forecast. good morning to you. good morning everybody. heat and humidity today as we get set for temperatures way above normal. as i said, it s not just going to be hot. the other thing to remember is it is going to be muggy as well with the humidity levels high and giving us excessive heat across the area. right now i stepped outside just a moment ago and it s relatively comfortable. temperatures here in the district in the low 70s. elsewhere in the 60s. 72 at reagan national airport. the humidity is at 87% and winds are calm. not anything really to shake things up this morning. there are a few crowds throughout this morning. this will be a day where we see mostly sunny skies. not just here but across the eastern united states. high pressure dominating. so there is not much happening out there across the region. so we will update you on that because we do finally expect to see some thunderstorms and showers move in tomorrow evening. but not today. forecast for today heat a
the wind is blowing, not too hot out here today, but if you re enjoying tonight, get ready for tomorrow, because things will be changing. in fact, we ll hit the mid-90s tomorrow, and once the heat index rolls in, it will feel like we re in the triple digit heat. sue palka is out here with me tonight. we re getting ready for another heat wave. let me remind you it s still spring. this is our second round of high heat so we want to give our viewers a head s up. we re not talking about the high that we were today. autostill warm but we ll be heading into the triple digits because the humidity will be kicking in. we got up to 90 degrees here and you can see all over the place really hot. detroit was 95 degrees today. but wait for this, shawn, as we widen out the picture. minneapolis was 103 degrees today. wichita, kansas, 102, and that is the kind of heat that is being tapped. not the really excessive heat, but you can see this area of high pressure down to the south and east