The Week Starts With Dangerous Heat

HEAT ADVISORY is shown in orange on map above
EXTREME HEAT WARNING is shown in purple
 
This part of central Mississippi remains under a heat advisory until 9 pm tonight.  The extreme heat warning has been expanded, and in the local area, will now include Holmes and Carroll counties on Tuesday.  The rest of the area will be back under a heat advisory Tuesday.
The National Weather Service is forecasting highs in the upper 90s today and Tuesday with a heat index this afternoon rangi