‘You’re Going to Sweat Almost Instantly’: Heat Wave Zeroes in on DC Region

Thought it was getting hot? Next week’s heat wave will likely be hotter.

National Weather Service forecasters in Wakefield have a high confidence in there being a prolonged heat wave next week, with experts now expecting heat indices may exceed 110 degrees for much of the Mid-Atlantic region and Hampton Roads. It’s the region’s first taste of hazardous heat for the season. The wave lasts through next week. Forecasters said Friday there was a “greater than 50-60% probability of heat indices at or above 110 degrees eac…

‘You’re going to sweat almost instantly’: Heat wave zeroes in on DC region

It’s officially summer and the D.C. region’s first heat wave is forecast to start on Sunday, just days after damaging storms toppled trees onto homes and cars in the area. Temperatures are expected to reach 100 degrees next week, but the humidity will make it feel even hotter. “We’re going to get progressively hotter Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, even into Thursday of next week,” said 7News First Alert Meteorologist Steve Rudin. A heat wav…