naples, feel like 104 hot and steamy degrees. and also locations across the south. so you can see from atlanta, 95 this afternoon, the heat index and 95 in jackson. 98 new orleans. but look at dallas, 102°. so, certainly once we get further south of i-10, the heat is on and boy is it cranking. and it s not just the heat that is the concern. it s also the high surface dew points so talking dew points in the 60s, it s uncomfortable. hot, sticky, muggy, the air you can wear, it smacks you in the face. but dew points in the 70s, it gets miserable and that s what we have right now in the southeast. so, for tomorrow it s almost a carbon copy day to today so get ready for it. 102 feels like temperature in dallas. 104 in houston. 105° in new orleans and 100 for
but how uncomfortable is it going to be? this is my own scale i came up with. when your dew point is in the 60s, we call it it s noticeable. when it s mid to upper 60s, it s uncomfortable. once you get into the dew points of 70 and above, it gets oppressive. and once you re 75 and above, i ll just label that as miserable. you get like new york to buffalo, uncomfortable air. this morning, it was more in the 70s, very oppressive. the miserable stuff is in florida, along the gulf coast, this is air you could wear if you want to call it that. you step outside and almost instantly start sweating. we combine the dew point with the temperature. these are numbers all in the shade. when you see burlington, vermont, at 96, that s very uncomfortable for people in northern new england, you got kids at camps and stuff like that, they re not used to that. in the south where ac is more prevalent, 102, not exactly comfortable running from your car to the store, but usually
As conditions in the atmosphere continue to dry out and temperatures continue to rise, a Fire Weather Watch is in effect for areas of Central Washington and Northern Oregon.
that start to happen as we get into this weekend but we do also have to continue to worry about some of those record setting temperatures especially in the southeast where they have really seen the worst of it. talking about a record-breaking heat wave that has gripped much of the southeast. unfortunately, to start off this long forth of july holiday weekend, more than 70 million americans are under some type of heat alert that warns of the threat from temperatures that in some communities will be ten degrees above average and as i mentioned in the south the combination of record high temperatures along with high dew points will produce life-threatening heat index values anywhere from one hundred to 120 degrees. you see that big area of pink right there, big area of high pressure. the ring of fire as we ve dubbed it here at fox weather, going to continue to scorch that area and it s going to be stubborn going