Heat index soared up to 100 in philadelphia and 101 in dover and upper 90s in trenton and allentown, it was a tough day, double scan live showing isolated showers and storms popping up and this is just a shower over norristown moving to the north and east, and no lightning strikes detecting but that is creating a brief heavy downpour and we could have a few more in the overheight hours, if you are headed out take it easy i know a lot of people going to the taylor swift concert, drink lots of water the currents heat index feels like 95 degrees but relief is on the way for weekend. Thank you. Lets check in with action News Reporter john rawlins. Tell us about the ongoing struggle today to keep as cool as possible. The best bet is to stay inside the air conditioning at this point pools are not open but people are attracted to the fountain like the one behind me the preferred choice is spray parks that the city has if you had to work you had to tough it out. Worry that the classrooms would
Humidity underneath there that is gross. Dave warren help us out. Yes pretty muggy every where. We have that heat and humidity and humidity is high tore day. That is a big problem because it will be just as hot when you factor in the humidity that could make it feel close to hundred degrees this afternoon. 77 degrees, that is current temperature, normally were about mid to low 80s for a high so we are easily climbing in the 90s again. Very warm start. Bus stop buddy warmer today 75 to 80 when you step outside no need for coat, grab the sun screen and glasses. We have put it in the seven again. No showers or storms until maybe later but you cannot go higher then that because heat and humidity will make it feel oppressive this afternoon. We have an air quality issue alert and it has expanded. Watch for air quality poor air quality in the middle of the afternoon. A heat advisory because heat plus humidity will make it feel close to hundred degrees but thinks just from noon to 8 00 right i
During the winter about the weather. You can complain about a lot to take. Not getting any better out there, sticky. Sticky and hot. Sticky and hot. Seventyfive that is warmer than yesterday. Relative humidity at 87 percent. There is a light breeze at five. Short sleeves short bus stop buddy like he was yesterday but warmer now 75 to 80 stepping outside this morning. You will feel humidity. It is here. In weather by numbers only seven. Heat advisory, air quality a alert in effect. Watch that heat plus humidity. It will be close to a hundred. Heat advisory from noon to 8 00, two to 5 00 is the key time when you want to work around it if you can. If not just be aware it is going to be uncomfortable as we climb through the 07s in the 90s today. Mid to low 70s in millville Atlantic City, 73 degrees. Nine 3a few showers and storms north and west, well a above 95 degrees. Not much relief overnight tonight, seven five warm muggy but there is relief in the seven day forecast, we will look at t
And you can see just to the north of conshohocken Valley Forge Homes area watching out for downpours and then a cell exiting sections of Northampton County. So the main story this friday evening is going to be the heat temperatures are going to be slow to drop as we take look at the air temperatures right now 93 philadelphia. But its the humidity how your body reacts giving us feels like temperatures still 99 right now in dover. If we cool off this weekend details neck. All right thank you scott. Well todays hot weather not stopping tens of thousands of people from heading to south philadelphia. Devoteed fans flocking to lincoln financial field to see taylor swift. I know dawn youll be heading down there in matter of minutes. I will. We find shawnette wilson. Shawnette, south philly the mace to be tonight. If youre t swift fan. Reporter listen, in this type of heat, you have to be a taylor swift fan to wait outside for hours to get inside which is technically still being outside. Just
Carol, not too bad. Not as bad as yesterday. We tied a record at 95. It is hot. We had heat indexes all the way up to 99 degrees and probably a hundred degrees in a couple spots. Today, by comparison, while it still could get to 90 degrees, we will feel cooler just because it should be 5 degrees less than that. Ben franklin bridge area looks just fine this morning and it was a very mild overnight to say the least. 77 degrees, right now. Seventysix at the shore. You are not finding that much relief in Rehoboth Beach at this point ape little bit of the haze out there. We saw that yesterday. Storm scan three not picking up anything right now, we have had very active storms out to the west last night but right now it is quiet and most of the day will be remaining quiet. Excuse me. We have a temperature of 78 degrees right now at the airport in philadelphia, 70 in allentown. Seventyfour millville. Seventyfive wildwood. Are mild start. As day warms up, and it will, by noon we are at 85. 3 00