Dangerously hot weekend ahead

A dangerously hot weekend is ahead with an extended excessive heat warning.

STRETCHED THIN WITH THOSEWILDFIRES ACROSS THE STATE ANDTHE U.S. LET'S TALK ABOUT OURHEATNOT MATTER HOW YOU SLICE IT, ITHAS BEEN A RECORD HOT NUMBER.I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THESENUMBERS.WE HAVE SEEN THE MOS DAYS WITH115 DEGREES OR HIGHER.WE'RE TALKING SEVEN DAYS SO FARTHIS YEAR.THAT TIES THE OLD RECORD FROMBACK IN 1974.OF COURSE, YOU HEARD ME SAY THATWE HAVE ALREADY SEEN A RECORDNUMBER OF DAYS AT 110 OR HIGHER.AS OF YESTERDAY, THAT COUNT WASUP TO 37.ALSO LOOKING AT A RECORD NUMBEROF DAYS WITH LOWS T IN 90s.TODAY COULD BE DAY 21.

OUR HEATIS STICKING AROUND AND WE'RETALKING DANGEROUSLY HOTCONDITIONS, NOT JUST FOR THEVALLEY, BUT A BIG PORTION OF OURSTATE.I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU AROUND ANDSHOW YOU ALL OF THESE WARNINGS.THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGEXTENDED ALL THE WAY THROUGHWEDNESDAY EVENING.I TOLD YOU THAT COULD POSSIBLYBE THE CASE.INITIALLY MONDAY, BUT JUST THEFORECAST DOESN'T LOOK A COOLERTHROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.THAT ALERT HAS BEEN EXTENDEDTHROUGH THE VALLEY.ACROSS GILA COUNTY, YOU'RESEEING HEAT ADVISORIES FOR THEHIGHER TERRAIN EAST OF US, LIKETHE SUPERSTITIONS.WE HAVE HEAT WARNINGS DOWN INTOSOUTHEAST ARIZON FOR PINALCOUNTY, IN EFFECT THROUGHMONDAY.IT COULD BE EXTENDED OUT EVENFURTHER.TO THE NORTHWEST, EXCESSIVE HEATWARNINGS ACROSS YAVAPAI COUNTYTOO.SEDONA INCLUDED UNDER THAT HEATWARNINPAGE ALL THE WAY THROUGH NEXTWEDNESDAY AND ALL OF WESTERN ANDSOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA UNDER THAT,TOO.THIS MORNING, WE ARE OFF TO AWARM START.CLEAR SKIES THIS MORNIN AFTERSEEING STORMS YESTERDAY NEARBYAND EVEN IN THE FAR, FAR WESTVALLEY, OUTSIDE OF BUCKEYE ISWHERE WE GOT MEASURABLE RAIN.OVERNIGHT THOSE SKIES HAVECLEARED.TEMPERATURES IN THE DOWN TO MIDTO UPPER 80s.ALSO SCOTTSDALE.MID TO UPPER 80s FROM TEMPE TOCHANDLER.IT IS 93 RIGHT NOW IN PHOENIX.70 IN PRESCOTT.77 IN SEDONA AND 60 INFLAGSTAFF.TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60s INSHOW LOW.116 DEGREES FOR A HIGH IPHOENIX.118 OUT AT LAKE HAVASU.LOW 100s FOR PRESCOTT.100 IN PAGE AND FLAGSTAFFLOOKING TO TOP OUT AT 90DEGREES.WE'RE TALKING HOT WEATHER ACROSSTHE STATE.MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE TAKINGCARE YOURSELF TODAY.LIMIT YOUR TIME OUT DOORS IF YOUCA HYDRATE, HYDRATE.PHOENIX, I THINK WILL SEE TRIPLEDIGIT AROUND 3:00.114 OUR TEMPERATURE BY 2:00.116 BETWEEN 3:00 AND 5:00 P.M.THAT'S OUR PEAK TEMPERATURETODAYI DO THINK TODAY WE'LL STAY JUSTSHY OF THE RECORD.IT IS GOING TO BE CLOSE.THE RECORD IS 117 DEGREES.WE WILL COME CLOSE TO THATTODAY.TEMPERATURES DROP SLIGHTLYSATURDAY AND SUNDAY.112 TO 113.BUT SUNDAY COULD BE A RECORDTIEING DAY.MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY WILLBE NEAR RECORD HIGHS AS WELL.THE MORNINGS STILL NOT BRINGINGA LOT OF RELIEF.