{"id":798801,"date":"2026-08-02T06:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T06:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/798801\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T06:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T06:26:10","slug":"heat-wave-expected-to-bring-record-breaking-temps-heighten-wildfire-risk-to-parts-of-western-us-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/798801\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat wave expected to bring record-breaking temps, heighten wildfire risk to parts of Western US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A dangerous\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/31\/us-news\/california-set-for-scorching-weekend-heat-wave-with-triple-digit-temperatures\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">heat wave<\/a>\u00a0will bring record-breaking temperatures to parts of the Western U.S. this weekend, prompting warnings for people to stay inside and heightening wildfire risks in areas that already are dry or burning.<\/p>\n<p>A ridge of high pressure is holding heat close to the ground \u2014 what\u2019s known as a heat dome \u2014 from Arizona to Montana, though the good news is that it will be relatively short-lived, National Weather Service <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/30\/us-news\/southern-california-energy-company-plans-power-outage-amid-heatwave\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">meteorologists said.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service on Saturday forecast a high of 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 degrees Celsius) in Las Vegas, the hottest temperature of the year. <\/p>\n<p>A dangerous heat wave will bring record-breaking temperatures to parts of the Western U.S. this weekend, heightening wildfire risks. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas expects 115F, Phoenix 116F, and El Centro 118F, driven by a \u2018heat dome\u2019 from Arizona to Montana. Jonathan Alcorn for CA Post<\/p>\n<p>Overnight lows in the upper 80s to low 90s will offer no relief, making the extreme heat especially dangerous for residents. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Phoenix is expected to reach 116F (47C), while <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/22\/us-news\/illegal-immigrant-caught-working-in-small-california-town-hid-heinous-past\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">El Centro, California<\/a>, was expected to hit a record 118F (48C). Even parts of Montana were expected to broil, with a record 104F (40C) forecast for Great Falls.<\/p>\n<p>In Las Vegas, Saturday\u2019s forecast high was 10 degrees above normal, with meteorologists warning of dangerous heat through Sunday, when the high is expected to be 114, said weather service meteorologist Morgan Stessman.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight lows in the upper 80s to low 90s will make the situation especially dangerous because it doesn\u2019t allow people\u2019s bodies to recover. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s just no relief overnight,\u201d Stessman said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dangerous\u00a0heat wave\u00a0will bring record-breaking temperatures to parts of the Western U.S. this weekend, prompting warnings for people&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":798802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,6956,30596,79,194,6399],"class_list":["post-798801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-extreme-weather","tag-heat-wave","tag-science","tag-us-news","tag-wildfires"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/798802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}