The upcoming stretch of hot afternoons and warm mornings will make it very hard for homes without air conditioning to cool off. Check in with your older friends, neighbors, and family members to make sure they are safe and staying cool through the weekend. Even for the younger crowd, if you have outdoor yard work or want to go for a run, make sure you do it early in the morning and drink plenty of water. Keep pets with you inside, and make sure they have access to clean water all day.
After a warm start to Sunday, near 80 degrees, near-record heat is expected in the afternoon. The record high in Omaha for June 22 is 100, which was set in 1930. We likely fall just shy of that. The humidity will easily push the heat index closer to 105. We also stay mostly sunny and windy throughout the day.
Then, a cold front will start to approach the area from the northwest, and it could push a couple isolated and strong storms at areas northwest of Omaha late Sunday night…