Everybody in the mid to upper 70s across the region and how about those dewpoints . These are much higher than yesterday. Pretty much the entire region in the 70s and anything over 70 is oppressive humidity and you will feel it especially as the sun gets over the horizon and you start moving around and trying to get in some activity. By 8 oclock, 76. By noon, 86. The one good news about today, 89 is your high at 3 oclock. So, technically it look like well end the heat wave but its still going to feel pretty oppressive today. When i step inside well talk about lower numbers in the accuweather 7day forecast but a better chance of some drenching rain. All thats ahead, matt. All right dee david. Lower numbers were expecting them on this speedometer in just a little bit with there normal morning volume increasing. Here along 95 just starting to see a few people tap the brakes as they travel southbound and into the work zone at cottman avenue. Slows slightly again farther south approaching t
Low 70s in and around washington. Timing out the rain chances, 2 00 to 5 00 out west of the blue ridge, into the shenandoah valley. In the metro, between 5 00 and 8 00 p. M. Rain chances later than that as you get into Southern Maryland and out to the eastern shore. Do have your umbrella ready to go. Still dealing with a bump in the fenders out on the roads, melissa. Yeah, 95 southbound at courthouse road, an accident there. Its not slowing anything down so you dont have to worry about that too much. Just letting you know its there in case youre leaving. 66 east of sudley, a little bit of traffic headed inbound. Volume not a problem at this point. 270 south blocked at buckeystown pike. Hopefully thats out of the way soon. Of course, those kiddos going back to school this morning. B. W. Parkway, no problem. 95 and 29 everything looking good. So is the top of the beltway here. Looking at Prince Georges County moving along nicely. See you at 5 11. A live look at 95. Thank you. Its 5 02 no
The way to germantown. Chuck . All right, outside, back to school. Everybody wants to know will you need to put the umbrella in the backpack . Yes, you will. Heres the live picture of the sky this morning. Still waiting on sunrise about 30 minutes away. But theres nothing on storm team 4 radar so were dry this morning. Current temperatures mid to upper 60s in the twes earn suburbs. Near 70 from the bayside area communities into the inside of the beltway. Commuter forecast, mild and dry here for the next hour or two. Sunny and plenty warm from 8 00 to 10 00 this morning. Nothing to worry about early on, but after lunch time today, after about 3 00 or 4 00, there will be a chance for showers and thunderstorms coming through as a cold front comes our way. Todays high up near 90 degrees. Back to you. All right, chuck, thank you. 6 01 now and today its back to school for thousands of students in the district. As you finish preparing the lunches and backpacks we want to let you know about so
Katie and traffic with meisha. Good morning. Good morning, jim, you just talked about that fog we have speed restrictionness play because of that heavy fog and that begs the question will it be out there for a while. Not all morning long but morning rush we have to deal witt. Just watch for that a lot of times it is do i see fog on the satellite. It may look clear across the garden state but not necessarily. There arent any advisories in place but we do, as we have seen and we will see in evidence with meishas cameras in a second here of fog issues also observations telling that story. It is scattered in nature. Notice thaw are up to 10mile visibility at ac airport for example, important to note these are observation sites, it does not mean it is totally 5mile visibility across the entire city of philadelphia or airport current observation. It will come up fast and certainly across river banks that is where we are finding right now quite a bit. Since we are, a city flanged by rivers yo
The area and even patchy fog thats popped up over mostly areas near the coastline. Those are areas where the dew point matches the temperature. The temperature in the southern portions of the viewing area, in the 70s. Look at the dew points there you go. 70s. Millville at 73. Atlantic city, 72. Philadelphia, 67. Pottstown, 66. You might be saying what does that mean. 65 to 70, muggy. 70 and above, more tropical, sticky conditions out there. Thats how its going to feel today. We are cooling down, though. Also feeling some of the impacts of Tropical Storm maria. Well talk more about that coming up in just a bit. Right now, well go to traffic and Jessica Boyington. Starting out moving through center city on the vine street expressway now. Were open, and weve been open so far all week long in both directions westbound and eastbound. Our cameras around 24th showing the easy drive, easy commute through center city. Again, both directions look good there. And were also watching the schuylkill