Heat Advisory
Issued At: Monday, 10 Aug 2009, 3:37 AM EDT
Expires At: Monday, 10 Aug 2009, 8:00 PM EDT
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES TODAY. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE...ALONG WITH WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...WILL HELP TO PUSH TEMPERATURES TO BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES IN MANY PLACES THIS AFTERNOON. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH MODERATE HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE AVERAGE HEAT INDICES FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES ON THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...AND FROM 103 TO 108 ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.
Areas affected: Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesapeake, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Essex, Gloucester, Goochland, Greensville, Hanover, Henrico, Isle of Wight, James City, King William, King, Queen, Lancaster, Lunenburg, Mathews, Mecklenburg, Middlesex, New Kent, Newport News, Hampton, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Northampton, Northumberland, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Prince George, Richmond, Southampton, Suffolk, Surry, Sussex, Virginia Beach, Westmoreland, York