Stormy afternoon turned into a quiet evening. Rain helped cut the humidity but the heat is hanging around. Good evening everyone, im ukee washington. Jessica has its night off. Another 90degree day officially making this the third heat wave of the summer. Meteorologist kate bilo on the sky deck right now with more how long the 90 plus temperatures will be with us. Kate . Well, ukee, it look like the 90 plus temperatures will be with us into next week. But the good news is, this steamy sticky air with 70 plus degree dew points wont be with us for much longer. Still a bit steamy out here right its right now overnight that will start to change. Lets take a quick look at storm scan3. The clouds are now clearing through portions of the new jersey as our showers and storms make their way off the coast. It will take a little while for the dry air to catch up. By tomorrow youll feel a difference in the air outside. Heres our heat wave number three tuesday 93, yesterday 93. Today we just barely
Steamy, sticky air with 70 plus degree dew points wont be with us for much longer. Still a bit steamy out here right its right now overnight that will start to change. Lets take a quick look at storm scan3. The clouds are now clearing through portions of the new jersey as our showers and storms make their way off the coast. It will take a little while for the dry air to catch up. By tomorrow youll feel a difference in the air outside. Heres our heat wave number three tuesday 93, yesterday 93. Today we just barely eek it out we got to none. More clouds today kept it slightly cooler temperature wise but the humidity was higher today than it has been all week. Take look at temperatures right now. Still hanging ton 78 at the airport. 77 in reading. And 76 degrees in wilmington. Dew points are still in the mid 70s as well here in philadelphia. Although theyre dropping. Look at reading and mount pocono dew points down in the low to mid 60s, and thats the drier air starting to work its way in
Dry, how is it looking. Everything is good. Were getting rid of the humidity. Health still stand but what do you expect it is late july heading in to early august but more comfortable today. Will let check out what is happening as we look at current temperatures looking better at 74 Philadelphia International airport. Sixtyfive in allentown. Sixtynine in reading. Some suburbs looking real good quakertown this hour is 63 degrees. Mid 60s in pottstown. Willow grove one of the warmer spots or mount holly, new jersey in the lower 07s. The win direction notice arrows out of the northwest and they have shifted bringing in the slightly cooler but dryer air mass, this morning. That is why humidity is gone. Dew point temperatures are showing we are down in the lower 60s. Lower 07s in south jersey and delaware indicating left over tropical air but that should get out of here in the Morning Hours setting up to see a comfortable, hot afternoon. Is there cold front that moved off shore brought heav
5 00 should reach daytime high of 90 degrees for philadelphia in the sunshine at the shore looking good, and nice off shore win. 84 degrees. Poconos nice and comfortable. Sunshine. Eightytwo. We will talk about hotter temperatures in the weekend. We will show thaw in a few minutes but first lets check on the roads with meisha, good morning. Good morning, to all of you at home. We know it will be warm but who can complain about that sunshine especially on a friday. Heres the platt bridge we are looking at this a little bit ago. We had a disable vehicle that has been since cleared but see a nice steady stream, plenty of headlights to be honest with you. We are looking around and already moving a at this 5 00 oclock hour. Friday tend to be lighter travel day but we are seeing plenty of headlights out there we have construction on the pennsylvania turnpike between bensalem and willow grove that has been cleared, however, in that same spot we have an accident, again, pennsylvania turnpike w
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