A Fabulous Father's Day then building heat & humidity into the start of Summer | ABC6

High pressure working across the region tonight and tomorrow will bring a starlit sky tonight with crisp, cool conditions by daybreak as morning lows start off around 50°! However, bright sunshine will quickly warm things up during the morning and nice comfortable conditions will continue all day long for Father’s Day. Sunshine will mix with a few afternoon clouds as highs reach the mid 70s.

That High pressure system will begin moving off the coast for Monday and that will start a significant warm up for the second half of the week with building heat and humidity setting us up for a potential heat wave Wednesday through Friday with Summer officially beginning on Thursday! Not only will highs be climbing into the low 90s for those days, but the dewpoints will be rising to around 70° and that combined with the hot temperatures will create heat indexes (how hot it will feel) in the 95-100 degree range!

Make sure to limit your exposure to the sun, especially during the height of the day between 10am-3pm, drink plenty of water, check on the elderly to make sure they are doing ok in the heat and DO NOT take your pets for a ride in the car! Also, make sure the car doors are locked so kids that may be playing around outside don’t climb into the car. Finally, never ever leave children in the car even if you think you are just running a quick errand into a store. The inside of a closed vehicle without AC running can reach 140° in just 12-15 minutes and this can ultimately cause serious health conditions or even death for both people and pets!

ABC Meteorologist Bill Gile