Hot weekend forecasted in Southern Idaho; NWS explains heat advisories and warnings

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — This weekend is forecasted to be well above average, almost 100 degrees by Sunday.

Sometimes excessive heat requires alerts.

The National Weather Service Meteorologists’ heat advisories or excessive heat warnings, and it is all based on temperatures in the afternoon as well as overnight temperatures.

This next of weather is 10 to 20 degrees above normal, but the warm temperatures are only going to be during the afternoon hours, which is going to help.

The National Weather Service says you still need to be careful in the heat, even if there are no alerts issued.

“Certainly, during the summer we want everyone to be paying attention to the forecast, keeping an eye on, especially if you are out during the afternoon hours, staying hydrated, wearing light colored clothes, hats, all that kind of stuff if good during those warmer months, even if there is not an alert out right now for your area, or throughout the summer, it’s going to be warm, plenty of sunshine to go around, we just had the summer solstice yesterday, so we are in the warmest and longest days of the year right now,” said Carter McKay, MWS Pocatello Meteorologist.

He says right now, the temperatures are well above average for this time of year, it is normally in the mid 70s to low 80s right now.

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