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Excessive Heat Warning issued

Posted Monday, August 2, 2010, at 10:42 AM

Update 4 PM Monday:

As expected, the watch has been upgraded to a warning.

Previous blog from 10:45 AM:

Three words I didn't want to see this summer: Excessive Heat Watch. We've had plenty of Heat Advisories, but the Excessive Heat Watch -- which will undoubtedly become an Excessive Heat Warning -- is another beast entirely. The official forecast at Cape Girardeau calls for a high of 100°F tomorrow with a peak heat index of 112°F.

If it's any consolation, areas to the south will be even hotter, with a 117°F heat index projected for Jonesboro, Arkansas:

The heat will continue into Wednesday over a massive part of the country. Northern Maine is looking nice right about now.

A "cold" front may reach us by the end of the week, dropping temperatures a few degrees. Maybe.

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  • Thinking Pagosa Springs, CO is looking pretty good about now.

    -- Posted by gomer00 on Tue, Aug 3, 2010, at 2:50 PM

  • Hmmm... Pagosa Springs is under a Flash Flood Watch today with heavy rain possible. Thunderstorms in Colorado are serious business: I was out there a few years ago when a flash flood caused a landslide, closing the road to our campsite. Not good!

    -- Posted by James Baughn on Tue, Aug 3, 2010, at 3:02 PM

  • The automated weather station at Jackson HS is reading 100 w/heat index of 125 now

    -- Posted by darkstar on Tue, Aug 3, 2010, at 3:36 PM

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