FIRST ALERT: Hot start to the week with excessive heat soon making a return

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY-TV) - Happy Labor Day! It's a sunny and hot holiday!

Check this out, Yuma topped at 112 degrees this afternoon, which is 7 degrees above normal.

Heading into the evening, it will be clear, calm, and a little cooler.

Have a fun and safe rest of your Labor Day!

Temperatures will gradually heat up in the days ahead thanks to a strengthening ridge of high pressure boosting our high temperatures near the 120 mark.

An Excessive Heat WATCH has been issued by the National Weather Service Phoenix for Wednesday morning through Friday evening for both Yuma and Imperial Counties.

I am issuing a Weather Authority First Alert ACTION Days, which will go into effect on Wednesday-Friday for the hotter temperatures and major to extreme heat risks for the Desert Southwest.

There's even potential for record high and low temperatures.