Spring may be short-lived in the South, with the first major heat wave of 2024 expected to scorch Southern states from Texas to Florida next week.
After a weather year filled with deep freezes , atmospheric rivers and destructive tornadoes across parts of the U.S., weather forecasts for the upcoming season call for blistering heat waves that could impact Americans across the country.
The long-range weather outlook for May 7 through May 11 shows cities from Houston to Tampa to Atlanta will experience much warmer temperatures than normal.
Numerous daily high-temperature records could be broken by the middle and end of next week across the South and Southeast, with highs in the 90s.
Marking the first spike in temperatures across the Southern region, the National Weather Service (NWS) is forecasting heat-risk levels depending on location that range from Level 2, or ‘moderate,’ to Level 4, or ‘extreme,’ the highest level.
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