LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Forecasters anticipate another hot day in Lake County on Saturday before temperatures start to roll back into next week.
An excessive heat warning remains in effect for Lake County through Saturday at 9 p.m.
In issuing the warning, the National Weather Service warned of “dangerously hot conditions” for Lake County ranging between 105 and 113 degrees.
This week’s century mark topping temperatures are the result of a powerful heat dome that has broken heat records this week across the West.
“A dominant area of high pressure is to blame for the relentless heat in the western U.S. and Pacific Northwest. This heat will expand into the central U.S.,” said AccuWeather Lead Long Range Expert Paul Pastelok. “Scorching summer temperatures will be on the rise from the Southeast to much of the mid-Atlantic and even parts of the Northeast through early next week. We expect more records to be shattered.”
AccuWeather expert meteorologists say all-time record high temperatures were tied or broken at more than 50 locations in California and Nevada from July 1 to 5.
In California, all-time records were set this month when temperatures soared to 115 degrees in Palmdale, 119 degrees in Redding, and 124 degrees in Palm Springs, AccuWeather said.
The National Weather Service said Sunday’s daytime temperatures will hover in the high 90s and in the high 60s at night.
Conditions will then roll back into the high 80s to low 90s during the day and the 60s at night through Thursday.
Temperatures are expected to begin to rise again starting on Friday.
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