LIVE UPDATES: Nearly a third of Americans under extreme heat advisories • All-time heat records could be reached in the Southwest, according to the NWS. • NWS calls extreme heat the “leading weather-related killer in the U.S.”
An “extremely dangerous heat wave” will plague the Western and Southern parts of the country over the weekend, forecasters warned early Saturday.
Phoenix marked the city's 15th consecutive day of 110 degrees Fahrenheit or higher temperatures on Friday, putting it on track to beat the record of 18 days, recorded in 1974. The National Weather service said Friday that forecasts show 45 record heat temperatures falling over the weekend.June through September is Arizona's monsoon season, but authorities said Friday there would be little chance of thunderstorms next week to provide respite from the extremely hot temperatures.
Rain and clouds would break the heat wave and provide respite, but the chance of rain across the lower deserts for next week is about 20%, the service said in a separate tweet. Current temperatures make this month the hottest July on record, it said, although if an active storm pattern develops later in the month it could cool temperatures significantly.
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