Clouds increasing into the evening

IT DOES FEEL GOOD, AND WE’RE ONLY GETTING BETTER FROM HERE. CINDY, RIGHT? YEAH, WE’RE KIND OF IN THE SWEET SPOT WHERE YOU DON’T NEED THE AIR CONDITIONING. YOU CAN KIND OF GET AWAY WITHOUT IT. THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE LATER ON THIS WEEK. THERE IS SOME HEAT BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. THESE ARE THE FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY. NOTICE CHICAGO IS 85. TOPEKA IS 90 DEGREES. AND THEN, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT AROUND VEGAS IT’S UP OVER 100 DEGREES. AS IT OFTEN IS THIS TIME OF YEAR. AND THERE ARE HEAT ADVISORIES HERE. BUT A PLACE YOU MIGHT NOT EXPECT TO SEE HEAT ADVISORIES. TAKE A TRIP UP TO ALASKA WITH ME. THIS IS THE FAIRBANKS AREA UNDER A HEAT ADVISORY, SOMETHING THAT REALLY DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THAT OFTEN. AND IN ALASKA, THEIR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY IS 51 DEGREES. THEIR RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY IS 85. AND LOOK AT THE FORECAST. THEY’RE GOING TO 87 DEGREES. SO IT IS WARMER IN FAIRBANKS ALASKA TODAY THAN IT IS HERE. AND JUST TO PUT SOME PERSPECTIVE ON THESE 80 DEGREE TEMPERATURES, THEY’VE BEEN IN THE 90S BEFORE BUT CERTAINLY NOT ALL THAT OFTEN. SO THERE IS HEAT IN LOTS OF PLACES. AND WE’RE GOING TO GET IN ON SOME OF THAT LATER THIS WEEK AS WE WATCH THAT JET STREAM BUILD A BIG RIDGE HERE OVER THE NORTHEAST. AND THAT IS GOING TO SEND OUR TEMPERATURES HIGHER FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. WE’RE TALKING 80 WITH HIGHER HUMIDITY BY WEDNESDAY, AND THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE WEEK WILL BE THURSDAY, WHEN WE HAVE A CHANCE OF HITTING 90 DEGREES IN BOSTON. AND IT COMES WITH HIGHER HUMIDITY. THAT IS GOING TO START TO RAMP UP ON WEDNESDAY AND LOOK AT THE DEW POINTS BY THURSDAY. THEY’RE GOING TO BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70, WHICH IS PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE. THAT SOUPY AIR IS GOING TO BE A BIG CHANGE FOR US. IT IS SITTING RIGHT NOW TO OUR SOUTH AND WEST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A FRONT, WHICH IS FOCUSING SOME SHOWERS TO OUR SOUTH. THOSE AREN’T BOTHERING US RIGHT NOW. WE’VE GOT HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST, AND THAT IS GIVING US THAT EASTERLY WIND AND KEEPING THE TEMPERATURES REALLY COMFORTABLE. JUST IN THE 60S AT THE COAST, SOME LOWER 70S INLAND. NOW WE WILL SNEAK UP INTO THE LOW TO MID 70S THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE INTERIOR, BUT HOLD PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW ALONG THE COAST WITH THAT ONSHORE WIND. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES THOUGH. CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AS WE GET INTO THIS EVENING, AND THOSE CLOUDS WILL TEND TO THICKEN UP OVERNIGHT. ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT, THERE WILL BE SOME AREAS OF FOG THAT DEVELOP. TEMPERATURES FALL BACK INTO THE 50S AND TOMORROW IT’S A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY. TEMPERATURES HOLDING EITHER SIDE OF 70 AND WE’LL WATCH A FEW SHOWERS COME IN LATER IN THE DAY, MOSTLY IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THIS IS ABOUT THREE 4:00. YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BATCH OF SHOWERS ROLLING ON THROUGH. THIS WILL MOVE OUT ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND THEN BY WEDNESDAY MORNING ANOTHER BATCH OF SHOWERS MAY LIFT UP. THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH A WARM FRONT THAT’S GOING TO BRING IN THAT HIGHER HUMIDITY. AND ONCE THOSE SHOWERS EXIT MIDDAY SKIES ARE GOING TO BRIGHTEN UP IN THE AFTERNOON. AND THE TEMPERATURES WILL RESPOND. DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A LOT OF RAIN. ANYWHERE FROM A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR LESS FOR MOST OF US BETWEEN TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. BUT HERE COMES THAT HUMIDITY. LOW 80S ON WEDNESDAY, AND THEN BY THURSDAY. THAT IS WHEN THE HEAT IS PEAKING. WE’RE ALSO GOING TO BE WATCHING A COLD FRONT PRESSING IN, AND THIS COULD GENERATE SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR WEST. ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WE WILL SEE IF THESE HOLD TOGETHER AS THEY APPROACH DURING THE LATE DAY AND EVENING HOURS. BUT THAT FRONT IS GOING TO SCOUR OUT SOME OF THE HEAT HERE, SO THE TEMPERATURES WILL START TO COOL DOWN A LITTLE BIT AS WE GO FROM FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. BUT DRIER AIR IS ALSO COMING IN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT FRONT. SO DOES LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW SATURDAY WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE WINDOW OF NICE DRY AIR. HOW ABOUT SUNSHINE? 80 DEGREES A DRY SATURDAY? WE HAVEN’T HAD ONE SINCE THE MIDDLE OF MARCH, AND WE MAY HAVE ONE THIS WE