ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — People in the Asheville area are sweltering under a brutal heat wave this week — with little relief in sight.
The prolonged stretch of dangerous heat and humidity is expected to continue through midweek across much of the western Carolinas, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a Heat Advisory for Tuesday and Wednesday across all areas except the mountains of Western North Carolina and northeast Georgia.
Forecasters warn that heat index values — a measure of how hot it feels when humidity is factored in — could soar between 100 and 108 degrees east of the North Carolina mountains. Overnight temperatures are also forecast to remain well above normal, offering little relief from the oppressive conditions…