Hot For The Next 8 Days...

...but not as bad as last week it appears. Thursday looks like the hottest/most uncomfortable day with heat index values of 105 to 115. For kicks, we'll see how well the GFS MEX MOS does for temperature forecasting for the next 8 days, including today...

LAFAYETTE           
 KLAF   GFSX MOS GUIDANCE   7/26/2011  0000 UTC                       
 FHR  24| 36  48| 60  72| 84  96|108 120|132 144|156 168|180 192      
 TUE  26| WED 27| THU 28| FRI 29| SAT 30| SUN 31| MON 01| TUE 02 CLIMO
 X/N  89| 66  91| 72  93| 72  89| 70  90| 69  89| 69  90| 70  92 64 84
 TMP  82| 69  85| 75  86| 75  82| 73  84| 72  83| 72  84| 72  85      
 DPT  69| 67  71| 71  74| 71  75| 70  72| 69  72| 69  72| 69  72      
 CLD  PC| CL  PC| PC  PC| PC  OV| PC  PC| CL  PC| PC  PC| CL  PC      
 WND   6|  6   8|  5  10|  5   6|  3   8|  4   6|  4   7|  5   7      
 P12   7|  4   9| 21  20| 32  41| 34  17| 18  14| 21  24| 24  17999999
 P24    |     15|     36|     54|     45|     27|     38|     30   999
 Q12   0|  0   0|  0   0|  0   1|  0   0|  0   0|  0    |             
 Q24    |      0|      0|      3|      1|      0|       |             
 T12   9|  3  12| 18  29| 32  36| 35  32| 12  23| 22  23| 15  26      
 T24    | 12    | 24    | 49    | 55    | 35    | 44    | 38