FROM
FROM POLICE ABOUT THE PERSON BEHIND THE WHEEL. >>> FIRST AT 5:00, WE WANT TO
START WITH THE HEAT WAVE
TIGHTENING ITS GRIP ON
CAROLINAS.
HERE IS A LOOK AT CURRENT
TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW.
STILL IN THE MID-90s OUT THERE
WITH THE HEAT INDEX WELL INTO
THE TRIPLE DIGITS.
THANKS FOR JOINING US,
EVERYONE.
I'M SARAH FRENCH.
>> THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY
RAMPING UP TODAY.
WE SAW TEMPERATURES HIT 95
DEGREES HERE IN THE QUEEN CITY.
IT'S GOING TO GET EVEN HOTTER.
IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD WEEK TO
STAY IN THE AC OR COOL OFF BY
THE WATER.
>> WE HAVE LIVE FIRST WARN
WEATHER COVERAGE.
LET'S START WITH CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST BRAD PANOVICH FOR
THE LATEST ON THE EXTREME HEAT.
>> YEAH, IT IS STEAMY OUTSIDE
AND THAT HEAT IS GOING TO
CONTINUE ACROSS THE CAROLINAS
FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
LET'S START WITH A LOOK WHAT'S
GOING ON OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW.
TEMPERATURES 95 DEGREES IN THE
QUEEN CITY.
IT'S BEEN AS HIGH AS 96 FOR AN
AIR TEMPERATURE.
THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE HUMIDITY
WHICH MAKES IT FEEL HOTTER THAN
THAT.
DEW POINTS HAVE BEEN HOVERING
IN THE UPPER 60s WHICH IS
SOMEWHAT TOLERABLE.
EARLIER, THESE DEW POINTS ARE
PUSHING THE LOW 70s WHICH MADE
IT FEEL STICKIER.
NO HEAT ADVISORIES FOR OUR
VIEWING AREA, BUT ALL OF
EASTERN CAROLINA AND PARTS OF
SOUTH CAROLINA JUST ALONG I-95
THAT HEAT ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT.
RAINFALL, THIS IS A DAY YOU'D
LOVE TO GET RAIN.
JUST A PASSING CLOUD BECAUSE OF
READINGS HAVE BEEN 100 OR
HIGHER.
TODAY 96 DEGREES WHICH MAKES IT
TIED FOR THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE
YEAR SO FAR WITH YESTERDAY WHEN
WE HIT 96.
WE IT THAT ON THE 8th.
LOOK AT THE JULY DATES.
IT'S BEEN A SCORCHER.
WE'VE HAD 13 DAYS OF 95 OR
HIGHER THIS YEAR.
THAT SURPASSES THE TOTAL NUMBER
FOR 2018 AND WE STILL HAVE HALF
THE SUMMER TO GO.
COMING UP, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
THE HEAT WAVE AND WHEN WE COULD
SEE THE BREAK IN THE PATTERN
COMING UP IN YOUR FULL FORECAST
IN A FEW MINUTES.
>>> A BIG CONCERN WITH THE HOT
AND HUMID TEMPERATURES, KIDS
SPENDING TIME OUTSIDE.
A LOT OF KIDS ACROSS THE
CAROLINAS SPEND HOT DAYS AT
CAMPS AND WHILE OTHERS ARE JUST
ITCHING TO GET OUTSIDE AND
PLAY.
>> HOW DO THEY HAVE SUMMER FUN
WHILE STAYING SAFE?
WE'RE LIVE AT 5:00.
THIS HEAT CAN BE DANGEROUS.
WHAT'S IT LIKE OUT THERE RIGHT
NOW?
>> Reporter: THE SUN IS JUST
BEATING DOWN ON US, BEATING
DOWN ON EVERYBODY OUT HERE AND
THIS PLAYGROUND OR THIS
PLAYGROUND FURNITURE, WE HAVE
AN INFRARED THERMOMETER AND I
CAN TELL THE SURFACE
TEMPERATURE OF THIS ROCK +@
CLIMBING WALL RIGHT NOW IS 179
DEGREES.
THAT IS CRAZY.
PARENTS OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO KEEP
THEIR KIDS SAFE.
A LOT OF THEM COOLING OFF RIGHT
NOW HERE AT THE SPLASH PADS.
SOME OF THEM SAY THEY LIMIT
THEIR TIME OUTSIDE ALTOGETHER.
ANOTHER SCORCHING, HOT DAY IN
THE QUEEN CITY.
>> IT'S VERY, VERY HOT.
IT'S HOT.
>> Reporter: 100 DEGREE
TEMPERATURES.
SPLASH PADS PACKED WITH KIDS
AND PARENTS WATCHING CLOSELY TO
MAKE SURE NO ONE GETS
OVERHEATED.
IT HAS.
>> IT HAS TO BE BEFORE 12:00.
IT'S SO HOT.
>> NO BREAK IN THE HEAT WAVE
TOMORROW.
>> Reporter: WITH THE HEAT
PERSISTING THROUGHOUT THE WEEK,
YOU'LL WANT TO LIMIT YOUR TIME
IN THE SUN AND STAY HYDRATED.
>> BEST THING DO IS GO INSIDE
WHERE IT'S COOL IF POSSIBLE OR
GET IN THE SHADE, MAKE SURE YOU
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS.
>> Reporter: MECKLENBURG COUNTY
HOLD MOST OF THE SUMMER CAMPS
INDOOR GOING OUT FOR NO MORE
THAN A HALF HOUR AND TAKING
REGULAR WATER BREAKS.
>> MAJORITY OF TIME IS SPENT
INSIDE.
OBVIOUSLY, IT DEPENDS ON THE
WATER.
THERE ARE TIMES WE DO GO
OUTSIDE.
WE TARGET THE MORNING TIME WHEN
IT IS COOLER IN THE HEAT OF THE
DAY.
IF WE DO GO DOWN TO THE PARK OR
A DIFFERENT AREA, WE'LL OFFER
ASHORTER TIME OUTSIDE OR HAVE A
SPLASH PAD AMENITY.
+@
ASHORTER TIME OUTSIDE OR HAVE A SPLASH PAD AMENITY. >> Reporter: ON A DAY LIKE
TODAY, YOU OBVIOUSLY WANT TO
STAY INSIDE WHERE IT IS COOL.
TIPS FOR KEEPING YOUR AIR
CONDITIONING IN WORKING SHAPE
COMING UP NEW AT 6:00.
FOR NOW, LIVE IN CHARLOTTE.
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>> GREAT INFORMATION, CHLOE.
THANK YOU.
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