For most of the day to day but as we head in the second half of the day and tonight we do want to have have a chance of seeing a few scattered showers before the 9 00 oclock hour, mid 60s, more cloud around in the middle 70s for your lunch break. Take it all in. Mix of clouds and sunshine and then in the 5 00 oclock hour we have a chance of seeing a pop up shower, better chance of showers as we head into tonight though, meisha, i dont think evening commute will be too impacted by the shower activity but we will talk more about the timing of that rainfall coming in tonight, coming up in just a minute. Good to know, thanks very much, lauren. Well, good morning, happy thursday to you. Our gateway to the weekend looking good, so far, still so early out there but we did have construction on the east and westbound vine between schuylkill and broad until 5 00 a. M. So we have given you a look moving in the westbound and eastbound directions and it is looking good. Still looking nice and quiet
Most. Our high today 82 degrees. That was the record breaker. The previous record was just 73 set back in the two to us. We didnt only break that record we smash it by nine full degrees. Few more stats on today. This was the earl yell its ever been 82 degrees in philadelphia. Previously on march 12th of nope 90 we got to 83 but never been 82 or hire this early. 32 degrees above average today and the warmest day weve had sin the end of last september. Temperatures right now still pretty comfortable. 60 degrees in philadelphia. 55 in wilmington. 65 in reading. And we are headed for another potential record breaker tomorrow. Ill tell you just how warm it gets when rain could creep back into the forecast coming up when i join you inside. Kate, thanks so much. In other news authorities tonight say a forest fire in marlton, burlington county, is about 80 contained. Its expected to be out by the morning. This was the scene earlier from chopper three. The fire broke out in a wooded area near C
Forecast is 80 degrees and record is 76. That will fall, since back in 2006, with our high temperatures today. It is cruising once again so 65 degrees, what to expect in the 9 00 oclock hour. More cloud around today calling in a mix of sun and clouds. The a as we head in the afternoon hours we have a chance of a late day shower but better chance of showers overnight the tonight. We will talk about the timing of the shower activity, if it will clear out by friday morning commute and if this warmth will last in the upcoming weekend coming up in a couple minutes. Gorgeous, lauren, it looks so pretty behind you too. We can see that the sun wants to arrive, happy thursday to you. Well, outside we are dealing with an accident here in the eastbound platt bridge block ago this left lane, probably starting to cause real significant slow downs right there. Just make note of. That we will have volume levels putting on pressure but we will have that gaper delay. For those heading out to the platt
The skinny on this good questi question. You know its only early march but feeling more like bikini weather. Good evening, im ukee washington. Im any cory brewer. Jessica dean is off tonight. Soaring temperatures shattered records across the region today. Really hot outside. Meteorologist kate bilo is live for us on the sky deck. Kate, just after 11 00 oclock, its still right. It is still really nice out here. A light breeze. You need a lyle jacket its perfect kind of weather because it wasnt all that humid today. So it was warm and pleasant in the 80s this afternoon and now nice cool comfortable night and well repeat that pattern tomorrow. Lets recap today first and for most. Our high today 82 degrees. That was the record breaker. The previous record was just 73 set back in the two to us. We didnt only break that record we smash it by nine full degrees. Few more stats on today. This was the earl yell its ever been 82 degrees in philadelphia. Previously on march 12th of nope 90 we got
One life, and it is hoped, that in this lobby, now a safe haven, many others will also be saved. There is only one testing im looking for, i want to be standing here where i can save my first life. I want that person standing right here. At Upper Darby Police headquarters, walt hunter, cbs3 Eyewitness News. Switching gears, talking weather what a difference a week makes from 30s to 40s to record highs. The meteorologist kate bilo is in the weather center. How high did temperatures go. The it felt hot out there. It did feel hot out there, nicole and temperatures got to about 32 degrees above average for this time of the year. Eightytwo was our High Temperature today in philadelphia, that broke the record by a full 9 degrees. The it is also earliest 82 or higher temperature on record in philadelphia. Previously march 12th of 1990 we will hit 83 but this march 9th at 82 earliest it has ever been 82 in philadelphia since record were kept and that dates back to the 1800s. So warmest day we