MIAMI — In Florida, National Weather Service meteorologists warned Saturday that heat indices will reach triple digits in Miami and other areas of the state.
Record temperatures are also expected over the weekend in central Florida, where many communities just recorded the warmest May on record, with temperatures 3 to 4 degrees Fahrenheit above normal.
Heat over the weekend across South Florida could reach the low 90°F range and heat indices ranging from 106°F to 110°F. Wind chill could make your body feel much warmer when relative humidity combines with air temperature.
Heat in other states
The heat wave that has affected most of the southwestern United States for a week, with temperatures exceeding triple digits, is taking its last breaths, but meteorologists continue to recommend caution, since the heat will not let up until monsoon storms begin to appear, probably in July.
A slight decrease in temperatures is expected over the weekend, and Phoenix and Las Vegas will not break any new records, areas hit by an intense heat wave. Still, an excessive heat advisory remains in place until Saturday in Las Vegas, where it has never been this hot this time of year. On Friday, it reached 43.3 degrees Celsius (110 Fahrenheit) in Las Vegas, 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in Phoenix and 37.8 degrees Celsius (100 Fahrenheit) in Albuquerque.
The heat arrived weeks earlier than usual even in places located at higher altitudes, areas where it usually cools by a dozen degrees. That includes Reno, Nevada, where the normal high of 27 degrees Celsius (81 Fahrenheit) for this time of year soared to a record 37 degrees Celsius (98 degrees Fahrenheit) on Thursday and hit that same temperature again on Friday — but it was close to the daily record of 37.7 degrees Celsius (100 Fahrenheit).
More heat
John Adair, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Las Vegas, said it’s not unusual for parts of the Southwest to warm very quickly, especially in the second half of June.
“This is a hot time of year before we start to get some humidity and cloud cover from the monsoon storms that come around,” he said. “Even for next weekend, we’re expected to be around 105, 106 (Fahrenheit), which is just slightly above normal at that time.”
In the southwest, monsoon storms usually intensify during the first week of July.
The authorities recommend that the population stay hydrated.
Source: With information from AP
