Following a taste of fall-like air across the Midwest, a return of mid-summer heat is in store by next week with temperature shooting upward by 20 to even 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
The heat will remain extreme for Texas into next week, but for people in the north-central United States who have enjoyed refreshingly cool conditions, it will be heating up substantially in the coming days, AccuWeather meteorologists advise. Thunderstorms will also be on the prowl into the end of the week in parts of the region.
A vast region from northern and western Texas to much of Oklahoma and portions of Louisiana and Arkansas has experienced frequent days of extreme heat even for southern U.S. August standards, with temperatures 5-10 degrees above the high historical average.
Even though some of the edge was taken off the heat in portions of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and northeastern Texas in the past couple of days, heat will build with a vengeance later this week to next week as high pressure strengthens…