One relief, albeit small will be a strong breeze to help remove moisture away from your body, but it will be a hot wind.
With such temperatures and humidity, nighttime lows will not fall far and expect some areas to remain near 80 on Thursday night.
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Heat Index Map for Thursday. Much of the eastern US will have high heat indices. Dark ORANGE = 97+ |
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Today's High Temperatures- Coolest at the Cape, Islands, Gloucester. |
In for the first heat wave of 2011! |
A temp of 95 with a dewpoint of 74 on Friday will give you a Rel Humidity of 51%. In the summer that will feel very hot. Keep in mind, for example. Your body will "feel" to only cool to 74 degrees and only 50% of the sweat on your body will evaporate.(if the dew point were 58 as it were this past Sunday, you would have 29% humidity 71% of your sweat would evaporate and your body could feel like it cools to 58 in a breeze.
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