Heat Wave Continues To Sweep Across U.S.

It's only going to get hotter, with temperatures nearing 102, to round out the work week. DC reached it's 11th day above 95+ for 2011 today, which is past the average for a typical year. There were 27 days over 95+ last year. Much of the U.S. is feeling the heat as well as a heat wave is sweeps across from the Plains to the Northeast. NOAA has a good visual representation of the heatwave which started July 13. The animation uses high temperatures predicted from NOAA's high resolution North American Model (NAM). Here is a screenshot of the heatwave from today:


Here is the link to the animation.

If you can try to reduce your time being outside. If you are going outside, remember to drink plenty of water and do not leave children or pets inside your car.