A nasty combination of heat and humidity will hug much of the eastern United States in a giant, sweaty embrace this week.
Temperatures in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest will reach the 90s for the next few days, but that's not the bad part. Heat indices are expected to soar well past 100 degrees, the National Weather Service said.
Heat indices represent how hot the weather feels, based on the actual temperature and humidity.
A heat advisory was in effect Tuesday for parts of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, as well as much of Michigan. Yes, Michigan.
The sauna-like conditions could shift westward mid-week, covering a large swath of the central and eastern United States, forecasters said.
Meanwhile, "monsoonal moisture will increase across the southern High Plains, with flash flooding possible," the weather agency said.
"The rain and extensive cloud cover will also keep temperatures across the region quite cool for this time of the year, with some areas over 20 degrees below their average July temperatures" in parts of west Texas, Arizona and New Mexico.
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