Heat, Air Advisories Kick Off Hudson Valley Work Week

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — The region will grapple with temperatures in the 90s, high humidity and bad air for at least a couple of days, according to the forecast.

To make things more uncomfortable, warm overnight temperatures in the 70s will likely tie or break existing records across much of the Appalachians and East Coast through midweek, the National Weather Service said.

Afternoon showers and thunderstorms are predicted from Tuesday on.

Then things may get more complicated.

"Well, if you were hoping for a break from the heat it may come at a cost as it appears the atmosphere only had two things in mind for us this week," said the folks at Hudson Valley Weather. "A week of temps in the upper 80’s to low 90’s or a few days in the nineties followed by 70’s and low 80’s and the remnants of hurricane Beryl."

Temperatures will drop only a little as the chances for rain will rise later in the week.

"The Weather Prediction Center is fairly confident for as much as 2”-4” of rainfall over the next 7 days. I am seeing outliers suggesting as much as 6” to 8” of rainfall over the next ten days if the dynamics trend wetter from numerous periods with heavy rainfall," Bruce Furbeck of First Due Weather said on Facebook. "The period between Thursday and Saturday currently looks the wettest."

Here's the five-day forecast based on northern Westchester:

• Monday - Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming south this afternoon. Heat index values in the upper 90s.
• Tonight - Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Humid with lows in the lower 70s. South winds around 5 mph.
• Tuesday - Partly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Humid with highs around 90. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. Heat index values up to 101.
• Tuesday Night - Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
• Wednesday - Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the upper 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. Heat index values in the upper 90s.
• Wednesday Night - Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
• Thursday - Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent. Heat index values in the mid 90s in the afternoon.
• Thursday Night - Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
• Friday - Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
• Friday Night - Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Chance of rain 50 percent.