The Baltimore Metropolis Well being Division has issued the second Code Pink Excessive Warmth Alert of the summer time as scorching weekend climate is anticipated to proceed into Monday.
Citing excessive temperatures and warmth indexes above 100, Baltimore Metropolis Well being Commissioner Dr. Letitia Dzirasa issued the Code Pink for Sunday and Monday, an advisory that the division releases when warmth poses a severe security threat to weak residents.
Dzirasa declared the first Code Red of the summer in July, throughout a warmth wave when temperatures reached 98 and warmth index values climbed above 100. The warmth index worth demonstrates how an individual open air would really feel, considering each temperature and humidity.
On Sunday, the temperature reached 93 with a warmth index of 100, based on the Nationwide Climate Service.
Mid-90s temperatures will proceed into the primary half of the week, with a excessive of 94 Monday and a warmth index worth of 103. There’s additionally a 30% probability of rain Monday afternoon with thunderstorms doable from 2 p.m. to eight p.m.
Meteorologists predict Tuesday shall be even hotter, with a excessive of 95 and a warmth index of 105 together with the opportunity of showers and storms after 2 p.m. and in a single day.
The most well liked August excessive ever reached in Baltimore was 105, recorded in 1983 and 1918.
Town maintains an interactive map of cooling centers for residents to hunt reduction from the warmth.
Native branches of the Enoch Pratt Free Library are open to residents looking for to chill off throughout common hours. ShopRite Howard Park (4601 Liberty Heights Ave.) may also open as a neighborhood cooling heart throughout its common hours Monday.
The Well being Division’s Division of Getting old will open the next places as cooling facilities Monday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.:
- Harford Senior Heart 4920 Harford Highway (410) 426-4009
- Hatton Senior Heart 2825 Fait Ave. (410)-396-9025
- Sandtown Winchester Senior Heart 1601 Baker St. (410) 396-7724
- Oliver Senior Heart 1700 N. Homosexual St. (410) 396-3861
- Zeta Heart for Well being and Energetic Getting old 4501 Reisterstown Highway (410) 396-3535
The Mayor’s Workplace of Homeless Companies websites will open the next places as cooling facilities throughout varied instances Monday:
- My Sister’s Place Ladies’s Heart (ladies and youngsters solely) 17 W. Franklin St. 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
- Manna Home 435 E. twenty fifth St. 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
- Beans & Bread 402 S. Bond St. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
- Franciscan Heart 101 W. twenty third St. 10 a.m. –1 p.m.
The Housing Authority of Baltimore Metropolis will open the next places as cooling facilities Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.:
- Brooklyn Properties 4140 tenth St.
- Cherry Hill Properties 2700 Spelman Highway.
