Chief Meteorologist Patrick Rockey’s First Warning Forecast
It’s the weekend. It’s August. And it is going to feel like it!
Heat index values will be climbing into the triple digits over the next few days.
The culprit: our old friend the Bermuda high. That is a broad area of high-pressure in the Atlantic that pumps in plenty of heat and humidity from down south.
Saturday will be our milder of the two days with highs in the lower 90s and heat index values between 100 and 105 degrees.
Most of us will stay dry, but we could see a few showers and thunderstorms. The best bet for any wet weather during the first half of the day will be across the coast of North Carolina and then we could see some showers and thunderstorms develop in the afternoon across a Hampton Roads.
It gets really steamy on Sunday with high temperatures near 94° and heat index values approaching 110° in some spots.
With that intense heat, we could see a seabreeze develop in the afternoon, bringing scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Expect more hot weather for Monday and Tuesday, with highs in the lower 90s and heat index values in the low triple digits.
If you are not a fan of the heat, look forward to Wednesday when an honest to goodness cold front moves in. That will knock our high temperatures down into the low-to-mid 80s for one day. Stay tuned.
