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Extreme heat warning issued for central North Carolina

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07/26/2025 12:02 PM (PDT)

Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC

Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose-sitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion or eat stroke. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the occupational safety and health administration recommend scheduling frequent rest breaks and shaded or air-condition environments. Anyone overcome my heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency. Call 911. Now here is the hazardous weather outlook for Central North Carolina. For this afternoon and tonight, please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the internet for more information about the following hazards. Extreme heat warning. And now the extended outlook for the period Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the internet for more information about the following hazards. Extreme heat warning. A prolonged period of dangerous heat is expected to persist into the middle of next week. Hot temperatures, high humidity, and minimal overnight relief will result in a major to extreme risk of heat-related illnesses. Heat index values of 105 to 112 are expected. A few isolated, strong to severe storms capable of damaging wind gusts are possible Sunday afternoon through early evening. Spotter information statement, spotter activation is not expected at this time. The air quality forecast for Saturday in Orange County is 58, or code yellow. Air quality is a concern for people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution, with the primary pollutant of small particulate. This is NOAA Weather Radio, All Hazard Station WXL 58, operating on frequency 162.55 megahertz. This program originates from the National Weather Service in Raleigh. and is transmitted from an antenna located on the UNCTV Tower, via Chapel Hill. The station serves the northeast Piedmont of North Carolina. Here is the latest weather synopsis. Very strong high pressure a loft will hold over the mid-Atlantic and southeast into the middle of next week, resulting in a prolonged heat wave over the region. Here is the latest national weather service forecast, for Raleigh and vicinity. Extreme heat warning in effect until 8 p.m. Monday. Rest of today, mostly sunny. Hot. Near steady temperature in the midnights. Northwest winds around 5 miles per hour. Heat index values up to 107. Tonight, mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Light and variable winds. Sunday, mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot, with highs around 101. Northwest winds around 5 miles per hour. Chance of rain 20%. Heat index values up to 111. Sunday night, mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Floes in the upper 70s. West winds around 5 miles per hour in the evening, becoming light and variable. Chance of rain 20%. Monday. Sunny in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot, with highs in the upper 90s. North winds surround 5 miles per hour. Chance of rain 30%. Heat index values up to 109. Monday night, partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid-70s. Chance of rain 30%. Tuesday and Tuesday night, partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the mid-nighties. Lows in the mid-70s. Wednesday, mostly sunny. Hot, with highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to 105. Wednesday night, partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Thursday, partly sunny. Shows and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Hot, with highs in the mid-nights. Chance of rain 60%. Heat index values up to 105. Thursday night, showers likely. Thunderstorms likely, mainly in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 60%. Friday, mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning, done showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Not as warm with highs in the mid-80s. Chance of rain 70%. Here are the 2 p.m. observations for the Northeast Piedmont. At the Raleigh-Durham Airport, it was mostly sunny. The temperature was 95 degrees, lit 2.69, and the relative humidity 42%, producing a heat index of 100. The wind was north at 5 miles an hour. The pressure was 30.08 inches and falling. At Burlington, it was mostly sunny. The temperature was 93 degrees. The 2.71, and the relative humidity 48%, producing a heat index of 100. The wind was northeast at 5 miles an hour. The pressure was 30.10 inches and steady. Elsewhere across the state this hour, at Charlotte, it was mostly sunny, with a temperature of 98. At Greensboro, it was mostly sunny, with a temperature of 92. At Fayetteville, it was partly sunny, with a temperature of 97. At the Rocky Mount Wilson Airport. It was mostly sunny, with a temperature of 94. At Wilmington, it was partly sunny, with a temperature of 94. At Cape Hatteras, it was sunny, with a temperature of 92. The current time is 3.08 p.m. Eastern daylight time.

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