The hot weather was the lead story on radio news today, but it looks like, at least in the Atlanta area, no records were broken. While the temperatures weren’t that much warmer than they’ve been over the last few days, the humidity was more stifling, and we had a high heat index of 105 degrees just before 3 PM. Between Augusta and Savannah, things were worse, with Sylvania reporting a heat index of 118 degrees at 5 PM.

You can expect a few more days of hot weather before the pattern begins to change. The high pressure system that is providing all the warmth will move west, allowing a trough into the east. Another factor that could affect our weather is Tropical Storm Chris, which could become a hurricane by Friday. The center of Chris (it’s a he Chris, not a she Chris, by the way), is projected to move to between Cuba and the Florida Keys by Sunday afternoon. It’s still an open question whether the storm will continue it’s westward path, or curve northward, but in any case, we should get a better chance of rain and some cooler temperatures as a result, although it may take a week to see it.