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A new analysis projects how much Americans will pay for electricity from June to September, depending on their state of residence.
Most locations remain dry through midnight, but showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop near the Red River late tonight into the pre-dawn hours Friday.
The First Alert Weather Team is monitoring a potential First Alert Weather Day on Thursday, with an expected heat index of around 105 degrees.
Drink plenty of water and take frequent breaks in the A/C.
By Tuesday afternoon, a backdoor cold front (a cold front that moves in from the northeast) arrives, increasing our chances of isolated thunderstorms.
Some showers and thunderstorms will impact the afternoon commute on Tuesday. The best opportunity for widespread rain and thunderstorms currently looks to be Friday into Saturday.
Friday will be the first of five days in the 90s. Feels-like temperatures in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex will be 94° on Friday afternoon.
Last month was the hottest March on record for the Lower 48 states, by the most for any month ever, federal data shows. And a forecast El Niño could heat Earth even more.
The highs this time of the year should be in the 70s, but Sunday will be around 93 degrees.
North Texas is bracing for rare early-season heat with record highs and increased fire danger expected through the weekend, followed by only a brief cooldown.
You'll need a light jacket on Wednesday morning, but sunglasses by the afternoon.
A ridge of high pressure is dominating in the upper levels of the atmosphere, resulting in above-average highs.
Highs are expected to flirt near 80 degrees across North Texas Saturday, which will potentially break the record for the daily high temperatures on this date.
There is elevated fire danger on Sunday for counties along and west of the I-35 corridor due to the relative humidity being around 20 to 30%, with winds gusting up to 25 mph.
An active forecast is expected this next week with daily storm opportunities.
It's important to take precautions over the next several days.
A Heat Advisory is in effect for most of North Texas Saturday, Aug. 9, until about 7 p.m.
Saturday at DFW, the forecast high is 91 degrees with a chance of an isolated storm.
The extreme heat continues in the Midwest, the Southeast and some parts of the Northeast.
A heat advisory will go into effect starting at 12 p.m. Monday and will continue through 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Expect partly cloudy skies with the high temperature reaching the mid-90s and winds from the south gusting up to 20 mph.
The heat, combined with the high moisture content, is causing the heat index values to reach up to 107 degrees on Saturday afternoon.
More than 100 million Americans are under heat alerts as the extreme temperatures that have smothered the Midwest this week arrive on the East Coast.
According to the Dallas County Health and Human Services, the victim was a man in his 60s with unknown pre-existing medical conditions.
A police dog died Sunday in Georgia, after being left alone inside of her handler's hot patrol car without a working air conditioning system, authorities said.
