NEXT Weather Alert for excessive heat on Sunday, Monday

MINNEAPOLIS — Saturday kicks off a hot and steamy first weekend for the Minnesota State Fair, with Sunday and Monday both declared NEXT Weather Alert days.

Expect plenty of sunshine on Saturday with highs back into the mid-80s in the Twin Cities. A stray shower is possible late in the evening through early Sunday.

Temps will reach close to 90 degrees on Sunday and should break into the low-90s on Monday. An excessive heat warning will be in effect in the metro between 1 p.m. Sunday to 8 p.m. Monday.

Heat index values will be between 100-107 degrees during both days in the metro, with nighttime lows only down into the mid-70s.

A front could also bring rain chances late Monday into Tuesday.

Temps will drop a touch into the mid-80s by mid-week with another round of rain is possible on Thursday.