The southwest is on Peak Dog Day as the looming heat wave sparked extreme heat warnings and recommendations for 80 million people from the US-Mexican border to southwestern Utah.
Federal forecasters said a system of warm, downward air that swirls over the intersection that divides Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico will toast the area throughout the weekend.
“The unusually strong high-pressure ridge directed towards Four Corners State will lead to a significant heat wave,” the National Weather Service said in a national forecast discussion on Tuesday.
Extreme heat warnings predicting specific risks begin Wednesday morning in Southern California for Los Angeles, San Diego, parts of Orange County and parts of Palm Springs. The warning will also begin on Wednesdays in Las Vegas and Tucson in Phoenix, Arizona. They are expected to be effective throughout the weekend.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the city is hoping for “some of the hottest summer temperatures.” The cooling centre is open in the city, but Gaving Gavin Newsom is moving fire resources to the area.
At El Centro Agriculture, California, the child died in a hot vehicle after darkness, when temperatures remained three times the digits, police said.
According to the service, temperatures in the 90s were expected to be as north as the Seattle area on Saturday, with fire monitoring enabled in Portland, Oregon on Thursday.
On Friday, Phoenix is expected to reach 112 degrees Celsius, while Las Vegas is expected to reach 110, and the Farnas Creek Visitor Center in Death Valley National Park is projected to report 120 degrees Celsius according to weather services.
Maricopa County, Arizona, authorities reported 44 deaths last week on Tuesday.
