DAY AFTER DAY OF HEAT. HOTTEST WAS 95. NOW THE AVERAGE IS 15. NOWHERE NEAR THE RECORD OF 39. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE MONTH. WE STARTED AUGUST. AUGUST WITH ALL OF THAT SIZZLING HEAT. THAT'S WHERE WE SAW A LOT OF RECORDS FIRST WEEK. WEEK TWO AND TWO, THREE AND FOUR HAVE BEEN WELL BELOW. LAST WEEK WAS A GIFT. SO FAR THIS WEEK, NUMBERS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT ABOVE NORMAL. IT'S A ONE DAY DEAL. DRAMATIC DROP. WE'LL SEE UP MORE 80s WITH MORE HUMIDITY FOR THE WEEKEND. YOU HAVE TO PACE YOURSELF TODAY. WHEN YOU DO THE MATH IT'LL FEEL LIKE 99 PLUS IN THE CITY. GOING TO BE A LOT HARDER TO CYCLE THIS AFTERNOON. 100 TO 105 FOR INTERIOR SECTIONS. TRENTON TO PHILLY. 105 I THINK EASY. THAT'S WHY WE SEE THE DIFFERENT GRADUATION OF COLOR HERE AS YOU SEE THAT BRIGHTER COLOR THERE. NOW SO MUCH OF THE NATION HAS BEEN BAKING FOR DAYS. TODAY IS THE DAY WE'LL SEE IT. AIR QUALITY ALERT RIGHT NOW. THIS WILL LIKELY BE EXPANDED JUST BECAUSE ATMOSPHERE IS CAPPED. THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THAT OZONE TO GO. HAVE YOU NOTICED THIS TOO? GRASS AND MOLD STILL VERY HIGH. WE ARE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. BEST CANDIDATE SOUTH. REAL QUICKLY, I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU INTO THE AFTERNOON MOST OF US GET HOME OKAY. SEE HOW THAT HOLDS TOGETHER? A BULLSEYE THERE. NOTICE EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT SEVERE, YOU CAN SEE REALLY HEAVY RAIN NEWARK OVER INTO STATEN ISLAND. BROOKLYN. SO THAT WILL PASS QUICKLY. THAT'S THE END OF THE HEAT. WE JUST SEE SHOWERS WITH DRAMATICICALLY COOLER TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NEXT TIME WE CHAT WE'LL RATE THE WEEKEND. RATE AND RANK YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND FOR NUMBER ONE, TWO AND THREE. >> DOESN'T LOOK SO BAD REALLY. >> DOESN'T LOOK HORRIBLE. >> WE CAN HANDLE THIS ONE. >> ME, MR. NEGATIVE. MR. POSITIVE HERE. WE'LL RATE AND RANK IT. >> THAT'S WHY I'M OVER HE