Continued excessive heat for Northeast into July
It certainly is a scorcher out there! Be sure to monitor your water intake if you have to be out in the heat and use cooling centers should you have no access to A/C! Check on your family members that you know have health ailments and may be exposed to the heat.
I was looking over the Climate Prediction Center drought monitoring outlook and excessive heat. We get a little bit of relief on Monday night into Tuesday, where hopefully there is a slightly higher chance of rain/thunderstorms. Unfortunately, the high temps do remain in the 90s for the week.
This afternoon/evening there is an isolated chance of rain, but it will likely remain dry. There is a risk for rapid onset drought due to little ground moisture, the high temperatures, little to no rain fallen in the Hampton Roads area, and high rates of the ground moisture being evaporated due to the high temperatures. In other words, keep watering those plants and your lawn!
For late June/early July there is a set up for more excessive heat risk and the onset drought. Please continue to limit your exposure to the heat and look out for others!
I have been monitoring the Hurricane Center updates as well, and other than Alberto come and gone impacting Texas, some minor disturbance by Florida that will drop tropical amounts of rain will be occurring. For long term coast monitoring, there is a tropical wave coming off the coast of Africa that will move west toward the U.S., but it will have to continue to be watched if it ends up developing.
Please see images and links below for more reading up on the upcoming heat, and any hurricane monitoring.
