ABC 7 News | Major Heat on the Way

Doug Hill's Weather Blog

Friday June 06, 2008 at 1:36 pm

posted by Alex Liggitt: Producer/Meteorologist

The first major heat of the season will enter during the day on Saturday and hang through the weekend into early next week. An excessive heat watch is already posted through Monday for heat indices to reach the 105 to 110 degree marks during the afternoon hours each day. The main group of people affected this weekend will be the elderly, young children, people with heart conditions, and please don't forget about your pets!

With the severe storms this past week knocking out power in many communities, be sure to think of friends and relatives that might still not have power so they can stay or hang out with you during the main heat of the day. The high temperatures are expected to reach the mid to upper 90s Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Record highs may be tied or broken Saturday and Sunday as they are both 98 degrees from 1999. It will be close, but I think we will end up a degree or two shy. Either way, it will still be dangerous outside and I imagine heat illnesses will be common over the next couple of days. Heat illness is the number one weather related killer over flooding, lightning, and even tornadoes, so be sure to take heat and heat waves very seriously.

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marygme

10:08 am on 06/08/08

I was in my car during the awful Wednesday storms. I kept hearing what to do and where to go in case of tornadoes; i.e., get into a basement, go to an interior room. But there was no talk of what to do if you are in a car and see a twister. Should I turn and drive 90 degrees from the storm? Should I stop, get out and crawl under the car? Should I stay in the car with seat belt on? Please make sure you advise drivers who are listening on the radio during such storms in the future! Thank you!

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Sheila

11:03 pm on 06/07/08

It's almost 11:00 pm in La Plata and the lightning and thunder is wild. Even the ground is shaking. The alerts are out there, but it's getting really windy too. I hope all are safe, gotta get off here, it's getting too bad to stay online. Sheila

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KJ in Del Ray, VA (Alexandria)

2:34 pm on 06/07/08

Hello Doug,

Been watching you since you were new at channel 9 I think it was in the late 80's, and as always you do a fantastic job!, especially for us "weather nerds" out here!

I just wanted to let you know that the Maury Elementary School weatherbug reporting station that is about 8 blocks from my home is reporting 102 degrees F at 2:32 PM today, Saturday June 7th. Please include Maury School in your on air high temps in the metro area! Its HOT out there! wow!

Thanks Doug!

Ken

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