More Heat Advisories are in place Tuesday with surface temperature reaching 102 degrees and heat index values between 105 and 109. Excessive Heat Warnings for heat index values above 110 will plague East Texas.
There are not any changes in the forecast through Thursday. North Texas will likely have Heat Advisories in place once again with an afternoon high on Wednesday around 101 degrees, and 100 degrees on Thursday with more cloud cover.
The first weather change arrives late Thursday night into Friday as a rare July cold front sags into the area. It looks like the fireworks shows will be OK Thursday evening across North Texas, but radar will need to be monitored along the Red River counties for possible storms sneaking into the area after 9 p.m. This front will be right on top of this area on Friday producing scattered showers and storms. Gusty wind, dangerous lightning, and brief heavy rainfall will be the threats. It will be cooler as well with afternoon highs struggling to get above 90 degrees.