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0 Comments | The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA, Jul 24, 2005 | by STEVE STONE

BY STEVE STONE

THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

Enjoy todays respite, such as it is, from the summer swelter.

Nature is about to hit us with a new and even steamier dose of summer. It could be some of the hottest weather locally in a decade.

Today should be a bit cooler and drier as high pressure builds into the area from the Great Lakes. But conditions will shift swiftly.

Near record heat is expected over central, southern and eastern Virginia, interior northeast North Carolina and the lower Maryland Eastern Shore, Monday through Wednesday, Patrick Maloit, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Wakefield, warned Saturday.

Much of the nation is sweating through a boiling summer, and a surge of hot and humid air over the central U.S. on Saturday is expected to begin building into the mid-Atlantic region Monday.

As the week starts, temperatures are forecast to climb into the upper 90s to near 100 over central, southern and eastern Virginia and interior northeast North Carolina. Along the coast, highs should be in the lower 90s.

The combination of heat and humidity Monday through Wednesday could produce heat indices around or above 110 over inland areas and up to 105 along the coast, Maloit said.

If the mercury manages to push its way to the three -digit mark in the region, it would be the first time its gotten to 100 in Norfolk since July 15, 1995.

In c entral Virginia, Richmond last hit 100 on Aug. 21, 2002
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