Nearby. Now investigators are sorting out how and why everything went down. The aftermath of a wild crash in camden county. A truck that allegedly blew by police going 100 Miles Per Hour and slammed into gas pumps. The truck and pumps caught on fire. The driver was critically injured. It could have been worse fit wasnt for the officers who saw the incident go down. They were able to douse the flames and get to the injured driver fatter. Turning to the weather. It cooled down, is that the case or is it going to be a sweaty night. [laughter] reporter its going to get worse as we go into the work workweek. The humidity will start to increase and the temperatures will be high temperature. Trenton, 68. We topped out at 91. We had no humidity out there. Felt nice. Allentown, 65. Reading, 66. Dover, 66 and Sea Isle City, 70 degrees. Heres satellite and radar, you can see the clouds to the south. Winds are shifting out of the of the southwest. That will pump in the humidity as the day wears on
Caught fire. This could have been worse fit wasnt for the Quick Response of the officers who saw this. They doused the flames that allowed medics to get to the injured driver faster. Get ready to sweat even are more, the temperature will stay in the 90s all week. The dog days are here and were feeling the sizzle. Lets go outside to chris sowers. Are you sweating yet. Reporter i was going to say if i didnt know any better i wouldnt know there was a heat wave coming. Theres a gentle breeze and temperatures in the 60s. The not too bad yet. Pilots, 66. Saint davids, 63. Chemplet, chester, 64. Center city, 73. Avalon, and dover, 63. We have a High Pressure firmly in control you dont see it on the map, but it is sitting over the washington, d. C. Metro area. It will plant itself there all week long a heat pump high. Our winds will be out of the south or southwest this time of the year thats a very warm wind flow for us, were expecting high temperatures to stay in the 90s for a long extended
If you can find a spot in the shade, do so, because 93 degrees is 93 degrees, even though the humidity is not too terribly bad. It could sneak up to you. Maybe you get dizzy from time to time. Everybody lets be safe today. 77 in philadelphia. 77 in trenton allentown. Millville, 76. Dover, 75 degrees. Satellite and radar showing a lot of nothing out there this morning. High pressure firmly in control, thats going to mean just like yesterday, a ton of sunshine. Mostly sunny, hot, a little more humid than yesterday. Yesterday we topped out at 91. The heat index was 89. Today that 93 is probably going to feel more like 94, 95. We go the other way with the humidity. Wind out of the southwest 5 to 15 miles per hour. Well top out 92, 93, 3 00, 4 00 p. M. Uv index is high, apply the sunscreen if youre out on the sand. More humid, a ton of 90s in the sevenday forecast. Well talk about the threat of popup thunderstorms all straight ahead in ten minutes. Thanks, chris. You can count on 6abc. Com
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Worse. If you have to head out, get the shades on and youll have no rain to deal with. 70 in allentown. Low 70s in the northern suburbs, 71 in sea isle city, its a bit humid this morning, as we head outside, 65 degrees by 6 00. 68 by 8 00. A few clouds and humid conditions mainly bright early. As we roll through the day, a few weather cumulus clouds develop in the afternoon. 90 by noon, 94 by 3 00. High of 95 late in the day around 4 00. Todays record high is 96. So we are in record territory. Not the kind of record we like to set. Well see how long the heat and humidity last in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Reporter lets hit the roads and get the day started. We have construction blocking the right lane on the schuylkill expressway westbound near city avenue. You can see the crews out there. Eastbound they have cleared out, and traffic is moving nicely. Watch out for the westbound traffic restrictions. They set up a new traffic pattern on i95 near cottman. Look for that