STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 10 FOR HIGH HEAT INDICES
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
432 AM EDT SUN JUL 24 2011
 
...RECORD-BREAKING HEAT WAVE BEGINNING TO ABATE OVER THE EASTERN
U.S...
 
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS AND HEAT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL U.S. AND OHIO RIVER VALLEY...AS WELL AS AREAS
FROM THE EASTERN CAROLINAS NORTHWARD INTO THE EASTERN
MID-ATLANTIC.  HOT TEMPERATURES... COMBINED WITH THE HIGH HUMIDITY
LEVELS...WILL CREATE HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 TO 115 DEGREES
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

HEAT INDEX SAFETY INFORMATION AND MEANINGS OF WATCHES...WARNINGS
AND ADVISORIES CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OM/HEAT/INDEX.SHTML

GRAPHICAL HEAT INDEX FORECASTS CAN BE FOUND AT
www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/heat_index_MAX.shtml


...SELECTED HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM SATURDAY JULY 23 2011...


...DELAWARE...
GEORGETOWN				     110
WILMINGTON				     109
DOVER					     106

...ILLINOIS...
TAYLORVILLE				     115
MOUNT VERNON				     110
SPRINGFIELD				     107

...KANSAS...
TOPEKA                                       109
WICHITA					     109

...MARYLAND...
OCEAN CITY 				     120
EASTON					     112
BALTIMORE				     109

...MISSOURI...
ST. LOUIS                                    110
JEFFERSON CITY                               108
KANSAS CITY                                  107

...NEW JERSEY...
ATLANTIC CITY				     109
TRENTON					     107
CAPE MAY				     106

...NORTH CAROLINA...
ELIZABETH CITY				     113
WILMINGTON				     111
ROCKY MOUNT				     109
FAYETTEVILLE				     109
RALEIGH					     107

...PENNSYLVANIA...
HARRISBURG				     107
PHILADELPHIA				     105

...SOUTH CAROLINA...
MYRTLE BEACH                                 110
CHARLESTON                                   108
FLORENCE				     106

...VIRGINIA...
NORFOLK					     114
VIRGINIA BEACH				     114
NEWPORT NEWS				     111
RICHMOND				     110
ARLINGTON (DCA)				     108
STERLING				     106


A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
U.S...CONTINUING TO KEEP HOT TEMPERATURES IN PLACE.  THE HOT
TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH DEW POINTS WILL CREATE HEAT
INDICES ABOVE 100 DEGREES FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS EASTWARD INTO
THE OHIO VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. HIGH
TEMPERATURES OF 95 TO 100 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY ACROSS
MUCH OF THIS REGION. A SLIGHT COOLING TREND OVER THE EASTERN U.S.
IS EXPECTED FOR EARLY THIS WEEK WITH A RETURN TO NEAR AVERAGE
CONDITIONS FOR LATE JULY.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 500 AM EDT...MONDAY...JULY 25. PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

HAMRICK