Dangerous heat will continue Friday in the Lehigh Valley while severe storms remain a possibility.<\/p>\n
Temperatures will feel like 101 during the day in the region, and there is slight risk of severe weather between 3 and 11 p.m., according to the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, New Jersey.<\/p>\n
Isolated or scattered severe thunderstorms are possible, with wind gusts being the main threat, forecasters said.<\/p>\n
Heat index values of about 101 are possible, and that could be dangerous for sensitive individuals and those spending extended time outdoors. A high of 94 is expected, which could break the record of 92 last set on June 12, 2017, according to weather service data.<\/p>\n
Dangerous heat is expected to end after Friday, when a cold front will knock temperatures down into the 80s over the weekend.<\/p>\n
There is a possibility of more rain Sunday. Highs will drop into the 70s again early next week.<\/p>\n
Here is the extended forecast from the National Weather Service:<\/p>\n
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
Sunday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a 10th and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.<\/p>\n
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.<\/p>\n
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.<\/p>\n
Wednesday: A chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 30%.<\/p>\n
Thursday: Showers likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Chance of precipitation is 60%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dangerous heat will continue Friday in the Lehigh Valley while severe storms remain a possibility. Temperatures will feel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,182,139,432,1133],"class_list":["post-217366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories-tmc","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}