Heat dome over Central U.S. could bring hottest temps yet to parts of the Midwest

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It's been a hot summer with plenty of weather extremes — and it appears likely that the rest of August will bring more swelter.

The National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center is forecasting dangerous heat over the Central U.S. this weekend, heat that is expected to rise to "well-above normal to record-breaking temperatures" in areas from the central Gulf Coast and lower Mississippi Valley to the northern High Plains. Next week, the heat is expected to extend into the Central Plains and Texas.

"We're looking at a prolonged period of excessive heat with the potential there for daily highs being broken this weekend all the way through next week," Zack Taylor, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service, tells NPR.