Could see between 1 and 3 inches of rain and some of it could come in a short amount of time. Well talk about arthur coming up and the 4th of july forecast. Very busy out there. Thank you. They are keeping an eye out there on the forecast down at the shore where several towns have postponed the fireworks displ displays, but people on the beach are still celebrating the weekend, amy buckman is live in ocean city and for now a nice beach day. A gorgeous day on the beach, we are at 7th street and the boardwalk, the folks are lined up behind me getting their icecream after the hard work of laying out in the sun. As we look at the beach plenty of umbrellas still up and folks are out there enjoying the sun and the great sea breeze and folks are not worrying too much about the weather tomorrow or later than that. Lifeguards were keeping swimmers close to the beach today as arthur down the coast churned up the ocean here in ocean city and no boogie boards were allowed either. Its safer without having boards drifting from the crowds. Lifeguards were getting help from vigilant parents, like this father who held his daughters hand tightly. She is not allowed in further than their belly button. You mrs. That . Yes. Are you safe and following directions . Yes. There is a threat of storms late tonight and tomorrow. Most beach goers are not let the weather ruin their weekend. If it gets crappy, my husband is happy, he will be entertained and well eat and drink and be plery. If tomorrow is rainy well stay inside and play games and keep the kids occupied. But after that it will be fine . Not too concerned at all. Back live looking at the beach, city officials are concerned about the weather tomorrow and here in ocean city they have postponed the fireworks from tomorrow night until saturday, and up the beach in Atlantic City, the fireworks scheduled for tomorrow night are moved until sunday. Its an extended holiday down at the shore. Im amy buckman, channel 6 action news. Thank you. You heard her mention that ocean city has postponed the fireworks, right now at 6abc. Com and the 6 abc news app we have a list of local Fireworks Shows, that is broken down by state and county to find one close to you. We are constantly updating the list. Whether you are at the beach or the parkway or at at barbecue, everybody is hoping for good weather this weekend, we should get it but not before rain and a slight brush from hurricane arthur. Cecily tynan is here with our coverage with more on the forecast. You are getting to know arthur. A little too well in fact. Arthur became a category one hurricane at 5 00 this morning. It is bringing heavy rain to the outer banks of the carolinas, could get up to 5 inches of rain there, maximum winds are 95 Miles Per Hour. Another 6 Miles Per Hour and this will become a category two hurricane and its will made the shift to the northeast, at 13 Miles Per Hour. Its 225 southsouthwest of Cape Hatteras, really no change with the track but we have change with the strength. It looks like when it hits, when it passes several hundred miles offshore, it will be a category 2 hurricane and that means big problems with rip currents and a lot of beach areas postponed the fireworks not because of rain but because the surf will be so rough. A lot of the fireworks are shot off from barges and they condition get out with the rough surf, it will be better saturday night. We begin to tap into the moisture from arthur, south and east of philadelphia, 9 00 rain along the coast, some of it could be heavy, but as we head into the afternoon, all the moisture is out of here at 5 00 and perhaps just a few lingering clouds at the coast, and sunshine is back in philadelphia and that means rick, listen to this, its important, fireworks forecast is spectacular in philadelphia. We are not sbeting, comfortably cool and 77 by 11 00 and the rest of the weekend is looking great. Adam will have details on that in the full accuweather forecast. Looks like im wearing shorts tomorrow be ready. Be ready. Oh boy. Well, it should be a good night for fireworks it could be damp for independence hall, those events are still on, but one particular change, chad pradelli is live on the ben franklin parkway with the details. Reporter hey rick, the philly pop concert will be moved indoors to the kimmel center. A light breeze out here and a lot of guys and gals working on the stage here, the wet weather is moving in like cecily said in the next couple of hours and will continue into the morning, the organizers of wawa welcome america says everything tomorrow is set to go as planned. On stage, the final sound checks are being conducted and behind the scenes, the final details are being ined out with one eye on mother nature. The pops concert is moved indoors because strong thunderstorms are expecteded. The Program Begins at 8 00, and if you have a ticket, that ticket is honored and youll have a seat at the kimmel indoors. City leaders had concerns about the main events but so far they dont anticipate problems. They would not disclose contingency plans. Right now all systems are go and we also have to be aware of wind and right now its still within the acceptable levels, we are actually all ready and we want everybody to have a good time. Philadelphia police are getting used to events like this, they say they are prepared. Roughly 500,000 people are expected to pack the parkway to see the roots, nicki minaj and others. Some officers youll see and others you wont and that goes for the hardware as well. We always have cameras, condition tell you where though all are. You know where some of the mobile ones come out. If someone has an id to come down and disrupt the event, they will have a significant and swift reaction. If you come tomorrow, organizers say no coolers, if you bring a bag with belongings, make sure it is a clear bag and it could be checked. Again, if you are going to the phillies pop concert it is moved indoors to the kimmel center. Im live, chad pradelli, channel 6 action news. Thank