Laid to rest today. Plus, a building buzz on the campaign trail, as donald trump prepares to announce his running mate. But the big story is the heat and humidity in the entire region. Sky 6 hd showing us the view from penns landing. On top of those steamy conditions, accuweather is tracking the possibility of storms later today. For more on that david murphy joins us from the action news big board. Reporter we start with the big story and that is the heat and humidity, an excessive heat warning and advisories kicked in at the 12 00 hour and they dont expire until 8 00 tomorrow evening, all day today and all day friday you have these issues. Excessive heat warning up and down the i95 corridor, it will feel like over 100 degrees at times, maybe even 102 and 103, and concerns about the excessive heat maybe not as bad in the central area but keep the drinks throwing and check on your neighbors and take shady breaks in the a. C. Today. 84 is the current temperature, we are running behind w
Will bring us a slight drop in dew points, but the heat will continue, ill let you know how long coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Thank you, lets switch outside to reporter gray hall continuing live in logan square. How are you holding up reporter im hanging in there. There is no secret its hot outside. The acs working in overtime. And parents if you have kids look behind me, they want to head out to a water park to stay cool. Its so humid, the oppressive heat and humidity is here and boy can you fill it. It just smacks you in the face its like walking into the wall, the humidity is gross out. Riders at an equestrian camp at Fairmount Park say they want to get their training in until the heat becomes unbearable. Sometimes it gets really hot and its sad. They say with the extreme forecast they never let her leave home not prepared. They make me drink a lot of water. I pack two Water Bottles just in case. With a heat index of 100 plus, there is no escaping the temperatures. Th