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topicnews · August 26, 2024

Warmer Monday, 90s return this week

Warmer Monday, 90s return this week

SEE: Warmer Monday, 30s return this week

PEOPLE WERE AT THE WATER, NOT AT A SKI RESORT, BUT WE HAD REALLY NICE WEATHER FOR AUGUST LAST WEEK. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID THEY WISHED FOR MORE TIME. OH YES, I AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. I KNOW I’M UNFORTUNATELY HAVING TO DISAPPOINT A LOT OF PEOPLE THIS WEEK BECAUSE THE SUMMER HEAT AND HUMIDITY ARE RETURNING TO FORECAST WITH TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE 30 AT LEAST FORECAST AND YES, HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD BE IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS THIS WEEK. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING THE WEEKEND. HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE BEEN ENJOYING LOTS OF SUNSHINE, LOW HUMIDITY, AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 27S. BOY, YOU CAN’T WISH FOR ANYTHING BETTER IN AUGUST. NOW WE’RE COMING UP TO THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND, WHICH THE LAKES WILL BE CERTAINLY FULL. SO WILL THE BEACHES. AND BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, SOME BIG CHANGES ARE COMING. THE CHANCE OF RAIN IS LOW THIS WEEK TOWARDS THE LATE WEEK AND THE WEEKEND. THEN THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL COME BACK. ALSO THE HUMID AIR RETURNS THIS WEEK AND THERE ARE THOSE 90 DEGREE DAYS FORECAST. SO FAR IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST WE’VE ONLY HAD 290 DEGREE DAYS AND HERE WE GO INTO THE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST. THE FIRST AND SECOND WE’VE HAD 92 AND 93 DEGREES. TOMORROW WE’LL BE CLOSE TO 90 DEGREES AND THEN BELOW 90 DEGREES ON TUESDAY. THE HOTTEST DAYS OF THIS WEEK WILL BE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH 94 AND 95 DEGREES. TODAY WE’RE JUST A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL AT 85 DEGREES, GREENSBORO REIDSVILLE AT 8584 DEGREES, NORTH WILKESBORO AND ASHEBORO TEMPERATURES JUST DROPPING TO THE MID TO UPPER 60S IN MOST AREAS. AND TOMORROW YOU’LL HAVE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ALL OVER THE AREA. THAT MEANS LOTS OF SUNSHINE. WE’LL HAVE VERY LITTLE WIND, SO TOMORROW WILL BE NICE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWEST 15-17 DEGREES. WE’LL HAVE LIGHT BREEZE DURING THE DAY, RELATIVELY LOW HUMIDITY, HIGH TEMPERATURES UP TO ABOUT 32-33 DEGREES. TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SO IT’S GOING TO BE HOTTER. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE HIGHS OF 30-35 EVEN IN THE FOOTHILLS, AND WE’LL START AT THE LOWEST OF 15 DEGREES. IT’S GOING TO BE A WARM DAY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE HIGHS OF 10 IN THE MOUNTAINS. NOT TERRIBLY HUMID. WE’LL SEE A FEW CLOUDS, AND WE’LL HAVE HIGHS OF 30-35 DEGREES. SO IT’S STILL PRETTY COMFORTABLE. TOMORROW WILL BE A LITTLE HUMID, ON TUESDAY THE AIR WILL BE HUMID AND EVEN STEAMY. TIME FRAME: THURSDAY. AND THEN WE’LL SEE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE DEGREES, COUPLED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY, WHICH MEANS HEAT INDEX VALUES AND FEEL-FUL TEMPERATURES COULD BE CLOSE TO 100. WE’RE NOT LIKELY TO SEE ANY MAJOR HEAT IMPACTS ON TUESDAY, BUT WE’LL START TO BE IN THAT MAIN ZONE ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND ESPECIALLY THURSDAY. AND YOU’LL FIND DRY SKIES HERE. YOU’LL NOTICE IN THE WEST, THAT’S WHERE THERE’S THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. THERE’S HEAT TOO. SO THERE ARE HEAT ADVISORIES AND HEAT WARNINGS FOR THE UPPER MIDWEST RIGHT NOW AND INTO TOMORROW. THE HEAT WILL BE HERE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. AND THAT MEANS A HOT FOOTBALL GAME FOR WAKE FOREST. THAT’S THURSDAY NIGHT’S KICKOFF AGAINST NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE, THE AGGIES, AT 7 PM AND AT 7 PM I EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO BE JUST 80 F. AFTER THEY HIT 80 F IN THE AFTERNOON. RIGHT NOW DRY SKIES ARE FORECAST BUT IT’S GOING TO BE VERY WARM AND VERY HUMBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL DOWN A LITTLE ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BUT THEN SOME OF THOSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAPPEN AS WELL. SO FOR THE FOOTHILLS IT’S FORECAST HOT FOR THURSDAY. IT’S GOING TO BE COOLER FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND BUT IT COULD BE A LITTLE STORMY. TEMPERATURES IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE ABOVE 25C OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND BUT THERE ARE REALLY GOOD CHANCES OF SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. SO HERE’S THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST. IT’S DRY UP FRONT, BUT DANGEROUS HEAT IS COMING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, AND STORM CHANCES RETURN AT THE WEEKEND.

SEE: Warmer Monday, 30s return this week

SEE: Warmer Monday, 30s return this week

SEE: Warmer Monday, 30s return this week