you. The new 6abc. Com is the place to go for all the details on this years wawa welcome america, you can see the listings of the daily events and a slideshow of all the performers, its right there right now on the new 6abc. Com. And remember 6 abc is your home for all the festivities on the 4th of july, the coverage kicks off at 6 00 tomorrow morning as matt and tam host of the celebration of freedom ceremony and then the parade and 7 00 p. M. Tomorrow night, cecily, adam and karen and yours truly bring the party on the parkway parked off by fireworks and it should be a spectacular evening. Other news, eight families are out of their homes today in heights town, new jersey after a fire broke out at an apartment complex. The action cam went back to powell court and saw the damage today. It started at 8 30 last night in the middle of a storm and the building was struck by lightning, the flames spread quickly and destroyed four units up spares. Four downstairs units were also damaged, nobody was seriously hurt. The severe storms caused problems across the region, from fires to flooding. Here is the aftermath from last nights wild weather. My husband heard a loud bang. And then came the smoke. Neighbors stopped by to see what was left of these apartments in levittown, the red cross is assisting nine residents that cant return home. At 8 20 manufactures were called out and were met with fast flames tearing through the roof and firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze. They got it out and then it flared back out. They cut some holes to vent the area. Thick storm clouds moved across the area and soon the sky opened up. In manayunk, rain teemed down on main street and on to the unlucky people caught outside woutd an umbrella and lightning flashes in new jersey and in berks county it causes flash flooding and you can see this gas station submerged in reading. They are looking to see if lightning was the cause of this fire in edgewood parking on the 200 block of farnham street, flames tearing through the second and third floors and an investigation in Montgomery Township as a home caught fire as the storm hit. There is lightning going off everywhere. Matthew heard the boom of thunder and ran to his neighbors home and smoke was already coming through the roof. Firefighters were met with fierce flames at 7 00, the damage was heavy and the red cross is assisting the family of four that lived there. We have extensive damage on the roof area, the second floor as extensive damage. Whenever Severe Weather is moving in you can find out first with the 6 abc Storm Tracker app if a watch or warning is posted for your area, well send you an alert for your smart phone or tablet. The app is free. And to business now, a milestone for the dow, it picked up 92 points to close above 17,000 think the nasdaq gained 28 points on the day and the s p up 11 points and change. Investors were responding to another good jobs report and they added 328,000 jobs in june. That is the best stretch since the tech boom in the late 90s. The Unemployment Rate fell to 6. 1 , that is the lowest since september of 2008 and the report shows that wages are growing slower than they did when the economy was healthier. Snool a lot of people are headling out to their july 4th plans, time to check the action news traffic report for you. Matt pellman is keeping an eye on the commute tomorrow today and tonight, what is the latest . Go forth but not so quickly. As you head out on 95 in south philadelphia, this is where your stand still begins by the exit at broad street, traffic remains heavy across the bridge headed into new jersey and on to 42, southbound side, we are breaking up a bit and hitting the breaks again heading towards 55 and remains heavy to lower landing road to the a. C. Expressway. 42 looking substantially more crrmally. If you are headed to the poconos for the Holiday Weekend, are you looking at speeds of 15 and 14 Miles Per Hour. Heading northeast on the northeast extension near landsdale. We are watching a crash along spring avenue at Port Washington avenue, a downed tree near warminster and pottstown a crash at 100, northbound side at shoe maker road. Lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report, it feels like a friday on this thursday afternoon. On the garden state parkway, southbound side near the cape may courthouse, speeds of 10 Miles Per Hour. Heavy traffic through Cape May County at this point. Well check it again in the next half hour. A philadelphia neighborhood is upset because of a plan for a festive block party was canceled by the city, Monica Malpass is here with more. Folks on the 9500 block of north ninth street are disappointed. Its been canceled. It was suppose to be a 4th of july celebration, now it looks like it wont happen, because the city rescinded their approval, coming up at 5 00, well hear why officials decided to cancel the festivities, plus, this is a disease that affects 44 Million People worldwide and why is there only five drugs to treat it. A new report is raising concerns about alzheimers disease, why doctors say the need for more treatments is urgent. Well have those stories next on action news at 5 00. Thank you. The patriotic Freedom Festival is under wind at the camden waterfront. He fired the port side gun on board the battleship new jersey, this celebration of americas birthday includes a Fireworks Show saturday night along the Delaware River and the fourday event wraps up on sunday with special discounts for active duty military and veterans. Some fireworks are postponed tonight because of weather, lets get the latest from adam joseph and accuweather. Some of them are not canceled because of the weather but the barge out on the Atlantic Water and the seas are choppy and a lot of it has to do with that side to the story. Its dry and hot and humid and we are watching storms to the west that are moving in, in the next couple of hours in the western suburbs, right now 90 in philadelphia, and 91 in millville