We get one more mild day today before the heat takes over the area. We are looking at partly sunny skies for today with a high of 84 and then mostly clear skies tonight with a low of 66. We’ll see sunny skies and warmer on Tuesday with a high of 90.
Meanwhile, that’s when the excessive heat and humidity will take over the area. The National Weather Service in St. Louis has issued an Excessive Heat Watch that runs from Wednesday afternoon thru Sunday evening for the entire area. We will be looking at temperatures in the upper 90s each day along with heat index readings between 105 and 110 each afternoon and early evening.