When Will It Hit 90: Hudson Valley Work Week Weather

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — The forecasters are predicting a long heat wave. Still, here is how the National Weather Service is approaching it:

Today will feature abundant sunshine, low humidity, and temperatures near or just above normal. A warm front will pass near or just north of the area on Tuesday. This will mark the beginning of a warming trend as highs will be a few degrees warmer than on Monday, generally in the upper 80s to around 90. Hot and humid weather will then make a return for the mid to late week period.

That doesn't seem too bad.

But here's how Accuweather is approaching it. Kristina Pydynowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist, wrote:

Widespread highs in the lower 90s will expand northward along the Interstate-95 corridor from Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia on Tuesday. A few locations farther north will crack the 90-degree mark on Tuesday before highs in the 90s engulf nearly the entire I-95 corridor on Wednesday. When humidity is factored in, AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperatures will soar between 95 and 105 these days.

Ouch!

Jonathan Erdman at Weather.com also warns that:

Evening and nighttime temperatures won't be very cool, with lows in the mid- or upper 70s increasingly common by late in the week in larger cities from the Midwest to the East.

Here's how Hudson Valley Weather breaks down the work week:

• Monday: Mostly sunny, pleasant. High of 84 degrees Fahrenheit, lows could drop into the high 50s in the mid-Hudson.
• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy. High around 87, much warmer at night with a low of 68.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny. Highs around 90, lows around 70.
• Thursday: Scattered thunderstorms with a high around 86.
• Friday: Hazy. Highs in the low 90s and lows in the low 70s.

Drink fluids, wear a hat, use sunscreen, and check on elderly neighbors who don't have air conditioning.