9 most populated areas of the eastern sea board of the u.s. so you can see the potential high temperature records being broken over 50, and many plotted along the east coast, new york, boston, those areas. right now over 70 million americans under weather alerts. many located across the central u.s., the southwestern parts of the u.s. under excessive heat warnings and along the east coast. boston, hartford, new york, philadelphia, they have heat advisories in effect that meaning that the heat index as you step outside, this is what it will feel like on your skin, may reach 105 degrees. so the actual air temperature a little cooler, but still very stifling, upper 90s for the end of the weekend for the big apple. and it is not just the eastern sea board. look at this, st. louis to memphis to jackson, you can see the normal temperature underneath the forecast high today. st. louis will clock 101, so we re talking 10 to 15 degrees farenheit above where we should be for this time of year.
deadly because we re looking at temperatures climbing into the 90s, into the 100s, and feeling like 115 in some spots. and it is the longevity that is stressful on the body. 97 million people impacted from the west to the plains. parts of the northeast as well. and temperatures in the upper 90s in the northeast and with the high humidity, it feels over 100 degrees. and that s part of the problem, we have the heat and we have the humidity, and you combine those two together and that s when it feels really steamy and tough on the body. so as we go throughout the day, temperatures climbing into the upper 90s, into the 100s, once again, widespread triple digits. so 95 today in nashville, feeling like 100, and notice little rock feeling like 107. 109 in baton rouge and also houston. and getting a little tiny relief in dallas, feeling like 102. they broke a record of 109 yesterday. and as an air temperature and then tomorrow, we re going to hold on to the heat, and no relief in sight, and lo
efficient at cooling itself off. the most significant and most effective coolant for our body is through sweating. once that sweat gets on your skin, it evaporates and that evaporative cooling causes about 22% of the heat to be removed from your body. but when the air is so humid, that evaporative cooling doesn t take place as effectively, you continue to sweat, that alters the sodium and potassium levels, that leads to fluid loss and dehydration which makes heat the top weather killer in the united states. not hurricanes, not tornadoes, but heat. and these sort of temperatures every year take hundreds of lives with them. and you notice the perspective, upper 90s, factoring in the humidity, it will feel like lower 100s. and this is not just in the united states. look at the last three years across europe. italy, spain, france, germany and the united kingdom have all seen their hottest temperatures in recorded history since the summer of 2019.
today. the alerts stretching from the west to the midwest, and added parts of the northeast. heat advisory starts tomorrow. boston, philadelphia, same story as well. we re going to see temperatures soaring once again into the upper 90s, and triple digits, and 109 today in dallas, and you factor in the humidity, it s going to feel like 110, and feel like 109 in little rock and feeling like 101 in st. louis. and it will feel like near 100 degrees in minneapolis. and same story tomorrow, the problem is we re not getting a relief, we re not getting the relief at night and temperatures in the 90s in dallas and we re looking at temperatures near 100 degrees in phoenix so you re waking up to the temperatures, and then they re just climbing from there, so tomorrow, 95 in richmond and a heat index of 100, and that s what it feels like on your body and same story in new york city, the heat index of 98 degrees. and we re going to see a stretch of 90s in boston and philadelphia and into dc, and it
but many betters, they can t help backing the long shot tiger woods who is making his return to competition fort final major of the year after pulling out of last month s u.s. open. i m sure it is cloudy and rainy in scotland because it always is and a check of the weather everywhere else is michelle grossman. you re so good. showers and then better saturday and sunday. we re looking at dangerous excessive heat in the middle of the country once again and portions of the west. 17 million people impacted today. looking at temperatures once again into the triple digits. upper 90s, you factor in the humidity, and at least in the central plains, southern plains, looking at temperatures a lot warmer than that. and the total today, feeling like 102 and dallas, 108. and san antonio, 108. and it will be 111 in phoenix. that s going to continue tomorrow, it s going to continue throughout the weekend as well. and temperatures once again, so warm, as far north as minneapolis, and you factor