Metro

Baked Apple! Heat advisory issued for NYC

If you thought today was hot, wait ’till tomorrow.

With temperatures soaring to 91 degrees this afternoon in Central Park, the mercury is expected to zoom up to 93 degrees tomorrow.

Accuweather.com reports that the National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for tomorrow.

The city plans to open cooling stations so that New Yorkers can beat the heat.

The heat index is expected to reach 101.

The humidity is expected to drop on Wednesday, with highs reaching the upper 80s.

Both Thursday and Friday will see cooling temperatures, with 83 degrees expected on both days.

This comes as record-breaking heat is sweeping the US, according to forecasters.

The National Weather Service reported today that heat advisories and warnings are in place in parts of 18 states from as far north as Michigan, as far west as Oklahoma, and as far south as Georgia.

Temperatures in those places may not reach 100 degrees, but the heat index could make it feel like triple digits.

One death has been reported due to the heat: In Illinois, authorities say a 51-year-old man found dead on Sunday suffered heat stroke in a mobile home without a working air conditioner.

Texas has seen these summers before. Dallas hit the 100-degree mark for nearly three straight weeks as recently as 2006, and meteorologist Jesse Moore says the city isn’t even technically under a heat advisory because the area is used to these temperatures.

That’s not the case in Cincinnati, where an excessive heat warning accompanies a possible heat index of 104 degrees.

Hutchison, Kan., hit a scorching 112 degrees on Sunday and weather service spokesman Chris Vaccaro says Oklahoma City has hit 100 degrees or higher every day since June 29.

Highs in the 100s will be common Monday in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, northern Louisiana, and far western parts of Tennessee and Mississippi, according to Weather Channel meteorologist Mark Avery.

With AP