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Your Morning Wake-Up Call for June 8, 2011

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jun 8, 2011 12:34PM

Happy Humpday, everyone. The number to watch today is 97. That's the record high for this date set in 1933 and we have a good chance to reach that today, although Skilling Central says we'll ultimately fall short. The EPA has announced a air quality warning for people with respiratory problems and the severe heat warning from the National Weather service is still in effect throughout the day. The winds will be gusty all day and sometime late this evening the cooldown begins with the arrival of strong and in some places severe thunderstorms.