As Americans get ready for another summer weekend, the National Weather Service is predicting extreme heat in the West and heavy rain in the East.
The NWS’s Weather Prediction Center issued statements on July 19, covering Saturday, July 20, through Wednesday, July 24. The center forecasted “widespread temperatures in the 90s and 100s followed by little overnight relief with lows in the upper 60s and 70s” across the western states from Tucson, Arizona, and Los Angeles through Spokane, Washington, and up to the Canadian border.
