FIRST ALERT ACTION DAY: Tracking continuing extreme heat
Tracking hot afternoons and very warm overnights. A Weather Authority First Alert Action Day will stay in effect for ongoing extreme heat through Saturday for the Desert Southwest.
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) - An Extreme Heat Warning will stay in place until 8 p.m. Saturday for the Desert Southwest due to dangerously hot conditions.
Highs will be between 106-118 degrees, and overnight lows between 83-93 degrees.
We do have extreme heat risk this week, and what that means is anyone can be impacted by this heat. Plus, there is little to no relief from the hot weather even during our night and morning hours.
That is why it is important to practice heat safety all hours of the day.
It will be a toasty and calm evening ahead. It will be a good evening to spend some time cuddling with your doggies or take them out to get a pup cup to celebrate National Dog Day.
High temperatures will be above-normal and in record territory every day this week as a ridge of high pressure will stay in place.
Still tracking some lingering monsoonal moisture that will bring in chance for light showers in the area. Not tracking anything significant that will be further east. But we could see some light showers like we did this morning.
I am tracking increasing moisture for the weekend, which will bring back higher humidity and storm chances this weekend and into early next week.
On our futuretrack hour-by-hour is showing some spotty and light showers being possible tomorrow and into the our lunchtime hours. Take a look.
A Weather Authority First Alert Action Day is in effect until Saturday due to hot afternoons and very warm overnights. I am also watching for record high and low temperatures.
However, more storm chances are expected to increase by the weekend and we are finally in for some cooler temperatures early next week. Temperatures next week will be trending seasonable.
STARGAZING EVENT: Don't forget we have a full moon this Thursday August 27th at 9:18 pm.
And we also have a viewing of the partial lunar eclipse that will also appear on Thursday night. This will last a little over 3 hours and the best time to view is around 9:13 pm on Thursday August 27th. This is when the earth moves directly between the sun and the moon.
TRACKING THE TROPICS: I am also tracking tropical activity in the Pacific that may develop in the days ahead. As of now, no tropical storms are expected to make it to the United States, but they can push up some additional moisture to the area. I will be tracking and bring updates.
There is a current tropical storm Isella that is swirling around. You can read more here.
