The heat is on: Hottest temperatures in two years on the way!

Tonight features partly cloudy skies with a few scattered downpours, mainly before midnight. Though storms are not expected to be severe, downpours could drop brief heavy rainfall where they do fall. It’s a warm and muggy night in store, with low temperatures only dropping into the mid 60s.

Tuesday provides mostly sunny skies to begin the day with a few fair weather cumulus clouds by lunchtime and an isolated shower or storm during the afternoon. Most of us will remain dry, and if anything, these showers will be nothing more than ‘heat busters’ cutting into the heat as we see the mercury inch closer to the 90 degree mark – our western towns won’t have a hard time reaching 90.

Heat index values peaking in the low 90s will make for a very hot afternoon. Remember to never leave kids in a locked car unattended, and don’t forget both those that may be sensitive to the heat as well as the pets – provide somewhere to keep them cool, preferably inside if possible! If working outside, make sure to take plenty of breaks and consider adding electrolytes to replace what’s lost in your sweat. We have several upcoming days of hot weather ahead. Temperatures Tuesday night will dip back into the mid 60s in what will be a warm and muggy night.

Juneteenth features mostly sunny skies and temperatures once again jumping up into the mid to upper 80s for most – our western counties once again should reach 90 degrees. With dew point values expected to remain in the 60s, we’ll have a case of the muggies to go with the heat, which will punch heat index values into the low 90s during the afternoon.

Thursday begins our hottest stretch of weather during this hot spell, with mostly sunny skies and high temperatures pushing to right around 90 degrees. Our western counties should reach the mid 90s and heat index values will be a couple of degrees above our air temperatures with some humidity at play.

Friday keeps the heat bearing down on the two Virginias with plenty of sunshine and temperatures spiking into the low 90s – western towns will once again jump into the mid 90s and heat index values over much of our region will flirt with the mid 90s. Beckley has not reached 90 degrees since June 15th, 2022 – there is a good chance we will finally break that two-year old streak this week.

Saturday begins to see our chances for a couple of showers return in the afternoon, as a frontal system begins to shift south. The proximity of this front, along with heat and humidity, should be enough to provide at least an isolated chance for a storm or two with highs near 90.

Sunday will be a bit more unsettled as a cold front begins to approach from our west. With a more direct southerly flow out ahead of that front, an added touch of humidity and heat will initiate scattered showers and storms. We’ll see high temperatures in the mid to upper 80s.

Monday continues the unsettled pattern with scattered showers possible with a front crossing. High temperatures will be cooler with the more abundant clouds and showers around as they peak in the low to mid 80s.

Looking ahead in your extended forecast, high pressure will nose back in from the Great Lakes on Tuesday, move nearly due north of us on Wednesday and then shift northeast by Thursday. That will keep humidity levels held in check until Thursday when a southerly breeze returns. As a result, we’ll cool slightly for Tuesday into Wednesday with highs in the low to mid 80s. The heat returns by Thursday!

TONIGHT
Isolated downpours before midnight. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 60s.
TUESDAY
Stray isolated PM shower, otherwise partly sunny. Hot! Highs in the upper 80s.
JUNETEENTH
Mostly sunny. Hot! Highs in the upper 80s.
THURSDAY
Mostly sunny. Hot again! Highs around 90.
FRIDAY
Partly sunny. Still hot. Highs around 90.
SATURDAY
Partly sunny, isolated PM storm. Highs near 90.
SUNDAY
Afternoon scattered showers. Highs in the upper 80s.
MONDAY
Scattered showers. Highs in the low to mid 80s.
TUESDAY
Mostly sunny. Highs in the low 80s.
WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
THURSDAY
Partly sunny, isolated shower. Highs in the mid to upper 80s.

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