Large Area of Southern Plains & Mid-South Broils in 110°+ Temps, Little Rock, AR tops 114° While Fort Smith, AR breaks All-Time Record 3 Days in a Row

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#BRITISH ISLES-EUROPE
NEW: After a Warm Wednesday Across the UK, A Band of Rain Will Moves in from off the Atlantic Overnight and through Thursday

#USA
NEW: All-Time Records Taking a Tumble in Arkansas, Threatened Elsewhere

#LONG RANGE
NEW: Mark Vogan's Preliminary UK-Europe Winter Forecast 2011-12

In Today's News

BREAKING NEWS: LITTLE ROCK SETS NEW ALL-TIME RECORD AT 114° TODAY!

The Historic 2011 US Heatwave just goes on and on and on.... potential all-time records may be tied or broken today!
Click on #USA tab above for more on current conditions....

Yesterday's Highs

Fort Smith, AR                  113° R
Topeka, KS                       112° (Tie for 4th hottest on record)
Medicine Lodge, KS          112°
Ponca City, OK                 112° R
Wichita, KS                       111° R
Dallas, TX                         110° R (Hottest since August 2000)
Joplin, MO                        110° R (Hottest since 1954 and hottest in August)
Hobert, OK                       110° R
Oklahoma City, OK          109°
Kansas City (Downtown)  109°
Fayetteville, AR                108° R
Kansas City (Airport)        107° R

Heat Simmers of Scalding Pavement in Downtown Kansas City

Temps hit 107 at KCI — and 111 in southern Johnson County
KANSAS CITY STAR

Summer 2011 Rivaling Hottest on Record
NWS WICHITA

Heat Sends Hundreds of Kansans to the Hospital
KSN.COM

HEAT WAVE 2011: Arkansas braces for hottest day
ARKANSAS ONLINE

West Texas town faces looming prospect of dried-out reservoir
CNN

Robert Lee, Texas, has received 3 inches of rain in the past 12 months. (CNN)

Weather Kills Record Number of Yosemite Visitors
ACCUWEATHER.COM

Tropical Storm Emily May Threaten US Shores But Re-Curve Is Looking Most Likely At The Moment

Will "Emily" Shake Hurricane Apathy?
THE WEATHER CHANNEL



Will Typhoon Muifa Spare Rain-Soaked Korea
ACCUWEATHER.COM

 
THE EXTREMES OF THE DAY

TODAY'S US EXTREMES
COURTESY OF ACCUWEATHER

HIGH: 117° at Bullhead City, AZ
LOW: 29° at Bodie State Park, CA

TODAY'S UK EXTREMES
COURTESY OF THE MET OFFICE

HIGH: 87° (30.3°C) at Gravesend (Kent)
LOW: 39° (3.8°C) at Katesbridge (Co Down)

TODAY'S EXTREMES HERE AT MY HOUSE

HIGH: 72°
LOW: 54°

Thanks for reading.
-Mark