Tracking a brutally hot weekend with relief on the horizon
TODAY: Dangerously hot and humid with highs above 100 degrees. Heat index from 103-110.
TOMORROW: Another muggy start with highs close to triple digits and a heat index from 103-106.
EXTENDED: Weather Alert Days are in effect all weekend so stay prepared for the sizzling conditions! Thankfully, we're tracking a pattern change into next week as the upper level high pressure that's been sitting over us all week will begin to flatten, allowing a cold front to our north to stall out across the area by Sunday night. This could trigger scattered storms on Sunday night, but most of the day stays dry with an atmosphere cap in place, acting as a lid on storm development. Storm chances increase along the stalled front Monday and Tuesday, keeping temperatures in the upper 80s to low 90s. Wednesday looks to be the hottest day with highs getting into the mid-upper 90s before another front moves through, bringing scattered storms through Thursday. We begin to dry out behind the front on Friday, leaving us with cooler and more seasonable weather heading into next weekend as temperatures top out in the 80s. Rain totals for the next 7 days will reach between 1-1.5", helping out with dry conditions across the area.
