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The southwestern U.S. can expect multiple days of supercharged
heat beginning on Tuesday, with the homeless, elderly, children,
and people with health issues at the highest risk for heat
illness, the U.S. National Weather Service said.
The worst is likely to dissipate by the weekend but in the
meantime much of California can expect sizzling temperatures,
even on the Pacific coast which typically gets cooled by an
ocean breeze, said Rich Bann, a meteorologist with the weather
service's Weather Prediction Center.
Washington and Oregon are also in line to get baked, Bann said.
"We're expecting multiple days with widespread high temperatures
into the triple digits," Bann said.
A high pressure ridge is forming, depriving the region of
clouds, cooling winds, showers or thunderstorms that might
otherwise offset the intense solar radiation, Bann said.
"When you're looking at the desert southwest, which is an arid
place anyway, all indirect sunlight is going to go into heating
the ground," Bann said.
In Arizona, Phoenix on Tuesday recorded its 100th straight day
at or above 100 F (38 C).
"The streak is expected to continue, with no end currently in
sight," the weather service said on X.
The previous record streak was 76 straight days in 1993, the
weather service said.
(Reporting by Daniel Trotta; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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