Yikes!!! 110-120 degree days forecast for the Southwest later this week! [View all]

[LongTomH]

A post on the Weather Underground site reads: First 120-Degree Day of 2013 on the Way:

As high-pressure aloft builds overhead late this week, the Desert Southwest and the central valley of California will be heating up to extreme levels. We have a look at some of the locations that will see their first 110 or 120-degree readings of 2013 in the days ahead.

120 degrees days are in the forecast for Death Valley, CA, the hottest place on Earth. 120 degrees in Death Valley isn't exactly news, as the article points out:

Highs in the 120s are not unusual in Death Valley. In fact, only one single year since 1911 has not seen at least a single day of 120-degree heat. The average annual number of days in the 120s is 18 based on averages from 1981-2010.

Some other Desert Southwest locations are predicted to have temperatures near or exceeding 110 degrees Fahrenheit:

• Phoenix, AZ could have temperatures at or above 110 Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
  
• Las Vegas, NV will have temperatures near 110 Friday into Saturday.
  
• Temperatures in Fresno and Redding, CA are expected to exceed 100 this week, with near 110 expected Saturday. Record highs for these locations may be exceeded.

What's it going to be like in the rest of the country? Expect records for high temperatures to be broken.