Anything outdoors was miserable, literally dripping for 48 straight hours, sue. It is true, then we had excitement of those thunderstorms on saturday, which spiced things up a little bit. We are back together on monday and we are getting ready for another one, very hot and humid to day plus chance of thunderstorms with an approaching cold front. So, six out of ten is all we will manage today. We dont have anything to show you. There is some thunderstorms bearing down on cleveland, ohio site of the Republican National convention, not there just yet but by the time things get underway they could be dealing with Severe Weather we have a few cloud around but it is muggy out there this morning. 77 degrees with 79 percent relative humidity. Southeasterly wind at 6 miles an hour. It is very warm. Not as muggy as it is going to be sunrise at 5 48. Other temperatures 66 in mount pocono. Seventythree trenton. We will go down to Atlantic City at 76. Upper 70s already in wildwood, dover and millvi
54 degrees in mount pocono. Little more comfortable there. Seventytwo in trenton. Seventyseven in philadelphia. 77 degrees in wildwood. So, headed to a high of about 96 degrees, for an actual temperature today, and it will feel warmer than that with humidity and thunderstorms popping up anytime after 3 00 in the afternoon, start looking for those today. Here we go again another dog day, coming up, we will tell but a break in humidity just ahead in the seven day forecast, now we will look at traffic, bob kelly is off this week. So first of all we will start out with a look at i95, this is right here near the airport. You can see a little will haze over the city with that humidity. Now we will check the vine street expressway where traffic is building a little bit there tonight in south Philadelphia Phillies are still at home, different opponent though. Those stinking mets levittown. So we have marlins moving in and they will get started at 7 05. So expect a little bit more volume in sou
And saint davids. 66 this morning in chester and kennett square. 70 in the city itself. 65 degrees in warrington and the suburbs in new jersey its 66 in cinnaminson, 64 in hammonton. Its 73 this morning on the boardwalk in ac. And 70 in Sea Isle City if youre enjoying a morning there. 65 degrees in dover delaware. Heres a look at your day hour by hour. 7 00 a. M. , 71, bright sunshine. By 10 00 a. M. 76. Feeling kind of humid this afternoon, 85 degrees at lunchtime. 89 is your high at a. Weltoday. Well hit that at 3 o. Starting tomorrow were turning up the heat turning up the humidity, turning up the chance for storms. Its all come your way in that sevenday forecast in just a few minutes matt. Youre telling me it just gets worse and worse. Yes. Thats how it is on the traffic front. Several big problems out there at this early hour karen including a crash involving a pedestrian in Burlington Township Burlington County. The accident is blocking the southbound lanes of 130 at columbus roa
Fill get some help from folks up in bucks county. But once again the big story on action news tonight is day four of this brutal heat, heat index making it feel like well above 100 degrees across the region and we have just learned that two people from philadelphia have have died as a result of the heat, all as the entire viewing area remains under an excessive heat warning until tomorrow night. We have live team coverage. Trish hartman joins us from Fairmount Park where people have been seeking out the shade anywhere they can find it. But we will begin with meteorologist Melissa Magee and the latest from accu heather, melissa. Walter, it is just not the heat but it is also the humidity that makes it unbearable stepping outside. As you mentioned this is day four of the heat wave number five here in philadelphia a. It started wednesday with a high of 93. Thursdays high 95. Yesterday we maxed out at 97. Today our high in philadelphia 98 degrees making this the hottest day so far, this ye
Replacement will be held in february. Reaction continues to pour in from dc pleas chief laniers announcement that shes retiring. The chief has been with the department 26 years. Shes leaving the department for a job at the nfl as the lead Senior Vice President of security operations. Retirement is effective next month. After serving as head of the department past ten years. I am very proud of the force that kathy has led and a lot of people have worked together to build. When i started here in 1990, that was very much the environment that i had here. It was very much very male dominated profession. This department was largely male. So im not unaccustomed to that. Were going to talk with the mayor about a search for you a new transit is the current surge surge 7 has been extended it will run through august 21 its. Shuttle busses will replace red line trains between shady grove on saturday and sunday. Surge 8 will continue and continue through september. Major upset rio u. S. Women Volle