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♪ introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen.he sportier utility vehicle. >>> good monday morning. fox 29 chief meteorologist in this last day of august for sue serio. weather by the numbers, on a scale of one to ten we will give it an eight, because temperatures topping out at 90 d of humid. the average temperature for this time of the year is in the lower 80's, so we are well above average right now. 76 degrees is the the current temperature in philadelphia a, waking up this morning, dew points are above 60. anytime we have dew point is above 60 it starts to feel muggy afterward. look at temperatures. sixty-six in the pocono mountains. seventy in pottstown. we are looking at 74 in wilmington as well as atlantic city. let's talk about the the dew points, measure of moisture in the atmosphere. dew points in the mid to upper 60's. it will feel like a sauna when you step outdoors. the as we look at that dew point scale you can see above 60 it is sticky, starting to get uncomfortable and oppressive as we moving toward 70. as we go h

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