NWS forecast for Cass & area Counties (Updated 4-a.m. 7/21)
July 21st, 2016 by Ric Hanson
…EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY…
EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLEAR. SOUTH WIND AROUND 10 MPH.
TODAY…SUNNY. HOT AND HUMID. HIGH IN THE UPPER 90S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. HEAT INDEX READINGS 109 TO 114.
TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY UNTIL EARLY MORNING…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. LOW IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 109 TO 114 THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
FRIDAY…HOT AND HUMID. PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE MID 90S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 106 TO 111 IN THE AFTERNOON.
FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 105 TO 110 THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
SATURDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 102 TO 107 IN THE AFTERNOON.
SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 70S.
SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S.