Weather Alert: Warm Today; Dangerous Heat Late Week

An Extreme Heat Warning is in effect for 10 AM Wednesday morning through 8 PM Saturday evening for inland areas. An Extreme Heat Watch continues for southern Rhode Island. Excessive heat and humidity could lead way to heat index values well over 100°.

Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Today will be warm, but the thermostat is really going to get cranked up for the remainder of the week. We have a heat wave ahead, but this is not an ordinary heat wave — dangerous heat is expected late week.

We now have Extreme Heat Warnings in effect for inland areas of Southeast New England. Heat index values (combo of heat/humidity) will make it feel like it’s over 100°, especially Thursday and Friday.

In fact, we’re now expecting the actual highs Thursday and Friday to hit 100°.

Two consecutive days of 100° have only happened twice in recorded history for the Providence area….1991 and 1944.

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