5th Day of triple digits | Fox 26 Houston Weather Forecast

The heat is on! Today, our heat advisory has been upgraded to an Excessive Heat Warning. High temperatures today will exceed 100° in most inland areas with a heat index of 113 or higher, so stay in the AC as much as possible. Today will make the 5th day in a row of triple digits in Houston. When will we get some relief from all this heat? By this weekend, the dome of high pressure over Texas will weaken and an upper-level area of low pressure will move in from the Gulf (not a tropical system), so expect more clouds, showers and some thunderstorms, especially bu Sunday and Monday. The tropics remain very quiet as Ernesto moves quickly into the cold North Atlantic and there are no interesting tropical waves elsewhere. Don't let your guard down, because many more hurricanes are expected as we get to the end of August and through September.