The steamy, volatile air over the Philly region this week may be right down there with the trash strike on the civic-popularity scale. But the strike, at least, is over: We may be stuck with the mugginess and random rains for several more days.

Update: The tornado warning for Ocean, Monmouth and Burlington counties expired at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, with no confirmed reports of any funnel clouds touching down on the ground. The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for parts of three counties in New Jersey Tuesday evening and is urging people in those areas to seek immediate shelter inside a sturdy building and to stay