Extreme heat wave brings scorching record highs to Southwest

Weather-billboard-Phoenix A billboard shows the temperature Wednesday in Phoenix. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.

Important Takeaways:

  • Phoenix is forecast to hit a whopping 113 degrees Fahrenheit; Las Vegas may reach 112; and Death Valley, California, could be at 121 on Thursday amid an extreme heat wave.
  • Twenty-seven million people are under heat warnings and advisories today, as a heat dome essentially traps warm air from the Golden State down to southern Texas.
  • By Friday, the heat wave will expand north into Oregon and Washington on Friday and Saturday, and ease Sunday across the Southwest
  • Heat will also impact the Florida peninsula from Thursday into the weekend with several high and low temperature records forecast to be tied or broken from Jacksonville down to Tampa and Miami.
  • On Thursday, Miami has a forecast heat index of 105.

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