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Houston weather experts forecast when scorching temps will finally cool this week

ABC13's experts predict when the triple digits will finally fall.

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Houston's Excessive Heat Warning has been extended through at least 8 pm Tuesday, June 20, with a possibility of even longer through the week.

With heat index values ranging between 102 to 112 during peak hours of the day, we could also see triple-digit temperatures to this week with the hottest stretch of this heat wave yet to come.

Our workweek (Monday, June 19) kicks off the hottest stretch of this early summer heat wave, where afternoon high temperatures could finally reach the triple digits. This also means the afternoons could be quite a scorcher, with heat index values making it feel like 110 degrees.

This kind of heat continues through Wednesday, June 21; after that, dewpoints will finally drop by week's end to give us a break from the extreme heat.

Will this Excessive Heat Warning continue to be extended?

Likely, yes. An Excessive Heat Warning is issued when the heat index is expected to reach 113 or hotter. We know it always gets hot in Houston every summer, but this is extreme even for our standards, so please take all necessary precautions to protect yourself from heat illness. Stay hydrated, take frequent breaks when working outside, wear light colored clothing, and protect yourself from the sun. The last time we had an Excessive Heat Warning for Houston was back in 2016.

When could we get some rain and heat relief?

Our confidence is growing that the heat ridge will migrate west of Texas by the middle of the week, and this will allow a weak front to blow in from the northeast. Heat index values will fall down closer to100 with air temps dropping into the mid 90s as slightly drier air filters in behind the front.

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Thanks, Queen Bey

Pop icon Beyoncé donates $100,000 to University of Houston Law School

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Pop megastar Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has donated $100,000 to the University of Houston Law Center Criminal Justice Clinic through her BeyGOOD Foundation. The gift will allow the clinic to hire fill-time faculty to head it, benefiting the students who study there.

“I am delighted that the BeyGOOD Foundation has made this very generous gift to the UH Law Center,” said Leonard Baynes, dean of the UH Law Center. “Not only will this funding help establish a full-time criminal justice clinic that provides pro bono legal services in our community, but it will also supercharge our already excellent criminal law and justice programming.”

The clinic is one of nine at UHLC. It helps students learn to navigate the criminal justice system, especially on behalf of clients that are underserved by skilled attorneys. People of color are affected disproportionately by a lack of good, ethical representation.

Beyoncé, the most decorated artist in Grammy history and easily the biggest musical star native to Houston, has a long history of advocating for criminal justice reform. She was a staunch supporter of the police reform following the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, asking law enforcement to “stop killing us” in a web post. In 2020, she penned an open letter to the Kentucky attorney general asking for justice in the death of Breonna Taylor.

Through her BeyGOOD Foundation, established in 2013, Beyoncé has focused mostly on expanding the prospects of Black-owned business and offering education opportunities to students. Forwarding the cause of legal representation in Texas while also helping out marginalized communities compliments her other philanthropic work.

“At UH Law, we envision a legal profession where ‘everyone has the opportunity to prosper,’ as BeyGOOD envisions, and we will achieve this vision by providing access to strong and effective legal representation in criminal proceedings,” Baynes said. “And together, through this gift, the BeyGOOD Foundation and UHLC will shepherd the next generation of criminal justice attorneys in the city of Houston, the state of Texas and the nation.”