Lancaster county, we have activity moving into honey brook and into reading as well as berks county, these showers and storms are moving north and east at 30 Miles Per Hour. Talk about what we can expect, near record heat in some locations oppressively humid as with well and with that the isolated showers and thunderstorms, it will turn slightly cooler into the weekend and well talk about the numbers and let you know if we hit 90 tomorrow and that will officially make it a heat wave then nydia. The details coming up with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. We mentioned earlier that the Philadelphia School district let out earlier. For construction workers and firefighters, and today had had to feel like a long one, especially for conditions that are dangerous. John its brutal out there and people have to take precautions. It was miserable out here today nydia, a hot humid miserable spring day, when you walk out of an air conditioned car or building its like opening an oven doo
Doctor. We have to be careful out there. Reporter you got that right. It feels every bit the 93 degrees glenn mentioned. We are at the singing fountain in south philadelphia. They just had their dog walking in the fountain. Its the popular destination on a day like today when the city is going to go through a sweaty steamy start to the weekend. In center city these workers struggled lifting a heavy pane of glass and struggled with the heavy, humid hot air that made working outside painful. Its steamy. I dont know its like living on the equator. Horrible. Reporter the city of brotherly love baked all day. Oh, my gosh. Reporter temperatures soared into the mid 90s prompting complaints. Its horrible. Horrible. Its really very very really close. Humid. No fun. Reporter external conditions coupled with a lack of air conditioning in many buildings prompted School District officials to send the 142,000 students home early. Fernando says the hot weather could create health complications. A lot
Allentown it feels like 97 degrees, it continues along the i95 corridor until 8 00 tonight, the heat index you need to take it easy this evening double scan live showing we have one isolated cluster of thunderstorms right now northeastern Chester County over route 100, we have 33 lightning strikes with this cell and moving northeast at 20 Miles Per Hour, it will be moving into Montgomery County and limerick and green lane all in the path of that storm you definitely want to get inside. The evening planner showing the heat remains at 10 00 still 83 degrees, i am tracking more comfortable air on the way and details on when coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Well check back in later. Thank you. The action cam spotted people working in the heat and trying to cool down, and firefighters in northeast philadelphia relied on coolers to stay hydrated and workers were stuck in the sweltering conditions here. Hydrate the night before. Im used to it and i go to the gym a lot and try to st
Bill, let me tell you how i used your forecast. I looked at the next seven days and went and got my car washed every day. Smart man. Were tramming clouds through the area. Winds are blowing. Its dry for the most part. Pottstown, just below freezing and here, below freezing and right now in roxborough. With the wind, 17. Feels like 16 in allentown and reading and 25 is what it feels like right now in philadelphia. We will see sunshine. A few clouds blowing through. Might see a flurry. Most areas will stay dry. By 11 00. Bright sunny skies. Look at the warmup. Barely any and the winds will stay steady as we go into the 2 00 hour so add another three degrees by then. Ill go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood to show you. Right now Jessica Boyington is tracking trouble this morning on the roadways. We have had a busy morning on the schuylkill expressway watching where they just left the scene. We did have a Police Officer right over here into the righthand lane. We had a tow
Mid and Late Afternoon hours. Right now 20 degrees is the number for reading and allentown. Twentytwo for philadelphia millville 22. Dover, 23 degrees. Not too bad down there considering how cold it will get over next 48 hours. Five below with the wind. That is what it feels like in the poconos. Seven in allentown. Seven in philadelphia and wilmington. 9 degrees right the now in dover. This is the air mass we are tapping into. It is already 22 degrees below zero in buffalo. Thirteen below in pittsburgh. 11 degrees in binghamton, new york. Do you think that is cold . Just to the north, or anywhere from 35 to 57 degrees below zero right now with the win. Look at timm ins in southern, canada. 57 degrees below. This air mass is dropping in the lower 48. It will not get that cold here but still plenty cold enough. Your day planner looks like this by 9 00, 19 degrees. By 11 00, 19. The number is holding steady. During Late Afternoon hours we will pull back. 17 degrees by 3 00 oclock and 14 d