wednesday into thursday. it expands the high pressure that has been here over the four corners region, nevada, just drift a little bit, but that he dome stays massive, and it blocks wind and rain that could cool things off, and things are going to stay 10 or 15 degrees above average, that s fahrenheit, above average for the next week at least. take your hottest time of the year and add 10 to 15 degrees fahrenheit, and that is where we are. nearly every day this week in phoenix will be a record high. that is scary and what is even scarier are the lows. 94, 95, 94, those would be in the top 5 to 10 hottest nights phoenix has ever had. anyone of them, and you have seven in a row. it has been since last sunday, when the load dropped below 90.
whether there s any relief in sight. so the question everyone wants to know is when will the heat wave in the u.s. southwest break. and the answer is no time soon. these above average temperatures, we put this into motion, going through the work week, monday, tuesday, wednesday into thursday, they really just expand. the high pressure that s been here over the four corners region, near nevada jut sort of drifts a little bit but that heat dome stays massive. and it blocks any of these winds and rain that can cool things off. and things are going to stay 10, 15 degrees above average. that s fahrenheit. above average, for the next at least week. and we re talking the hottest times of the year. association it s take your hottest time of the year. add 10 to 15 degrees fahrenheit and that s where we are. nearly every day this week, in phoenix, will be a record high. that s scary.
temperatures are going to be well above 100. when you add in the humidity, it will be a very muggy day. heat indexes will approach 115 degrees here. that s fahrenheit, of course. but 100 degrees in san antonio. 109 in laredo. muggy air all the way even into dallas. even new orleans may feel 110 to 115. excessive heat warnings posted here across parts of texas. air conditioners will be rolling. this will be a very difficult weekend to be outside, and it doesn t end by the weekend. it doesn t end until thursday. look at your temperatures for houston, for san antonio. dallas a little bit cooler but still the muggies are up there without a doubt. then for houston itself, 103 on the thermometer with the mugginess there feeling like 110 to 115 outside. and that s in the shade. so keep that in mind. austin, you re not going to get below 104 until thursday afternoon. the heat is on. sometimes we can get thunderstorms in this kind of
britt britley ritz is with us. pete muntean is at the airport in chicago. lucy cavanaugh is in denver, colorado. omar jimenez is in chicago. first we ll head to britley for the conditions. that arctic air pushing down into texas and through the ohio valley and southeast. we have actual temperatures below zero. des moines, 9 below. that s fahrenheit. when we factor in the wind, that s what counts. the wind chill. what it feels like to your skin. 39 degrees below zero. wind gusts in indianapolis, 41 miles per hour. sustained winds near 30 miles per hour and only expected to get stronger as the snow deepers over the great lakes. hence, the wind chill warnings in effect across the great plains and texas and ohio valley and slowly moving in to new england. as that front moves through, expect many of us to be below
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