Although temperatures will drop this week from the record highs of recent days, they will remain in the danger zone in some places, with parts of California, Utah and Nevada reaching from 100 to 114 degrees on Monday and Tuesday. And the fire risk will continue along with the heat, said Julie Malingowski, an emergency response meteorologist for the National Weather Service. “With the drought, and continued dry and hot conditions, fire growth is certainly favorable across the region.”Still, Monday is the last day this week that experts expect to see heat records broken across the desert Southwest, Ms. Malingowski said. “Drought-relieving rain” that is predicted to fall between Tuesday and Saturday will provide some break from the heat. Central and southeast Arizona could receive as much as three and a half inches this week, and New Mexico and Texas will also experience “monsoon moisture” that could bring flash floods.

Source: New York Times July 12, 2021 22:30 UTC