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Big Heat Week into July 4th Weekend


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Just now, SnowenOutThere said:

I have a swim team event tomorrow next to the pool deck for 2 hours tomorrow. It's a team dinner event and I think its a good idea to cancel it with HIs near 110 degrees expected but was wondering if you or another met have any opinions.

Dinner in the pool! If it's in the evening it should be good to hold.

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6 hours ago, CAPE said:

That's good stuff but way overcomplicates it. The simple fact is that the sun doesn't really heat the air- it heats the ground which then transfers the heat to the air by radiation, and it was probably determined that 2 meters was a height where there is significantly less direct influence from retention of heat/ radiation of heat from ground. And again, that height is approximately human head level.

I agree, and the whole study of microclimatology is concerned with that ground heat transfer. The 2m standard was picked for both its "human height" and because it is high enough to not be extremely linked to the ground. However, when forecasting I think it's important to do the overcomplicating bit to account for circumstance. If you're caring for livestock, crops, or forested areas then the best possible forecast would account for what that specific area feels. Especially when it comes to frost and crops there is a multimillion dollar industry of figuring out cold pool drainage at 50cm from the ground. To reiterate, I am not calling the 2m standard bad or useless, but just pointing out its real world limits. 

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GENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
132 PM EDT Wed Jul 1 2026

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District of Columbia-Frederick-Carroll-Northern Baltimore-Cecil-
Southern Baltimore-Prince Georges-Anne Arundel-Charles-St. Marys-
Calvert-Northwest Montgomery-Central and Southeast Montgomery-
Northwest Howard-Central and Southeast Howard-Northwest Harford-
Southeast Harford-Albemarle-Greene-Madison-Rappahannock-Orange-
Culpeper-Fairfax-Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria-Stafford-
Spotsylvania-King George-Northern Fauquier-Southern Fauquier-
Western Loudoun-Eastern Loudoun-Northwest Prince William-Central
and Southeast Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park-
132 PM EDT Wed Jul 1 2026

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...
...EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY...

* WHAT...For the Heat Advisory, heat index values up to 107. For the
  first Extreme Heat Warning, dangerously hot conditions with heat
  index values up to 111 expected. For the second Extreme Heat
  Warning, dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to
  112 expected.

* WHERE...Portions of DC, central, north central, northeast,
  northern, and southern Maryland, and central, northern, and
  northwest Virginia.

* WHEN...For the Heat Advisory, until 8 PM EDT this evening. For the
  first Extreme Heat Warning, from 10 AM to 8 PM EDT Thursday. For
  the second Extreme Heat Warning, from 10 AM to 8 PM EDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
  extreme heat and high humidity events. Hot temperatures and high
  humidity may cause heat illnesses.
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