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although we do have some relief coming late in the day. tim has a look at the pattern here that has been causing the heat and humidity. we ve definitely had high pressure in control. not a cloud in the sky here. very clear. the high, though, sitting off the coast. we ll call it pretty much parallel to the carolinas. it s the bermuda high. allows for that clockwise air to keep pumping and funneling in. and it is bringing in the gulf moisture and gulf warmth. our heat index tomorrow, with a heat forecast high of 103. the heat intex will be between 105 and 110. cooler air comes after sunday. that will be after the front roll brinks us a chance for thunderstorms. as for where these fall in the record books. we didn t quite make a record today. our forecast, well, we hit 98 degrees, as bob talked about. and then 102 was the high for today. for tomorrow, 103 is our forecast high. and even if we fall just a little shy of that, it will blow the record away. 97, set back in 1987
off the east coast. they call it the ber bermuda high. it s high pressure off the coast. really, almost parallel to north carolina. it allows for that warm air to get pumped into the entire eastern seaboard, really from the carolinas, in cape hatteras, into new york. cooler air will come by way of a front, moving through with a potential for thunderstorms on sunday. we really don t have much of a chance around here until then. as far as our forecast highs and what the records, how that will play into records? well, today, our forecast high of 97. you just heard bob say, we went up just a degree at bwi marshall. the official reporting site for the state s record. 98 is where we are now. the record was 102. we didn t quite make it today. however, tomorrow, our forecast high is 103. the record is 97. we will very likely blow that record right out of the water. with near record-setting temperatures for the next new days. bob will have your complete updated first warning forecas