Heat on the Rise across Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Hot and getting hotter is the overall weather forecast in Tennessee.

An excessive heat watch is posted from Wednesday morning through Saturday evening for the 10 West Tennessee counties closest to the Mississippi River.

The National Weather Service cautions that high humidity this week will drive heat indexes to 107 degrees with some readings of 110 degrees possible. A heat advisory was posted for the rest of West Tennessee into lower Middle Tennessee for the balance of the week.

Forecasters said there would be a chance of some thunderstorms, but with no organized front, most spots in the state probably won't get rain.

There is a stronger thunderstorm chance up the Tennessee River Valley in East Tennessee, but high temperatures are still expected to reach the mid-90s during the week.