AROUND IN SOME AREAS AND THROUGH THE WEEK AS WELL. MORE ON THAT, IF ALL RIGHT. THANKS, CHRIS. AND AS CHRIS SAID, WE ARE FEELING THIS HUMIDITY. IT'S BEEN A HUGE ISSUE THE LAST FEW DAYS. >> ONLY AGGRAVATING THE HEAT INDEX MAKING IT FEEL EVEN HOTTER. NEW AT 6 FOX TWO'S HALEY FITZPATRICK HAS MORE ON THE SPIKE AND HUMIDITY AND THE CONNECTION WITH CORN. >> YOU'LL NOTICE OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, THE HUMIDITY HAS CLIMBED EXCELLED IN SOME PLACES, CAUSING IT TO BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, EVEN TO BE OUTSIDE ONLY FOR A FEW MINUTES. A WIDE SWATH, A DEW POINT. TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 70'S ACROSS THE MIDWEST. THAT'S INDICATIVE OF EXTREMELY HUMID AIR. THE REASON FOR THAT THE CORE. YEAH, WE'RE TALKING CHORD WITH MORE THAN >> 14 MILLION ACRES OF CORN IN MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS THAT'S CONTRIBUTED TO THE RISE AND HUMIDITY. ITS A TERM YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF BEFORE CALLED CORN SWEAT IT MEANS EXACTLY HOW IT SOUNDS. CORN STALKS SWEATING, WATER, BUT THEY'RE NOT SWEATING LIKE HUMANS TO CORN, SWEATING IS SCIENTIFICALLY KNOWN AS EVE APPLE TRANSPORATION. WHEN IT'S HOT, IT'S HUMID. CORNED TO SIT, SIT AROUND AND WAIT FOR A RAINY DAY. THEY DROVE WATER FROM THE GROUND WITH THEIR ROOTS AND INTO THEIR STEMS AND LEAVES RELEASING IT INTO THE AIR AS WATER VAPOR. ONE ACRE OF MATURE COREY CAN RELEASE 3 TO 4,000 GALLONS OF WATER INTO THE AIR. THIS EVENT TRANSPORATION PROCESS HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE HIGH HUMIDITY. IT WAS A HEAT DOME THAT MOVED IN FROM TEXAS THIS PAST WEEKEND. COMBINE THE HUMIDITY WITH THE HOT TEMPERATURES. IT ONLY PROMOTES DANGEROUS HEAT