Shell break down what happened overnight and look ahead to whats happening today. Plus powerful storms moved through the region just as the dnc got under way. Accuweather is tracking more steamy weather. Another hot one. Not as bad as yesterdayly lets turn to david and karen. Still a day for cool drinks. Not going to be as oppressive or as humid through the afternoon. This morning weve got the clearing skies that you see he there with the lack of cloud cover, the storms from last night in those watch boxes are all gone at this point and were looking to start out bright with just high clouds filtering in as we go later into the morning and afternoon. 75 degrees currently in philadelphia, 68 up in allentown, not bad there. 69 degrees in reading. 72 in millville. And 76 down in cape may. As you take a look at dewpoints were still looking at fairly humid air from philadelphia down to the shore but notice how were back into the mid 60s in allentown and reading and thats because the wind tod
Today gradually drawing that drier air in all the way down to philadelphia and beyond and we do expect that humidity to drop as we go through the morning and into the afternoon. Taking a look at where temperatures are going its still going to be a hot one. 80 degrees by 8 oclock, 85 by 10 oclock, noon 90. Your shy 95 but unlike yesterday were not going to have to warn you about sire high heat index values because the humidity is going to be a lot better. Karen it looks like another improved day tomorrow and then the humidity creeps back in on thursday. More storms are possible. Details coming up in the seven day. All right, day. I had friends in delaware telling me it took two hours to get to work yesterday and you know why . Exhibit a. This is the Police Checkpoint right here in southwest philadelphia. I95 by the platt bridge, the exit for the platt bridge and the schuylkill so what can you see from this shot . Weve got police blocking the left lane on i95 but theyre also blocking the
Region and dewpoints are still running kind of high, about 71 in philadelphia but we expect that number to drop as we go through the day as drier air comes in from the north and west. Guys todays high is going to be 95 degrees but its not going to feel as humid as we go into the afternoon so thats good and the exclusive accuweather 7day karen in a couple of minutes well talk more about tomorrow also being a little more manageable and then a rise in humidity heading later into the week. All of that coming up from accuweather. All right, dave, were starting to see a little more volume as you travel through these Police Checks pointsly i want to show you live right here, this is i95 at exit for the platt bridge and the schuylkill so here are police, you see the checkpoint blocking the left lane and the shoulder on i95. Also restricting traffic right here as theyre kind of forcing any vehicles that are over 5 tons, theyre not allowing them to continue on i95 northbound forcing them off tow
Im john huck. The robber had a knife and a gun. And attacked the mom as she was dropping off her little girl at daycare. Fox5s adam herbets spoke to family. And joins us live from where it happened, near boulder highway and desert inn. The mom doesnt blame the neighborhood or the daycare. She just blames the guy who attacked her as she was getting out of her car right in this area. She says it was almost 5 in the morning. She was on her way to work. And she didnt want to give up her car, until she saw the guy had a knife. And a gun. At that point she said look, my 4 year old baby girl is the most important thing. She didnt want to take any chances, so she gave him her keys. Take a look this is the car were looking for. Its a 2016 hyundai elantra. She just bought it a couple months ago. The license plate is 89b 541 figure out how to explain this to her little girl. Who saw the whole thing. Trt 6 23 seconds were going to get the car were going to get the car back. Mom how do you explain