ROANOKE, Va. – You can certainly feel the humidity stepping outside Tuesday. That’s something that will be present with us throughout most of the day.
However, a breeze out of the northeast will bring humidity levels down by the evening.
This is just a brief break in both the heat and humidity that will last us through Tuesday evening and Wednesday.
Before that, highs Tuesday reach the 80s and 90s. Most of us stay in the 80s Wednesday afternoon.
Don’t go getting used to that comfort, though.
The heat and humidity return with a vengeance later in the week. Thursday will be in the 80s and 90s, but Friday will be very hot.
The heat index will reach and exceed 100° in parts of the Roanoke Valley, Lynchburg Area and Southside. This is especially of concern since high school football games will be getting started in the evening.
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In addition to the heat and humidity, we’ll be tracking clusters of showers and storms that dive in from the north Thursday through Saturday.
Some of these will have the potential to become strong if they move into our area.
Speaking of storms, the Atlantic is full of them. As of 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, there’s Franklin, Gert and now Harold. Harold will make landfall in south Texas late Tuesday.
None of these storms will have a direct impact on southwest and central Virginia.