SPECIAL WEATHER ALERT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR PINAL AND MARICOPA COUNTIES: ...UNUSUALLY HOT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES THROUGH FRIDAY... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHWEST STATES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. THE DRIER ATMOSPHERE AND LACK OF EXPANSIVE CLOUD COVER WILL ALLOW AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES TO WARM UP CLOSE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT THRESHOLDS. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 107 TO 111 DEGREES ACROSS THE LOWER DESERTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...INCLUDING THE GREATER PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA TODAY...AND POSSIBLY LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT DISTANT THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM DURING THE EVENING HOURS ...SENDING OUT DEBRIS CLOUDS TO COVER THE AREA. THE CLOUDS WOULD NOT ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO COOL EFFECTIVELY AT NIGHT... THUS KEEPING OVERNIGHT LOWS MUCH WARMER AND UNCOMFORTABLE IN WARMER URBAN LOCALES. EVEN WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING BELOW CRITICAL HEAT THRESHOLDS... CONDITIONS WILL STILL FEEL UNCOMFORTABLY WARM DURING THE DAY...AND AT NIGHT. REMEMBER TO DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS IN AIR CONDITIONED LOCATIONS.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 21:49:22 +0000
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