Regional Weather View.
The top story in the Upper Midwest continues to be an ongoing dangerous heat wave! A very stubborn high pressure seen south of where it is shown will continue to create a long live heat wave for the entire region. triple digits heat is expected for the next few days for cities in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northern Iowa and South Dakota, While Southern Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Illinois will be baked with the same heat going over 100.F for this same time frame. Very little rain will be seen across the region with only a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms neat the warm front.
Local and Metro view with a Independence Day Theme
Dangerous long lived heat wave likely! Triple digit heat over the next few days, Record highs likely!
The area will be under the influence of a full fledged and dangerous long lived heat wave for the rest of the week. We can expect Every day will feature sunny skies with hot to very hot/very humid conditions! We can expected high temperatures to be at or above triple digit levels with low to mid 100s for the next 6 days with urban areas of Rochester seeing highs above 101.F every day and having the chance to see highs around 105.F on Thursday The highest all time record for Rochester Airport is 105.F, we will see temperatures approach value. Finally, With dew points expected in the upper 70s we can expect extreme heat index values will be between 110 and 120 each day. There will little relief at night as lows stay around 75.F. People should be aware this is a dangerous and life threatening heat wave if not taken seriously! Prepare yourselves for an usually long lived time frame of hot weather. Heat like what is expected can be dangerous if not taken seriously and people in our area are not used to be prone to heat this long lasting. Drink plenty of water, Try to wear light colors, Be in shade or stay in air conditioning as much as possible.
4th of July Weather!
For the Independence Day Holiday Expect it to be hot, humid and sunny with highs in the lower to middle 100s and heat index values around 110 to 115. It could be dry for fireworks with lows in the mid to upper 70s! Have a great holiday!
Tuesday, Extreme Heat! Sunny and Humid! Highs in the upper 90s to low 100s Urbanized Rochester. Heat Index Values around 110 to 115.F Tuesday Night, Clear Skies, Hot, Lows in the mid to upper 70s
Independence Day! Extreme Heat! All time record highs possible, Sunny and Humid! Highs in the low 100s to middle 100s Urbanized Rochester. Heat Index Values between 110-115.F Wednesday Night, Clear Skies, Hot! Lows in the mid to upper 70s
Thursday,Extreme Heat! All time record highs possible Sunny and Humid! Highs in the low to middle 100s with middle 100s Urbanized Rochester. Heat Index Values around 110 to 115.F Thursday Night, Clear Skies, Hot, Lows in the mid to upper 70s.
Friday, Extreme Heat! Sunny and humid with highs approaching 100.F Heat index values around 110 to 115.F Friday Night, Clear skies, Hot lows in the mid to upper 70s.
Looking Ahead
Saturday a cool front passes cooling it down and bringing the chance for thunderstorms. Sunday looks sunny and seasonable. Then around Tuesday the 10th the models begin to turn things active with the possible threat for heavy rains. It remains stormy and cooler through Saturday the 14th, with the threat for rain every couple days or so. Towards the end of the model run it begins to build heat again to the west, and it turns things drier and warmer for us.