Today: **Excessive Heat Warning in effect until 9-p.m.**Sunny and hot, with a high near 98. Heat index values as high as 110. South southwest wind 8 to 10 mph.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 7pm and 1am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 69. West wind 8 to 13 mph becoming north northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. North northeast wind 8 to 10 mph.

Sat. Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Northeast wind around 9 mph.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85.

Sun. Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 62.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 81.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 91. Our Low, 74. We received a few sprinkles Thursday afternoon. Last year on this date, the High temperature in Atlantic was 81 & the Low was 50. The Record High was 105 in 1935. The Record Low was 43 in 2013. Sunrise today is 6:11. Sunset is 8:42.