Another round of almost record heat

We have a partly sunny, dry and very warm Monday with highs rising into the mid to upper 70s. We do it again on Tuesday with more sun, less clouds and strong south/southwest winds. Lexington’s record high both days are in the upper 70s. The good news is that we have a much needed round of rain coming in the middle of the week and we should be able to push it past Election Day. Expect scattered showers and thunderstorms Wednesday with highs in the low 70s. More active weather with more seasonable highs in the 60s seems likely this weekend.