Heat is typically the number one weather-related killer in the United States, so please take it seriously. Check on your older friends, neighbors, and family members. Even if they have air conditioning, it could be broken or they can't afford to run it. Pets should be inside with you where it is cooler with access to clean water all day.
Due to the morning storms northeast of Omaha, we are staying cooler than first though and have dropped highs in Omaha today into the mid 90s, which should keep the heat index around 100 to 105. A few spotty storms will try to pop up this evening and tonight. While many of us stay dry, the storms that manage to form could come with damaging wind and a couple pockets of large hail. A tornado is not likely, but one can't be ruled out.
We dry out overnight and fall into the mid 70s for Wednesday morning.
We could go a degree or two hotter on Wednesday, pushing the metro closer to 100. This pushes the the heat index over 110 late in the afternoon. We'll start dodging a few isolated storms again late in the afternoon, but storms become more likely in the evening and night. Some of these could be severe with hail and wind being the main concern, but some spots manage to stay dry.
There is some small relief from the high heat late in the workweek. Thursday and Friday will be in the low 90s, but it will still be humid and mostly sunny.
The low 90s and sunshine continue Saturday, but the humidity drops a little more, letting our mornings drop into the upper 60s over the weekend.
We start to heat up again early next week with mid 90s on Sunday, followed by upper 90s next Monday.
TUESDAY
Mostly Sunny
Isolated P.M. Storms
High: 97
TUESDAY NIGHT
Partly Cloudy
Scattered Storms
Low: 75
WEDNESDAY
Partly Cloudy
Scattered P.M. Storms
High: 99
THURSDAY
Mostly Sunny
Not as Humid
High: 92
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