the weather service said<\/a>. The heat is expected to break Sunday with a high of near 87 degrees.<\/p>\n\u201cVery warm low temperatures in the low to mid 70s at night will not offer any relief from the heat. This combined with multiple days of near record breaking temperatures will exacerbate the impacts from the heat and humidity,\u201d the NWS said in its warning. \u201cThe hottest conditions are expected to occur through today, however dangerous heat will continue through Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n
The warning also reminded people not to leave children or pets in unattended vehicles, drink plenty of fluids, stay in air-conditioned rooms and out of the sun, check on relatives and neighbors and to call 211 for assistance in finding shelter from the heat.<\/p>\n
Isolated showers and thunderstorms are expected off and on from Friday night through Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Here is the extended forecast from the National Weather Service:<\/p>\n
Today: Sunny and hot, with a high near 101. Heat index values as high as 110. West wind 5 to 10 mph.<\/p>\n
Tonight: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. West wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.<\/p>\n
Independence Day: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Sunny and hot, with a high near 97. Heat index values as high as 103. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.<\/p>\n
Saturday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.<\/p>\n
Sunday: A chance of showers before 8 a.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 87. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.<\/p>\n
Sunday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 68. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.<\/p>\n
Monday: Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2 p.m. High near 81. Chance of precipitation is 80%.<\/p>\n
Monday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 2 a.m., then a chance of showers. Low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 80%.<\/p>\n
Tuesday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 40%.<\/p>\n
Tuesday Night: A chance of thunderstorms before 8 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 30%.<\/p>\n
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.<\/p>\n
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 66.<\/p>\n
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the Fourth of July approaches, Lehigh Valley residents should continue to brace for dangerous heat alongside a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,433,182,139,434,28,432,1133],"class_list":["post-234821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-lehigh-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-northampton-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-top-stories-tmc","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234821","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=234821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}