Heat wave will spread from the West into parts of the Northern Plains, upper Midwest and Northeast into this weekend:
Linda Lam and Jonathan BellesThis heat will spread into the Upper Midwest and Northeast by this weekend.A heat wave is already smashing record highs in the West and is spreading into the upper Midwest and Northeast kicking off summer's first core month.Celebrate Dad With These Unique Father's Day Gift Ideas
Areas in excessive heat warnings will see temperatures that could cause heat illnesses, including heatstroke and heat exhaustion.Daily record highs have already been set and are expected to persist in the West through Friday., set its hottest May temperature on record when the city soared to 109 degrees Monday. Among daily records set Tuesday included Portland, Oregon and 103 degrees in Merced, California.
A few record highs may still be set in the Great Basin, Friday, including Salt Lake City where the high may approach the century mark. Cooler temperatures emerged first in the Northwest Thursday and most from the northern Rockies to California will be closer to average by early next week. Seattle observed a high of 75 degrees on Thursday which was about 10 degrees cooler than earlier in the week.Temperatures have begun to heat up in the Northern Plains and this trend will persist into this weekend.Highs will be 10 to 30 degrees above average from Friday into the weekend from the Northern Plains into the upper Midwest.
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