Excessive heat this weekend and early next week

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A HEAT ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY. HOT TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH A HUMID AIRMASS WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 110 DEGREES OR GREATER THIS AFTERNOON.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

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.

Check out the Red Cross website for more on dealing with excessive heat:
http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/tips/heat.html

On an unrelated note, I watched the Brian Teigland Memorial service this morning on ABC-24/WPTY. Very well done and an exceptional tribute to Brian's life... The Memphis market will miss his personal touch to doing TV weather.

Follow-up on Brian Teigland

I found this excellent blog with a very entertaining YouTube video of Brian Teigland. The clip is typical Brian, and so funny! You have to check it out. Thanks to Ryan Vaughan of KAIT-TV Channel 8 (ABC) in Jonesboro for this posting and video "jewel."

Also, Brian's memorial service will be held at Bellevue Baptist Church on Saturday, August 2, 2008 at 10:00am. Donations to the Teigland Family Trust can be made at any area Bank of Bartlett branch. I understand that Brian suffered from kidney problems for many years which prevented him from having life insurance. Please help the family if you are able.

A difficult week for the Mid-South weather community

After writing on the passing of long-time Meteorologist-in-Charge of the Memphis NWS office Ric Coleman earlier this week, we now hear of the death of noted TV Meteorologist Brian Teigland. Brian, 53, served as Chief Meteorologist at WPTY (ABC affiliate Channel 24) and WLMT (CW affiliate Channel 30) in Memphis. Apparently he fell ill at his home and paramedics were able to transport him to Methodist Germantown Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

According to his bio, Brian "...was the only Mid-South weather anchor to attend the Conference on Global Warming at the White House, meeting personally with the President and Vice President." The Mid-South weather community will miss Brian's familiar face and solid weather forecasting and reporting, particularly during severe weather events. He leaves a wife, two daughters, and a son. Please pray for Brian and Ric's families and all who knew them.

More info from the MyEyewitnessNews website can be found here.