Rain. Lets get over to accuweather with meteorologist chris sowers. Weve had enough of this criminals. Reporter we have, lets look at the monthly totals across the area. Very impressive considering normally in philadelphia we should have more than 3 inches of rain for the entire month. Philadelphia, 5. 3. Atlantic city, 6 inches of rain. Wilmington, 5 1 2. Trenton, 4. 7. Reading, 4. 7 inches of rain of thats the bad news. The good midnight. Note where the rain snow line is. Its farther back places than chicago and milwaukee. Thats how far west you have to travel to get into any cold air, which is very, very rare. 42 in pottstown, malvern. Newtown, 44. Lots of mid 40s showing up south and east, as well. Today, mild, lots of clouds, periods of rain and drizzle this afternoon, were shooting for a high of 54. Ill be back along in just a few minutes and track everything for you on future tracker 6. Ill let you know when the moisture arrives and roll it out here in the seven sevenday for. 7
As we look at the temperatures, the good news, the numbers are nice and mild and looks like, were having problems with the clicker, doesnt want to advance him temperatures are actually fairly mild, tell you what, bring the camera back out on me, as we continue to have problems, but, again, the roads are dry, im not able to show you the radar at this time. When i come back well focus on the rain heading this way later this afternoon. It will stick around tomorrow afternoon. Rainfall totals could exceed an inch in some locations. If you have outdoor plans this weekend make sure you have the umbrella on standby. Ill have the details on future tracker 6 when i see you in just a few minutes. Folks, 6 01 a. M. , theres noosks new information to tell you about, dozens of people waking up to sounds of an outofcontrol driver smashing cars in a south philadelphia neighborhood. That would be frightening to wake up. Action news viewer showing the scene at third and porter street before 11 00 p. M.
Delaware bay from dover to fortescue to wildwood, visibility down to. 3 of a mile. Take it easy this morning. The good news were not seeing any reported travel delays. All the major hubs, all the flights are on time. Theres moisture building to the west. Heres a look at Storm Tracker 6 live, yet another round another area of low pressure will be sliding through during the day, that means lots of clouds throughout afternoon with light rain developing or showers from time to time and this will all transition over to a steadier period of rain correspondent tonight and through the morning tomorrow. For today, cloudy skies, you have a couple of peeks of sun but the idea today mainly clouds and mainly drizzle this afternoon. A comfortable high of 54. Theres been a Silver Lining to the miserable pattern, temperatures have been fairly mild. 54 today. 06 tomorrow. When i come back well have more on when the rain clears out of here and when we see the sunshine and temperatures in the 60s next we
Pope francis is here. A traffic box around center city will go into effect at 6 00 p. M. On friday. Another box stretching from the Schuylkill River to 38th street in West Philadelphia is slated to start at 10 00 p. M. Friday. Officials say while drivers cannot reenter the traffic boxes once theyve left, no decision has been made about taxis, uber drivers and shuttle services. Anthony runs global limousine in south philadelphia which lies outside of the traffic boxes. If all else fails well bring them as far as we can from the outside area and then hopefully be able to have vehicles in the box area in order to transport them to their final destination. Reporter the Independence Visitors Center says philly flash buses will not run saturday and sunday during the popes visit but flash will offer extended service during the world meeting of families. We want to make sure flash is running september 19th through the 25th particularly for the conventions so we think well Still Service a lot o
How much more of this heat do we hee on that and karen rogers has your commute. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. We didnt have this yesterday but with the higher heat and humidity combining today, we do have a heat advisory thats in effect. Now, this kicks in at noon, it extends until 7 oclock this evening. During that time the heat index will make it feel like its in the mid to upper 90s and your temperatures going into the upper 90s as well. We also have a another air quality alert, another code orange ozone action day so those of you in risk categories want to limit your outdoor exposure. I know that said tomorrow, it should say today. Satellite shows you a lack of cloud cover aga ts going to buid really quickly and right side. 75 degrees is your curre millvi. And low 70s to mid 70se shore. Dewpoints are higher today, too, in most neighborhoods. Getting up closer to 70 in some spots down south and wel really kick in today. 77 degrees by 7 oclock. As soon as noon, we are hotter