Road are looking good but we have an accident outside involving a pedestrian struck ill get to in that just a moment. Yesterday was broke our 90degree streak with 89 degrees, a cool, chilly day but backup in the 90s heading into today and it is a scorcher heading in the upcoming weekend and mild on this thursday morning getting a a live look at Center City Philadelphia all is still quiet at this early hour. 72 degrees wind out of the southwest and they are right now, temperature still, across the area, still cold in the poconos, 51 degrees right now, nice start to the Lehigh Valley at 61 degrees. Mild in the city and i95 corridor at 70 degrees in wilmington. Your day planner for this thursday a lot of sunshine in store and hot temperatures once again we will climb up to 89, so close to that 90degree mark once again. Slightly more humid then what we felt for yesterday but we will ramp up humidity and heat in the upcoming weekend and excessive heat watch in effect for the entire Delaware
The heat is on, nearrecord temperatures will dominate the delaware and lehigh valleys. David murphy keeping an eye on the very latest. He is right here, david murphy is here along with matt pellman filling in for karen. Reporter youve got this down, weve got sunshine and clouds, the cloud cover is sweeping down from the northwest, overall well have partly sunny skies, we have an air quality alert today, ground level ozone not great between the hours of noon and 6 is when the air quality will be at the worse. 74 in philadelphia. 72 in millville. 62 in allentown. 73 in cape may. The dewpoints are up so it feels more humid in most neighborhoods than the last several days, the upper 60s are frairl fairly humid, the 70s are oppressive. 76 degrees for the morning run, hydrate before and after. 85 degrees by 10 00 a. M. 94 by 3 00 p. M. , 95 around 4 00 p. M. We get and excessive heat watch that kicks in on saturday and extends through sunday and could be extended through monday, as well. Hea
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Heat, david murphy has that and matt pellman is in for karen rogers with the commute. Its warm this morning and warmer than the last several mornings. Cloud cover is trying to sweep through, were expecting partly sunny skies overall. Air quality is not great for seniors and for those of you with heart and lung a lot of ai. 74 degrees in philadelphia, 70 in reading and trenton. 73 in cape may, new jersey. The dewpoints which are the best indicators of whether or not its humid out there, we have higher numbers for you. Close to 07 in philadelphia. We are in the 70s down south. Allentown and reading not as humid. 78 degrees on your thermometer by 8 00 a. M. Those of you commuting are going to be looking at a warm one to starting point out. And 85 by 10 00 a. M. , the afternoon will be hot, 90 by noon, 94 by 3 00 p. M. The high of 95 degrees will clock in rather late in the afternoon say around 4 00 p. M. We have an excessive heat watch saturday and sunday, i could see this being extended
University graduate school of business. Also we have a look for you at capitol building. You can see the American Flag flying at half staff in honor of those victims. Look at this picture, the man police say opened fire in the navy yard, 34yearold former navy reservive aaron alexis, a contractor with legitimate access to the navy yard. What is not known is why he did it. Should someone have seen this coming . He was arrested before for firing guns, once through his apartment ceiling and another time he shut out the tires of a call car. And he was discharged for misconduct but his friends say he was a buddhist the he did not seem like he would be that kind of person that upset to go out and do Something Like this. That is why we are confused. His dad told authorities in seattle that his son has posttraumatic stress syndrome from 9 11 and this morning the Associated Press is reporting that sources say that aaron alexis was treated for serious Mental Illness and he was hearing voices. Aar