![]() ![]() The heat also will set the stage for a heightened risk of wildfires in the Southwest, including Southern California, this week, AccuWeather warned. The heat will be extreme even in normally torrid Death Valley, where daytime highs this week will soar in the mid-120s. The nighttime low temperature there will hover around 100 degrees Temperatures will soar above 110 degrees in the Southwest and over 100 in Texas, the weather service said. While the East battles the raindrops, heat remains in place across the southern Plains, lower Mississippi Valley and much of the Southwest and far western United States. This pattern is tapping a plume of deep, tropical moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea into the Eastern Seaboard around high pressure in the Atlantic, said. The reason for the soaking weather pattern is a powerful plunge of the jet stream – by July standards – that has carved into the East and will sit in place for the next several days, according to. The heavy rain also could trigger mudslides in the mountains, topple trees and wreak travel havoc on roads and at airports. “A cycle of daily rounds of showers and thunderstorms is likely to repeat on most days this week,” AccuWeather Meteorologist Kyle Elliott said. Saturday was one of the wettest July days ever recorded in Washington and Baltimore. Over the weekend, record-setting rainfall triggered flash flooding in Virginia and Maryland, stranding vehicles and forcing water rescues and road closures. Bonnie brings heavy rain, gusty winds and dangerous rip currents to portions of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.
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