D.C. heat wave: It could hit 100 for first time in six years Sunday

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The District is in the midst of one of its longest 100-degree droughts.

The heat and humidity may modestly ease Friday before surging back over the weekend to the most extreme levels of the summer., opening shelters and cooling centers.

The sweltering conditions peak over the weekend, with highs in the upper 90s to possibly 100 degrees. Computer models generally simulate the highest temperatures and the highest chance to hit 100 on Sunday.The National Weather Service is likely to reissue heat advisories over the weekend. There’s an outside chance it posts an excessive heat warning Sunday, reserved for instances when the heat index is predicted to reach at least 110 degrees.

The excessive heat is linked to a sprawling zone of high pressure, or heat dome, over the Southwestern U.S. which is flexing eastward. On Thursday, this heat dome prompted heat alerts for 100 million people from Phoenix to Boston.Washington hasn’t reached 100 degrees since Aug. 15, 2016. That year there were four days at or above 100, including three in a row in August.

These 100-degree days tend to come in bunches. 2016 had four, 2012 eight, 2011 five and 2010 four. 1930 produced 11, the most in a single year.

 

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