FORECAST: Scattered showers expected as temperatures cool to the upper 80s

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FORECAST:

• The humidity is starting to increase this morning, and it will build up more over the weekend. However, the heat won’t be that bad today.
• As a matter of fact, we may break our streak of consecutive 90-degree days, with highs expecting to reach the upper 80s.
• A few scattered showers and storms will dot the map today, but these won’t be very widespread.
• Rain chances then drop off for the weekend as the heat starts to build up, with highs returning to the mid-to-upper 90s and a heat index near 100 degrees.
• We could see air temperatures hitting triple digits next week too.

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