August 3, 2007
Hottest Day of the Year?
If the Weather Service forecast is right, today will be the hottest day of the year. There's been three days, including yesterday, where the high has reached 92 degrees. The NWS is forecasting a high of 94 in the city today. The Weather Channel and AccuWeather don't see us getting that warm. Then again, AccuWeather said yesterday's high would be 85.
The combination of heat and humidity are going to fall a bit short of the mark needed to declare a heat advisory. Nevertheless, the Weather Service has a great introduction to the dangers excess heat poses to the body and tips on how to beat the heat.
Among the wisest recommendations is to slow down. That advice will also help you avoid breathing problems. The state Department of Environmental Conservation has issued an Air Quality Health Advisory effective until early tomorrow morning. Watch out for those fine particulates!
Also of note today. Showers and thunderstorms, some possibly intense, as a cold front makes its way south. The cold front will bring us dry air but no cool air tomorrow. Expect highs in the lower 90s again. More seasonable temperatures arrive on Sunday.
Today's Heat Index values from Weather.com.
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"If the Weather Service forecast is right today will be the Weather Channel and AccuWeather don't see us getting that warm."
Is it just me, or does that sentence make no sense?
Fixed! I forgot a closing quote.
It's just my luck. I'm supposed to have a baby tomorrow and I have to take a subway into the city for a doctor's appointment to find out if the baby will come tomorrow.
Why does this have to take place the day I'm supposed to go into labor? Why, God, why?
Yes, life is all about me right now. I'm a fat, bloated pig with giant feet and hands and I don't want to drag my 9+ plus month pregnant body out into this heat.
What was I thinking having a baby in NYC in August?
And just think, every August hereafter for the next X years, you get to organize a kid's birthday party!! ;)
Good luck, mihow!
#3, you might want to consider splurging on a car service--just this one time.
Too hot, Joe.
Good luck, mihow! I'll second the car service suggestion.
we;ve had hotter and dryer summer's.. this is a cake walk.
What a fantastic weekend to run the NYC Half Marathon!
Why did they think moving it to early August from late August would be a good idea?
It's a nice breezy 79 with no humidity here in Los Angeles.
You may now resume slamming us with that circa 1970 "shallow" "la la land" stuff now, you sweaty bastards.
jeez so i wonder if mihow had the kid.