The first day of summer is here, and Mother Nature isn’t wasting any time serving up extreme heat across Northeast Ohio starting this weekend. Astronomical summer begins Friday at 10:43 p.m., and while conditions will be seasonable during the day and into the evening,

We’re getting closer and closer to the weekend…and closer and closer to a major summer heat wave in the Quad Cities. For now it’s an Extreme Heat Watch for this weekend for the Quad Cities, we’ll let you know when that gets changed over to an Extreme Heat Warning (most likely) or a Heat Advisory.