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Record heat runs through Northeast
FOX Weather’s Katie Byrne reports on the Northeast’s record warm weather and how some schools are turning kids away early for lack of AC in “Your World.”
Triple-digit heat is expected to bake Texas this weekend after the oppressive and dangerous southern heat last week.
National Weather Service offices in Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Fort Worth and El Paso tweeted to warn residents of the conditions.
The Austin and San Antonio office said the heat wave there would continue into the middle of next week, with slight relief towards the end of the week.
Georgetown appeared to have suffered a heat spell early Saturday morning, rising from 82 degrees Fahrenheit to 99.
RECORD-BREAKING HEAT DIFFERS SOUTH; PARTS OF TEXAS CAN GET MORE THAN 120 DEGREES
A young man cools off in the rushing water at Tonkawa Park near Crawford, Texas, Friday, June 16, 2023. Temperatures are expected to reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the next few days. (Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune-Herald via AP)
The Fort Worth office also said the weather warning post in Hearne had recorded a heat outbreak due to wind storms waning, with temperatures there rising from 86 degrees to 103 degrees.
“Dangerous heat will continue through the weekend and into next week. Heat headlines will continue through the weekend for Central TX and parts of North TX as heat index readings reach the 105-115 degree range. Take proper measures to prevent heat-related illness prevent,” it warned.
A construction worker takes a break from the sun as he sits in the shade of a concrete pipe near downtown Waco, Texas, Friday, June 16, 2023. (Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune-Herald via AP)
Critical weather conditions were reported in El Paso on Saturday, including a wind advisory.
An excessive heat warning in Houston was extended to Galveston and Chambers counties through Sunday night. It was Houston’s first extreme heat warning in nearly seven years.
“Heat indexes could reach 116 degrees this afternoon. Practice heat safety and limit outdoor activities,” it advised.
I-45 passing downtown is shown from the observation floor of the Chase Tower on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 in Houston. (Photo by Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
WINDS NEARLY 100 MPH, POSSIBLE TORNADOS, AGAINST THE SOUTH; VEHICLES ‘BLOWN OFF’ TEXAS HIGHWAY
“Anyone ready for winter yet?” the National Weather Service in Corpus Christi said in a Friday tweet.
The agency said record heat is possible from Texas to eastern Louisiana, including abnormally warm temperatures in southern Texas.
Marti Syring takes a moment to drink and sits down at the Montgomery County Senior’s Garden, Friday, June 16, 2023, in Conroe, Texas. Dangerous heat continues throughout the weekend in Montgomery County. ((Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via AP))
Summer doesn’t officially begin until next week, but Texas’s Electric Reliability Council — which runs the state’s power grid — has issued a weather forecast, saying that temperatures are expected to fuel high demand for electricity.
It said on Saturday that the watch will continue through June 21.
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“Grid conditions are expected to be normal and ERCOT continues to monitor forecasts,” it tweeted.
ERCOT operates the grid for more than 26 million customers representing approximately 90% of the state’s power load.
Reuters and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
Julia Musto is a reporter for Fox News and Fox Business Digital.
