The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat alert for some areas of Massachusetts, as most of the state is expected to experience dangerous levels of heat and humidity. According to the NWS, some areas of Massachusetts could experience a heat index of 105 degrees or higher Tuesday through Friday. The excessive heat alert has been issued for parts of Middlesex, Norfolk, Essex, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin counties from Tuesday afternoon through Friday night. “There will be no relief, at least until our weekend,” StormTeam said. 5 meteorologist David Williams. The only areas of Massachusetts expected to avoid a heat index of 90 degrees or higher are Cape Cod and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, where heat indexes will range between 70 and 80 degrees. The heat alert issued by the NWS also extends to other parts of New England, specifically southern New Hampshire and northern Connecticut. The NWS Weather Prediction Center said widespread daily high temperature records are possible from the Ohio Valley to the Northeast this week. , and that some monthly high temperature records for June could also be broken during this heat wave. Nighttime temperatures will also be warm, only expected to dip into the mid-70s, according to the NWS Weather Prediction Center. .Related content:
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The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat alert for some areas of Massachusetts, as most of the state is expected to experience dangerous levels of heat and humidity.
According to the NWS, some areas of Massachusetts could experience a heat index of 105 degrees or higher Tuesday through Friday.
The excessive heat alert was issued for parts of Middlesex, Norfolk, Essex, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin counties from Tuesday afternoon through Friday night.
“There will be no relief, at least until our weekend,” said StormTeam 5 meteorologist David Williams.
The only areas of Massachusetts expected to avoid a heat index of 90 degrees or higher are Cape Cod and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, where heat indexes will range between 70 and 80 degrees.
The excessive heat alert issued by the NWS also extends to other parts of New England, specifically southern New Hampshire and northern Connecticut.
The NWS Weather Prediction Center said widespread daily high temperature records from the Ohio Valley to the Northeast are possible this week, and some June monthly high temperature records could also be broken during this heat wave.
Nighttime temperatures will also be warm, only expected to dip into the mid-70s, according to the NWS Weather Prediction Center.
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