Hottest point of the week continues Wednesday as temperatures and the heat index rise into the 90s in parts of Dallas-Fort Worth.
Everett Redding of Fort Worth runs with his dog Apollo underneath the West Lancaster Avenue bridge at Trinity Park, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, in Fort Worth, Texas. Temperatures in DFW on Wednesday, May 8, will feel extra warm, with the heat index nearing triple digits.The warm weather will feel extra warm in Dallas-Fort Worth on Wednesday with the heat index encroaching on triple digits, prompting
This week’s heat, with high temperatures climbing into the mid-80s and lower 90s Tuesday and Wednesday, was noticeably warmer with thefor Wednesday “due to unseasonably high temperatures, high levels of expected maintenance outages during the spring shoulder months, and the potential for lower reserves,” the agency said.
A weather watch does not indicate the state will see any widespread outages or that the Electric Reliability Council of Texas will call for energy conservation. It is only an indication of higher demand on Texas’ power infrastructure than expected. (The heat will likely be brief, though, as a cool front is expected to approach the region Thursday. Highs will plummet into the mid- to upper 70s by the weekend, the forecast shows.
High temperatures in Dallas-Fort Worth on Tuesday and Wednesday could rise into the 80s and 90s as the heat index approaches 100 before a cold front moves through North Texas.Lana Ferguson , Breaking News Reporter. Lana Ferguson joined The Dallas Morning News after reporting in South Carolina's Lowcountry for The Island Packet & Beaufort Gazette newspapers. She graduated from the University of Mississippi where she studied journalism and Southern studies. She's a Virginia native but her work has taken her all over the U.S., southern Africa, and Sri Lanka.
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