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We're into the hottest days of our extreme heat warning

We've entered the hottest and most dangerous portion of this week's extreme heat, with only minor relief waiting for us next week.

As the National Weather Service continues their extreme heat warning for the entire region through Saturday, Paducah has a forecast high air temperature at or near 100 degrees today, Friday and Saturday. Otherwise, daily highs in the upper 90s and heat index readings up to 110 will be common. In fact, meteorologists still anticipate the warning could easily be extended into Sunday.

Even next week, there will be days with triple-digit heat index readings.

Humidities this week will be lower than our previous heat wave, but air temperatures will be higher.

Nights will also be much warmer, challenging some all time records for the warmest lows ever for the period in the mid 70s.

Next week won't bring much relief either. Some extended forecasts don't show a return to highs in the 80s until the weekend of September 12-13. Paducah's usual historical high temperature for the first half of September is 85.

Our next rain chances keep getting pushed back, now with a very slight chance of isolated showers coming in late Saturday into Saturday night.

The warning comes as we sit in the center of another heat dome that has only broadened its grip over 16 states along the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys.
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