8/1/08 Get Ready to Sizzle!

From the NWS:

A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS BRINGING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY HOT WEATHER TO THE REGION. THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL RUN BETWEEN 4 AND 8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S. THESE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS...WILL MAKE FOR EXCESSIVELY HOT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WITH EXTENDED EXPOSURE TO THE OUTDOORS. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS
THAT THE HIGHEST HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR ON SATURDAY WHERE
READINGS MAY RANGE BETWEEN 105 TO 110 DEGREES DURING THE
AFTERNOON.

FOR THOSE WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...BE SURE TO STAY HYDRATED BY DRINKING PLENTY OF WATER. HEAT EXHAUSTION CAN OCCUR VERY QUICKLY...AND WITH LITTLE TO NO ADVANCE NOTICE.

See you soon,

Brian