STORM2K

I'm going to an outdoor birthday party tomorrow from 2p.m. to 5p.m. at a park! Oooh, it's going to be HOT!!!

By the way, at 11am, it's already 95° with a heat index of 111° so we've already passed the 108° heat index they expected. And we haven't even gotten to the hottest part of the day. It's still morning!


URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
643 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2003

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR LOWER SOUTHEAST
TEXAS...

HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE FROM THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS TO TEXAS TODAY. HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN HIGH WHILE TEMPERATURES
CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 90S THIS AFTERNOON...PRODUCING HEAT INDICES
NEAR 108 DEGREES.

TXZ201-215-216-082300-
HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...KOUNTZE...ORANGE
643 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2003

...EXCESSIVE HEAT ADVISORY FOR TODAY...

THE COMBINATION OF 3 AM TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 80 DEGREES...DEW
POINTS IN EXCESS OF 76 DEGREES...AND EXPECTED AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES
OF AT LEAST 108 DEGREES WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE HEAT FOR LOWER
SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY.

LATE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO REACH WELL INTO
THE UPPER 90S. SINCE DEW POINTS ARE PREDICTED TO BE IN THE LOWER
70S...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE LOWER 40S WILL PRODUCE A HEAT INDEX
OF 108 DEGREES. THIS SHOULD FEEL SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY'S HEAT INDEX
OF 109...REACHED AT 4 PM.

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE POSTPONED TO THE EVENING AND NIGHTTIME
HOURS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

DURING EXTREME HEAT....THE ELDERLY...VERY YOUNG...AND SICK PERSONS
ARE MOST AT RISK.

RELIEF FROM THE HEAT IS IN SIGHT...THE LARGE DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE
RESPONSIBLE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE WEST STARTING TONIGHT.
TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TOWARD
SEASONAL NORMS BY THIS WEEKEND.

$$

SWEENEY



Oh ah Kelly that's going to be an hot afternoon - make sure you take plenty of fluids for your kids to drink.

Its hot here again. I'll post the temp when I get back from lunch.

Patricia

I'll start my whining early today!!!

Currently(11:47am) 99ºf with and 75ºdp and 45% rh which translates to 111ºf heat index!!! Our low at the house this am was 82.6º. Not a cloud around today either. Could be another record breaker. Updates later on.

I got some fantastic news: The HEAT ADVISORY that was posted for my area has expired, however a Level Purple Air Pollution Watch (Dangerous Level) is in effect for my area.

vbhoutex wrote:I'll start my whining early today!!!

Currently(11:47am) 99ºf with and 75ºdp and 45% rh which translates to 111ºf heat index!!! Our low at the house this am was 82.6º. Not a cloud around today either. Could be another record breaker. Updates later on.

Sounds more like a 113º-115º heat index, but anyways, stay indoors in A/C by all means. I remember those days (which sounds a lot like 1986 here in Charleston, and South Carolina for that matter). Columbia, SC saw 26 days of over 100º in July.

SF

All this heat really stinks, we need to get some rain back in our forecasts to knock down the temperatures. Either that or wait until October for a cold front.

To hot for an outside birthday party. Drink plenty of fluids and stay in the shade.

At 3:00 pm (EDT), Brownwood Municipal, TX is the hottest spot in the U.S. - 109.4º, TD (Dewpoint) - 63º - Heat Index - 112º.

Ouch!

SF

Baytown Texas - 102 degrees. Heat Index unknown. The record at Houston Intercontinental Airport is 102 degrees - I think we will break it.

Patricia

Stormsfury wrote:At 3:00 pm (EDT), Brownwood Municipal, TX is the hottest spot in the U.S. - 109.4º, TD (Dewpoint) - 63º - Heat Index - 112º.

Ouch!

SF

My grandmother lives in Brownwood. I hope she stays indoors!!!

So much for upper 90's...we've already broken the century mark here as well and surpassed the expected heat index.

Yes bfez...it's going to be a killer tomorrow!! Hopefully it won't be as hot as today.