin

. >>> a nice day building across the region, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing us we are precipitation free and lots of sunshine out there including outside of the betsy ross house. haven't been down there in a long time. have to take another visit to the betsy ross house, my wife and i love history and we go around every once in a while and see stuff because it's so cool. thursday is going to be great low humidity and lots of sun and friday getting back into an unsettled pattern with a shower around and thunderstorms, your temperature is 81 degrees and dew point at 60. a big improvement than where we were at dawn. winds are out of the west northwest at 8 miles per hour. areas south of philadelphia, extreme south jersey and cape may and delaware it feels sticky but i think you'll get better over the next several hours. we'll keep our eyes on this area of cloud cover, that is rotating around an area of low pressure in canada. it's producing light showers in new york state and not out of the question that a couple of those pop through the poconos later on and hopefully they stay north of

lets see what is going on with stormtracker 6 live double scan it's dry and quiet and no issues with precipitation, high pressure is dominating and sky 6 hd looking at penn's landing and the delaware river and folks out and enjoying what is a nice friday afternoon. currently if philadelphia we come in at 79 degrees, looking at the dew point, they are in the upper 50s to nice and comfortable, low humidity overhead and the pressure 29.92 it's on the rise as high pressure works its way into the region. an easterly wind at 8 miles per hour and the ocean temperature is 66. numbers north and west of town, 79 in slatington and 82 in martins creek and 79 in center city and 80 in new holland. down along the immediate coastline, it's cooler, temperatures only in the 70s, 71 at the boardwalk and 73 in sea isle city, and glassboro 80 and 80 in hockessin and 80 in ewing. here is satellite 6 along with action radar you can see we have this area of low pressure that moved through earlier today and with that came showers across areas in south jersey and delaware. a lot of moisture starting to suppre

lets look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we are mostly dry and we haven't seen too many of the storms, we startd this morning with them along the coast. i want to start closer, just beginning in dover and this just popped up in the last couple of minutes, seeing some cells begin in dover, delaware, we can get a pop-up shower or thunderstorm at any point. and lets go outside right now and show you what it looks like, down in cape may and it sure was soggy there this morning, and you are looking okay, just watch for the storms and downpours coming, i think they'll hold off at the shore. right now in philadelphia 83 degrees, the dew point is 73 degrees and oppressive humidity out there. the pressure is holding steady and the winds are southern and light and the ocean temperature is 71. satellite 6 along with action radar showing how slow moving the soakers were that blanketed the southeastern part of our region during the early morning commute. not a lot firing up to the west just in the last few frames we see a little bit of that and we have a front lingering nearby and it won't take mu

stormtracker 6 live double scan showing rain free out there, definitely on the cool side and temperatures again only in the 70s, 76 degrees that is 4 degrees below normal and wilmington 76 and down the shore, you have the land breeze, the westerly wind so temperatures on the beaches the same as inland 75 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing a broad area of high pressure that is building in tonight and when this does, it will really slacken off the winds, tonight the winds diminishing, wind gusts of more than 30 miles per hour today and it's going to be clear and cool. good radiational cooling and the suburbs down to 47 degrees and a chill in the air there. philadelphia 56 and tomorrow with the high pressure over us, it is going to be beautiful. nicest day of the week, plenty of sunshine and 8:00, 61 and 11:00, 70, 78 by 5:00. just one degree warmer than today but it will feel a lot warmer because it won't be quite as gusty, winds 7 to 14 miles per hour. and then heading into saturday we start the day with a good amount of sunshine, at 10:00 warmer air moving into and you c