welcome bacc to fox 45 early edition. i m megan gillilandd meteorologist steve fertig is here to et us know in we are ú%ing to break a record. we broke a record, 99 was the reccrd. ww hit 101 so we did it agaan. today it won t be a recordbbeaks wwll be in the triple digits even though we wiil be innthe 90s of the you would ope we would get some relief but it will still feel like 100 degrees. we do havv a heat advisory for the downtown arees of baltimore and d.c. unttl 9:00 p.m. and the exceesive heat warning in philaddlphia until 8:00 p.m. tonight. 83 degrees in baltimore right noo and the same for d.c. the same for hagerstown and another warm start. we are seeing a couple of showers making their way to the southern part of the eastern3 shore. they probably will have sooe success with a chance of a couple of thunderstorms pushing in as we ggt more of an easterly flow. tte chance of a shower and thunderstorm is there today but ú%e better chance comessfrom aa3 front that
the heat wave makes history. where temperatures set records around the state. and when we could finally see relief in the sky watch forecast. i have to take a break. working in triple digit temperatures. who has got it the worst and how they are trying to cope. a blind biker. i mean, i fall regularly. why this man is not letting anything stop him from the sport he loves. and looking for elvis. the way thieves made off with a statue of the king of rock. live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news at 10:00. the temperature keeps going up, and up, and up. hitting highs that are hard to believe. it is like we skip a spring. went from snow to heat. tonight, the city takes a break, from the brutal daytime sun. but has to prepare for another day of triple digit temperatures. as baltimore bakes. hello, i am jennifer gilbert. jeff barnd is off tonight. baltimore endures another day of record breaking heat. temperatures over 100 degre
we will see tte purple area up toward the philadelphia area and excessive heat area even hotter there. 81 in washington, 73 in salisbury, 77 in hagerstown. we do see on the sky hddraddr noo a lot of actiiity. the rain we are seeing to the wayylate tomorrow night with another chance ffr a frontal -aturday with the thunderstorm chances. 95 degrees for the noontime %-mid-80s and 79 degrees at 6:00 p.m. afttr hitting the high afternoon.rees at 2 or 3300 this keep in mind with the humidity it may feel like 105 to 110, yikes. let s see what is happeninn on %-here is caadacc dold with the %- eporter: yikes is right. as far as what is happening on the roadways, much more calm conditions out there. -hings are looking good on 99 traaeling through the fortt3 mchenry tunnel on both the southbound lanee and even the northbound trench up toward the beltway. speaking of the beltway, we re in the green across the board ffom 95 across to 83, an less per hour..3 795. taking it from 795 toward
the school. no one else has been reported hurt. firefighter suffered an electric shock and was taken to saint agnes hospital. feels like 115. pace yourself. drink a lot of water. that s maryland weather. if you don t like it, wait a second. it will change. our top story, the temperature hitting highs that are hard to believe. tonight the city takes a break from brutal daytime sun. but has to prepare for another day of triple digit temperatures. as baltimore bakes. well, four days of triple digit temperatures this year. today broke a record for one of the hottest in baltimore s history. how to the got coming up in the forecast. but first, all of this heat is posing a danger to our health. pollution from tail pipes and smoke stacks mixed with the sun is a dangerous combination. healthy people can be affected. best thing to do is limit the time you spend outside. what happens is that people can go outside, they will breathe in large amounts of the grand level ground
in a row of 100-plus degree readings. that has not happened since 1948. also that, does make another record on the date. the old record for today was 99 degrees. as far as records go, we were just also looking for the entire year. the most we ve ever had in one year was 1988. and that was seven, 100-plus days. we ve already had five so far this year. and summer is just getting under way. we will keep you updated on the forecast. right now, we re going to see the heat back off a little the next few days. we ll have that forecast coming up. first warning weather coverage continues. with mike hellgren, with more on nursing home residents who are forced to move because of the heat. mike? reporter: yes, that s right, mary. here at raven wood, the parent company says they only learned about the problems yesterday. and worked quickly to try to fix them. none of the patients, thankfully, have had any heat- related illnesses. [ siren ] the state ordered the 150 people who lived