Heat wave officially ends in Atlantic City, but it's still alive in other sections of the Garden State.
Is the streak of steamy August days going to turn into the longest heat wave of the year?
Well, it's going to be very close in some parts of New Jersey, including Newark and Trenton.
Newark's longest heat wave of 2016 so far has been the one late last month, when the city was hit with eight straight days of temperatures ranging from 92 to 99 degrees from July 21 through July 28. The state's largest city headed into Tuesday morning with a six-day heat wave and forecasters are expecting the streak to extend into its seventh day, with a predicted high temperature of 92 in the afternoon.
However, Newark might fall just short of tying the long July heat wave, with forecasters predicting a high of 89 on Wednesday.
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Trenton currently has a six-day heat wave going, but that will extend to seven days if the city hits its projected high of 93 on Tuesday. That would tie the heat wave it had from July 22 to July 28. It's unlikely Trenton will top that streak, with forecasters calling for a high of 88 on Wednesday.
Down in Atlantic City, the August heat wave officially ended yesterday, when the city's high temperature reached only 83 degrees, according to climate data from the National Weather Service. That gave A.C. a five-day heat wave, from Aug. 10 to Aug. 14 -- the same number of days as its only other heat wave of the summer, which ran from July 14 to July 18.
Storm threat on Tuesday
For most of New Jersey, forecasters are calling for highs in the low 90s on Tuesday, with high humidity and mostly cloudy skies. There's a 40 to 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, primarily in the late afternoon, when the heat index could climb as high as 100 and 105 for much of the state, the weather service said.
As a result, an excessive heat warning is in effect for Burlington, Cumberland, Gloucester and Mercer counties and a heat advisory is in effect for the rest of the state, except for the far northern and northwestern region.
The risk of severe thunderstorms on Tuesday is higher in northern and central New Jersey than in South Jersey, the weather service said, noting some storms could be accompanied by strong winds and localized flooding.
There is a slight risk of severe storms for much of the region afternoon & eve. The primary hazard is strong winds. pic.twitter.com/v6w508VBq9
-- NWS Mount Holly (@NWS_MountHolly) August 16, 2016
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