IT’S BEEN SO NICE FOR THIS POINT IN SUMMER. YEAH. AND IT’S GOING TO STAY NICE HERE AS WE HEAD RIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND. CLOSER VIEW HERE FROM PRINCIPAL PARK OF THE CAPITAL THERE. TEMPERATURES WARMING UP A LITTLE BIT FASTER THAN YESTERDAY. WE’RE ALREADY SITTING IN THE MID EIGHTIES, FEELS MORE LIKE 84 DEGREES OUTSIDE. SO THERE’S A BIT OF A HEAT INDEX TODAY BECAUSE DEW POINTS HAVE CLIMBED A FEW DEGREES COMPARED TO YESTERDAY. TEMPERATURE WISE, LOW EIGHTIES ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA RIGHT NOW, 84 OUT IN PERRY WARD, 82 IN KNOXVILLE, 81 FOR BOTH IN NEWTON AS WELL AS MARSHALLTOWN AND DEW POINTS HAVE CLIMBED UP A BIT. WE’RE SITTING SOMEWHERE IN THE LOW TO MID SIXTIES FOR MOST NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE STATE HERE. SO YOU’LL START TO MAYBE NOTICED, NOTICE SOME OF THAT HUMIDITY. BUT THEN AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW, YOU’LL DEFINITELY NOTICE THE HUMIDITY AND THE MUGGY THIS OUT THERE AND IT’LL BE HERE FOR THE WEEKEND, UNFORTUNATELY. SO TEMPERATURE CHANGE HERE FROM JUST 24 HOURS AGO, RUNNING ABOUT 5 TO 10 DEGREES WARMER THAN THIS SAME TIME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, 12. OUR FORECAST KEEPS OUR TEMPERATURES CLIMBING HERE AS WE GO INTO THE LATE PART OF YOUR DAY ON THIS WEDNESDAY. I THINK HIGHS TOP OUT PRETTY MUCH NEAR 90 TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA. ALL SUNSHINE, THOUGH, AND CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT WILL GIVE WAY TO A BRIGHT START TO THE STATE FAIR TOMORROW. WE’VE GOT TEMPERATURES RIGHT AROUND 70 AT 8 A.M. AND THEN WE CLIMB TO 80 AS WE HEAD INTO THE MID-MORNING AND THEN WE’RE TALKING MID EIGHTIES BY LUNCHTIME. SO IT HEATS UP. WE’RE BACK UP NEAR 90 AGAIN TOMORROW. AND AGAIN, THE MUGGY. THIS COMES BACK INTO PLAY HERE STARTING TOMORROW. AND THEN AS WE GO INTO THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, I THINK IT’LL STAY STICKY HERE AS WE GO INTO THIS FIRST PART OF YOUR WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES GET A LITTLE BIT HOTTER HEADING INTO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. I THINK WE’LL BE IN THE LOW NINETIES FOR THE WEEKEND. WE STAY RIGHT NEAR 90 THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, BUT AGAIN, ONCE WE GET HOTTER WITH THAT HUMIDITY, IT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE FOR UNCOMFORTABLE TO BE OUTSIDE. SO ENJOY TODAY WHILE WE HAVE IT THIS DRY COLD FRONT STRETCHED ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA. WE’LL THINK DOWN TO THE SOUTH HERE AS WE GO INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY. CLOUDS STARTING OFF TOMORROW MORNING, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE IOWA, MINNESOTA BORDER THERE. YOU’LL SEE THAT SLIM CHANCE FOR A SHOWER THERE THAT’S GOING TO SCRAPE ACROSS NORTHEASTERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SO A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS FOR THE SECOND PART OF THE DAY TOMORROW, NOT COMPLETE SUNSHINE LIKE WE’VE SEEN TODAY. THEN THIS WEEK, DISTURBANCE. WE’RE BOTH WILL ROLL THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THAT COULD BRING IN A FEW MORE SPRINKLES HERE. I DON’T THINK WE’RE EXPECTING MUCH OUT OF THIS ALL NOT AMOUNTING TO A LOT OF RAINFALL FOR MOST OF US HERE ACROSS NORTHERN OR CENTRAL IOWA. BUT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A BRIEF PASSING SHOWER THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THEN WE’LL CLEAR THINGS OUT AND WE’RE BACK TO SOME DRIER CONDITIONS GOING INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH MORE SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND SO TONIGHT BACK INTO THE LOW TO MID SIXTIES, UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. BY TOMORROW, TAKING THINGS UP TO NEAR 90 AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT COOLER WHERE THE CLOUDS AND MAYBE SOME OF THOSE SHOWERS DEVELOP, ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF IOWA. HOTTER BACK TO THE WEST. WE’RE TALKING NINETIES OR AT LEAST CLOSE TO 90, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, SLIM CHANCE FOR A SHOWER, ESPECIALLY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE, PRETTY MUCH ALL