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Heat waves around here usually follow a predictable pattern. When a zone of high pressure camps out over our part of the state, the first few days are typically windless or there can even be a slight off-shore breeze 
The giant high pressure zone that caused the intense heatwave at the end of last week has slid off to the East allowing the normal on-shore flow of cool air to resume here. There was hardly a breath of wind last Friday and Saturday and record highs were set for both days—well over 100 degrees. Here at our home site, we came through it better than I had hoped.
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