Oppressive heat and humidity sticks with us right through the weekend. We have been seeing some popup showers and thunderstorms and one cluster has turned severe. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been posted for a large section of Chester County also southern montgomery and northern Delaware County until 5 30 tonight. I want to show you this line of storms because this line is really vicious. Its moving east at 35 Miles Per Hour and it stretches from 422 to the route 30 bypass p, 187 lightning strikes with this, so very heavy downpours making a mess of the evening commute and even the potential for small hail. So exton, grove, Frazier Valley forge malvern and paoli all in the path of the storm. You really want to get indoors immediately with all this lightening this is dangerous and unfortunately its not going to relieve the heat. An excessive heat warning has been extended across our entire viewing area saturday and sunday and the heat index actually could be worse than today tomorro
The National Weather service has now expanded it to include our entire viewing area. Tomorrow could be even hotter than today and the heat index you can see around the i95 corridor into south jersey and delaware 110. That would make it the hottest day so far this year. Ill talk more specifics coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Brian. All right, cecily thank you. Understandably the beach was the place to be today. The ocean provided some relief from the heat here in longport but get this, even Ocean Temperatures are nearing 80 degrees. Action News Reporter Jeanette Reyes live in Fairmount Park tonight. Jeanette today was supposed to be the final day for city pools but the heat is bringing some change to that schedule. Reporter thats right, brian. Its not often that you hear people a little excited about the heat wave but its mostly because of what it means. That means if you havent had a chance to hop in the pool you might be able to do it now or the next few days. You know its
And the heat is intensifying. Yesterday high is 93 with a heat index of 100, today the air temperature up to 95 and the heat index soared up to 105 degrees, that is dangerously hot and trenton higher up to 106 and cape may 107 and allentown 104 and wilmington 102 and beach haven the heat index up to 104 degrees. Most of the thunderstorm activity this afternoon and this evening is missing us to the north but one cluster of storms over bucks and hunterdon and mercer and there say flood advisory in effect for central bucks county. We saw 3 inches of rain in parts of this area and vivid lightning can as we head through the week the heat is intensifying. The National Weather Service Extended the heat advisory until 9 00 sunday night. This heat will last through the weekend and im tracking heat next week ill let you know when in the full accuweather forecast. All right cecily well check back in later thank you. If you have concerns about you or your loved ones during the heat wave. The Phila
They were yesterday. Cool start. Currently at 54 in philadelphia, thats pretty close to where typically should be, and the thing is, weve just been very spoiled as of late. Maybe you sat outside yesterday morning with cup of coffee on the porch, like what i it, so comfortable, with sweatshirt and sweat pants on. You will have that same thing going on here today. By the time we hit 9 00 a. M. , low 60s already. Mid 70s by the height of the day. Also when the clouds do start to rebuild, and again, the rain chances are starting to climb with time here. Today, only 20 chance through the day, but again tonight when the rain really starts to move in. So it is a high chance specially tomorrow morning. I get that umbrella ready to go, meisha. I have it ready already, katie, thank you so much. 80 tomorrow. So thats going to slow us down tomorrow morning for that commute. Make note of that. Today however so far looking okay, in terms of the roadways being dry. Ben franklin bridge looking good fr
The warmth, different story to day so that cooler canadian air will filter in, were on your way up to 74 degrees for philadelphia, that is right near average. Seventy at the shore today partial sunshine and mid 60s. That is it up in the poconos. Check it out tonight, by the time you wake up tomorrow morning widespread potential for some 40s in the northwestern suburbs, especially berks county and Lehigh Valley around the city. We will hang out in the 50s and this cool trend will remain in the forecast, we will talk about when we could see our next chance for some needed rain, ill let you know if is there any signs of heat returning in the seven day in a few minutes, rahel, back to you. See you soon, thank you. Happening today, everyone will experience downtown philadelphia, in a new way with open streets, starting at 8 00 a. M. Folks will get around center city without war big traffic, can you imagine that . Crews have been working all night clearing streets, and ticketing and towing c