Temperatures will range through the middle to upper 90s this afternoon with heat indices around 100 degrees today, increasing to between 100 and 105 degrees, or maybe hotter, Wednesday. Similar readings are expected through the rest of the work week and the coming weekend as a hot, humid, air mass remains in control of the weather across the Plains States. There is some hope that oppressive heat will let up early next work week, but until then it will be dangerously hot and humid. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:

Today: Sunny, with a high near 96. Heat index values as high as 100. Calm wind becoming east southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 73. East wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 95. Heat index values as high as 101. Light east southeast wind becoming south southeast 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 73. South southeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 96. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 75.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 95.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 94.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 76.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 96.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 74.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 92.