The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a heat advisory for all of South Florida including Palm Beach County through 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12, with temperatures forecast to feel as warm as 109 degrees in West Palm Beach.
This is the eighth heat advisory issued this month and is likely to be followed by more this week as heat-index temperatures are forecast to reach at least 109 in West Palm Beach and as high as 111 in Jupiter on Wednesday.
In Palm Beach County, a heat advisory is issued when heat-index temperatures are forecast to reach 108 degrees or higher for at least two hours. In Broward and Miami-Dade counties, a heat advisory is issued if heat-index temperatures of 105 or higher are expected for at least two hours.
Actual temperatures are forecast to reach into the low 90s to mid-90s in West Palm Beach this week. The normal high temperature for this time of year is 90 degrees.
National Hurricane Center watching potential tropical cyclone in the Atlantic
The National Hurricane Center has dubbed a system east of the Lesser Antilles as Potential Tropical Cyclone Five. Tropical storm watches and warnings for areas in the Leeward Islands and the Greater Antilles, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.