Excessive heat watches and warnings or heat advisories affect over 100 million people and cover 15 states from Washington state to New Mexico, including Arizona and California, and from Texas to Florida.
, and the hottest days are still to come. On Saturday, Phoenix may hit 118 degrees, with an outside chance of 120.Over the next week, the Weather Service is forecasting an average temperature of 104.6 degrees in Phoenix, which wouldthe city’s previous warmest week on record, which had an average temperature of 102.9 degrees.
It’s worth noting that dry heat is dangerous because, in a dry atmosphere, moisture immediately evaporates off a person’s skin. That means they may not notice they’re sweating and becoming hydrated until it’s too late. Air masses like these quickly desiccate everything around them.For Texas, the southern Plains, the mid-South, Gulf Coast and Florida, intense heat is combining with tropical moisture to bring hazardous heat indexes.
I think we may have a new winner. Garfield Bight in very shallow water in Everglades Nat'l Park, SW corner of Miami-Dade county just hit 98.1F for two hours straight. Head scratching hot water over South Florida! Shallow water heats fast but this is a whole new level.
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