If you thought Sunday was hot, Monday will be even hotter.  Air temperatures will be between 96 and 102 degrees with a heat index between 105 and 110 degrees.  The heat advisory is posted for our entire viewing area from 11 AM-8 PM.  If you have to spend time outside please stay safe!

Heat Safety Tips

* Stay hydrated.  Drink plenty of water.

*Avoid strenuous activities, especially outside.

*Stay inside in air conditioning if possible.

*Wear light-colored, loose-fitting clothing. 

*Check on each other and the elderly.

*Make sure pets have plenty of water and shade (bring pets inside in air conditioning if possible).

Meteorologist Cheryl Nelson

If you were watching WAVY News 10 over the weekend, you probably heard our weekend anchor, Lori Crouch, say “ick” to my 7-day forecast.  ;)  Although I like beach weather, I’m not a fan of really humid weather.  Neither is Lori.

I’ve written about humidity and bad hair days before.  If your hair wasn’t perfect today, I don’t think it’ll get better this week if you spend a lot of time outside.  If you’re curious as to why, read on…

I blame the dewpoint temperature.  The dewpoint measures the amount of moisture in the atmosphere: the higher the number, the more uncomfortable we feel.  The higher the dewpoint, the more difficult it becomes to tame our hair.

Here’s a “dewpoint decoder” that I came up with:

< 60     Comfortable

60-65  A Bit Muggy

65-70  Quite Humid

> 70     Oppressive

This week our dewpoints will be in the “quite humid/oppressive categories.”  The best thing to do to try to beat the humidity is to drink plenty of water and stay indoors in air conditioning if possible.  To fix a bad hair day, we can try hair spray, unless you have any other ideas? 

Do you have a secret for fixing a bad hair day?   Post a reply and let us know.  Thanks! 

Meteorologist Cheryl Nelson