On, it doesnt get a sea breeze you will stay in the 80s throughout the evening. Humidity still high but it will be dropping. Ill tell you when and how much with the sevenday in a few minutes. As we mentioned, todays near record heat prompted Philadelphia School officials to dismiss students at noontime today. This as doctors warned against the dangers of heat exhaustion in this weather. Nbc 10s jesse gary has been taking the temperature of the city, if you will. He joins us from south philadelphia. Does it seem like the heats keeping people inside today . Reporter well yes and no. There are people outside, i will move out of the way. We move to the East Passyunk crossing. People started the weekend early and are outside having drinks and some food. One thing you will notice everyone is in the shade whether its an umbrella or a tree but they are in some kind of shade. Its like an oasis in the desert, a place to go to seek relief. All day, the mercury has shown no mercy. Sweltering condi
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
On, it doesnt get a sea breeze you will stay in the 80s throughout the evening. Humidity still high but it will be dropping. Ill tell you when and how much with the sevenday in a few minutes. As we mentioned, todays near record heat prompted Philadelphia School officials to dismiss students at noontime today. This as doctors warned against the dangers of heat exhaustion in this weather. Nbc 10s jesse gary has been taking the temperature of the city, if you will. He joins us from south philadelphia. Does it seem like the heats keeping people inside today . Reporter well yes and no. There are people outside, i will move out of the way. We move to the East Passyunk crossing. People started the weekend early and are outside having drinks and some food. One thing you will notice everyone is in the shade whether its an umbrella or a tree but they are in some kind of shade. Its like an oasis in the desert, a place to go to seek relief. All day, the mercury has shown no mercy. Sweltering condi
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
On, it doesnt get a sea breeze you will stay in the 80s throughout the evening. Humidity still high but it will be dropping. Ill tell you when and how much with the sevenday in a few minutes. As we mentioned, todays near record heat prompted Philadelphia School officials to dismiss students at noontime today. This as doctors warned against the dangers of heat exhaustion in this weather. Nbc 10s jesse gary has been taking the temperature of the city, if you will. He joins us from south philadelphia. Does it seem like the heats keeping people inside today . Reporter well yes and no. There are people outside, i will move out of the way. We move to the East Passyunk crossing. People started the weekend early and are outside having drinks and some food. One thing you will notice everyone is in the shade whether its an umbrella or a tree but they are in some kind of shade. Its like an oasis in the desert, a place to go to seek relief. All day, the mercury has shown no mercy. Sweltering condi