Currently in Philadelphia — September 6, 2023: Another hot one

The weather, currently.

The heat is back for another day, and so is the heat advisory from the National Weather Service. Temperatures for Wednesday are expected to reach 96˚F, a little hotter than it was yesterday, and we’ll be getting a bit more sun as well. With a relative humidity around 45%, it should be nice enough to spend some time in the park in the late afternoon. I’ve heard the best time to fish for snakeheads is at the tail-end of a few days of hot weather, so I’ll likely be making my way to John Heinz or FDR with a couple of those neat frog lures.

— Abe Musselman

What you need to know, currently.

We’re excited to welcome seven new weather experts to the Currently crew today! Sign up in one-click to your city below:

Loren Drummond is our new Seattle writer. She loves spending the weekends mountain-climbing in the Cascades.

Britta Shoot is our new San Francisco writer, who has written for publications as varied as Bay Nature and the Economist. As we head into this El Niño winter, we’ll also be experimenting with hyperlocal daily weather newsletter across the Bay Area — waitlists open now!

Julia Dinmore is our new Denver writer, and has a flourishing career advocating for environmental action in Colorado.

Anne Hebert is the new writer for our brand-new Austin, Texas newsletter. She’s born and raised in central Texas and a big-time weather nerd.

Katje Sabin is our new Chicago writer, who loves living by the lake and the powerful midwest thunderstorms there.

Abe Musselman is our new Philadelphia writer, who loves exploring the outdoors across the Mid-Atlantic.

Myriam Vidal Valero is our new Washington, DC writer, and is a bilingual science and environmental journalist who has published in news outlets around the world.

What you can do, currently.

One of my favorite organizations, Mutual Aid Disaster Relief, serves as a hub of mutual aid efforts focused on climate action in emergencies — like Hurricane season. Find mutual aid network near you and join, or donate to support networks in Florida: