Posted on 08/08/22
| News Source: Pikesville Patch
Back-to-back triple-digit scorchers will kick off the work week in Maryland.
The heat index, or feels-like temperature when heat and humidity combine, could reach 103 degrees both Monday and Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
Hot and humid conditions likely will continue through the early week because of an offshore high pressure system known as a Bermuda high, meteorologists say. Forecast highs in the Baltimore-DC region are in the mid-90s Monday and Tuesday, with a 30 percent chance of rain throught Tuesday night.
"While the first half of the week will bring stifling heat and humidity to much of the East Coast, a cold front will begin to make some progress to the south and east starting Wednesday," said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Carl Babinski on Monday.
As the front pulls away by the end of the week, it will carry with it the sticky conditions currently lingering across the mid-Atlantic region. Cities that experienced their hottest day of the summer on Thursday, Aug. 4, will soon have temperatures that are a few degrees below average for this time of year, AccuWeather predicts.