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A Heat Advisory is issued for Friday and highs on Saturday through Wednesday are forecasted to be 100 degrees or more, which automatically triggers a WRAL Weather Alert Day.


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<p>Hello everyone, I'm meteorologist Mike Mays in the WRL Severe Weather Center with our forecast update for this Thursday night. Our heat wave starts tomorrow. Here's Friday at a glance. We start at 75 in the morning, later in the afternoon, up to about 98. Tomorrow is the start of a 6 day stretch of WREO weather alert days, and the criteria for that is either 100 degree high or a heat index value of 105 and above, which would constitute a heat advisory, and we do have one of those tomorrow as well. So let's take a look at what we expect as we start our day. 75 is the low, 77 at 8 by 10 a.m., 86, we will warm up fast, and a heat advisory goes into effect at 11 a.m. like they normally do, going to about 8 o'clock in the evening. Heat index values up to 106, and this is roughly around the triangle area. South toward Fayetteville, east toward Goldsboro, so it does not include Rocky Mountain and points northward, but it'll still be hot. It'll still be uncomfortable, but not quite as rough, so to speak, as some of our southern counties, which the heat index could get up to 106. Here in the triangle area, we expect a high of 98. Lunchtime, we're about 92 and heading out to dinner tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock, 91, 90 by 8 o'clock. So let's take a look at the forecast highs and the heat index. So our heat wave starts tomorrow. Over the next 5 days, we have WREO weather alert days. What's not seen on here is next Wednesday when we have a high of 102. Now, interestingly enough, none of these are record highs, except Tuesday. The record high is 101, so we could tie the record on. And look at the heat index values up to 112 on Saturday, 1:15 on Sunday, 110 on Monday. So yeah, it's not only dangerous heat, but it's life threatening heat because morning lows, we could have record warm lows with lows near 80 degrees. So we really don't cool off overnight and heat is cumulative. So if you are exhausted one day, that feeling of exhaustion may carry over to the next and the next and the next. And so by Thursday of next. That's when we see the heat wave breaking with the next cold front coming in. Hard to find any rainy relief as well. It's just a 20% chance for a storm Friday and Saturday and Sunday, 30% Sunday evening, 30% on Monday, and finally by next Thursday, that's when we have a greater chance of storms, about a 40 to 50% chance. So overnight it's warm and muggy. Lows will be in the 70s, 75 in Raleigh, 76, Clinton and Goldsboro, and then for the day tomorrow our heat wave kicks off. Anywhere from 96 at Roxboro, 98 here in Raleigh, 99 in Fayetteville. The bottom line is, don't push yourself over the next several days. The heat again will be dangerous, could be life threatening. Heat exhaustion can come on fast, so could a heat stroke. And with a lot of folks having outdoor activities this weekend and both Saturday and Sunday, featuring the high of around 100 degrees, it is going to be rough to exert yourself outside, so be careful. That's our forecast update for this Thursday night. I'll see you tomorrow night. Take care.</p>

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