MAJOR HEAT DOME: Some of the hottest weather of the summer ahead of July 4th next week in the Ohio Valley and eastern U.S. Ridge of high pressure parks over KY/TN and will bake areas from Pennsylvania to the Carolina's, and out to the Deep South. Some of the highest heat index values each afternoon 7/1 & 7/2 of 110+ likely around Memphis to Paducah.
By the end of the week, the heat dome slides east to blast the Carolina's.