Special Weather Statement

...CONTINUED HOT DAYS THROUGH SATURDAY... UNSEASONABLY WARM AFTERNOONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. HIGHS TODAY MAY 8TH WERE IN THE 90S OVER THE EAST PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND NEAR TO JUST ABOVE 100 OVER THE WEST PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...FROM NEAR PLEASANTON TO SAN ANTONIO AND NEW BRAUNFELS...THEN EXTENDING WEST TO THE RIO GRANDE. THE LIST BELOW SHOWS HIGHS FOR TODAY...MAY 8...2009. UVALDE..............................108 HONDO...............................103 PLEASANTON..........................103 SAN ANTONIO STINSON FIELD...........103 DEL RIO.............................102 LAUGHLIN AFB........................102 CASTROVILLE.........................100 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.....100 SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...100 KERRVILLE........................... 99 SAN MARCOS.......................... 99 AUSTIN MABRY........................ 97 LLANO............................... 97 ROCKSPRINGS......................... 97 AUSTIN BERGSTROM.................... 94 UNSEASONABLY WARM HIGHS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY...WITH HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE 90S...NOT QUITE AS HOT AS TODAYS HIGHS. THE HUMIDITY SATURDAY WILL ADD TO THE HEAT...WITH THE HEAT INDEX NEAR 95 TO 105 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 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. 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