HOT AND HUMID...WITH SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE LATER TODAY...
TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN TO NEAR OR A BIT ABOVE 90 DEGREES ACROSS
THE AREA AS OF EARLY AFTERNOON. COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE
70S...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL TOP OUT AT BETWEEN 100 AND 105
DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE A FEW MORE DEGREES.
HOT WEATHER SAFETY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN FOR ANYONE SPENDING
A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME OUTDOORS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
THE HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS IN PLACE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT PUSHING
SOUTHWARD WILL LIKELY SET THE STAGE FOR A BROKEN LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS MID TO LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG
INSTABILITY COULD ALLOW FOR A FEW OF THE MOST INTENSE STORMS TO
BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL...AS
WELL AS FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS. BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER LATER
TODAY INTO THIS EVENING.
