Heat Deaths Rise, but Cooler Air Is in the Forecast

[alp227]

Source: The New York Times

A punishing wave of heat and humidity continued its hold over a large part of the country on Saturday, raising the toll of heat-related deaths even as forecasters promised that relief, in the form of cooler air from Canada, would arrive Sunday.

From the Midwest to the Eastern Seaboard, it was as if the earth had broken its orbit and veered closer to the sun, with millions of Americans stepping outside on Saturday into temperatures that steadily climbed toward triple digits.

That, combined with the unrelenting humidity, pushed the heat index on Saturday afternoon toward a staggering 120 degrees in Washington and 105 to 115 degrees in New York, Philadelphia and other cities in the Northeast.

The National Weather Service said the mid-Atlantic could experience record high temperatures, including in Washington, where the thermometer hit 105 degrees at Dulles International Airport on Friday, the highest reading ever there.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/us/24heat.html

[Enrique]

1. 7" of rain in Chicago?

:crazy:

[BumRushDaShow]

2. We need some rain here. Alot of it has been missing us in Philly. n/t

[SheilaT]

3. Here in Santa Fe, where it's been hot for

about six weeks now, although I don't know if we've been officially part of the heat wave, it rained this afternoon and the temperature dropped about 25 degrees. I don't have a/c, and my little place in finally at a reasonable temperature for the first time since the beginning of June. Hooray!

[fort apache]

4. I'd like more threads on the causes of this extreme weather n/t