Upper 90s. 76 agrees at 6 00. By 9 00 82 degrees and we will hit 90 degrees by lunch time. Ill take you through it neighborhood by neighborhood with the forecast when i come back in ten minutes. We are in for dangerous heat today. We sent nbc 10s katy zachry to find out what the city of philadelphia does when we get to conditions like were having today. Katy joins us live in center city. What can we expect . What proactively is the city doing in this situation . We know theres been a heat warning issued by the National Weather service. Around this time every morning when were going to experience excessive heat the National Weather service will have a call with members of the Philadelphia Health department and issue a heat warning which they did. It goes into effect at noon today. What can you expect if you live in and around philadelphia . The city may extend the hours during which the Public Libraries and r exc centers are open places that double as cooling centers where theres air co
Risk for people with asthma and other respiratory diseases. Temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Pottstown 69 degrees. 10 degrees warmer in philadelphia. Thats just to begin with. Add sunshine, you get this 76 degrees at 6 00. By 9 00 low 80s, 90 degrees and climbing at lnch time today. Your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i come back in ten minutes. As bill just said theres a heat warning issued starting today at noon. That warning will be in effect through tomorrow night. Nbc 10s katy zachry is live in center city to tell us what this means for people out there. Katy . Reporter it means those who are most at risk for heatrelated illness, very Young Children and the elderly, they should stay inside especially during the heat of the day. For everyone else you should drink plenty of water. On days like today and tomorrow expect to see higher crowds of seniors at local senior centers. Anyone 55 and older is welcome. Many who go are in the most vulnerable population. At the West Oa
Center city at aikens oval. What this means for people who are most at risk for heatrelated illnesses like the young and elderly, they really need to stay inside during the heat of the day. For everyone else its best to drink plenty of water. If youre outside, seek shade. On days like today when the city of philadelphia issues an excessive heat warning youll find more people crowding their local Senior Centers. Anyone 55 or older is welcome. Many of those who are in the most vulnerable population do go. At the West Oak Lane location in philadelphia, we found yesterday they have plenty of water available. The air conditioning is on high. They have low stress activities to help keep peoples minds off the extreme weather outside. When it gets hotter then people will stay longer. Well get a few more people in their homes that will come in because its just too hot. Its a great place. And saving energy is a big concern for seniors. Really anyone on a fixed income. Coming up in the next half
Big rig rescue. Drivers jump into action to help a drive enwhen his tractortrailer crashes on a delaware road. And hit and run, police look for a man they believe killed a man on a motorcycle in juniata park. Rough shores as rip currents slam into the coast. Nbc 10 news starts now. Good morning, this is nbc 10 news today. Im rosemary connors. And im vai sikahema. Final day of august, hard to believe. Right . Lets get right to meteorologist bill henley and the neighborhood forecast. Hi, bill, whats august got for us . It is going to feel like another august day. Its going to be another hot day for philadelphia. If youre looking for relief, the shore, youll find it with afternoon temperatures in the low 80s. The fog this morning has really disappeared at the shore. It was never thick at the shore, inland new jersey, seeing some of the thick fog. This is the view from the marquis de lafayette hotel. That rip current risk you mention will be an issue on through the holiday weekend. Fog, th
Disappear. 81 at 11 00 today. Well go through the forecast hour by hour with a closer look at that rip current risk for the shore and the delaware beaches within i come back in a few minutes. First, lets see whats happening with traffic. Jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. Starting off in new castle, in delaware, theres an overturned tractortrailer. 95 southbound, that ramp to route 202 which is right around exit 5 is closed and blocked this morning with that accident scene. A little bit of a slow go around there. Detours in place as well. Heres the schuylkill expressway around Spring Garden street. We earlier had a disabled truck right in the split right here. Other than that, good to go. Both directions are looking okay. There looks to be some flashing lights up ahead. Well keep our eye on that for you and see what that is in the coming minutes. It could be just a typical traffic stop. Well watch for construction over in new jersey on 295 northbound between route 130 at e