and allentown 89 degrees, at the shore, the wind coming in, its only in the upper 70s on the sand from Long Beach Island to the tip of cape may. The heat index, feels like 103 in millville, and 105 in dover and 97 in philadelphia and still very uncomfortable out, but a step in the right direction from where we were yesterday. But there is enough energy and juice in the atmosphere, where a severe thunderstorm watch is in affect until 10 00 tonight. The line of storms is through central pennsylvania and approaching washington and baltimore, moving to the north and oosthuizen and slower to come in and its not moving directly east, once it pushes in, its around through much of the night and half of the day tomorrow especially in new jersey. As we look at future tracker at 6 00, that is when is it starts to enter lancaster and the poconos, those could be on the severe side with strong winds and torrential rain and individual lightning, and then by 10 00 still along i95 as it begins to stall as the front approaches from the west and still relatively dry at the shore but by 2 00 in the morning it starts to dry from the north to west and Atlantic City to wildwood. Hurricane arthur on the brink of a category 2, picking up steam of 13 Miles Per Hour. It scrapes Cape Hatteras and then hooks a right to sea about 300 miles off of our shore. We wont feel the wind but well get rain and rough surf. Here is future tracker at 10 00, dry to the west and the rain for any of the festivities for the morning for new jersey and southern delaware but by the evening, everything wraps up and pulls out. The july 4th forecast, a quick return to sun in the midafternoon hours, at the shore a rainy day and late breaks in the evening, at 78 and looking good in the poconos, a lot of sun, and clouds and 72. Your four day at 4 00, beyond the 4th of july, a spectacular weekend, sunny and breezy and nice, low humidity and highs in the 80s, we crank up the heat and humidity come monday at 84 degrees, looking good as you get into the weekend and for many of the fest visits, tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow night it looks good as we dry out. Thank you adam. You know when you wake up tomorrow, start your holiday with the action news morning team, they have the party on the beach, the party on the parkway and the barbecue in your own backyard. Coming up more on the fallout from the scandal at the va, and an app that pays you cash for buying products in the store. And a brand new edition from our action news family, well introduce you to brian taffs brand new bundles of joy. And you can get accuweather any time with the 6 abc news app, they are free with the apple and google app stores. A man wanted for questioning after his mother was found dead in her freedser. They found his mother dead in the freezer on tuesday, it was on north street in feltonville. They are waiting for the body to thaw to figure out how she dpied. John pierce has retired. After an independent report that his office downplayed complaints about how hospitals handled patients. He is the second highprofile va official to leave his position since the scandal broke. People were stocking up on fresh fruits and vegetables at the market on witherspoon street. Most of the markets are open on thursday through the fall. And we are buzzing next, Lindsay Lohan having a little bit of a tiff with the law. Time now for the buzz, actress Lindsay Lohan is involved in a law suit this time of here own accord. She is suing the makers of grand theft auto, because they stole her likeness for the game. Grand theft auto five also features the cameo by the Hotel Chateau marmont where lohan leaved in 2012. The stars of the popular romantic film, disliked each other so much, ryan gosling tried to get Rachel Macadams get kicked off the set, but clearly that didnt happen, they made it look good and in love rick. That is acting. Good acting. Still ahead, from thunderstorms to a Tropical Storm, the Live Team Coverage of this active weather continues as action news at 4 00 continues, plus, half flat, half platform, 100 dangerous. Would you wear these . Would you wear these . I wouldnpeople are stuck in very old habits i wouldnt. Of using toothpaste to clean a denture. But dentures are very different to real teeth. Theyre about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can grow and multiply. Polident is specifically designed to clean dentures daily. Its unique microclean formula kills 99. 99 of odor causing bacteria and helps dissolve stains, cleaning in a better way than brushing with toothpaste. Thats why dentists recommend polident. [ male announcer ] polident. Cleaner, fresher, brighter every day. Action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, shirleen allicot, and brian taff. Good afternoon again, its 4 30 and action news continues with a surprising headline out of california, why one clinic is organizing to give away free weed. And spending cash to get cash . Amy buckman says its real, the app that has paid shoppers over 8 million over the past two years. And the taff tots. The names to what the viewers want to know. We are uncles and aunts again. Hurricane arthur is moving up from the south and a line of thunderstorms are moving in from the west. They are not necessarily related but are both about to impact our area. Well get to arthur in a minute but first adam joseph with more on the local storms. We have two pieces of information and not nearly as cute as the taff boys. Double scan live, the storms are still way to the west of Lancaster County and still another hour or so before they enter the western suburbs, shows there is a line from western pennsylvania into western maryland and western parts of virginia, within this line of storms we see between 2000 and 3,000 lightning strikes. Much like last night, the storms that pass through torrential rain and individual lightning and also some gustsy winds with some of the storms. The key times notice northwestern sub you ares west of philadelphia,