The forecast for the next few days includes five days with highs reaching 100 degrees!
The region is under the influence of an upper-level ridge, what weather people call a "heat dome." National Weather Service meteorologist Hannah Lisney says it bottles in heat.
"That upper level ridging is basically causing a lot of dryness where we can't get any moisture in to have rain," said Lisney.
And she says the long-range forecast shows no signs of relief.
"There is nothing that indicates we're going to have a break from the heat," she said.
So why didn't that front last week push the high-pressure ridge away and bring us back to normal summer weather with afternoon rain showers? Lisney says it did push the ridge away, but another set up right behind it.
"It did, but then we headed right back into this new ridging system that's actually going to be centered over us more into early next week," said Lisney. "We keep getting a different ridge that sets up over us, unfortunately."
