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WEATHER BLOG: Hot & Humid

Hi Everyone,

It's gonna be a hot and humid day. 94 is the forecast high, and the real feel will be over 100. A code Orange air advisory will be in effect later on. None of this is a surprise. We've been discussing this heat up all week. (Don't ya just love it when a plan comes together?)

Looks like Summer, but my real indicator is when I go through the previous day's national weather stats first thing in the morning and see the words, "Death Valley." Yesterday it was 109 in the Valley. That was the national high. More times than not this will be the case over the next couple of months. THAT is the indicator of Summer to me.

Death Valley, by the way, is beautiful. Been there twice. AMAZING scenery. If you ever go to Las Vegas do a day trip up there, it's about 90 miles NW of "Sin City." Google it and look at the images. Just wild. They do have a very nice and $$$ hotel in the Valley should you want to make it more than a day trip. 109 yesterday. (And don't give me, "It's dry heat." Stick your head in an oven set to 109  and tell me how dry heat feels.) But out there it works. You expect it, and would feel denied if it was not.

I wonder if, tomorrow, someone in Beatty NV. will look at national temps and see Baltimore's reel feel of 100+ today and go, "man it must be Summer?'

MB!

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