West Alabama residents are feeling the heat, with temperatures expected to soar into the triple digits over the next several days. The "feels like" temperature at the Townsquare Media offices in Tuscaloosa reached 103°F on Thursday, June 11.
Expected Peak Heat Hours
The National Weather Service defines the heat index, also known as apparent temperature, as how the temperature feels to the human body when relative humidity is combined with air temperature.
Here are the expected peak heat hours for the next several days, based on data from Time and Date Weather:
- Bibb: Friday, feels like 99°F between Noon – 4 p.m.; Saturday, feels like 99°F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.; Sunday, feels like 96°F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
- Fayette: Friday, feels like 99°F between Noon – 4 p.m.; Saturday, feels like 99°F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.; Sunday, feels like 96°F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
- Greene: Friday, feels like 100°F between Noon – 4 p.m.; Saturday, feels like 100°F between 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.; Sunday, feels like 96°F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
- Hale: Friday, feels like 100°F between Noon – 4 p.m.; Saturday, feels like 100°F between 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.; Sunday, feels like 97°F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
- Lamar: Friday, feels like 99°F between Noon – 4 p.m.; Saturday, feels like 99°F between 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.; Sunday, feels like 94°F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
- Perry: Friday, feels like 100°F between Noon – 4 p.m.; Saturday, feels like 100°F between 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.; Sunday, feels like 97°F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
- Pickens: Friday, feels like 100°F between Noon – 4 p.m.; Saturday, feels like 99°F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.; Sunday, feels like 96°F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
- Sumter: Friday, feels like 100°F between Noon – 4 p.m.; Saturday, feels like 100°F between 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.; Sunday, feels like 97°F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
- Tuscaloosa: Friday, feels like 99°F between Noon – 4 p.m.; Saturday, feels like 99°F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.; Sunday, feels like 96°F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
- Walker: Friday, feels like 97°F between Noon – 4 p.m.; Saturday, feels like 97°F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.; Sunday, feels like 94°F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Original reporting: The Tuscaloosa Thread — read the source article.