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Global temperatures dropped a minuscule amount after two days of record highs, making Tuesday only the world’s second-hottest day ever.The European climate service Copernicus calculated that Tuesday’s global average temperature was 0.01 Celsius (0.01 Fahrenheit) lower than Monday’s all-time high of 17.16 degrees Celsius (62.8 degrees Fahrenheit), which was .06 degrees Celsius hotter (0.1 degrees Fahrenheit) than Sunday.
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The heat index, also known as the apparent temperature, is what the temperature feels like to the human body when relative humidity is combined with the air temperature. There is direct relationship between the air temperature and relative humidity and the heat index, meaning as the air temperature and relative humidity increase (decrease), the heat index increases (decreases).
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Florida professional meteorologists gather to prepare virtual attendees for this season's most active weeks ahead. Classes are offered each day, 4 times a day at different times.
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Some areas of Lee County will see trash, recycling and yard-waste pickup begin an hour earlier.
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The heat index, also known as the apparent temperature, is what the temperature feels like to the human body when relative humidity is combined with the air temperature. There is direct relationship between the air temperature and relative humidity and the heat index, meaning as the air temperature and relative humidity increase (decrease), the heat index increases (decreases).
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Hurricane Beryl made headlines across the country: from Texas, the Ohio River Valley, and eventually the parts of the Northeast.
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A tropical disturbance with a low chance to develop to our east, and a stationary front bring higher storm chances in the coming days.
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The National Weather Service says the annual pilgrimage of the Saharan dust has arrived in Florida, bringing with it enhanced sunrises/sunsets, a lull in tropical activity and trouble for allergy sufferers.
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A heat advisory is in effect for the tip of the South Florida area until 6 p.m. Tuesday.