
After a cool, damp spring, the summer ridge is finally firing with major desert towns and cities finally catching up with the calendar and even firing into 10-20 above territory.
As upper heights soar to 594dm, Phoenix topped out at a sweltering 114 degrees yesterday tying a record which dates all the way back to 1896.

Credit: National Weather Service
If you live in the Southwest, don’t expect any relief over the next 5+ days, in fact it’s likely to get hotter before cooler as the ridge intensifies.

Credit: AccuWeather Pro

Credit: AccuWeather Pro

Credit: AccuWeather Pro
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Credit: National Weather Service

Credit: National Weather Service
Forecast highs according to the National Weather Service.
Today
Friday highs
Saturday highs
The CFSv2 shows it remaining on the warm side down the West Coast during July and August as it does the Southeast where it too shall remain dry.
As for the El Nino, well it continues to strengthen.
See video for the discussion.
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