Temperatures. Similar in the low 90s. More humid and more clouds. Generally a mostly sunny day on tap and a hot one. The current temperatures, 76 in the city. 59 in monticello. 69 for yaphank and 68 in cranbury. Most of us in the 60s and 70s out there. As we look at the vortex satellite and radar we had a few showers making their way to the north of the city early this morning. They are starting to dissipate. The sprinkles, you may see a few more fall before all is said and done. By this afternoon, skies will be mostly sunny under an air quality alert. We have high levels of o shown in the atmosphere. 9 00 a. M. 79. Feeling like 82. By noon 86, mostly sunny. Feels like 88. At 3 00 this afternoon, we peak at 92 degrees. It will feel like 94. Skies will be mostly sunny. In the first forecast, the full heat wave of 2013. I will have details shortly. We begin with breaking news out of east harlem. Police are on the hunt for a man who escaped custody while still in handcuffs. Ilana gold joi
To be outdoors, stay under that airconditioner and avoid heat stroke at any cost. If you dont have air conditioning, if youre going to be at home, take a cool bath, take a cool shower, lower your body temperature. Reporter but in the dog days of summer theres no staying inside for these little ones. Scorching hot, so humid. Just have grandkids out in the water. Stay under the shade. Reporter a shady spot while the kids have all the fun. Is that water cold . Uhhuh. Really, really, really cold. Reporter which, of course, i had to find out for myself. Lots of liquid, extra shade, thats the case. Reporter back out here live with my friend mohammad who has been doing this for the last 17 years, mohammad, any advice . Yeah. Snow cone, this is my job only. Reporter drink lots and lots of water . Yes. Reporter you heard it. Drink lots and lots of water. Reporting live in downtown brooklyn, shirleen allicot, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, shirleen. The water was refreshing, 74 degrees to
Between uncomfortable and oppressive right now and it will stay that way. The humidity will stay high for much of the week, even if the heat starts to tail off a little bit tomorrow and especially on wednesday. We do have that air quality alert in effect until 11 00 p. M. And this type of really stagnant, hot, humid air mass a lot of ground level censor and par tick ozone and particulate in the air. Radar satellite shows a couple of thunderstorms did develop but they weaken have one developed over the bronx over the gw bridge for a while and then that moved off to the east and a couple of little showers over in Monmouth County new jersey trying to provide a little bit of relief. The first heatwave in central park in over two years since july of 2013. This was our third consecutive day and we are going to extend the heatwave into tomorrow. Wont be quite as hot but you want to stay in air conditioned places if you can. If you cant, stay hydrated and avoid heavy exertion outside. Eventual
Some benefits to all this heat. Nothing like a cool breeze on a hot day, even the seagulls on city island know where to go to get their feathers ruffled. For others, relief is spelled san d, in this case orchard beach, the trick to getting a jump on a 90degree plus day, get there early. We opened the beach this morning reporter first ones . Yeah, we was the first ones here. You get a better spot and look for all the crowds. Reporter in this kind of summer swelter, hitting the market before the sun is too high is also a smart idea, as is eating and drinking to beat the heat. I get lettuce, radish rad dish radish and all that stuff. The heat is not all bad. All that cheap Fresh Produce just one of the pluses of the dog days of summer. We have more time to be outside and to exercise and to socialize with people and that sunlight builds strong bones and also decreases the chances of people who have mood problems during the winter months. Reporter yeah, we know about that seasonal effective
Thank you for joining us, im ken rosato, and you are never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. Good morning everybody. Happy friday. If youre about to head out the door, grab your umbrella. You are going to need that. We have rain across the area, we have temperatures in the upper 70s. Its a morning where we start out with a muggy morning out here and a morning where were looking at whats going to be these showers and thunderstorms. 76 right now and passing through the area, its muggy. Were looking at the line from kingston to poughkeepsie down the toms river. Western jersey is shower free now and so is manhattan. Theres a little shower coming across Staten Island heading towards brooklyn and queens. Theres showers and thunderstorms up there at newburgh, and those are heavy along 84 and 87 and back to our west, drier, cooler air for tomorrow, which will be delightful. Well talk about that coming up in just a moment. Im doing okay. Southern state parkway, different story,