STORM2K

It's almost that time again, my least favorite time of the year. This will cover all of the areas in the winter and spring threads.

It's 82 degrees here and we may get our first 90 degree day today...

Already recorded the first 90 degree reading of the season. It topped out at 91.4 degrees this afternoon.

I believe it's hot enough to revive this thread...


URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
133 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...ALL OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...107 TO 113 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY COULD LEAD TO HEAT
ILLNESSES IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...WEAR LIGHT
WEIGHT CLOTHING AND STAY OUT OF DIRECT SUNSHINE. IN ADDITION...
KNOW THE SIGNS OF HEAT ILLNESSES AND BE SURE TO CHECK ON THOSE
WHO ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE HEAT SUCH AS YOUNG CHILDREN AND
THE ELDERLY. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN AND PETS IN A VEHICLE...
ESPECIALLY WITH THE WINDOWS ROLLED UP SINCE TEMPERATURES CAN BE
MUCH HIGHER INSIDE THE VEHICLE.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1.

If you think this heat wave is bad, next week's heat ridge looks stronger and will have origins from the desert Southwest crossing over into the southeast. Could see hotter temperatures, and larger area of 100s.

Might as well post about heat here...it is the deep South, and it is summer after all.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
404 AM CDT THU JUL 16 2015

...HOT WITH DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES ESPECIALLY THIS WEEKEND...

.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)...FOR TODAY AND
TONIGHT...THE AREA WILL REMAIN ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF AN UPPER RIDGE
OVER THE PLAINS. THIS WILL MAINTAIN THE HOT CONDITIONS WITH ISOLATED
TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A
WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LIKELY SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS INLAND PORTIONS OF THE AREA DURING
THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL AGAIN RANGE FROM 105 TO
107 THIS AFTERNOON. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE MID 70S INLAND TO
AROUND 80 ALONG THE COAST. /13

THIS AFTERNOON`S WET MICROBURST RISK IS MODERATE.

FOR FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN
STATES STRENGTHENS THIS WEEKEND WHILE A SURFACE RIDGE PERSISTS OVER
THE NORTHERN GULF. A WEAK SURFACE TROF PERSISTS OVER THE INTERIOR
PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA AND WITH THE SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE
NORTHERN GULF...THIS WILL PROMOTE A LIGHT PREDOMINATELY WESTERLY TO
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER THE FORECAST AREA...EXCEPT MORE VARIABLE OVER
INTERIOR AREAS NEAR THE WEAK TROF. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL
RANGE FROM 1.6-2.0 INCHES WITH THE LOWER VALUES WELL INLAND. WITH THE
UPPER RIDGING STRENGTHENING OVER THE REGION AND WITH LIGHT
WINDS...THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A CONTINUED PERIOD OF HOT DAYTIME
CONDITIONS. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S BUT
NEARLY 100 FOR MANY INLAND LOCATIONS ON SATURDAY. WITH SURFACE
DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS THIS WILL
RESULT IN HEAT INDICES AROUND 108 FOR MOST OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY AND
AROUND 110 ON SATURDAY. EXPECT A HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE REQUIRED FOR
MOST OF THE AREA EACH DAY...AND POSSIBLY AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING ON
SATURDAY IF CRITERIA OF 113 ARE MET. WILL ADDRESS THIS PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT CONDITIONS IN A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT. ISOLATED
TO SCATTERED STORMS DEVELOP EACH DAY AND LINGER INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. SURFACE BASED CAPES AROUND 2500 J/KG ARE EXPECTED EACH
AFTERNOON WITH SOME STORMS BECOMING STRONG AND PRODUCING STRONG WIND
GUSTS. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL NOT OFFER MUCH RELIEF FROM THE HEAT AND
RANGE FROM THE MID 70S INLAND TO LOWER 80S AT THE COAST. /29

.LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...VERY HOT CONDITIONS CONTINUE
ON SUNDAY WITH DAYTIME HIGHS NEARLY 100 FOR INLAND AREAS AND RANGING
TO MID 90S NEAR THE COAST. HEAT INDEX VALUES ON SUNDAY WILL AGAIN BE
AROUND 110 AND POSSIBLY MEETING EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING CRITERIA OF
113. AS MENTIONED IN THE SHORT TERM SECTION...THIS PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT CONDITIONS WILL BE ADDRESSED IN A SPECIAL WEATHER
STATEMENT. THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE REGION WEAKENS MONDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER TROF MOVES ACROSS THE INTERIOR EASTERN STATES
AND EXPECT SLIGHTLY LOWER DAYTIME HIGHS WITH THE WEAKER CONTRIBUTION
FROM SUBSIDENCE ALOFT. A SURFACE RIDGE PERSISTS OVER THE
NORTHERN/CENTRAL GULF AND A WEAK TRAILING FRONT/SURFACE TROF MOVES
INTO THE REGION FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...ASSOCIATED WITH A
SURFACE LOW WELL OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL RANGE
FROM THE MID TO UPPER 90S EXCEPT FOR LOWER 90S NEAR THE COAST...THEN
TREND TO MID 90S INLAND WITH LOWER 90S ELSEWHERE BY WEDNESDAY. HEAT
INDICES ON MONDAY WILL BE NEAR 108 WITH SOMEWHAT LOWER VALUES FOR
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NEAR 106. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS WILL
DEVELOP EACH DAY THROUGH MONDAY...WITH SCATTERED STORMS EXPECTED FOR
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS REMAIN WARM AND RANGE FROM THE
MID 70S INLAND TO NEAR 80 AT THE COAST. /29

In other words, possibly the peak summer heating, cos all the ingredients are in the mix. It's worse the further northwest one travels. closer to the center of the ridge.

It's currently 99 at 2pm and we've had over two dozen days above 95 this summer as opposed to just a couple in all of 2014. I've had enough!

We ended up reaching a record high of 101 yesterday breaking the previous record of 99. Hopefully that was the hottest day of the summer!