U.S. Heat Wave Stretches Into Another Day, and Starts to Move East
The New York Times
The extreme heat that has lingered over the West for more than a week will push into the Midwest and Northeast by early next week, forecasters said.
A stubborn heat wave that has engulfed much of the Western United States for more than a week continued to linger over the region on Friday, with triple-digit temperatures expected to stretch into the weekend for millions of Americans.
In the Denver area, a heat advisory was in effect through the weekend, with the National Weather Service predicting record-breaking temperatures for both Saturday and Sunday.
The heat will subside in the West this weekend, but it isn’t going away.
Before Saturday, another up to two-dozen daily records could be broken to begin the weekend. “This long-duration heat wave remains extremely dangerous and deadly if not taken seriously,” a forecaster with the Weather Prediction Center warned.
In Las Vegas, where the punishing heat had stunned even forecasters, the weekend was expected to bring some relief but only by a few degrees. The daily high on Saturday was forecast to drop below 115 degrees for the first time in seven days — to 113 degrees. Sunday is expected to be a “cooler” 109, the Weather Service said.
The extreme heat will push into the Midwest and Eastern U.S. by early next week, with heat indexes as high as 110 degrees expected in the Philadelphia area and in the low 100s in New York.
