Hopefully most of you weren't fooled by the sunny, nice-looking skies today, because once you stepped outside it was a whole other story! Heat Indices got into the mid 100's this afternoon, and we're possibly looking at slightly hotter conditions for Saturday. The Excessive Heat Warning has expanded for all of the Stateline until Saturday at 7:00pm because of this.
As we go through Friday evening the triple-digit heat indices will die down, but it'll still be hot and muggy with heat indices in the low 90's during the evening. Not until the overnight will we start to see more manageable temperatures in the mid 70's, with some patchy fog forming after 2am.
With the excessive heat to start the weekend not only do you want to look out for yourself, but also for your kids and pets! They both are very sensitive to heat, especially dogs with their paws being sensitive to hot concrete and basically wearing a fur coat. And above all else, DO NOT LEAVE THEM IN CARS!!!
When it's a sunny day with temperatures at 94°, the interior of your car can heat up to 140° in just 40 minutes! That's 1.5x the outdoor temperature. Just imagine if you were to leave your car outside for a longer period of time in these conditions. Definitely something to consider during this heat wave.
This low pressure system will continue pulling in heat and moisture into our area through Saturday evening, keeping the hot weather lingering in our area.
Once we get into Saturday evening, that low pressure system will track northeast, forming a small warm front just northwest of the Stateline. This will form some thunderstorms, some of which may skim the far western portion of the viewing area during the overnight Saturday night.
Relief finally comes in the form of a cold front on Sunday. However, this will allow for thunderstorms Sunday afternoon, some of which could be on the strong side as it'll still be fairly warm alongside having that frontal boundary in play. The main threat would be strong wind gusts, with quarter-size hail being possible as well.
Once we get into the work week, temperatures will be in the mid 80's most of the time, with temperatures possibly hitting the low 90's on Fourth of July. A couple quick pop-up storms will be possible for the Holiday, but otherwise we should be dry with warm and muggy conditions.
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