The worst has yet to come

Uncomfortable heat continues for the next several days as Excessive Heat Warnings and Heat Advisories have been issued across the Midwest and Ohio River Valley.  Temperatures Tuesday rose to 96° thanks to cloud cover earlier in the day, but sunny skies this morning will help temperatures rise quickly.  Heat index values are already nearing 90°!

Temperatures today will rise  to 100° which is one degree shy of the record 101° set back in 1911!  Triple digit heat will continue Thursday and Friday, with Thursday likely being the hottest day out of the week.  We're forecasting high temperatures near 101° for the afternoon and if we do in fact reach that it would break the previous record of 100° set back in 1911.

Even if temperatures today fall short of 100° the heat index values area wide will rise over 100°.  Please make sure you take the necessary precautions during this prolonged period of heat.  We are now in the fifth day of 90 degree heat, but the third day of triple digit heat indices.