Topic: High heat

Dangerously high heat scorches middle Tennessee, surrounding states

By Christine Anne Piesyk | August 8, 2007 |

No relief in sight. That’s the word from weather forecasters across the country as they track an unrelenting stretch of hot, humid weather with heat indexes of 110 degrees and higher.

Forecasters call for increasingly higher temperatures of 100 degrees or more through Friday, with high humidity pushing the “feels like” readings to 110 (higher in heat island areas). Even when the 100+ temps abate, the region will not experience a real cooldown. Forecasters are calling for highs in the mid to upper nineties to continue through next week. Combined with high humidity, heat indexes will remain in an unhealthy range. Compounding the problem is extremely poor air quality that has settled over the region. A stagnant haze of air pollution and ozone has settled in as solidly as the heat over Middle Tennessee. Nighttime temps will bring little relief, and are not expected to drop below the mid 70s. «Read the rest of this article»

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