 The heat is a big story this weekend. I heard a mild spring is taking a scorching turn tonight We have first with temperatures reaching the century mark in many areas in California this week Officials are saying it's a wake-up call for what to expect this summer So we're taking advantage of what's happening naturally to also remind them that summer is coming and with summer in California We have some pretty extreme heat and now with advances in technology and forecasting The National Weather Service has developed a new online tool that makes beating the heat easier. It's called heat risk It puts the heat into a climatological context It kind of tells you if this is normal heat for this time of year if it's something that might be more susceptible to pets and sensitive groups Or if this is going to be something that we need to kind of sound the alarm for for everybody that everyone needs to be changing their behavior We talked with a scientist who developed this tool and Michelle Meade gave us an inside look showing how all that complex weather data is Simplified in just a few clicks. You can see here. We have the forecast out to seven days So you could click through each seven day to see or each day to see how the heat risk is going to be changing Or you can zoom in to where you're interested in We'll do downtown Sacramento And the seven day forecast is going to pop up and it shows you what heat potential is each day of the week on that one Point location They call this the experimental heat risk tool and are hoping people will begin to use it when planning their outdoor activities this summer As long as folks know the steps they need to take now When we do get into the heart of the heat season when those temperatures can become You know hazardous to everybody they'll have the tools in their toolkit to make sure they're prepared and safe And we won't have those health and human impacts that can happen for me