and now for another quick look at the weather, let s check in with bill karins. he has your weather channel forecast. bill, the countdown is on. it s sad, isn t it? it is. it s nostalgic. we re a half hour away from watching the shuttle in action for the last time. it s going to be landing shortly, atlantis, and unlike the takeoff which had bad weather forecast, this is a simple forecast. it looks good. there s no turning back, the shuttle has to land at the kennedy space center. it s mostly sunny and the winds are very light, so it should be a beautiful scene as atlantis makes its approach. as far as the forecast goes today, well advertised heat wave, 77 in philly, 81 d.c. even buffalo was warm this morning at 80 degrees. the cities will have a chance of hitting 100 degrees, especially with the heat island in effect, with all the pavement. 99 in new york, 100 in d.c., and even new york and philly have an
even buffalo was warm this morning at 80 degrees. the cities will have a chance of hitting 100 degrees, especially with the heat island in effect, with all the pavement. 99 in new york, 100 in d.c., and even new york and philly have an outside chance of hitting 100 today. even our friends in albany will be in the upper 90s, along with boston, hartford and providence. as we look toward friday, we could easily see that hotter, 103 potentially in d.c. that s why this is dangerous. think of anyone without air-conditioning in heat like this. overnight lows are very warm, too. new york city sunday down into the upper 80s, monday definitely a break, even washington, d.c., sunday into monday will cool off. so unlike texas, oklahoma, lynn, they won t get a break. it looks like the midatlantic and new england, our break comes at the end of the weekend. well, kanye west gets a
this yesterday and then today, you start to build up and the city is seeing the worst of it. in the suburbs, the grass releases it. in the cities it s worse. i went outside today and temperatures today in new york city getting over 100 again. this is the fourth day of the heat wave. you might get relief at night but you don t. you urban heat islands soak up the heat and car radiate heat. at night, the heat comes back at you. last night, mid 80s. 15 miles inland, mid 70s. so many people living in the urban heat island not getting any break, even at night, from the heat. there you go. i sent the question out on facebook and twitter, if you like extreme heat or cold and 5-1 prefer the heat. shepard: really? you can put on enough clothes, you can t take enough off.