More heat today with strengthening winds into Wednesday
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY-TV) - More heat continues once again, but thankfully our current excessive heat warning is set to expire at 8 P.M. TONIGHT.
An Air Quality Alert is now in effect due to increased fine particle pollution from wildfire smoke in the region.
This will remain in effect for parts of Imperial and Riverside counties until 11 p.m. Wednesday.
Here's the future outlook for the smoke and with the strong westerly winds, the smoke will continue to travel eastward through tonight and into tomorrow morning.
An incoming lower pressure system that is moving across the western part of the U.S. will bring gustier conditions to the region on Wednesday and Thursday followed by cooler temperatures.
Winds will begin to pick up this evening but will continue to strengthen Wednesday afternoon/evening with strong westerly wind gusts of 20-30 MPH across the area.
A noticeably cooling trend will continue through the week, with highs dropping into the low 100s on Thursday, leading to even cooler temperatures next week.
Also, we have another weather disturbance moving through this weekend which will allow this incoming cooldown, plus bring in extra moisture and possible rain chances.
