RICHMOND, Va. -- Skies will be partly cloudy overnight, with lows ranging from the mid 50s to the low 60s.
Sunday will be mostly sunny, hotter and a touch more humid. Highs will break 90 in most locations away from the coast. The heat will intensify on Labor Day, with afternoon highs in the mid 90s. The record high at RIC is 95. set in 1970. The heat index could break 100.
Tuesday will likely be the hottest day of the upcoming stretch, with highs between 95 and 100, with a heat index 100 or higher. The record high at RIC is 100, set in 1954. Highs will stay in the low to mid 90s through Friday. An isolated storm or two is possible Thursday, with some scattered storms on Friday and Saturday. Highs will be back in the 80s next weekend.
The tropics remain very active. What is left of Idalia is tracking away from Bermuda, and the remnants could curve back around towards eastern Canada by midweek. Tropical Storm Gert is in the central Atlantic and should weaken. Tropical Storm Katia is in the eastern Atlantic and will remain there. Then there is a strong tropical wave that has moved off the west coast of Africa into the eastern Atlantic. This system has a high chance of developing into a tropical depression or storm during the next week. Computer models take the system towards or just north of the Caribbean over the next 7-10 days.
More details about all of the tropical activity can be found in the CBS 6 Hurricane Tracker.
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