Record set on june 14, 2000, when the temperature hit 103 degrees. Bay area schools took precautions today to protect students, in san jose the district provided bottled water and fans. Some classrooms dont have air conditioning. Some districts decided to zen students home early because of the to send students home early because of the heat. With strain on the power grid flex alert was issued to coverage of serve energy. The states independent system operator made the voluntary request for people to scale back Energy Consumption between 1 p. M. And 10 p. M. Today. The agency is asking people to avoid using large appliances things like washers and dryers and dishwashers and to keep the thermostat no lower than 78 degrees. Youre watching ktvu fox 2 news at 6 30. The bay area hasnt felt this kind of heat in years. Chief meteorologist bill martin here now tracking the temperatures. Bill. The last time we had even close to this was 2006. Its been 18 years since San Francisco hit 100 degrees
Optimistic about the future. We hope for better days for better relations with russia. Recent diplomatic action taken by moscow will not deter the commitment of the United States of america to our security, the security of our allies and the security of freedom loving nations around the world. The Vice President is spend, the night in the balance balkans. Police in Delaware County are looking for a murderer after a man was shot at a pizza shop. It happened about 6 00 p. M. Saturday. Officials say john le was picking up an order at the shop in haverford when he crossed paths with an armed man. Someone matching the description of the shooter that opened fire earlier in philadelphias overbrook section. If you recognize this suspect right there, youre asked to call police. Now to a violent weekend in wilmington. Nearly a dozen people were shot over several days including one deadly incident. Action News Reporter vernon odom is live in wilmington tonight with more on the investigation and t
To the north. You can see theres not a lot of cloud cover around this morning and we are expecting a bright start. Its on the chilly side. 42 degrees in philadelphia, 42 in trenton, 40 in wilmington and down to 37 in allentown. Not far above the freezing mark in reading. Below freezing in millville. 51 cape may. Winds not all that strong this morning, only 6 Miles Per Hour in philadelphia and theyre all coming in from the west and thats going to encourage temperatures to bounce back up a little bit this afternoon. 41 degrees under the sun by 7 oclock, 51 by 10 oclock, by noon 59 degrees again winds on the light side and then 3 oclock your high is 63 degrees before sliding back to 56 at 6 oclock. Weve got a nice stretch of weather ahead, extending into the weekend but then some weekend changes coming. Ill have details on that coming up. Karen. Looking live in center city where all lanes still blocked no traffic moving on the vine street expressway with the construction Still Closing it
Holding onto 50 in cape may. Winds arent all that strong. They are coming out of the west which actually isnt a bad direction for us for warming up a little bit as the air sinks down out of the mountains it tends to warm and we are looking at a pretty nice bounce back this afternoon. By 7 oclock 41. By 10 oclock, 51. And by noon talmost 60 already and then by 3 oclock we get a high of 63, well above the average highs which are in the mid50s right now. Well be back to the mid50s by 6 oclock but thats a pretty bright nice mild day. We have a beautiful stretch of weather carrying us right into the first part of the weekend before karen the next big change occurs. Ill have details on that coming up. All right david. Lets hit the roads and find out about your commute. Were looking live right now in Mount Laurel Burlington county. I know its a dark ride at this point but this is near the new jersey turnpike at exit four where we had huge problems that lasted most of your morning commute yest
Winds and when you have light winds like this every now and then they settle so not a big deal in terms of winds. Overall looks pretty nice. 41 by 7 oclock, 51 by 10 oclock. Great for your morning workout. Not bad for the afternoon workout too if thats what your planning. 59 by noon and a high of 63 at 3 oclock with just light to moderate winds. We do zip back to 56 degrees by 6 oclock and overnight tonight back down into the 40s. Karen, a nice stretch of weather straight in through the first part of the weekend before a pretty dramatic change coming. Ill have details on that coming up. All right, dave. Lets hit the roads right now and check out West Conshohocken for you this morning. Looking live the schuylkill at the blue route as david mentioned were nice and clear today. Weve got no weather related problems. Roads are dry. So if youre coming in from paoli king of prussia or gulf mills this is your ride and its looking pretty good so far. On the roosevelt boulevard no overnight cons