Forecast: Heat Wave to Continue for Parts of Western U.S.

U.S.|What tin we expect the remainder of the week?

• July 12, 2021, 5:44 p.m. ET

Although temperatures volition driblet this week from the grounds highs of caller days, they volition stay successful the information portion successful immoderate places, with parts of California, Utah and Nevada reaching from 100 to 114 degrees connected Monday and Tuesday.

And the occurrence hazard volition proceed on with the heat, said Julie Malingowski, an exigency effect meteorologist for the National Weather Service. “With the drought, and continued adust and blistery conditions, occurrence maturation is surely favorable crossed the region.”

Still, Monday is the past time this week that experts expect to spot vigor records breached crossed the godforsaken Southwest, Ms. Malingowski said. “Drought-relieving rain” that is predicted to autumn betwixt Tuesday and Saturday volition supply immoderate interruption from the heat.

Central and southeast Arizona could person arsenic overmuch arsenic 3 and a fractional inches this week, and New Mexico and Texas volition besides acquisition “monsoon moisture” that could bring flash floods.

In Utah, above-average precocious temperatures were expected to proceed successful the Salt Lake City area, said Sam Webber, a meteorologist for the Weather Service there. And the hot, adust and windy conditions successful the authorities could spark much wildfires by the weekend.

“While we’re not making immoderate headlines yet, it’s decidedly connected our radar,” Mr. Webber said.

Oregon and California, wherever immoderate of the largest wildfires are burning close now, are predicted to get a interruption from lightning strikes, which could chopped down connected the fig of caller blazes, said Jay Stockton, a meteorologist astatine the National Weather Service’s bureau successful Medford, Ore. But determination is small accidental of important rainfall to assistance firefighters, contempt the flimsy dip successful temperatures.

“It’s going to beryllium mean hot, arsenic opposed to excessively hot,” Mr. Stockton said.

Looking ahead, Ms. Malingowski said vigor waves were expected to persist for the remainder of the summer. “July and August is typically our warmest time,” she said.