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I heart of the heat is along the mississippi river. this is the heat index, the temperature and humidity combined. dew points in the 80s, which means oppressive. dangerous, 116 is what it feels like in memphis, 112? jackson, rock, you know it's bad in the south when they break records in little rock in the month of august. they're going to break a record today. 106. unbelievable heat. it continues through the workweek. maybe down a few degrees but still extremely warm. we have nothing to complain about here in the northeast. >> shepard: nothing at all. oxford, the feels like is 114. little roc...

Take it easy and drink plenty of water if you're going to be outside. in terms of the forecast, anot whole lot of relief here. dallas over the century mark, dew points in the mid-70s, and in atlanta, 90s. one place you will see a little bit of relief, the carolinas and the northeast had some cool air come to that neck of the wood. you'll be in the 70s to low 80s, so that's one place you want to be if you have a beach vacation there. but heat in the south, stomplz in the -- storms in the upper midwest and we're watching the next 24 hours or so. >> thank you for those updates, eric fisher from t...

Well. the carolinas in virginia have been hot. one place that remains hot, the deep south. heat advisories and excessive heat warnings. biloxi and northern mississippi into the action. all of louisiana and arkansas as well. it will be over 100 degrees. the heat indeces 105 to 115. not a lot of relief. a long streak of 90 degrees plus days. you will be over the century mark for the next three. memphis in that area down in new orleans. you add to the humidity with dew points in the mid 70s. it will be sticky. drink plenty of water if you will be outside. take it easy for sure. in the northeast, ...

Take a look at the temperatures right now, here is what we're looking at. a little better, certainly, a cold front moved through the eastern seaboard and brought heavy rain and that's brought also some very nice relief for the dew points and they've lowered. much less humid for your day today. look at the satellite radar pictures. as you head across the southeast, florida will have a few thunderstorms and the southeast is near record breaking temperatures across areas of florida and the carolina coast line and rain and thunderstorms this afternoon in across the upper mississippi river valley a...

>> those are the 20%. >> shepard: yesterday the idea was by the time i got off work tonight, everything would be fine. >> by the time you get off work tomorrow, it will be fine. tomorrow's highs, back into the 80s. maybe flirting with 90 in new york. friday even better, better over the weekend. you should be around 84 this time of year in new york city. still above average across the area but we'll take this over 100. >> shepard: 87 looks great. yesterday the humidity -- it was below 30%, the humidity. >> dew points were around 60, 65. the humidity makes all the difference. today's more humid ...