The Heat is On!

The dog days of summer are starting early in the season this year. An EXTREME HEAT WARNING  has been issued through 8 pm Tuesday. In this window of time, we will have daytime highs in the 90s and even 100 Tuesday, combined with the high humidity, it will feel like 100-108.  Segments of our population will be affected by this spike in heat and humidity. Small children, the elderly and folks with respiratory ailments will be especially at risk for heat related illness with heat and humidity. Be sure to drink plenty of water, seek air conditioning, and avoid extended periods of time in the sun, particularly during the peak time of heating of the day 10 am – 2 pm. Monday starts off with some patchy fog and then will be mostly sunny, hot and humid with a high in the lower 90s and feel-like temperatures of 96. Tuesday will be the hottest day with sunny skies, temps topping out near 100 and feel-like temperatures of 108. Wednesday will be another hot one with highs near 92 and feel like temps in the mid-90s. Thursday will have mostly cloudy skies and much cooler high temperatures near 78. Late Thursday will have a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. This unsettled weather will be here through Friday and into Saturday with mostly cloudy skies, the chance of showers, and highs in the upper-70s. Showers end for Sunday but lots of clouds stick around. Highs finish the weekend near 77.