Dangerous heat is impacting more than 50 millions of Americans in the West this weekend, with eat alerts in effect from Arizona to Washington.
Dangerous heat is impacting more than 50 million Americans in the West this weekend, with heat alerts in effect from Arizona to Washington.
An extreme heat warning is in effect for cities including Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Los Angeles, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Phoenix, Arizona.
A heat advisory is in effect for Riverside, California; Sacramento, California; and Spokane, Washington.
Temperatures on Saturday afternoon will be soaring into the triple digit across a large swath of the region, as far north as portions of Oregon and Washington.
New daily record highs were set in several cities in the West on Friday and numerous will be challenged in the region once again Saturday afternoon.
Several days of dangerous, record-challenging heat will impact parts of the Pacific Northwest, including Portland to Seattle, a part of the country less accustomed to prolonged extreme heat.
Highs will be near 90 in Seattle through Monday with afternoon temperatures reaching the triple digits in Portland on Saturday and still soaring well into the 90s on Sunday and Monday. Daily record highs will be challenged in both cities over the next three days.
Relatively mild temperatures at night will make this heat wave even more dangerous since the warmer temperatures make it more difficult for people to adequately cool off overnight.
The extreme heat in southern California continues to fuel elevated fire weather concerns for parts of the region, including those dealing with wildfires recently. Red flag warnings are in place through Saturday for the mountains north of the cities of Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara, including places like Santa Clarita, due to the scorching heat, low humidity, and locally breezy winds.
