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Happening now: Just a few isolated showers possible through the rest of the evening and overnight. Evening temperatures in the mid- to low 70s dip to overnight lows in the upper 60s to near 70.
What's next? Gradually warmer Monday and Tuesday. Extreme, dangerous heat by Wednesday could last through Saturday. Temperatures may surpass 100 degrees more than once and heat index values eye 110 or higher.
Forecast in detail
Tonight: Shouldn't see more than a few isolated showers the rest of the evening and overnight. Areas of patchy fog develop overnight with lows in the upper 60s to near 70. Confidence: Medium
Tomorrow (Monday): Early patchy fog and morning clouds try to give way to slowly increasing sunshine. A brief, stray shower is possible. Highs reach the mid- to upper 80s with moderate to high humidity (dew points in the mid- to upper 60s). Light winds from the east-southeast. Confidence: High
Tomorrow night: Mostly clear and nearly calm breezes. Humid lows again in the mid-60s to near 70. Confidence: High
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A look ahead
The heat ramps a bit higher Tuesday with mostly sunny skies and highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. Humidity is moderate to high with dew points in the mid-60s to near 70. Increasingly muggy Tuesday night with lows in the upper 60s to low 70s. Confidence: High
The heart of the heat wave is with us Wednesday through Friday. Highs look like the mid-90s to near 100 Wednesday, and upper 90s to low 100s Thursday and Friday. With high humidity, we could be talking dangerous afternoon heat indexes peaking near or above 110. Meanwhile nighttime lows only drop to the mid-70s to low 80s. Could see an isolated thunderstorm chance by late Friday. Confidence: Medium
[Confidence grows in a dangerous heat wave]
The heat may not be quite as intense for Saturday July 4. But it may still be extremely hot with a chance to get well into the 90s to near 100. Late-day storm chances could be on the rise as well, but there isn't much confidence in that this far out. Confidence: Low-Medium
Today’s daily digit — 6/10: Humid with scattered showers. Not too hot, though, which is nice given the extremely hot days on the horizon. | 🤚 Your call?
The digit is a somewhat subjective rating of the day’s weather, on a 0-to-10 scale.
