Hot and humid weather continues today

(WWAY) — A Heat Advisory has been issued for today as hot and humid continues.

The combination of a weakening front moving down along the southern Virginia/northern North Carolina border combined with surface troughing across the Carolinas will lead to perhaps a stray shower or thunderstorm later today otherwise look for hazy sunshine and a few clouds with hot and humid highs in the upper 90s and hot heat indices from 106-110 thanks for strong upper-level ridging. The combination of a trough across the Carolinas this weekend with increasing deeper layered moisture will lead to a little better chance of unsettled weather… mainly Sunday. Look for mostly sunny skies Saturday with hot and humid highs in the middle 90s. Sunday will bring a few showers or thunderstorms with highs staying hot and humid in the middle 90s. Any thunderstorms that develop this weekend have at least a marginal potential to be strong to severe with damaging wind gusts/straight line winds the primary concern. For the beginning of next week, we have our eyes on the tropics as a low pressure could originate in the northeast Gulf, has a chances to move inland and increase shower coverage in the Carolinas. But as of now there is still a high uncertainty on what that will happen. Once a low pressure forms, we should have a better idea of impacts to our area. Highs dropping a couple of degrees Monday into the lower 90s will be followed by more heat next Tuesday reaching the middle 90s. 

**HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.  Heat index values up to 109 expected.**

WWAY FORECAST:         

Today: Hazy sunshine and a few clouds. A stay shower or thunderstorm is possible. Continued hot and humid with a high in the upper 90s. Heat index values in the afternoon from 106-109. Winds southwest becoming south at 5-15 mph.   

Tonight: Mostly clear… very warm and muggy. Low in the upper 70s to around 80. 

Saturday: Mostly sunny… hot and humid with breezy southwest/south winds. High in the mid 90s. Heat index values in the afternoon reaching from 104-108.  

Sunday: Partly sunny skies with temperatures into the middle 90s. Scattered showers and thunderstorms possible. Heat index values in the afternoon reaching from 104-108.  

-Meteorologist Jason Korver