Heat Wave Sweeps West, Pacific Northwest Gets Temporary Relief

Sailors race in Alamitos Bay in Long Beach ahead of hotter weather forecast for Southern California in the coming week. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Cool air from the Pacific Ocean will deliver some needed relief to parts of western Washington and Oregon later this week following an intense and record-setting burst of heat that kicked off the month of July. However, as the weather pattern evolves this summer in the West, heat will ramp up and stick around over much of the interior Southwest, AccuWeather meteorologists say.

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