Heat Advisories Impacting SWFL

OVER OUR HEADS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TIME HOURS. HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M MIKE WALTER, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE'RE APPROACHING PEAK HURRICANE SEASON AND DEVELOPMENTS ARE ALREADY BREWING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ATLANTIC EARLIER TODAY, CRYSTAL BALL BECAME THE 3RD NAMED STORM OF THE SEASON. ANOTHER SYSTEM MAY FOLLOW THIS WEEK, BUT THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, THOSE NOT EXPECT EITHER TO DEVELOP INTO ANYTHING SERIOUS. THE WATER AND WIND REALLY FROM ANY STORM COULD POSSIBLY HELP THE GROWING HEAT CONDITIONS. KIND OF LESSON THAT HEAT A BIT AND ALSO DROUGHT CONDITIONS NEARLY AND THE ENTIRE STATE OF FLORIDA IS UNDER A HEAT ADVISORY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYING ADVISORIES ISSUED WHEN IT GETS SO HOT. THE TEMPS AND HIGH HUMIDITY CAN MAKE YOU SICK. >> TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE DANGERS OF THE HEAT AS WELL AS HURRICANE SEASON. >> WE'RE JOINED NOW BY CERTIFIED METEOROLOGIST IRENE. THE SOUNDS FROM THE FLORIDA PUBLIC RADIO EMERGENCY NETWORK IRENE, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AGAIN. I LIKE TO I WANT TO START WITH THOSE HEAT ADVISORIES COVERING MUCH OF THE STATE. WOULD YOU CALL IT'S JUST A HOT SPELL OR IS THIS THE NEW NORMAL THAT WE'RE GOING TO FACE AND MAYBE EVEN WORSE EVERY SINGLE SUMMER INTO THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. >> WELL, IT'S A IT'S A MIXTURE OF BOTH ANSWERS AND THE CORRECT THEN THE MIXTURE OF BOTH CAN ALSO BE CORRECT. WE ARE DOING THE HOTTEST SOME PERIOD OF THE YEAR DURING THE HOTTEST WEEKS OF THE YEAR. LET'S SAY A NATURALLY RIGHT. BUT WE ARE. 10. WE TEND TO SEE MORE ARE HOTTER DAYS, NOT ONLY HOTTER DAYS BUT ALSO HOTTER EVENINGS AND THE TEMPERATURES HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN REALLY HOT THIS LAST FEW WEEKS ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, INCLUDING SOUTHEAST FLORIDA, ENTIRE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA REGION HAS BEEN UNDER HEAT ADVISORIES. ENTIRE STATE PRETTY MUCH HAVE HAD HEAT ADVISORIES ON ON TUESDAY AND TODAY AND IN JUST FOR PERSPECTIVE OVER HERE, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI, WHICH IS OUR OFFICE THAT TAKES CARE OF US HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAS ISSUED 28 HEAT ADVISORIES SO FAR THIS YEAR FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES IN 2024, I'M SURE MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THE YEAR 2024 THAT SUMMER THAT IT WAS JUST EXTREMELY HOT ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. WE HAD THOSE ITSELF OF WEEKS ON END WITH HEAT ADVISORIES IN EFFECT THAT THAT YEAR, 32 WERE ISSUED IN TOTAL. SO WE'RE TRAILING RIGHT BEHIND THAT. AND I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THIS YEAR WE SURPASSED THOSE 32 THAT WERE ISSUED IN 2024. YEAH. LET'S TRANSITION TO STORM SEASON UNDERSTAND WE HAVE ANOTHER BATCH >> SO HAIR AND DUST UPON US. HOW MUCH IS THAT GOING TO DECREASE OUR STORM CHANCES IN SOUTH FLORIDA? >> ALL RIGHT. NOW WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WE ALSO HAVE A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN JUST TAKING OVER THE REINS OF OUR WEATHER PATTERN. AND THIS IS WHAT'S CAUSING THE HEAT AS WE HAVE SINKING AIR THE AIR ONCE HE STARTS THINKING IT WARMS. THAT'S WHY WE'RE EXPERIENCE IN THIS HEAT ADVISORIES ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE, INCLUDING HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. AND THEN OVER THE WEEKEND, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HAZY SKIES. US A HAND DOES. WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT INSTANCES OF THOSE PALMS STUFF OF SAHARAN DUST MOVING OUR WAY. BUT WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING IS THAT DURING EL NINO YEARS, THE WINDSHEAR TENDS TO INCREASE OVER CERTAIN REGIONS NO CANDIDATE CAN OCCUR IN THE CARIBBEAN. IN THIS CASE THIS WEEKEND, POSSIBLY EVEN INTO NEXT WEEK. THE CARIBBEAN, IT'S INVADED BY GWEN SHARE. THIS IS A CHANCE TO WIN DIRECTION AS WE GO UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE. SO ASKED THE WINDS ARE STRONGER ABOUT THE STORM. IT TENDS TO PROHIBIT THE STORM FROM HAVING THAT NATURAL DEVELOPMENT FROM FROM STRENGTHENING. SO WE ARE WATCHING THOSE 2 TROPICAL WAVES THAT ARE MOVING IN FROM AFRICA. ONE COULD MAKE IT INTO THE CARIBBEAN. WOULD BE REALLY WELCOME FOR THE ISLANDS IN THE CARIBBEAN SINCE THEY ARE EXPERIENCING A DROUGHT DURING EL NINO YEARS. WE HAD WE TEND TO SEE MORE DROUGHT CONDITIONS OVER THE CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AMERICA. THE GOOD THING IS IT'LL BE IT'LL BRING RAIN BEEN WITH THE WIND SHEAR PRESENT. IT'S NOT GOING TO ALLOW TO THE STORM IF IT FORMS TOO. THE VERY STRONG. SO THEY ARE GOING TO GET WHAT THEY NEED OUT OF IT, WHICH IS THE RAIN. NOW, ONCE IT'S NOT IN THE PAST, THE GREEDY AND IT'S NOT GONNA GET TO LA. SO THAT DOESN'T THAT NEWS FOR US HERE IN FLORIDA. AND YEAH, RIGHT. THE 3RD STORM, CRISTOBAL THAT'S HEADING TOWARD. >> THE OTHER WAY, RIGHT? SO THAT WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT THAT. LET'S GET BACK. WHAT DO YOU FEEL? WHAT ARE YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT STORM HEADING TO SOUTH FLORIDA IN THE U.S. FAIRLY NEAR FUTURE, MAYBE THE NEXT WEEK OR 10 DAYS OR SO. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OR NOT. >> I DON'T THINK SO. DURING THE NEXT 10 DAYS. DEFINITELY. I WOULDN'T. I WOULDN'T THINK SO. WE HAVE THIS PROTECTIVE BARRIER IN THE CARIBBEAN AND THIS IS A TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE START TO SEE MORE TROPICAL WAVES COMING IN FROM AFRICA. YES, THAT WE COULD ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING MORE HOMEGROWN RIDE, SOMETHING THAT THAT THAT'S THAT THE IT'S BORN. WHO KNOWS WHERE TO LAND IN THOSE WE NEED TO MONITOR ALWAYS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SEASON. BUT AS OF NOW, CONDITIONS CLOSER TO HOME ARE CALM AND WE JUST CONTINUE TO MONITOR. BUT RIGHT NOW IT THERE'S NOTHING THAT WORRIES ME AT LEAST WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK HE ROSE TO FLORIDA. >> GOOD, GREAT CARE THAT THANKS. IRATE. AND THE HEAT OF THE SUN FROM THE FLORIDA PUBLIC