Heating up again across Alabama. Remember we are in one of our worst droughts ever and droughts and heat waves are pals. Some examples of the heat this afternoon and tomorrow could be a degree or so hotter:
This is not an all-inclusive list:
99 in Huntsville, Meridianville, Tuscaloosa, Shelby County Airport
100 Birmingham* Muscle Shoals, Anniston, Evergreen
101 Montgomery, Meadowbrook
102 Pinson**
* Today’s 100 at Birmingham Airport was the 12th day this summer with 100 or hotter. It was also the 27th day in a row with hotter than normal afternoon temperatures.
** 102 in Pinson this afternoon a record for August 21. Previous 101 in 1983.
ELSEWHERE
59 high for New York today (yes, a cool 59) with 1.33 inches of rain
71 in Washington with 1.38 inches of rain
67 in Boston
61 Bridgeport, Conn.
100 Nashville, Greensboro
102 Columbia
105 Raleigh
114 Bullhead City, Ariz., Death Valley and Palm Springs
31 in Saranac Lake, N.Y., this morning for the national cold spot
GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR IN MIDST OF A DROUGHT
Brian Hudgins said tonight that it was so dry that he could not even grow tumbleweeds! Brian is the ABC 33/40 Skywatcher for McCalla in SW Jefferson County. I like that. I have had plenty of experiences with tumbleweeds driving across the Plains.
