Summer Starts to Sizzle

The summer's second heat wave arrived Thursday and won't let up at least until Tuesday.

  If you enjoy baking, then the next four days are for you. Summer's second heat wave arrived Thursday as the official high temperature at Lehigh Valley International Airport hit 90 degrees. But that's just the beginning, according to the National Weather Service, which has issued a heat advisory for Lehigh and Northampton counties. Temperatures through Monday are going to be heating up, making for a heat wave of at least five days. A heat wave constitutes temperatures of 90 degrees or above for at least three days. Today, the high temperature is expected to hit 96; on Saturday, 95; on Sunday, 92; and on Monday, 90. If you must be out in the heat, here are some tips from the Centers for Disease Control: See the Centers for Disease Control …

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First Day of Summer Brings Serious Heat

Temperature-Humidity Index hit triple digits for the first time on first day of summer. More of the same is expected today.

  The meteorologists say that summer officially arrived at 7:09 p.m. Wednesday. But the thermometers in Bethlehem and across the Lehigh Valley were saying that it really arrived several hours earlier – as the mercury climbed toward 90 degrees at noon and then kept going. Officially, the National Weather Service measured the high temperature at 95 degrees at Lehigh Valley International Airport and the temperature-humidity index – a measure of how hot it actually feels – hit a blistering 100. Some readings around Bethlehem read even hotter – like the Deiter Brothers clock on Stefko Boulevard, which read 104 degrees at 4 p.m. At Saucon Park in South Bethlehem, several people waded out into the shallow waters of the Saucon Creek in an effort …

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Heat Index Could Soar to 100 Today, Thursday

National Weather Service issues advisory for potentially dangerous levels of heat and humidity.

  A major warm-up is expected just in time for the start of summer, as temperatures will climb into the 90s Wednesday and Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. The forecast for today - the first official day of summer - is sunny with a possible heat index - that's heat plus humidity - of 100. The weather service has declared a heat advisory between the hours of 1 and 7 p.m. today. The likelihood of heat illnesses is high during these hours. Drink lots of fluids, stay out of the sun, reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or evening hours, if possible, and keep cool in air conditioning. Today has also been declared an air quality action day by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Air …

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5 Things to Know Today

Heat advisory and air quality alert still in effect.

Good morning, Bethlehem!

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Daryl Nerl

1:48 pm on Thursday, June 9, 2011

Bethlehem Planning Commission meeting scheduled for 4 p.m. has been postponed until further notice. Two commission members have taken ill, we are told.   more ›

5 Things to Know Today

Another hot, muggy day is in store for the Lehigh Valley today.

Good morning, Bethlehem.

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