and then this final weather watcher, this guys, i used to like bruce adams because he is so reliable. 84 degrees in northport. but a recent picture, not from north port, low humidity and a new car for ed. thank you. yeah, dry in san francisco. we are dealing with high humidity values. you scan this city, and you see some blue overhead. some breaks in the gray. looks pretty. just those dew points are so high. so sticky. partly sunny, 86 degrees, winds southeast and 15 in the park 25- plus miles per hour winds at the airport at the airports. that's the engine. 82 in the hamptons. you throw in the dew point which is are in the upper 60s and low 70s. heat index values in excess of 90. 91, 92 on average. going for 88 today. warmer than we were yesterday. and warmer than we should be. and again, throw in the dew point and its warmer than that. sneaking away to beach, force the fluids and wear the sunscreen and take a buddy. and high rip current risk. moderate risk for the jersey shore. and don't forget your nose, i bet i don't need to tell you this, the pollen count has been high and relief

if you go to the northshore right now, bruce adams is socked in with clouds. over to plainfield, ralph is starting to see breaks in those clouds. it's brighter in brooklyn. then i'll tell you, kenneth sent this in from the delaware river. so the farther east you go, you still have the clouds, but lower dewpoints painting the skies a pretty blue to the west. in our area, while we have clouds, still a relatively humid air mass, 85 in the city. relative humidity at 46%. 83 in the hamptons. dewpoints are telling and compelling. 70 for babylon. 59 in edison. there's a drop in the humidity values to the west. it's still quite humid to the east. all of us are going to see numbers drop wednesday into thursday, which is good and welcomed news. it will feel better starting tonight. we're at 85 right now, easily hitting 87, 5 degrees above normal and you're feeling it. if you're sneaking away to the beach, make sure you're ready. moderate rip current rip for the south-facing. moderate for the jersey shore as well. also this news, pollen is high today. higher tomorrow, th

bruce adams says sunny there right now. a picture he sent us this morning, beautiful shot of the full noon. so hope your day is off to a beautiful start as well. let's go ahead, shall we? take you live outside. for a look at the city. skyline. the blue sky in the distance. we have a few clouds this morning. 68 degrees. west/northwest winds at 6 miles per hour. we will look ahead here. it is going to be another weekend winner for us. tomorrow, we could see a stray storm north and west. likely a few more clouds as well. as we get into the afternoon but overrule, the weekend, looking really good. tomorrow, the humidity starts to creep back up. but still really on the comfortable side. and next week, it is when the humidity levels get more uncomfortable. and it will be a steamy start to september. looking for the potential for a heat wave as we start the next month. and the temperature trend over the next few days, it looks like this. yesterday much closer to seasonable. 82 and normal high is 81. and today will be at 87. and to

good old bruce adam. another regular photo contributor. this is the sun sunset from northport last night. really pretty. from sunset to sunrise in reverse order. pardon me fiddler. today is skyscraper appreciation day in honor of the birth of william van allen. who is william van allen? he was the architect of a little building we like to call the chrysler building. so, happy skyscraper appreciation day. looking up, partly cloudy and 72. the canyons of steel right now. 63 in bronxville and mt. kisco, as well. cue cool reading around otisville. we have 61 down in britt. your day in the city, it's a little cooler, yesterday we hit 85. not today, 81 for a high. mix of sun and clouds. but warmer with the high dew points. it's sticky. enough sun for a burn if you're going to be out a long time working or enjoying. 15 to 21 your burn time with a u.v. forecast of 8. going to the beach today? you lucky day. moderate rip current risk. use the buddy system. watch out for that. the beaches could see elevated pollution levels. wealth weather, yeah. th

bruce, thank you. >>> as you can imagine, the wdbj is just distraught off the ambushed killings of their two beloved co-workers. alison parker had just moved in with one of the station's anchors and adam ward was engaged to the morning show producer who was in the control room at the time of the shooting. ward was a graduate of virginia tech, parker a james madison university graduate and her father tells the washington post his grief is unbearable. >>> well, abc news says it's gotten a 23 page fax from someone claiming to be vester flanagan. the writer said he was attacked for being a gay black man. the fax also cites the church shooting in charlton, south carolina, as a tipping point and that his anger had been building waiting to explode and he said the columbine high schoolers were influences. tonight the cops are removing the evidence from flanagan's home which is just a few blocks away from the wdbj station. >>> we're also following a very sad story at the national zoo. one of the two panda cubs born last weekend has died. it was the smaller of the two cubs mei xiang delivered saturday. yesterday the zoo started giving the little cub extra care because it couldn't keep food down

bruce lee or godzilla come from nasa's jet propulsion laboratory. the system could bring once in a generation storms to california this winter. adamity. for those of us that need the refresher, what is el nino? >> a natural and temporary shift in the earth's climate. where the tropical pacific on the east side near south america, relatively cool normally becomes warmer. that causes the winds to shift and it causes the rainfall to shift from the west pacific where it normally is to the east. that disrupts the circulation of the atmosphere on the large scale. >> once in a generation storms may hit california. knowing how they've been suffering from the droughts. wouldn't that help them with the storms coming in here? or is there a negative to that? >> it's likely to be helpful. an el nino is normally reflected in more rainfall in southern california. that's likely to happen. the thing we don't know is how much it will help the drought because the drought is most severe in central-northern california. that's where the reservoirs are that are fed by snow. the strongest chances for heavy rain are southern california. >> this year's sig