About this episode

The episode discusses an upcoming heat wave with dangerously high temperatures expected over the holiday weekend.

The big story heading into the upcoming holiday weekend is intense heat, with "feels like" temperatures expected to approach 110 degrees. The forecast shows a clear arc to this heat wave, projected to last about five days, peaking on Thursday and Friday. During that stretch, heat index values could climb between 105 and 110 degrees. An excessive or extreme heat watch has been extended from Wednesday through Saturday, underscoring just how serious conditions could become. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Lee Goldberg

Topics covered

• heat wave
• weather forecast
• extreme temperatures
• heat index
• holiday weekend

Keywords

• heat wave
• temperature
• weather
• heat index
• excessive heat watch

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WABC-TV

Places: Wednesday, Saturday, Thursday, Friday

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