VAZ049-060>100-081000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA 820 PM EDT SUN MAY 7 2000
..NEAR RECORD WARMTH TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AND TUESDAY...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COMBINED WITH ABUNDANT SPRINGTIME
SUNSHINE WILL ALLOW AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES TO APPROACH RECORD HIGHS
AGAIN MONDAY AND TUESDAY. MOST INLAND LOCATIONS WILL SEE TEMPERATURES
REACH OR SLIGHTLY EXCEED 90 AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. LATEST EXTENDED
FORECASTS SHOW TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO COOL SLIGHTLY WEDNESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY.
NORFOLK REACHED A HIGH OF 92 ON SUNDAY TYING THE RECORD LAST SET IN
1986...
AT THE SALISBURY WICOMICO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT A HIGH OF 92 WAS ALSO
RECORDED...TYING A RECORD FOR MAY 7TH LAST SEEN IN 1930.
SOME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR MONDAY...MAY 8TH ARE...AT RICHMOND 92
DEGREES SET IN 1936...
AT NORFOLK 95 DEGREES SET IN 1880...
AND AT
SALISBURY MARYLAND 93 DEGREES SET IN 1936.
THESE HOT TEMERATURES ARE HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY WHEN WORKING OUTDOORS. IF
OUTDOORS DURING AFTERNOON HEAT...IT IS ADVISABLE TO WEAR LIGHT
COLORED...LIGHT WEIGHT CLOTHING...AND DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES. KEEP AN EYE ON CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY...AS THEY ARE
PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THE HIGH HEAT.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND/OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS
REGARDING THIS WEATHER EVENT.
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STATE MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE AND PCPN TABLE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
833 PM EDT SUN MAY 07 2000
TDA THIS AM
STATION MAX MIN
RICHMOND VA 91 65
LYNCHBURG VA 89 58
WASHINGTON DC 90 67
DULLES APRT VA 90 58
ROANOKE VA 89 61
DANVILLE VA 89 66
NEWPORT NEWS VA 92 66
NORFOLK VA 91 65
WALLOPS IS. VA 90 66
SALISBURY MD 92 62
WAKEFIELD VA 91 63
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