It was 101 degrees in the Triangle this week. It’s about to feel even hotter.
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- The Triangle reached a high of 101 degrees on Thursday, June 11.
- A heat advisory runs 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday with heat index up to 109.
- The risk will jump to 'extreme' in some areas of Wake, Durham and Granville.
The temperature in the Triangle reached 101 degrees on Thursday, June 11.
It’s forecasted to feel even hotter Friday, June 12.
The Triangle is under another heat advisory from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, with temperatures expected to hit the upper 90s to lower 100s, according to the National Weather Service.
The heat index, how the temperature feels combined with humidity, could hit up to 109 degrees.
Thursday marked the start of three days that have a “major” heat risk, a level three out of four risk, said National Weather Service meteorologist Aaron Swiggett, in a previous interview.
The risk will jump to “extreme” in some areas of Wake, Durham and Granville counties on Friday and Saturday, said meteorologist Kathleen Pelczynski, during a weekly weather briefing on Thursday.
Raleigh’s normal temperatures in mid-June are usually a high of 89 degrees and low of 68 degrees.
Thunderstorms possible
Scattered thunderstorms could hit the Triangle Friday evening with the National Weather Service forecasting a “slight” or level two risk of thunderstorms from 4 p.m. to midnight.
A few storms could produce damaging winds with gusts over 60 miles per hour, according to a weather briefing.
“We want ideally a longer duration kind of light-to-moderate rainfall really to help with those drought areas, and, obviously, we’ll welcome any rainfall, but just keep in mind that an excessive amount of rainfall for a very short period of time could be problematic,” Pelczynski said.
