A heat wave will spread from the West into the upper Midwest and Northeast, setting some early June record highs.
Linda Lam and Jonathan BellesRecord heat will continue to sear the West before relief arrives by the weekend.Generally hot weather will last well into next week in the northern U.S.
However, a shift in this upper-level pattern will result in a ridge of high pressure building over the East and a trough, or southward dip in the jet stream, near the West Coast.Below, we take a closer look at what to expect.Heat alerts have been issued by the National Weather Service in parts of California, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
, set its hottest May temperature on record when the city soared to 109 degrees Monday. Among daily records set Tuesday included Portland, Oregon and 103 degrees in Merced, California. However, as the northward bulge in the jet stream shifts eastward, temperatures will begin to trend downward late this week.
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