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Sunshine will blaze through much of the week. Monday monitoring wildfire smoke coming out of Canada.

With the temperatures climbing above normal. little rock by wednesday 100 degrees, monroe, louisiana, 104, birmingham, alabama, 94 degrees. 5 to 10 degrees above normal. thankfully of the midwest back into the northeast had that cold front run through. yes, it brought severe weather but it did a accident in the temperature. chicago 79 degrees for a high today. and once we move into boston, look at this, 76 for today. all of us across the southeast above normal as the dome sits over top of us. li...

Meteorologist britley ritz. so temperatures, they are cooling, but by how much? thats the question, right? if its still 110 or 108 degrees, thats still very hot. >> absolutely is. its a very dry heat. the dew points are low. its like opening up an oven and it smacks you in the face. today will likely add to the streak in phoenix. so 31 days with a forecast high of 111. once guess we get the michael jordan rain monday, tuesday we down below normal. typical high around 106 degrees. 105 tuesday. we...

We wind up in dallas and monroe, louisiana, birmingham, new orleans, dealing with temperatures five to ten degrees above normal as well. we are in the triple digits. much of us across the southeast dealing with dew points that measurement of moisture near the surface over 70. when thats factored in with temperatures in the triple digits, it feels much hotter. new orleans, you have a heat index of 107. same for jacksonville. excessive heat warnings in effect up into parts of the central plains, b...

If 115 degrees verifies, we are now at 30 consecutive days at 110-plus. thats here in phoenix. much of the united states above normal. memphis 98, atlanta 95, d.c. at 95 degrees. phoenix is a dry heat. we factor in dew points of 70 plus. dew points is the measurement of moisture near the surface that gives us the humidity. it gives us the heat index or the feels-like temperature. atlanta will feel like 102 degrees, washington, d.c. will feel like 103. record highs and record warm lows, 80-plus r...

>> she was mentioning the humidity levels when the dew points are lower. thats what it allows for phoenix to get so much warmer. phoenix is topping out at 115 degrees. speaking of, 29 consecutive days where they have been 110 plus and were adding to that with a forecast high of 115. much of the country well above normal. if not, right about where we should be. chicago at 80 thanks to the cold front. that is going to slide down through the ohio valley and into the southeast cooling us down too. f...

Some are getting it. others are staying hot. >> phoenix is one of those, victor. we talked about it. were five to ten degrees above normal over the next 24 to 48 hours. theres some relief but were staying dangerously hot. look at phoenix. 115 degrees today. we should typically be around 106. the problem now is that weve had that record streak. we talked about it. 29 days in a row where weve had temperatures of at least 110 degrees if not more and well likely do the same thing again today. all of...

Were adding to that today. we have temperatures all across the country above normal. now that the cold front worked its way through, but louisville is at 96. t 95 in atlanta. when you factor in dew points, you get the heat index or the feels like temperature. and that happens up into the northeast where temperatures feel like they are in the triple digits. d.c., 103. and then were talking about record breaking high temperatures. record breaking low temperatures where they are at their warmest. s...

Getting as high as 115 degrees. things change, though. you were talking about this, neil. we have got a different type of air mass coming in from canada, cooler, drier air mass is going to collide with all of the moisture thats been moving over portions of the mid-atlantic and the northeast, and it is going to fire off with some storms throughout the afternoon. got to watch this closely along the i-95 corridor. were talking about all the way over to the mountains through west virginia into virgi...

You factor in dew points of 70, plus, thats the measurement of the moisture near the surface. you can evaluate that and get your humidity percentage. it feels like 103 degrees in washington, d.c. 80-plus possible records over the next weekend. we have high temperatures reaching above normal and record warm lows. this is just going to be an ongoing situation. phoenix under excessive heat warnings, st. louis under the warning. d.c., youre not under the warning, but just to the south you are. back ...