We do not have to remind you that it is hot. It seems to be hot everywhere. We look at some temperatures at 2:00 this afternoon CDT:
ALABAMA
84 Russellville, showers were in the area
93 Muscle Shoals, heat index 104
94 Huntsville, heat index 104
96 Birmingham, heat index 102
93 Gadsden, heat index 97
96 Anniston, heat index 98
93 Tuscaloosa, heat index 105
96 Mobile, heat index 103
89 Gulf Shores, heat index 107 (because of very high 81-degree dew point)
REGIONAL
93 Memphis, heat index 104
94 Tupelo, heat index 103
97 Olive Branch, Miss., heat index 112
91 Columbus, heat index 102 (temporary cooling from drizzle)
92 Nashville, heat index 96
93 Clarksville, Tenn., heat index 103
96 Little Rock, heat index 108
92 Atlanta
96 Rome, GA.
94 Macon, heat index 100
92 Columbia, SC
85 Destin, Fla., SW wind to 20 mph
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (SST)
89 Mobile Bay
85 12 miles south of Orange Beach
88 Pensacola Bay
86 75 miles south of Dauphin Island
87 130 miles SE of Pensacola
87 Mid-Gulf
86 East Gulf
All of this means that the Gulf of Mexico water is extremely warm. A tropical storm or hurricane would love this. No indication of any formation.
USA EXTREMES
118 degrees yesterday in Death Valley.
30 this morning in Big Piney, Wyoming and Stanley, Idaho in the Sawtooth Mountains
32 Noatak, Alaska
