>Powerful Typhoon Ma-on barrels towards Southern Japan, Tropical Storm Bret born, threatens Bahamas, Record heat combined with record dew points creates danger across US Midwest

Written by Mark Vogan on July 18, 2011 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments

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In Today’s Blog

#BRITISH ISLES
Trough dives further and further south out of the UK spreading bands of heavy rain across France and even into northern Spain. Front also continues pressing east through Poland and into the Balkans Tuesday

#USA
While Dangerous heat, humidity combo strains main and machine across Midwest today, Strong to potentially Severe Storms eyeball the Northeast, Drenching Storms also fire up across Southeast

MIDWEST HEAT HIGHLIGHTS

**Minneapolis, MN: At 2.45am CT today, the ‘feels-like’ temperature was 101° with an air temp of 86° and a dew point at a record-tying 81°.

**Minnesota set a new all-state record dew point of 86º on Sunday….

**Minneapolis, MN is currently reading a 97° air temperature and dew point at 77°, this makes for a heat index currently of 113°