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KEY MESSAGES

- Rain chances reappear heading into the weekend, with chances peaking at 60% Saturday.

- Heat headline numbers emerge early next week as hot and humid weather goes on blast with 90+ highs all week.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 100 AM CDT Fri Jul 24 2026

As our cool surface high pressure system shifts further to the east, we'll see one more day of cool temps/low humidity pleasantry before stifling summer heat re-emerges. In between will be a chance of rain/storms heading into the weekend. NAEFS-ESAT indicates PW's increasing to 2" with 2-5 year Return Intervals, suggesting locally heavy/efficient downpours will be the main storm threat for peak pop times late Friday night into Saturday.

The strong Western U.S. upper ridge pattern becomes more of an influence upon our sensible weather next week, returning highs AOA 90F for the entirety of the week. Max high pressure influence here is early in the week, with highs in the mid-upper 90s and HI's 100-110F. A subtle retrograde of the high as the week wears on softens the heat's blow to lower half 90s over its back half close-out.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY/

Issued at 1245 PM CDT Fri Jul 24 2026

Scattered to numerous showers will overspread the entire region overnight, and may linger through the end of the period. The greatest coverage should be in the 09Z-15Z time frame, but impacts will be minimal. A brief MVFR visibility cannot be ruled out at all sites, and an MVFR ceiling will be possible at the western sites after 15Z. Some isolated TSRA cannot be ruled out, but the coverage should be too limited to mention in the TAFs.

PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

IL...Heat Advisory from 11 AM Sunday to 7 PM CDT Tuesday for ILZ075- 080-081-084-085-088>090-092>094. MO...Heat Advisory from 11 AM Sunday to 7 PM CDT Tuesday for MOZ076- 086-087-100-107>112-114. IN...None. KY...Heat Advisory from 11 AM Sunday to 7 PM CDT Tuesday for KYZ001>009.