Excessive heat watch as NC braces for 105 degrees
The Triangle could see its highest temperature ever as an excessive heat watch blankets central and coastal North Carolina from Friday morning until Sunday night. Sweltering temperatures are expected to reach up to 106 degrees Friday, but the heat index could make it feel like 110 degrees.
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Sweltering temperatures could reach a record-breaking 106 degrees at Raleigh-Durham International Airport by Friday, according to WRAL Chief Meteorologist Greg Fishel. The heat index will make it feel like 110 degrees.
"For those that think we're inflating these numbers, the atmosphere continues to exceed even our expectations," Fishel said. "We're going for the hottest temperature ever observed. I don't take that lightly."
Ocean breezes won't offer much relief to those on the coast.
"Even down at the beaches where you get the sea breeze, it's going to feel so much more humid down there that it may end up feeling the same as it does here in the middle part of the state," Fishel said.
The triple-digit temperatures will begin Friday and continue through Monday, when the mercury will inch down to 100 degrees. Even during the nighttime this weekend, temperatures will struggle to drop below 80 degrees.
The temperatures will finally drop back to double digits by Tuesday and remain in the upper 90s through Thursday.
A chance for afternoon showers and thunderstorms returns to the forecast Monday and Tuesday, but the scattered storms will have little impact on the hot weather.
If forecasts hold, more records could fall in the coming days.
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