Day 195: The Heat Spreads North and East

Posted by pmarsh on 14 Jul 2010 | 0 comments

First, I just wanted to say that I’ve been having Internet connectivity problems of late which has kept me from doing indepth posts. I hope to have this fixed by early next week. *crosses fingers*

Second, the heat that was promised has continued to develop north and east into parts of Illinois, Indiana, western Kentucky, western Tennessee, and northern Mississippi. In fact, much of Oklahoma and south-central Kansas are under Excessive Heat Warnings. Just to the west of a large area of heat advisories, severe thunderstorm watches have been posted from southwest Kansas northeast to the United States-Canada border north of Wisconsin! Thunderstorms have been trying to develop along the leading edge of a cold front that will hopefully bring slightly cooler, and drier, conditions to portions of the area experiencing this heat wave.