We are into the dog days of summer and there are 18 states under a heat advisory, watch, or warning this morning!
The hottest weather Friday will be from Texas to the Dakotas, where it will feel like it is over 100 degrees.
The hottest areas on Saturday will be in the Plains and western Great lakes, it will feel like it is above 100 degrees from Kansas City, Missouri, to Chicago.
The heatwave will move east for Sunday and into next week.
Temperatures are expected to reach the low to mid 90’s, however, with the extreme humidity, it will feel like it is near 100 degrees, from Washington D.C. to Philadelphia, New York City and into southern New England.
Severe storms are expected to hit the Upper Midwest and the Great Lakes today and into the weekend.
A new storm system is moving into the northern Plains and Great Lakes later today and could bring damaging winds, tornados, and tennis ball-size hail. Cities in the path of these storms will be Bismarck and Fargo North Dakota as well as Minneapolis.
On Saturday the severe weather threat moves slightly east from Minneapolis to Green Bay, where damaging winds are expected.
