{"id":34430,"date":"2023-08-10T12:28:55","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T16:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=34430"},"modified":"2023-08-10T12:28:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T16:28:58","slug":"dangerously-hot-temps-excessive-heat-advisories-continue-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/08\/10\/dangerously-hot-temps-excessive-heat-advisories-continue-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Dangerously Hot’ Temps Excessive Heat Advisories Continue In Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Excessive heat advisories remain in place Thursday for much of Florida as cities throughout the state have reached record-high temperatures in recent days, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The agency issued an excessive heat warning for most of the state for the first time since it began keeping records on Wednesday, Patch previously reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, Ruskin, where the\u00a0NWS\u2019s Tampa Bay office<\/a>\u00a0is located, set a new record daily high temperature of 97 degrees, the agency said. And Sarasota and Bradenton tied their daily high-temperature records with a temperature of 96 degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tampa and Fort Myers tied their daily high-temperature record Tuesday at 96 degrees and 97 degrees, respectively, while Punta Gorda set a record daily high that day at 98 degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The heat isn\u2019t going away anytime soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHot weather is forecast to continue through early next week,\u201d NWS Tampa Bay wrote in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday, these advisories are in place across most of the state from about 11 a.m. until about 8 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Florida will see heat index values up to 115 degrees and \u201cdangerously hot conditions\u201d across the entire region, the NWS Miami office<\/a> wrote in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In northeast Florida, coastal areas face an excessive heat warning and could experience heat index values up to 114 degrees Thursday, according to the NWS in Jacksonville. Further inland, an excessive heat watch is in place with heat index values up to 112 degrees expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, all of southwest and west central Florida is under a heat advisory from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, the NWS Tampa Bay office said. Heat index values up to 112 degrees are expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The heat index \u201crepresents what it feels like outside,\u201d Austen Flannery, a meteorologist with NWS Tampa Bay, said in a video shared on the agency\u2019s Facebook page. \u201cIt\u2019s taking into account the dew point, so the humidity aspect of things and the air temperature itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Usually, during this time of year, high pressure over the Florida peninsula causes easterly winds, which is the opposite of what the state is currently experiencing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not anything like that. The typical high pressure that\u2019s over us has been pushed much further to the east,\u201d Flannery said. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen a lot more westerly wind that\u2019s kept us a lot more warm and muggy in the mornings and through, really, the entire day, and it\u2019s really limited the rain chances across the area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added, \u201cUnfortunately, there\u2019s not a lot of relief on the radar, so to speak. There\u2019s just not a lot of chance in that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meteorologist also warned Florida residents and visitors to take the same precautions whether they\u2019re under an excessive heat warning or watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t get too caught up in the details. It really honestly does not matter,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s hot it. It does not matter. The impacts are going to be the same either way. It\u2019s hot. Stay hydrated. Try to stay out of the sun if you can.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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