Hot and humid weekend, hopeful for rain

Hot and humid weekend, highs near 90 and the heat index up to 95. The higher humidity will fuel the chance of showers and storms Sunday and Monday. The area needs significant rainfall, having fallen behind by more than an inch for the month of July, to date. Most estimates at this time forecast mostly scattered storms with amounts just over a half inch through Monday.

Tonight: Mostly clear, low of 68.

Saturday: Partly cloudy, isolated evening storms, high of 90.

Sunday: Scattered storms, high of 88.

Monday: Scattered storms, high of 86.