six. this is day four of our heat wave. it starter out on friday with a high of 93. saturday s high 93. yesterday we maxed out at 90 and today coming in at 93 degrees here in philadelphia. well above normal. average for us this time of year is 84 degrees well above that mark today. when you look at the current heat index not much to take in. it feels like 94 in the city, 87 in allentown. you notice as this cold front continues to move through we re tapping into a drier wind as we get that north to northwesterly wind but still feeling like 97 in millville, same thing in atlantic city at the coast and 89 degrees in beach haven. let s talk about the tropics because we essentially have a tropical trio, three areas that we are watching. we ll take you down to the south first because we have tropical depression number nine just to the south of florida. this will more than likely strengthen into a tropical storm later on tonight or into the day on tuesday and we also have hurricane
one of them is dead. and the investigation is late into the evening even causing traffic backups. it is monday night. jim s off. i m rick williams. and the big story on action news is a deadly explosion of gunfire on the highway. and new jersey state police trying to piece the whole thing together. it appears to have started on the expressway this afternoon right near the garden state parkway. one of the vehicles involved drove to a wawa with the victims screaming for help. action news reporter dann cuellar joins us live now from the state police barracks on in hamilton township with more. dann? reporter: police continue their investigation tonight into what has appears to have been a very violent shooting on the atlantic city expressway between the occupants of two vehicles. a third vehicle is also being sought tonight in the intense investigation of the expressway shooting that has left many here stunned. from the looks of the bullet-riddled s.u.v., it s amazing anyon
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currently, 61 in allentown, cool and comfortable in places like allentown reading bethlehem, trenton at 68, 70 in millville and 72 at this early hour in cape may. dewpoints are running a lot lower this morning. got a lot of 50 s out there. a little stickier as we get into these 60-degree readings down south. all things considered a pretty nice morning for a uny run a walk to the bus stop or just out to the car. 78 degrees by 10:00 by noon 84 and we re going for a high of 89 if we can hold in the 80 s today it will end our heat wave. not as humid today but still pretty warm. got to be careful of rip currents down the shore karen as we re looking at that tropical issue with those heavy surf swells coming in. i ll check out the tropics and give you the rest of your seven day coming up. tropics heating up. vine street expressway reopened. was closed overnight for construction and now we see westbound, eastbound moving okay but crews will return again tonight at 11 o clock and t
degrees in allentown, 67 in trenton, 63 he in reading. almost 70 in wilmington and low 70 s down at the shore. and dewpoints are lower today. just 58 in philadelphia. anything below 60 is not considered humid. and those higher numbers well down south, a ce of spots farther to the south still a bit on the sticky side. going to be a nice one overall an great day across most of the region to get it started with a run. by 7 o clock 71 degrees humidity as you saw low across most of the region. 78 degrees by 10:00 a.m. it does get warm this afternoon 84 by noon an high of 89 at 3 o clock if we can stay in the 80 s it will b the heat wave but with low humidity that s a pretty nice summer afternoon. we have to be careful down the shore where there is still a lingering problem with rip currents thanks to all of that tropical stuff going on out in the atlantic. more on that coming up in the accuweather 7-day forecast. karen what about roads. breaking news. a big accident right now ca