 hotter than our afternoon high of 96 heat index values between 105 and 110 with those heat alerts in effect from noon until 8 p.m this evening tracking a chance for showers and storms some of which could be strong to severe we're in the lower 90s tomorrow with a drop in humidity rain likely friday with highs in the low 80s i'm 7 news meteorologist eileen whalen in the first alert weather center 86 degrees in northwest washington it feels like it's 96