Ninety degrees today. Partly sunny, west wind light enough you won't feel it until evening. This is the first Saturday of the summer that crosses into real heat — the kind where you plan around it, not through it. Morning is your window for anything that requires movement. By two this afternoon, shade becomes non-negotiable.
The Taubman is open noon to five, air-conditioned and quiet on a day like this. Center in the Square runs the same hours — the Science Museum, the History Museum, the Pinball Museum all under one roof at One Market Square. If you're walking over, take Campbell south from the flats, stay in the shade where you can. The Elmwood Park Amphitheater has live music at seven tonight, if the heat breaks enough by then. A Few Old Goats Brewing — here on the main floor — taps a new Czech pilsner at four this afternoon, which is exactly the beer this weather was designed for.
The Roanoke River Greenway is the move if you're going before ten this morning. Park at the Walnut Avenue access point and head east toward Elmwood — flat, paved, shaded in stretches. Mill Mountain is not the call today unless you're starting at sunrise. The heat builds fast on that ridgeline and there's no escape once you're halfway up. Save the overlook for tomorrow morning if the forecast holds.
Tomorrow looks identical until mid-afternoon — 90° and mostly sunny, then a slight chance of storms between two and three. Twenty percent. Not enough to plan around, but enough to keep an eye on if you're thinking about the greenway or the market. Tonight stays mild — 65° and partly cloudy, west wind fading after sunset.
Back at the flats, the courtyard stays in shade until about four, then it's all western light and long shadows. The brewery on the main floor opens at noon today, taps running cold, windows to Campbell Street propped wide. The patio picks up a breeze after seven if you want to sit outside with a beer and watch the light change. That's the play tonight — let the heat do its work, then settle in when the city cools.