The National Weather Service (NWS) offices in Des Moines has issued an excessive heat watch that will remain in effect from Wednesday afternoon through Saturday evening.
Temperatures are expected to reach well into the low to mid 90s each day, beginning Wednesday afternoon and continuing through Saturday afternoon, according to NWS forecasts.
With dewpoints in the low to mid 70s, apparent temperatures might reach or exceed 105 degrees each of these afternoons. Overnight temperatures will be near 75 degrees each of these mornings, the NWS predicts.
An excessive heat watch means that a prolonged period of hot temperatures is expected, and the combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a dangerous situation in which heat illnesses are possible.
The NWS recommends drinking plenty of fluids, staying in an air-conditioned room, staying out of the sun and checking up on relatives and neighbors.
