The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory as temperatures are expected to be in the triple digits in the Inland Empire.

The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for northern and central Rhode Island because of hot temperatures and high humidity.

"As of right now, the average mean temperature is a degree warmer for the time period for June and eight days into July," said Joe DeSilva, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, New Jersey. "It's about the same as last year, about a half-degree warmer."