Too Hot To Fish, Too Hot For Golf......

Country singer Mark Chesnutt may have hit our forecast on the head, "Too hot to fish, too hot for golf, and too cold at home." After some time outside over the weekend working up a sweat, it didn't take much to feel chilly when I got back in the air conditioning. And we don't keep our thermostat all that low. It's just that the steam-bath outside is so tepid that the contrast is huge.
Back in high school I used to hate this time of year. At the time I was working at a grocery store, and much of the day was spent in two places. The dairy cooler or the big freezer in back. So you would go from restocking the frozen food or milk to out in the parking lot in the heat. Back and forth.....all day long. At the end of the day that kind of contrast would really wear on you. So I can imagine how worn out everyone who works outside will be after this week. And how they will be eyeing the calendar and looking forward to October when the fishing and golfing weather will be at it's best. By the way the above pictures were taken at Mermet Springs a dive quarry in Southern Illinois. They have several huge blue cats, and some albino catfish, and a lot of other things to look at underwater including the 727 from the movie "U.S. Marshalls". Check out their website at: http://www.mermetsprings.com According to their website you could start at dive in 84 degree water and cool off nicely near the bottom to around 42 degrees. Brrrrr!!! Too hot to fish.....too hot for golf.....and too cold to dive???

Today: Hazy sunshine, hot and humid. Highs near 96.

Tonight: Clear, warm and muggy. Lows near 71.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, steamy. High: 97.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, steamy. High: 96.

Thursday: Partly cloudy, steamy. High: 95.

Friday: Partly cloudy with a slim chance for an isolated storm or two. High: 94.

It's possible that some locations along the Tennessee / North Carolina border get and isolated shower from Wednesday on, but most locations will stay dry. This will be the longest streak of 90 degree or hotter weather we've seen this summer. So far we have had two 6 day streaks and this one has so far lasted 5 days.

• June 19th through 24th. Hottest: 98
• June 29th through July 4th. Hottest: 96
• July 12th through July 16th. Hottest: 95

Climatologically this is the hottest part of the year from July 15th through August 4th. But as we know we can have very hot readings through the second week of September.