WEDNESDAY (7/20) MORNING WEATHER BRIEFING
GOOD MORNING!
An AWESOME start to the day today with temperatures in the lower and middle 50s at daybreak. Look for a sun-filled afternoon with low humidity and highs near yesterday's value of 84.Highs:
In the meantime, the high heat is parked over the Midwest, for now. Oodles of heat watches, warnings and advisories:
The heat dome will remain centered over that part of the country but some of that hot, moisture-laden air will come east, starting tomorrow. We expect highs near 90 tomorrow although the dewpoints won't crack 60 in most spots until tomorrow night.
FRYING FRIDAY
Friday will be our blast-furnace day. Probably the most uncomfortable day of that Friday/weekend stretch because the dewpoint will spike into the upper 60s to near 70. Heat Index values can get to around 100. This will make for a serious situation for sensitive groups such as children, the elderly and pets. As always...common sense applies.
There can also be a couple of heavy thunderstorms Friday, mainly in the afternoon. This cold front is very weak but is running into a very unstable air mass. The Storm Prediction Center has the region under a "marginal" risk for severe weather.
THE WEEKEND
Aside from a very minimal chance for a thunderstorm each day, the weekend looks dry and hot with highs in the lower 90s. Dewpoints will not be quite as high as Friday, but high enough!
More seasonable air will return early next week.
2 DEGREE GGUARANTEE
Our longest streak of the year continues!
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