The heat wave continues across the state as heat index temperatures soar to the triple digits.

Our Kristi Dutton has more on how to cope with the heat.

Across the state, we have excessive heat warnings and heat advisories in place and we're faced with the hottest temperatures of the summer so far.

Joining us is meteorologist John Gordon with the National Weather Service.

It's the combination of heat and humidity and with the heat advisories that cover much of the state, you need those two ingredients, right?

So what's the actual real feel temperature?

Yeah, the real Phil temperature today, again, with 105 to 110 northern Kentucky is the excessive heat warning.

We have a heat advisory across much of the state.

You know what people need to know?

It's that it's the dew point.

It's the moisture that makes this go back and be hot out in the desert southwest.

It's hot, right?

It's an oven.

But when you have the humidity, that's what drives the heat index values.

And folks, please drink a lot of water, please.

Hydrate.

Please get in the shade.

Never, ever leaves anyone in a hot car, whether it's elderly, a kid or a child or a dog.

Never, never, never.

Now, that's good advice.

Now, you mentioned the Southwest and out west and Southwest, they've been dealing with deadly heat.

Is that where this is coming from?

Yes.

Thank you.

Yeah, this is a very.

As bad as it is here, folks, the Phenix El Paso have been in the hundreds for weeks, if not a month.

And that's where the dome is.

And then this hot air has been spreading up to the north and east.

And this little cool front on Saturday is good news because we're going to usher in some lighter, slightly less temperatures and humidities and make things a lot better.

You'll have a lot less complaining.

Good.

We look forward to it until then.

John Gordon from the National Weather Service in Louisville.

Try to stay cool and we will do the same.

Take care, Christy.