Tomorrow is forecast to be nearly the same temperature as today.
Forecast for Hardin
Updated: 3:50 PM CDT on July 9, 2009
Heat advisory in effect until 7 PM CDT this evening...
Tonight
Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph in the evening diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight. Heat index readings 108 to 111 in the evening.
Friday
Sunny in the morning...then partly cloudy and hot with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs near 100. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index readings around 108 in the afternoon.
... Heat advisory in effect until 7 PM CDT this evening...
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a heat advisory... which is in effect until 7 PM CDT this evening.
The combination of high temperatures and increased humidity will generate heat index values of at least 108 degrees across the interior areas of southeast Texas, central Louisiana as well as south central Louisiana this afternoon. These heat indices will lower to less than dangerous levels by the early evening.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A heat advisory means that a period of hot temperatures is expected. The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a situation in which heat illnesses are possible. Drink plenty of fluids... stay in an air-conditioned room... stay out of the sun... and check up on relatives and neighbors.
Sweeney
Record Report
Statement as of 06:38 PM CDT on July 08, 2009
... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Lake Charles...
a record rainfall of 1.46 inch(es) was set at Lake Charles today. This breaks the old record of 1.22 set in 1931.