Heat builds and drought conditions worsen

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Fall is still more than a week away and it's definitely going to feel like summer.

Central Illinois has, at least, another week or more of intense heat with 90-degree or higher days.

While the humidity builds, luckily it won't be as humid as earlier this summer.

Overnight lows will drop back mostly into the 60s.

A few showers and storms are possible Saturday afternoon into Sunday, mainly across the east and northeast.

Unfortunately, the drought conditions will worsen over the next seven days.

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