Heat and Humidity AGAIN!

Let's start with the positive... at least we are getting some rain today. It's been dry side since Summer began and a lot of yards need the help so the rain today will be the positive.

Now for the persistant problem this Summer... 90 degree days. At the start of the day today this Summer we have had 26 days where the high temperature has hit at least 90 degrees. In a typical Summer we hit 90, fifteen times. In the record setting years of 1991 and 1993 we hit 90 or better 39 times. So far this Summer continues to fall into our much above average temperature range. Tomorrow we will be very close to 90 degrees yet again.

Good news by the end of the week...on Thursday we should be stuck in the 80's and a refreshing air mass will dominate once again this weekend making for another opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors.

Joe Punday and Linda Church

More notes... two areas of potential tropical storm development. One in the Gulf of Mexico... the National Hurricane Center has put the chance of an area of showers and thunderstorms off of the S-W coast of Florida at 50% of becoming the next tropical system.

Another area of showers and thunderstorms in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean has been given a 70% chance of becoming the next tropical system by the National Hurricane Center. If either of these storms develops we will let you know. (By the way the next named storm will be called Danielle.)