This is one of those weekends where you probably want to just stay in a nice, cool place as a heat wave begins to ramp up across the Lowcountry, with the potential for several record highs and record warm low temperatures to occur starting Saturday through much of next week.

Anomalously strong high pressure builds in aloft starting Friday, bringing about the hottest weather of the year. We’ll challenge record high temperatures as well as record warm low temperatures, with heat advisories and even Extreme Heat Warnings a likelihood.

The stationary front that’s been lingering nearby will begin to fall apart on Thursday as high pressure begins to build in, bringing storm chances down and temperatures up especially as we head into the weekend, which looks particularly hot.

The stalled front that brought us some flooding rains and severe weather on Tuesday lingers over the next couple days before high pressure nudges in, sending rain chances down and temperatures up for Friday.

Thunderstorms will feature prominently in today’s forecast as the seabreeze pushes inland and a front drops in from the north.