Unrelenting sun scorches East Coast, with no respite from heat forecast, humidity rising
By Jim Fitzgerald, APWednesday, July 7, 2010
East Coast scorched by heat, humidity rising
NEW YORK — There’s no relief anytime soon for the heat that’s been baking the Northeast.
The temperature broke records Tuesday in New York, where it hit 103 degrees, and in Philadelphia, at 102.
The National Weather Service says Wednesday is forecast to be almost as hot and more humid. Meteorologist Brian Ciemnecki (see-uhm-NEK’-ee) explains humidity is the amount of moisture in the air. He says high humidity is what makes people feel sticky and places seem stuffy.
Wednesday’s high temperature is expected to be a few degrees lower than Tuesday’s, but the humidity will make it feel like 100.
Cities from Richmond, Va., to Boston topped 100 degrees Tuesday. Providence, R.I., and Hartford, Conn., also set records for the day.
Deaths blamed on the heat include a 92-year-old woman in Philadelphia and homeless woman in suburban Detroit.
