HIGH: 88
LOW: 69
* Warm, humid conditions continue as August 2008 gets under way.
* Extensive clouds as the day opens. Several t-storms, especially southern sections.
* Mixed sunshine emerges, hazy. Daytime warming may aid the development of some additional widely scattered afternoon or evening t-storms, primarily south and southwest.
* Southwest winds shift west to northwest at 6 to 17 m.p.h. Some gusts possible in and near thunderstorms.
* Cloudy periods, cooler and becoming less humid at night.
AUGUST 1 TEMPERATURES
Normal high/low: 83(degrees)/64(degrees)
Record high: 100(degrees) (1988)
Record low: 51(degrees) (1990)
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