...EXTREME HEAT AND HUMIDITY OBSERVED JULY 27TH AND 28TH, 2005...

EXTREME HEAT OCCURRED ACROSS THE EASTERN CAROLINAS. THE COMBINATION 
OF HIGH AIR TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MADE THE HEAT INDEX REACH
105 TO 115 DEGREES AT MANY LOCATIONS. HERE IS A SUMMARY OF PEAK HEAT 
INDEX VALUES REACHED ON JULY 27TH AND 28TH.

NOTE...THE HIGHEST HEAT INDEX DOES NOT NECESSARY OCCUR AT THE SAME 
TIME AS THE HIGHEST AIR TEMPERATURE. HUMIDITY (DEWPOINT) PLAYS AN 
EQUAL ROLE IN MAKING IT FEEL EXCESSIVELY HOT. SOURCE FOR THE 
INFORMATION IS HOURLY AND 5-MINUTE METAR OBSERVATIONS.

.WEDNESDAY JULY 27TH, 2005...

      LOCATION          TIME (EDT)   HEAT INDEX  TEMP    DEWPOINT

DARLINGTON SC AWOS        435 PM        121       100       79
MYRTLE BEACH SC          1245 PM        118        99       79
N MYRTLE BEACH SC ASOS    310 PM        116        97       79
FLORENCE SC ASOS         1220 PM        110        97       75

WILMINGTON NC ASOS        525 PM        119        97       81
LUMBERTON NC ASOS         350 PM        115       102       74
WHITEVILLE NC AWOS        300 PM        115       100       75
SOUTHPORT NC AWOS        1200 PM        110        95       77
ELIZABETHTOWN NC AWOS    1100 AM        106        97       72


.THURSDAY JULY 28TH, 2005...


      LOCATION          TIME (EDT)   HEAT INDEX   TEMP   DEWPOINT

DARLINGTON SC AWOS        535 PM        111        90       82 
MYRTLE BEACH SC          1250 PM        123        97       82 
N MYRTLE BEACH SC ASOS    255 PM        114        93       81 
FLORENCE SC ASOS          320 PM        107        98       72

WILMINGTON NC ASOS        145 PM        114        93       81
LUMBERTON NC ASOS         225 PM        110        99       73
WHITEVILLE NC AWOS        200 PM        113        95       79
SOUTHPORT NC AWOS        1120 AM        108        91       79
ELIZABETHTOWN NC AWOS     500 PM        118        99       79

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