For everyone through the nighttime hours. So no changes over the next five days. Its going to be hot and humid. Theres that storm chance every day the next five days. More coming up. Despite the humidity, plenty of people braved this blistering heat today. Cbs 2s Vanessa Murdoch live on the Upper West Side with more on how its going. Vanessa . Reporter well, dana, we are right now feeling el storms so nearby. You heard lonnie talk about rumbles of thunder. Well, look up. We have a storm cloud due site of us so we are not getting rained on but we are certainly hearing the thunder out here. Not a lot of sunshine at this point in time but that was not the case earlier today. The sun blared and burned up the blacktop. Heat index soared above 100. New yorkers we spoke to didnt excessive heat offensively hot. It offends my sensibilities that it is this hot it feels very muggy. Its very humid. Uncomfortable too hot for summer reporter why . Tell me why. Because in the wintertime, its freezing
Good morning, im lori stokes. Im rob nelson filling in for ken rosato. Thanks for being with us. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans. Well, its h. O. To. Hot. Its humid. Stuffy. A couple of thunderstorms to the west. Yesterday we started out around 80. It feels like 80 this morning. Sticky, steamy, stuffy. Excessive heat warning is in effect through tomorrow. Then you have a heat advisory for the rest of the area. Thank you National Weather service, you finally caught up to the rest of us. That area south of lopping island down the jersey shore. Small craft advisory here. Winds are out of the southwest 10 to 25 knots. See the shower to the west . Are off to the races. 105, 110 around some good portion of the area west of the city. We have 93 to 94 this afternoon. We will talk about the heat lasting through the weekend next. Weather then heather, is it hot in the traffic center. It is always hot in the traffic center. Route 17
Almost 24 hours. They just got their power back thank goodness. At least been an excessive heat warning for all five boroughs. The tristate area, and officials warning people to stay indoors. Reporter the water and cooling bus brought in today after a resident says she backup generator is providing cooling in the common areas. Reporter the mayor responding from the office of Emergency Management where city officials sent out a warning about the heat. Reporter more than 500 cooling centers open for those those at home, city Officials Say keep thermostats at 78 degrees. No airconditioning on the platform only on the trains. You in are traveling on the buses or subway, make sure youre hydrated. Bring water with you, et cetera. Do what people are doing cool its super humid. Really thick hard to breathe. Check on the elderly neighbors because a lot of the elderly people keep their air conditioners on. We are following this breaking developing from dutchess county. Weatherrelated. A Lightnin
These thunderstorms dont really relieve any of the heat and humidity. If you head to the linc, factor in the humidity levels, heat index in the 90s. Ill talk about when relieve is finally on the way in the full accuweather forecast. Thank you cecily. In the meantime, use stormtracker 6 live double scan to keep an eye out for the popup storms, its one of many tools available 24 7 at 6abc. Com weather. And stay connected with our meteorologists on facebook and twitter. We have breaking news to get to right now, a live look right now from the grown as a gas main caught fire in atlantic county, the action cam is live on the scene in Egg Harbor Township just off the garden state parkway at stillman road, the flames are billowing up into the sky. No one is hurt at this point and gas and power crews are on the scene shutting off the goods main and trying to get this one under control. As we get more information well pass it along in our newscast. Brand new at 4 00, police say they caught one
Pennsylvania, trying to work to the east. So later on tonight early tomorrow morning we could have some thunderstorms and i think well have more thunderstorms later in the day tomorrow. So this is what to expect tomorrow. This will really be the line say of extreme heat. Wednesday temperatures could touch 90 but the heat index wont be as bad but tomorrow the heat index again dangerously hot, 100 to 105 with some heavy thunderstorms around. Ill have more details on the timing and talk about that relief on the way in the accuweather forecast. Sharrie. All right, cecily, thank you. Meantime people in Central Jersey are in for a little relief now that their power has been restored. Residents in and around stockton Hunterdon County were left in the heart for most of the weekend as heat index dipped into the triple digits. Some had to get rid of everything in. I lost meat. I lost sausage. My son made sausage and stuff. Wwe had to throw it all away. Good food gone to the trash. Well, many wen