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Night in the fireworks. I gotta tell you this, this 4th of July forecast is probably one of the better ones that I've seen in many, many years. Usually it's like really hot, humid. There's that chance for thunderstorms. We don't have any of that. It's gonna be very warm. I'm thinking about 90, but the humidity levels are actually going to be quite nice or comfortable, and there is not a stretch of storms in Friday's forecast. Most of that storminess is happening tonight going into tomorrow. 75 for your overnight low. There will be some passing storms moving through. I already have some rainmakers. Working in the western sections of Pennsylvania, all of that will continue to slide through through the overnight into the morning hours. I, I don't think we're looking at anything too terrible. We already had some thunderstorms, uh, producing damage. A lot of trees and wires down like over towards Boundbrook, Power outages, you know, continued to mount through central sections of New Jersey as winds were gusting upwards to near 55 miles an hour in some of these storms. So our warm front that lifted through that allowed the temperatures to warm for a second straight day into the 90s. That's kind of stalled right along the New York, New Jersey border. So this is where we're going to continue to see some storms fester, a lot of lightning, especially in southern sections of New Jersey from, let's say Route 72 southward. I do think that it is going to be a very well lit nighttime sky because of those storms. Our cold front, this is what we're going to be dealing with for tomorrow, is going to eventually slide through New Jersey. 2 and around 9 o'clock in the evening again, slow moving storms falling in the same area that has already seen some decent rainfall today. That's going to be an issue for some localized flooding as we head into tomorrow. So the storm chances are greatest between 2 and 9 o'clock. I think the better time to narrow it down is going to be between 5 and around 8 o'clock in the evening. For Tuesday, storm threat is just widely scattered and isolated for Wednesday and Thursday just in the heat and humidity, but going into the weekend, it looks like it's going to be fantastic with mainly sunny skies. So again, there will be some storms rumbling through for tonight. We start off quiet tomorrow afternoon. We start to see those storms bubbling up with temperatures in the lower 90s. More storms racing through until about 10 or 11 o'clock in the evening, and then the weather really improve. Look at this 4th of July forecast is gorgeous and it lasts right through the holiday weekend. More details on that forecast coming right up. Looks.

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New Jersey Transit CEO Kris Kolluri says air conditioning inside rail cars had been breaking down.

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Extreme heat takes toll on NJ Transit rail service

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The extreme heat has been taking a toll on the rail lines, leading to commuting delays for riders, is what they want to hear. New Jersey Transit posting alerts talking about equipment issues which we've learned were largely related to riders comfort. News 12 New Jersey's Chris Keating explains. If you're wondering why your train was delayed or even canceled on one of those past sweltering hot days, the answer is fairly simple. We don't let a train leave the station if the air conditioning unit is not working, and that could obviously lead to a lot more challenges. That's right. Air conditioning units are being taken out by the high heat. As an example, NJ Trans' CEO. Chris Kluri says temperatures underneath Newark, Penn Station, where trains are waiting on riders can rise to 128 degrees. The air conditioning units are the only equipment which suffer in extreme heat, so do the actual rails, which can expand. When that happens, these trains need to slow down for safety or to stop any further damage. Regular riders likely saw the alerts on social media. Warning of the heat and apologizing for HVAC issues. Kalori says new equipment will reduce these breakdowns, adding that by 2031, the entire system will be modernized. And in spite of these issues, he was proud to say the following. We were still able to get 90% of our trains to its final destination. In South Amboy, I'm Chris Keating, News To, New Jersey.

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The summer solstice, which marks the beginning of the summer season, took place on June 20, 2025, and since then, the heat has been scorching. 

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Summer begins with record-breaking heat wave across tri-state

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Well, it's official. Every major region across the tri-state has now been in a heat wave, with New York City and White Plains being the latest members that have had 3 days straight of 90 degree temperatures or more, which is required to be in a heat wave, and now joins a company with Long Island, Western Connecticut, and New Jersey, which has had 5 days of 90 degree temperatures or more. Now take a look at how hot things have really been. Remarkable thing is that typically for the first couple of days into summer season temperatures are just around the lower to middle 80s. Now for Long Island and New Jersey they completely shattered that average. 100 degree temperatures, if not even more. New York City, White Plains and Bridgeport were close to it, but seeing the departure from normal, near a 20 degree increase across the board for many of these areas. So it is. Definitely been hot and we've all been feeling it, but the extreme heat and this heat wave will finally break by the time we get to Thursday. Today we're in the 90s with some areas that reached 100. Tomorrow we're expecting the 70s, almost a 20 degree drop in temperature for some areas heading into our Thursday and cooler weather to close out the week. It's been a remarkable start for our summer season with this heat and definitely one for the record books.

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If the outside temperature is 100 degrees, the inside of a car can reach around 119 degrees after 10 minutes.

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Temperatures reached the upper 90s in most of the state and even reached above 100 in some areas.

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Portion of I-287 buckles due to extreme heat leading to closures

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Traffic alert for you tonight. 287 South has lane closures in two locations after the roadway buckled because of the heat. Take a look here. The right lane on 287 South near Route 23 in Riverdale is closed. Left and center lane remain open, and the left and center lanes at the Brook Valley Road bridge in Motteville also closed. right lane and shoulder are open to traffic there.

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