CLOSED, BUT THE PARK WILL BE OPEN AGAIN TOMORROW. BUT MAN, IT IS A GREAT DAY EITHER FOR THE POOL, THE PARK, WHAT HAVE YOU GET OUTSIDE IF YOU CAN. KDKA FIRST ALERT METEOROLOGIST MARY OURS JOINING US NOW 78 ALREADY. >> I KNOW THERE'S OTHER THERE'S OTHER WAYS YOU CAN STAY COOL, RIGHT? WATER BALLOONS, SQUIRT GUNS, A LITTLE KIDDY POOL, SOME ICE CREAM, A SPRINKLER OUT. EXACTLY. WE'RE AT 78. IT'S GOING TO BE FANTASTIC. CHERISH THESE BEAUTIFUL SUMMER DAYS THAT WE HAVE BEFORE THE KIDS HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL NEXT WEEK. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF SUNSHINE AROUND RIGHT NOW. A QUIET SATELLITE AND RADAR. JUST A FEW FAIR WEATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS OUT THERE THIS AFTERNOON, AND WE ARE SEEING 77 IN WASHINGTON. BEAVER, YOU ARE ALREADY AT 80 DEGREES. 75 IN CLARION AND KITTANNING. 75 INDIANA, AND ALSO IN GREENSBURG. SO EVEN A NICE AFTERNOON TO GET OUT. GRAB SOME LUNCH. ZELIENOPLE YOU'RE LOOKING AT 81 DEGREES FOR YOUR HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY. BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE AROUND. AND ELIZABETH TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOW 80S, WHICH IS AVERAGE. THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE WE SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. HUMIDITY. IT STAYS LOW THROUGH TODAY, BUT THEN WE SEE THAT REALLY INCREASE BY FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, ALONG WITH THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS. SO TIMING THAT OUT FOR YOU IN FUTURE CAST I CAN LET THIS PLAY THROUGH TODAY AND TOMORROW BECAUSE IT'S QUIET CLOUDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS. BUT FRIDAY INTO THE AFTERNOON WE DO SEE THAT QUICK LINE MOVE THROUGH AND IT IS MOVING THROUGH A LITTLE BIT QUICKER THAN WHAT MODELS WERE SHOWING EARLIER, WHICH IS GOOD IF YOU HAVE FRIDAY NIGHT PLANS. SO SIX, 7:00 IN THE EVENING, THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE THAT LINE ROLLING THROUGH. AND THEN OVERNIGHT JUST A FEW OF THOSE SCATTERED SHOWERS. 7 A.M. ON SATURDAY MORNING, ANOTHER QUICK ROUND OF RAIN MOVES IN. AND THEN WE ALSO SEE SOME RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT. BUT NOW TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO HAS NOW FORMED INTO A HURRICANE. A CATEGORY ONE WINDS AT 75MPH, MOVING NORTHWEST AT 16MPH. THAT EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. NOT IMPACTING US HERE, BUT HEADING TOWARDS BERMUDA. SO PUERTO RICO SEEING TONS OF RAIN RIGHT NOW, FOUR TO EVEN TEN INCHES FOR A LOT OF AREAS. SO WE HAVE THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS HERE FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN AGAIN SATURDAY EVENING. WE HAVE PLANS THIS WEEKEND. SO JUST LOOKING AHEAD EVEN TO NEXT WEEK AS KIDS ARE HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL, OUR TEMPERATURES ARE TRENDING RIGHT AROUND AVERAGE, SO NO EXTREME WARM UPS ON THE WAY. 60 DEGREES TONIGHT. CLEAR AND COMFORTABLE TOMORROW. MID TO UPPER 80S FOR A FEW AREAS AND THEN CLOUDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE TOMORROW NIGHT AND THEN FRIDAY. LOOKING AT OUR KDKA FIRST ALERT WEATHER SEVEN DAY FORECAST. WE DO HAVE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ON FRIDAY. LOW 80S, STAYING IN THE LOW 80S ON SATURDAY FOR THE STEELERS PRESEASON GAME. IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE TAILGATING, JUST HAVE THAT TAILGATING CANOPY READY. MAYBE THE PONCHO TOO. SHOULDN'T BE A WASHOUT THEN. 77 ON SUNDAY, A FEW SHOWERS. IT DOES GET A LITTLE COOLER BELOW NORMAL NEXT