Michael Nagle for The New York Times Water sellers should do well this week, with the temperature expected to break 90 every day.There is no pleasant way to spin this.
It will be brutally hot on Monday.
And Tuesday. And the rest of the week, too.
The forecast high for Monday in Central Park is 97 degrees - the highest temperature since last July 18, when it hit 100. The heat index today will be over 100.
Tuesday may be even hotter. The forecast is for 98.
Unsurprisingly, a heat advisory is in effect for Monday and Tuesday.
Nights will provide little relief this week, with lows barely getting below 80.
We are sorry. Bring a parasol.
Here’s what else you need to know to start your Monday
TRANSIT & TRAFFIC
- Mass Transit [6:14] Delays on G trains northbound. Click for the latest status.
- Roads [6:01] Emergency construction work en route to the Lincoln tunnel on 495 eastbound, with a lane closed, 1010 WINS reports.
Alternate-side parking rules: in effect.
COMING UP TODAY
- Outside the federal courthouse downtown, three New York City Congressmen will call on the federal Justice Department to investigate the George Zimmerman verdict for possible civil rights violations.
- In the lead up to Tuesday’s l All-Star Game at Citi Field, you can root root root in air conditioned bliss as the “T-Mobile All-Star FanFest†continues as the Javits Center. Baseball lovers can try batting practice and even meet the sport’s stars: mascots like Mr. Met.
- Tonight at Citi Field, there’s a Home Run Derby featuring David Wright, Robinson Cano and other sluggers.
- On the campaign trail: William C. Thompson Jr. picks up endorsements from Brooklyn leaders. Joseph J. Lhota greets voters at the Staten Island ferry terminal. Bill de Blasio attends a rally to save hospitals in Brooklyn. Eliot Spitzer is on PIX11 morning news at 8 a.m., Geraldo Rivera’s 770WABC radio show at 11:06 a.m. and MSNBC at 8 p.m.
- Attention city candidates: today is filing day for campaign expenditures for the past 60 days.
- The Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series at Wingate Park in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, getsunderway with a tribute to and performance by Kenny “Babyface†Edmonds, the producer behind slews of smooth-crooning R&B hits. [Free]
- Monday may be the best day of your life. Twinkies. Are. Back.
- For more events, see The New York Times’s Arts & Entertainment guide.
Michaelle Bond and Sarah Maslin Nir contributed reporting.
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