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Posted: August 1st, 2006 | Filed under: The WeatherNew Yorkers are bracing for three straight days of miserable, muggy and potentially deadly heat.
The frying forecast calls for temperatures at Central Park to hit the century mark for the first time since Aug. 9, 2001.
“To avoid heat exhaustion and heatstroke, New Yorkers should take necessary precautions, including staying out of the sun, avoiding strenuous activity, especially during the hottest part of the day,” Mayor Bloomberg said as he declared a heat emergency for the city.
The merciless mercury is expected to hit 100 today and 102 tomorrow at Central Park.
“We’re looking to either tie or break records over the next two days,” said meteorologist Joe Pollina of the National Weather Service.
Yesterday’s 90-degree high is just a warmup. If predictions hold, today’s heat at Central Park will tie a record set in 1933, and tomorrow’s scorcher will top a 51-year-old record.
Throw in the high humidity and it will feel like 110 to 115 for the next two days. By Thursday, thermometers at the park should drop to a comparatively cool 95.
