Widespread extreme heat has taken hold across the Desert Southwest this October.
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00:00We are tracking record-breaking heat continuing here across the desert southwest and the west
00:05coast. So let's go ahead and get right into the latest here. This stubborn and oppressive heat
00:08dome is going to continue to strengthen and intensify here as we head into the weekend.
00:13So here's the latest as far as temperature-wise, what exactly are we going to be looking forward
00:17to here for us? Because it's going to be unprecedented here for some areas. Some
00:21areas are still going to be dealing with very hot weather. We're talking temperatures 5, 6,
00:25even 7 degrees above normal here for this time of year. So this is what we're going to be watching
00:29out for for some parts of the U.S., especially the southwest. So overall here for us, we will
00:34be watching out for the temperatures climbing. As you can see right here, these are the temperatures
00:38possible being broken on Saturday. Palm Springs, California, up to 114, 3 degrees above the record
00:45high. And that record was set back in 1987. But in addition to that, Imperial California, Phoenix,
00:50Denver, Colorado Springs are even going to see record-breaking temperatures here as we head
00:54throughout Saturday. And then as we head into Sunday, more areas are going to be in the triple
00:59digits. Look at this. Once again, Imperial, Phoenix, Tucson now on Sunday. But also Vegas and Albuquerque
01:06will be challenging, if not setting, in some cases breaking, well-breaking record high temperatures
01:11here as we head into Sunday. So this is going to be the kind of unprecedented heat that we are
01:16going to be tracking. So here's the overall setup for Saturday. We're just going to be seeing that
01:20heat dome just intensifying across the desert southwest. And then as we head into Sunday, you
01:24can see that that area of hot on this map is pretty much going to increase a little bit. It's going to
01:30move a little bit more into parts of southern Nevada. So as we head into Saturday, when you
01:34look at the forecast highs versus the record highs, a couple areas are standing out. We are going to
01:39see widespread record-breaking temperatures for Saturday and record-breaking temperatures here as
01:43we head throughout Sunday as well. So we're going to continue to track this and keep you up to date
01:46with the latest. Stay right here with AccuWeatherhead. We'll be right back.