along the mountains. these storms will not move our way overnight, but the bigger picture does have thunderstorms, some could be strong, maybe severe tomorrow. those storms will change everything in the forecast. i ll show you what i m talking about, coming up uchblts airport worker still had to work outdoors. workers on the tarmac say they re staying hydrated, seeking shade when they can. other outdoor activities haven t been easy to accomplish across the area, either. derrick ward continues our coverage. reporter: well, jim, some of those outdoor activities are apparently get easier. we re at founders park. you can see there s a volley ball game that s started up. it s a bit more comfortable today, but for the most part people were trying to stay out of the sun or stay cool while they re out in it. an air-condition well, that depends on your perspective. waiting for the women to come out in the shop. it s cooler in there. man, you know how it is. you in there, they
of the hot weather. we spoke to a man who teaches cardio classes at the ymca. he says the class last night in silver spring was pretty tough. as far as what the heat was like yesterday, shorter intervals, longer breaks, more water, time to go back into the y, get some extra air, come back out. reporter: so, of course, stay cool, think about your pets as well. keep them inside, if you can, and keep them with as much water as possible. i understand from my producer there is somebody in the pool. so there you go. somebody is cooling off this very warm morning. back to you. melissa mollet, thank you. notice how people are going indoors just to use the pool. montgomery county isn t alone with extended pool hours today. d.c. s parks and recreation department is keeping several pools open for longer hours this week. alexandria also extended hours at a number of its pools as well. yeah, the pool is definitely the place to be. just sit in there and don t come out. that s r
and into west virginia. some locations in the 60s, central shenandoah valley, the 60s. so a pleasant start this morning, although the air is thick with humidity, and we re going to stay steady here, in the low 70s, mid-70s, for another hour or so. then it s going to rapidly jump as the day progresses, thanks to deep high pressure. and as a result, we ve got a heat advisory until 10:00 tonight. the afternoon heat index 100 to 105, like it was yesterday. it again includes all of northern virginia, just about all of maryland, including the district and the eastern shore, except western maryland, shenandoah valley, points west. the higher elevations are always cooler, and certainly this type of weather. we ve got this deep high pressure over us circulating. we ve got a hazy, clear sky right now. day planner for this thursday. it will be in to the mid-90s by noon and then peaking near 100 degrees by mid-afternoon. by late afternoon, back down to the mid-90s. so a hot and very un
are going to be having the extreme heat this afternoon. all these counties in orange, including the district, under this heat advisory until 10:00 tonight. the heat index, that combination of the feels-like temperature, is going to be 100 to 105. there was yesterday s sunrise, and we had a very high sun yesterday. of course, it was the summer solstice. we ll have it just as high today. the sun elevation at around 1:10 p.m. and the highest of the day is going to be nearly 75 degrees up. it s only 15 degrees from being directly overhead, and that is just adding to our misery because along with that high sun, we ve got deep high pressure over the region, and both of these combinations working together to bring us extreme heat. in fact, near 100 degrees by mid-afternoon. the record for the date 98. so, we ll probably tie it or break it by mid-afternoon. and it s going to be very humid as well. i m back in ten minutes with another update. danella s here now with a look at our comm
we could be talking about severe weather. i ll show it to you tonight. even some popular summertime activities aren t so popular in this heat. derrick ward has more. reporter: you know, the english playwright said only mad dogs and englishmen venture out in the noon daye sun. we did find a lot of people trying to keep cool if they had to be out in it. shade was at a premium where up until today it was all about finding that perfect al fresco dining spot. no problem finding a sidewalk seat today. it s brutal. even these folks from louisiana were taken aback. we re accustomed to heat, but we feel the heat off the sidewalk here. reporter: most labor did go on with workers doing their well-advised best, and generation flowed like water. there were some poor souls in the district without air conditioning or any electrical conveniences for a while today, as they worked to restore some customers off the grid for hours, partially due to overheating and high demand on feed