Summer Finally Brings the Heat

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It's a race! Will today be the first day of the summer above 90 degrees? It all depends on who wins the heating battle. There's more than enough heat behind the warm front that has moved north through the city to warm us into the 90s. However, there's a good chance the unstable atmosphere will produce enough clouds to hold back the high temperature. The balancing point looks to be the lower 90s over much of the city, with slightly lower temperatures right along the shore. Central and southern New Jersey are likely to see highs in the mid 90s and a heat index in the lower 100s. Because this has been a cool summer, today's heat will seem worse than usual. The NYC Office of Emergency Management has tips on how to stay cool.

The heat and humidity, of course, means there's a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Look for scattered storms this afternoon and more widespread showers tonight and tomorrow. Tomorrow is going to be mostly cloudy, which will probably keep the high to the upper 80s.

A cold front should push away the moisture late tomorrow. That will set the stage for a very pleasant mid-week. Look for Wednesday and Thursday to be mostly sunny and dry with highs in the mid 80s.

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By Joe Schumacher in News on August 10, 2009 12:33 PM

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wac0202

don't worry about rolltide, he is psychotic, has clearly stated in the past that he is looking forward to running over and killing a cyclist one day, and will smile when it happens. I don't think he understands climate change and is merely combining the words "global" and "warming" and so if everywhere isn't hotter everyday than it was the previous day, he won't be convinced.

felixthecat2

Poor carriage horses standing in this heat behind idling cars. This city is so fucking perverse.

gossipgirl

Well, it is certainly certainly hot outside.

Joe Schumacher

It was 90 at 3pm!

gossipgirl

My dreams are shattered.

gossipgirl

DAMN.

chuzzlewit

it is - hotter than a very inexpensive pistol

felixthecat2

Take ice water and put it on a burner. The temperature of the water barely rises until the ice melts, then it comes to a boil fast. Once our glaciers are gone, so are we.

http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/516/index.html

ides_of_march

It is amazing we are this far into summer and haven't had an over 90 degree day yet. I guess that global warming thing didn't work out. Anyway, they've still got swine flu to try and panic us in the meantime.

felixthecat2

This hard evidence of scientific research will do nothing to convince the holy rollers and the "birthers" of global warming.

Those delusional crazies will claim that it is just more liberal lies.