WEEKS, AND IT’S A REMINDER, BRIAN, THAT ESPECIALLY DURING THESE HOT TEMPERATURES, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CARS ARE READY TO GO. CHECKING THOSE TIRES, MAKING SURE THAT OUR AIR IS GOOD TO GO, BECAUSE IT’S SAFE TO SAY THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE USING BOTH OF THEM. AND YEAH, IT’S SO HOT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. CARS WILL HEAT UP SO QUICKLY IN CONDITIONS LIKE THIS TOO. AND THE BEST ADVICE THAT WE CAN GIVE IS TRY TO STAY INSIDE. TRY TO STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT, BECAUSE THIS IS A RARE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY THAT ARE RUNNING VERY HIGH TODAY. SO SO EVERYONE JUST BE CAREFUL. FIND A WAY TO STAY COOL. IF YOUR AC IS ON THE FRITZ, FIND A PUBLIC PLACE. YOU CAN GO HANG OUT DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY. THE LIBRARY, MOVIE THEATER, GO SHOPPING. GO DO SOMETHING. JUST GET IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT. GO TO THE POOL. YEAH, IT WOULD BE GOOD TOO. ALL RIGHT. SO IT’S NOT. WE’RE NOT JUST SEEING THIS IN THE CAROLINAS. THIS IS A LARGE DOME OF OF JUST VERY WARM AIR. IT’S STABLE, IT’S SINKING, AND IT’S COMPRESSING THE AIR AND REALLY PUSHING OUR TEMPERATURES TO THE LIMIT. YOU CAN SEE WE’RE IN THAT RED SHADED AREA OUTSIDE OF THE URBAN CENTERS. MAJOR HEAT IMPACT. BUT YOU GET INTO THE PURPLES ACROSS MANY OF THE URBAN CENTERS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY, UP THE I-95 CORRIDOR. THEY’RE LOOKING AT AREAS WHERE THE HEAT INDEX IS GOING TO GET ABOVE 110 TODAY. THAT’S ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH. CAROLINAS. WE’RE ALREAD STARTING TO SEE SOME HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES COMING IN. A HEAT ADVISORY IS STILL IN PLACE UNTIL 8:00 TOMORROW EVENING. IT WILL EXPIRE, BUT MAY GET REISSUED FOR THE FOOTHILLS. IT WILL EXPIRE AT 9:00 THIS EVENING. THERE OUR MORNING LOW 76 DEGREES, TYING A RECORD FOR THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE WE’VE EVER HAD. ON JUNE 24TH. THAT WAS SET BACK JUST TEN YEARS AGO. IN 2015. WE HAVE A SHOT AT GETTING CLOSE TO THOSE RECORDS AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING AND AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING, SO WE WILL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON THAT. THIS IS THE TEMPERATURE ALREADY. THIS IS NOT THE HEAT INDEX. IT’S 92 DEGREES AT PTI AIRPORT. IT’S 93 ALREADY IN WINSTON-SALEM. AND THE DEW POINTS ARE UNBELIEVABLY HIGH. IT’S RARE TO HAVE TEMPERATURES THIS WARM AND THE HUMIDITY THIS HIGH. USUALLY ONE KIND OF IMPACTS THE OTHER, BUT THAT IS THE HEAT INDEX INTO THE 103 DEGREE MARK IN BOTH SMITH REYNOLDS AIRPORT AND AT PTI, AND AT SHILOH AIRPORT UP IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. IT FEELS LIKE 105 DEGREES. EVEN NORTH WILKESBORO FEELS LIKE 98 AND MID TO UPPER 80S ACROSS MANY OF OUR MOUNTAIN SPOTS. STILL GOING WITH A FORECAST HIGH THAT WILL BEAT YESTERDAY’S HIGH TEMPERATURE. AND YOU KNOW, A HOT YESTERDAY WAS ARGUABLY IT’S GOING TO FEEL HOTTER TODAY JUST BECAUSE THE DEW POINTS ARE HIGHER. EVEN ONE DEGREE RISE IN TEMPERATURE WHEN IT’S THIS HOT OUTSIDE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WE’VE GOT A PLACEHOLDER CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED SHOWER. I WOULDN’T BANK ON ANY RAIN THIS EVENING. IT’S ONLY A 20%. SO THIS IS VERY, VERY SPOTTY. AND THEN THINGS SHOULD BEGIN TO QUIET DOWN LATER TONIGHT. IT STAYS VERY WARM DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. IN FACT, OUR NUMBERS MAY BE COOLING DOWN TOO QUICKLY LATER ON TONIGHT. THE HEAT INDEX BEING SO HIGH AND THE HEAT ADVISORY IN PLACE. THAT’S WHY WE HAVE IMPACT ICONS ON THE MAP THROUGH AT LEAST THE THE EARLY AND MIDDLE PART OF THE EVENING. TONIGHT. BEST RAIN CHANCES, OR AT LEAST BEST COVERAGE SHOULD BE IN THE MOUNTAINS. A LITTLE BIT OF A LONGER THREAT TO FOR MAYBE A RIDGE RUNNING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN THE TOO MUCH OF THAT TODAY. STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PUT THE WESTERN COUNTIES UNDER A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND A GREATER RISK FOR THAT TOMORROW. THE MAIN REASON FOR THAT IS THE FACT THAT WE’VE GOT SO MUCH ENERGY IN THE ATMOSPHERE, SO MUCH MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE THAT YOU GET A DOWNBURST. IT COULD PRODUCE SOME STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS. TOMORROW, AS THAT HEAT STARTS TO BREAK DOWN, THAT RIDGE STARTS TO BREAK DOWN. I THINK THE THREAT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE WIDESPREAD. WE ARE EXPECTING SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN OUR AREA TO REDEVELOP, AND YOU CAN SEE AS WE LOOK AT TOMORROW’S MODEL, THERE’S NOT A LOT OF WIND TO PUSH THESE AROUND. SO THEY KIND OF DRIFT AROUND. AND THAT ALSO INCREASES THE THREAT THAT HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE SOME FLOODING IN SOME AREAS, BECAUSE THE STORMS WON’T BE MOVING ALL THAT QUICKLY. BESIDES WHAT WE BELIEVE, TEMPERATURES STAY IN THE 90S THIS WEEK, BUT THE HEAT STARTS TO BREAK DOWN LITTLE BY LITTLE. LATE DAY STORMS BECOME MORE