This summer has been relatively mild, but the week ahead will certainly make up for it.

For the next few days, temperatures will be in the upper 90’s, possibly exceeding 100 degrees!  Heat indexes will be well into the 100’s, and on Tuesday can top 110 degrees.

The wave will be short-lived though, as a cold front will be pushing through the area on Wednesday, bringing much needed rain and cooler temperatures to the area.

Keep cool, limit your outdoor activity, and review heat wave safety information.  Don’t forget about your pets as well.

While today will be another hot day in the Shoals area with the high temperature reaching 100, the next few days will start a cool down with highs in the lower 90’s by the middle of next week.  This heat wave has broken many records across the Tennessee Valley.  Combined with the drought, it has made the past month’s weather almost unbearable.  A chance of showers and possibly thunderstorms will also increase over the weekend, hopefully providing at least some minimal relief from the record drought.

Even though we started off the summer with relatively cool temperatures, in both Huntsville and Muscle Shoals, records have been broken this August.

The Huntsville office of the National Weather Service issued an update on the records broken and the number of consecutive above 100 degree days we’ve had, and how they relate to past heat waves.

Latest record tempreture and heat wave information.

While it does seem that the temperature is coming down a bit, the humidity replacing it isn’t making it feel any better.