Excessive and dangerous heat has overtaken the center of the United States and is spreading to the east coast for this weekend. As this heat is directed to the northeast, several consecutive days above 90 degrees are likely. Warm temperatures will last next week, and maybe until July 4th.
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Denver reached Thursday record 105 degree temperature.
Heat is building across the central United States today with heat index values well above 100 degrees from Texas to Wisconsin. Des Moines, Iowa; Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, will see heat index values near or above 110 degrees. Some of the highest temperatures have now spread to the east, with 90 likely across the Appalachians, the southeast, and parts of the northeast.
Today is the day 1 of a heat wave of several days in New York.
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Alerts are up from the Plains in New York about Friday's high temperatures.
On Saturday, much of the Midwest, South and Appalachians will see values for the heat index approaching 100 degrees or more. On Sunday, the heat really begins in the Northeast, with heat indices exceeding 100 degrees from Washington, DC, to New York and Hartford, Connecticut, to Albany, New York, and Burlington, Vermont.
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A dangerous heat will be in place over much of the country on Friday.
Current temperatures this weekend across the Northeast will be good in the 90s, which means some parts of the Northeast will see its first heat wave of the season.
Seems like the heat persists next week, with warm temperatures in the northeast at least until July 4th.
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Temperatures will be above 90 degrees throughout the weekend in the Northeast East
recommence later today in the northern plains, from Rapid City, South Dakota, to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bad weather should not be as bad as Thursday, but stronger winds, severe hail and short tornadoes will be possible.
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The light-risk zone may experience strong winds and hail on Friday.
in the Wyoming Light Risk Region of North Wisconsin. All slow thunderstorms could cause sudden floods in this region.
Tomorrow there will be a chance for severe weather from Kansas to Michigan's Upper Peninsula with destructive winds and big hail being the main threat. Once again, sudden floods are a concern related to slow-moving storms.
West Fires
There are currently 54 large forest fires throughout the western United States, from New Mexico to Alaska – the majority of fires having occurred in Alaska.
The spring fire in Costilla County, Colorado, burned 4,000 acres – burning several houses in the county. The county councils of Costilla County said some parts of the county were a disaster area. The fire is contained at 0% and some evacuations remain in place for parts of this county.
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Exist in Utah, Colorado and Northern California.
There will be another day of very warm temperatures in much of the West, with three-digit probabilities ranging from California deserts to Colorado and New Mexico. Temperatures will approach 100 degrees in parts of inner California today.
Gusts of wind, locally above 40 mph, low relative humidity and high heat, will bring the next series of intense fire conditions to parts of the west, from northern California to Colorado. Southern Utah and southwestern Colorado are of particular concern for fire development.
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