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Dangerous heat arrives Wednesday. Prepare for heat index values around 105 with high temperatures in the mid 90s.

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Hello everyone, I'm meteorologist Mike Mays in the WRL Severe Weather Center with our forecast update for this Tuesday night. We had a very warm day. 93 was the high. We're going to have a very warm night. Our forecast low tomorrow morning at 76. The record warm low, 75 set back in 1935. It's quite possible that we could have the warmest low for the day. And then on Thursday, our forecast low is 77. The previous record warm low is 73, set back in 2018. So we could have a couple of record low mornings, and we could have some record highs coming down the road by next Sunday and Monday and Tuesday, we could be flirting with old record highs. We just got a lot of heat on the way. So let's talk about what we expect for the day tomorrow. By 8 a.m. it's already 80. By lunchtime, we're at 91. Our forecast high 96. Tomorrow will be a hotter day than today. It will be humid. We'll take a look at heat index values coming up in just a second. There could be an isolated thunderstorm for the day on Wednesday, but it's important to note that if you work outside for a living, it is going to be some tough heat to contend with tomorrow. So we need you to remain well hydrated. If you're feeling dizzy or faint, take rest breaks and find a cool spot to hang. out until that passes. And this is just the beginning of the heat. Here's the hour by hour heat index by 10 a.m. feeling like 92. By lunchtime, feeling like 99, our peak heat index here in the triangle should be 105, but some of the other locations like Clinton, which you had a heat index of 108 today, could be higher than that. It's quite possible there could be a heat advisory that's issued over the next couple of days due to the heat index values, probably not here in the triangle, but some other locations as well. So, the high temperatures and the heat index values for the next 5 days, feeling like 104 to 105 for us here in the triangle tomorrow, 106 on Thursday, that would probably be the day where we do have that potential for heat advisory in some locations. There's also a cold front that's coming along on Thursday. That has the potential to produce severe weather. I'll talk about that in a moment. Once the front passes, maybe a little less humid for Friday and Saturday, maybe not as intensely hot, and then a big ridge of high pressure builds into the area Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. And I think that's when we're going to feel our most extreme heat. Forecast highs will be in the upper 90s to maybe 100 degrees. Now, for Thursday, we will have big heat that could fuel big storms. Where you see the yellow, that's a level 2 threat for severe weather. The timing currently is from 4 o'clock to 11 o'clock winds up to 60 MPH, quarter size hail the possibility, and since it will be so hot that heat could go into energizing storms, there could be a lot of lightning as well, so be aware of that. So our forecast as we head into the overnight, warm and muggy, lows will be in the 70s, 76 in Raleigh, 78 in Fayetteville, and then tomorrow it's just plain hot. Highs will be in the low to mid 90s, about 96 in Raleigh, 96 in Fayetteville. Take care. The heat's going to be rough over the next 7 days. That's our forecast update. Have a great night.

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