Philadelphia. That does not just break the record that completely destroyed it. Our previous record 64 degrees much we topped at 71 in allentown a record there. A record in Atlantic City even mount pocono 64 degrees today. And temperatures still very mild at this late hour. 64 in philadelphia. Calm winds. Low 60s down the shore. Still up around 50 degrees right now in the poconos. And weve had a couple of rounds of showers and december thunderstorms over the last two days. And that trend continues on storm scanstormstorm scan3 quiey philadelphia but showers an few imbedded thunderstorm washingtoning their way north eastbound from parts of delaware into our shore points. Cape may picking up heavy downpour right now likely hearing a few rumbles of thunder. Well talk more about rain chances for Christmas Day and another round of record warmth in store and ill have all that in your full forecast in a couple of minutes. Lauren, thank you. Not everyone is cool with this Christmas Eve warmup.
Atmosphere. But that said because such light wind, moisture to work, with we do have dense fog advisory, essentially region wide. Not quite as further inland interestingly enough the further go but weve seen reports now guys of visibilities that are at or under a half mile, so you could easily finds it where you travelment pinpoint this through the next few hours, appears as though the bulk of the Poor Visibility will be basically from outlying suburbs, into i95, point south and east of. That will as we hit say 10 00, 11 00 a. M. , notice how things start to get better. Again future of visibility model that were running for you, but general expectation as visibility start to gradually climb with time here, and will become easier and easier to travel throughout the course of the day with minimal weatherrelated impact. Sixtyseven the current temperature, meantime in ac, very, very warm start to the day, very modest breeze, too, again, to help the fog to form, but watch for that here in t
I am out here sweating. Reporter but little sweat didnt stop thursday ton moon from playing his favorite christmas songs. For everyone to enjoy. Im enjoying it. Im making some tips so im helping my familiar enjoy christmas. At the ice rink in dilworth park was more like a slush ring. This would be in june this would be beautiful but the fact thats Christmas Eve is beyond reason. Reporter yet again the 68degree temperature on december 24th brought out ice skaters in shorts and a tshirt. I like the warm weather. I had to shovel 27 times last year. This is perfect. Reporter others arent as happy about the warmup. Winter is supposed to be cold and snowy. Reporter over at the cathedral basilica, hundreds piled in to celebrate Christmas Eve mass. Every couple years we try to come down here and just see the massive big church. Some wanted to celebrate at the famous basilica after pope francis walk through the same doors back in september. I think hes grant. I think hes a blessing to the world
Now, hopefully santa had a chance to make his rounds, last check somewhere over the pacific ocean, wrapping it up, will get nice long nap we hope. If you plan to travel, folks, you are going to be running out into some fog. Dense fog advisory, take a look, those ceilings dropping in low here on skycam 3, to the point you cannot even make out liberty can be liberty place, temperatures mild, 63 degrees currently, modest breeze, you dont want to breeze if you want the fog to form. Definitely lot of moisture, 93 humidity after all. So not the best hair day perhaps. But we are certainly feeling the warmth out there. Storm scan3, take a look, pretty quiet. In terms of fog, it is always difficult to find fog on a saturday light, because it is solo to the grounds. But it is out there. We definitely have some higher clouds, as well, in terms of the fog. Generally it is most of the region thats included in the dense fog advisory, it lasts until 10 00 this morning, about the time we expect it to
Will be made. Right now on fox 29, final security measures for the popes visit to philadelphia are in place. Skyfox live over the ben franklin bridge this is now closed to vehicles until monday. Thousands of visitors will walk across it tomorrow to papal events. Looking live outside our studios in at fourth and market in old city. The fences are up, security perimeter in place around Independence Mall area and of course a huge security net crisscrosses the ben franklin parkway tonight and the setup looks amazing. It is just a massive undertaki undertaking. Philadelphias ready for the arrival of pope francis first thing in the morning. You can feel the excitement tonight. Good evening to you, im lucy noland. Im iain page. Its incredible time to be in philadelphia after months of preparation. Its time to welcome pope francis. Yes, but everybody wants to know what the weather will be like a little fly in the ointment fox 29s chief meteorologist Scott Williams here. How is it looking, scot