...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AGAIN TODAY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS...
.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO THE NORTH OF SOUTH TEXAS AND WEAK
NORTH TO NORTHEAST SURFACE WINDS WILL LEAD TO RECORD HEAT FOR THE
REGION TODAY. DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER TODAY
PUSHING HEAT INDEX VALUES TO DANGEROUS LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY THIS EVENING.
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE TRIPLE
DIGIT MARK BY NOON FOR MOST OF THE COASTAL PLAINS INTO THE
BRUSH COUNTRY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 100
ALONG THE COAST...102 TO 106 FOR THE COASTAL PLAINS...AND 106
TO 110 FOR BRUSH COUNTRY TO RIO GRANDE. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX
VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 109 TO 112 RANGE FOR MOST OF
SOUTH TEXAS.
* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE HEAT MAY LEAD TO HEAT
EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.