Philadelphia schools dismiss early due to heat; breaking down hot weather alerts | Digital Brief

Published: Aug 26, 2024 Duration: 00:03:06 Category: News & Politics

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hello I'm Jan carabo with your digital news brief for Tuesday August 27th Philadelphia police need your help finding these two kids wanted for a series of carjackings and robberies in North Philadelphia police say one of them is between 10 and 12 years old according to police the boy and a 17-year-old pulled a gun on four people over the span of six days earlier this month on West Gerard West Cumberland and West Ontario if you recognize either call Philadelphia police or submit a tip on the tip line we're getting a better look at the impact a new 76ers Arena would have on Center City and Chinatown four impact studies that were funded by the 76ers were released yesterday they found the arena could host 53 annual events and over 30 years could generate roughly $1.9 billion in direct spending create hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in new tax revenue but it would also likely have a significant impact on small businesses in Chinatown and result in the loss of that neighborhood's core identity happening today dozens of schools in the Philadelphia School District will dismiss early because of the heat students at 63 schools are being sent home 3 hours early because their buildings don't have air conditioning those schools will also be letting out early tomorrow we have a full list of those schools on our website CBS philadelphia.com now let's check our very hot next weather forecast here's meteorologist Grant Gilmore hi Grant hey Jan yeah so a next weather alert out there for tomorrow for Wednesday because of that excessive heat it'll be hot today but much hotter tomorrow feels like temperatures approaching 105 in some places also a chance for some severe storms being fueled by all that heat as we go through tomorrow evening so just be on alert for that threat for both the Heat and storms tomorrow an excessive heat warning for much of the urban Corridor tomorrow afternoon and with a heat advisory in effect for most of the rest of the surrounding areas high pressure to the South and West will'll be pumping in all that heat as we head through the next couple of days today a lot of sunshine out there temperatures up around 90° this afternoon as we go into the overnight we could see a few passing early morning showers otherwise mainly dry conditions and hot conditions through tomorrow afternoon and then we'll watch for that chancef for storms with that cold front to sneak in from the north as we make our way into Thursday morning now as we go into this afternoon highs up around 90° a little hotter than yesterday you'll feel more of that mugginess out there early tomorrow morning morning with those temperatures starting off in the lower 70s let me show you the next weather 7-day forecast with again that focus on that next weather alert for tomorrow with all the heat more seasonable conditions arrive through the second half of the week with a small chance of rain Thursday and Friday better chance of rain than returning for Saturday evening and then mainly dry through the rest of the Labor Day weekend Jen back to you all right grant thanks so much and remember you can always get grants most up today forecast and the latest stories right here on CBS philadelphia.com that's the latest for today's digital news brief I'm Jen carabo have a great day

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