Heat Advisory for Niagara, Orleans, and Genesee Counties 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday. The heat index will be in the 95 to 99 degree range.
Muggy and mild night with temperatures near 70. It'll be hot and humid on Thursday with heat index numbers in the mid-upper 90s for areas north and east of Buffalo.
Lower 90s are possible on Thursday with much more humidity. The heat index values likely rising between 95-100 degrees especially across the Niagara Frontier. The record high on Thursday is 91 degrees set in 1945. With strong southwest winds, it might be tough for the airport to get to 91 degrees but it sure will feel like it.
The area of high-pressure will begin to break down late on Thursday which will allow scattered showers and thunderstorms to move into WNY late Thursday night into Friday.
THURSDAY
MORNING: Partly cloudy, near 70.
AFTERNOON: Mostly sunny, near 90.
FRIDAY
MORNING: Sctd. showers, mid 70s.
AFTERNOON: Sctd. showers, low 80s.
SATURDAY
MORNING: Partly cloudy, upper 60s.
AFTERNOON: Sctd. t-showers, mid 80s.
SUNDAY
MORNING: Sctd. showers, near 70.
AFTERNOON: Partly sunny, mid 80s.
