WEST MICHIGAN — The forecast from FOX 17 Weather Ready Meteorologist Colton Cichoracki: A Heat Advisory continues for all of West Michigan through 8 p.m. Wednesday for feels like temperatures as high as 104. High temperatures will be in the mid to upper 90s, some of the hottest temperatures since 2012! A FOX 17 Weather Ready Alert continues for Wednesday because this extreme heat. Make sure you're staying hydrated and that you have ways to keep cool. There is also an AIR QUALITY ALERT on Wednesday for low air quality due to Canadian wildfire smoke. Thursday will be another hot and humid day with highs in the lower 90s, but with lower humidity values the heat index won't be as high. Temperatures stay around 90 on Friday, too. Overnight temperatures will be warm through the week with lows only dropping to the upper 60s and lower 70s. Rain will be very hard to come by this week, with scattered showers and a few thunderstorms possible on Friday and Saturday. The clouds and rain will help keep temperatures a little lower, in the middle to upper 80s. Next week it will cool down even further, while staying mainly dry.
TONIGHT: Mostly clear and warm. Lows in the lower 70s. Wind W/SW at 5-10 mph.
WEDNESDAY: Weather Ready Alert. Mostly sunny, hot and humid with highs in the upper 90s. Wildfire smoke moves in during the evening. Heat index 100-103 degrees. Wind W/NW at 10-15 mph.
THURSDAY: Partly cloudy with a small chance isolated showers or storms. Hot and humid with highs in the low to mid 90s. Heat index 95-100.
FRIDAY: Partly cloudy with isolated isolated showers and storms. Highs around 90.
SATURDAY: Partly cloudy with a chance of scattered showers and storms. Highs in the upper 80s.
SUNDAY: A chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms early, then partly cloudy. Highs in the middle 80s.
MONDAY: Partly cloudy with highs in the middle 80s.
TUESDAY: Partly cloudy with highs around 80.
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