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Really impressive and dangerous temperatures and heat indices yesterday and today. With the deep cold earlier this year we have to be close to some record disparities between various metrics in a calendar year. It’s about as hot as it gets and was about as cold as it gets ‘round these parts. hope the nam’s right and we get some thunderstorms out of this soup this evening

already 88/78 here as of 8:11 AM after a low of 80

Smart puppers! Dipped down to 77F overnight, sitting at 83F post time. Looks like another day of hibernation in the AC.

Heat Index almost 100° at 8am.

0.68" overnight with lots of lightning.

73 for the low here. Cooler than I would have liked. Currently 85.

S tier sleeping boomers

80 was the low. Disgusting

Muhlenberg Township Police Department · ·doSosetrnp740li8gfc6ti01267701879h0h40303i15m3cafcu2fug179il · Mass Casualty Incident Declared During Union Pacific Big Boy #4014 Event Muhlenberg Township, PA — July 2, 2026 On July 2, 2026, the Muhlenberg Township Police Department, in partnership with the Muhlenberg Ambulance Association and Muhlenberg Fire Company, provided public safety and emergency medical coverage for the scheduled arrival of Union Pacific Railroad’s historic steam locomotive, Big Boy #4014, at the Reading & Blue Mountain Railroad Outer Station, located at 3501 Pottsville Pike, Reading, Pennsylvania. The event drew an estimated crowd of several thousand spectators in addition to more than 900 passengers arriving aboard excursion railcars. Due to operational delays along the locomotive’s route, the anticipated arrival was postponed for more than one hour. During this period, outdoor temperatures reached approximately 106 degrees, creating hazardous conditions for attendees who had gathered at the site. Beginning shortly before the Big Boy steam engine’s arrival and continuing throughout the event, emergency responders treated a significant number of individuals suffering from heat-related illnesses and medical emergencies. Patients ranged in age from infants to elderly adults. As the number of medical incidents rapidly increased, a Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) was declared to facilitate the deployment of additional emergency resources. More than 100 individuals received medical treatment on scene, and 35 patients were transported to area hospitals for further evaluation and care. One patient suffered cardiac arrest and was successfully resuscitated prior to transport. The Muhlenberg Township Police Department was assisted by the Berks County Sheriff’s Office, Pennsylvania State Police, Reading & Blue Mountain Railroad Police, Berks County Department of Emergency Services, numerous fire departments, and EMS agencies from throughout Berks County and neighboring counties. Additional support was provided by Tower Health and BARTA through the deployment of cooling resources to assist affected individuals. The coordinated response by local, county, and regional public safety partners demonstrated the effectiveness of mutual aid cooperation and the commitment of emergency responders to protecting the public during a large-scale emergency incident. The Muhlenberg Township Police Department extends its sincere appreciation to every law enforcement agency, fire department, EMS provider, healthcare partner, business, organization, volunteer, and supporting agency that responded to or assisted during this event. Their professionalism, dedication, and willingness to work together played a critical role in ensuring the safety and well-being of those in attendance. Additional information will be released if warranted as the incident review process continues. Randall C. Hoover Chief of Police Muhlenberg Township Police Department This is nuts. Hope all have recovered.

84 at DCA! All-time record tied. IAD falls one short at 78.

Once again the GFS (6Z) is way too hot in the extended. Even if H5 reaches the near record high upper 590s as it has, highs on July 14-15th will not reach anywhere near as hot as this shows even with the drought:6Z GFS July 14th highs: for example 112 at SAV is loltastic as that’s compared to the 105 all-time hottest on record there back 155 years! 6Z GFS July 15th highs: also not going to happen

That place is in Harrisburg where he works at and runs 24/7 365 days a year and serves the public. My son said they expect less strain on the grid today as a lot of industries are closed today in observance of the 4th.

Low of 79. Hopefully we get some beneficial storms sometime over the next several days. The Sun/Mon period potentially looks fruitful. We are departing for western PA shortly. A happy and safe 4th to all the AmericanWX members! Cheers to the USA!

Celebrating the nation’s birthday like they did in 1911.

Driving from Maine to Mattapoisett yesterday afternoon.....was 93 when I left Waterville. 100-103 from the Mass line to 195 where it quickly dipped to 94. Got to Mattapoisett at about 5:30 and it was 87. Today will be worse. West wind is no bueno.

I noticed the bump up as well this morning. I am a bit surprised by that. Also Falls Lake as expected is in free fall again. It has about 3 feet to drop before reaching the all time record low level.

We'll see in 15 minutes or so whether some all-time records have been tied. ================================================================== *** ALL-TIME RECORD WARM LOWS *** ================================================================== Baltimore 83 (set on Aug 05, 1930 + 2 other times) Washington 84 (set on Jul 24, 2011 + 2 other times) Sterling-Dulles Airport 79 (set on Aug 08, 2007) Baltimore Downtown 88 (set on Jul 22, 2011 and Jul 10, 1993) Annapolis 92 (set on Jul 07, 1994) Hagerstown 86 (set on Jun 15, 1899) Martinsburg 86 (set on Jul 21, 1930) Charlottesville 85 (set on Aug 07, 1918)

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A bunch of rain fell just north and west of Cedar Rapids last night into this morning, but it's all crapping out before reaching us. I hope we can get something decent tonight because the next week looks dry again.

DCA’s heat index never dropped below 90 last night.

My point click is now showing a high of 106 tomorrow. I’m. Little skeptical of that

Had a nice power outage here from 2:30-10:30 here in Center Harbor. Sweaty as hell.

From yesterday, my son works at a place where they have the ability to generate their own power for emergencies. He got the call to take their place off the grid, so there is more electric available for the grid. This was done to take some strain off the grid. his text to me: Grid is now at Level 2/3 emergency Got the call to switch to generation

76F/DP 74F at 7:20am

Saw some reports on their FB page