Extreme heat on the way to much of the East Coast

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Following severe storms that knocked out power and caused travel delays on Thursday, the first weekend of summer is kicking off a dangerous heat wave.

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00:00We're going to talk about heat. Before we get to that, let's talk about what you're seeing on the

00:03bottom of my screen here, right? Cause and effect. A lot of damaging wind reports from yesterday

00:10that have led to even thousands and thousands of power outages still being dealt with today.

00:17Power crews still working to get that power restored, especially in Pennsylvania. More

00:21than 100,000 plus customers without power, and it's actually down from about an hour ago. But

00:27you see on the right hand side of your screen there, if you caught the tree limb going right

00:31onto the power line, that is exactly how we get these kinds of numbers. We just get a lot of

00:35power lines down because of the wind. As we head into the weekend and especially next week for the

00:41Northeast though, heat is the headline. You notice the area of high pressure there. What's happening

00:46is it's creating a heat dome, right? And that's how we end up with kind of the heat wave that starts

00:52in the North Central now and will eventually move to the Northeast. But we're already starting to see

00:57the temperatures climb this weekend. So while yes, maybe the heat wave doesn't really start till

01:01next week, it's still hot. Make sure you are taking those precautions for any outdoor plans

01:05this weekend. Pittsburgh, you're at 90 for your Saturday. 96 by the time we get to Monday, just down

01:10south a little bit there in DC. 92 for your Saturday. We get to 98 by the time we get to Monday.

01:17And those are just your air temperatures. It's the time of year we got to talk about dew points,

01:21humidity, accuweather, real field temperatures. Now on this map, the green, that means that we are at a dew

01:27point of at least 60 degrees. The darker the green, the higher the number. And 60 is really when we

01:32start to get to that uncomfortable point with humidity. It starts to feel kind of sticky outside.

01:37It's definitely not a dry heat anymore. But especially we get to, you know, the darker green,

01:41those numbers start to climb. It is just very uncomfortable. It's like the weather you can wear

01:45kind of category with the humidity. That's just one of the factors that is used for our accuweather

01:50real field equation. But it is going to be the higher impact factor really for the next week or so here.

01:56So Saturday, we already have accuweather real field temperatures 90 to 95 degrees there in the

02:02orange. Down to the south, we're talking 100 to 105 for that real field temperature. Now we're not

02:08completely staying dry. We have a break from the severe weather now. But Saturday, just outside of

02:12that heat dome, the conditions are there for some strong to severe storms with damaging wind gusts,

02:18maybe some flooding downpours and some hail. A quick look at future radar shows us it's not an all-day

02:23washout event. Western New York, yeah, Saturday morning, afternoon, you have some of that rain

02:27moving through. But as we head further into the northeast, it's really the evening and overnight

02:31when hopefully it won't get in the way of your outdoor plans. The most widespread point, 530 a.m.

02:36Sunday. So hopefully you're not an early riser Sunday trying to get outside because that's where,

02:40yeah, New England, Maine, it might get in your way. But that moves out of here by the time we get to

02:45really Sunday afternoon. So a nicer weekend to get outside, but make sure that you are staying hydrated

02:50and staying inside if you can or in the shade if you have to be outside.

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