Special Weather Statement

...CONTINUED HOT DAYS THROUGH SATURDAY... UNSEASONABLY WARM AFTERNOONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. HIGHS TODAY MAY 8TH ARE MAKING IT TO THE 90S OVER THE EAST PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TO NEAR 10O TO NEAR 104 OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM NEAR PLEASANTON TO SAN ANTONIO AND EXTENDING WEST TO THE RIO GRANDE. UNSEASONABLY WARM HIGHS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY...WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S EXPECTED. THE HUMIDITY WILL ADD TO THE HEAT...WITH THE HEAT INDEX NEAR 95 TO 105 IN THE AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THE HIGH EARLY TO MID MAY SUBTROPICAL SUN AND JULY AND AUGUST LIKE TEMPERATURES WILL MAKE FOR A CONTINUATION OF HOT DAYS THROUGH SATURDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 70S. THE USE OF LIGHT WEIGHT AND LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING...WATER...AND AVOIDING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IN THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO DEAL WITH THE JULY AND AUGUST LIKE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. THE YOUNG AND THE ELDERLY ARE MOST VULNERABLE DURING EXCESSIVELY HOT WEATHER. FRIENDS...RELATIVES...AND NEIGHBORS OF THE ELDERLY ARE URGED TO CHECK WITH THEM FREQUENTLY DURING THIS HOT WEATHER. THE RECORD HIGHS FOR MAY 8TH AND MAY 9TH ARE LISTED BELOW. LOCATION MAY 8TH MAY 9TH AUSTIN BERGSTROM 96 IN 1967 95 IN 1998 AUSTIN MABRY 99 IN 1967 97 IN 2008 DEL RIO 103 IN 1967 103 IN 2006 SAN ANTONIO 102 IN 1927 97 IN 2008