Southwest Heatwave Threatens Wildfires, Record Highs

A jogger is dwarfed by the downtown Los Angeles skyline on a warm Thursday afternoon, July 6, 2023. A heatwave is forecast for Los Angeles and Southern California next week. (LUIS SINCO / LOS ANGELES TIMES VIA GETTY IMAGES)

The already scorching hot Southwest is expected to get hotter later this week, AccuWeather meteorologists say. The dangerously hot weather will raise the risk of wildfires and potentially challenge all-time record highs in some cities.

“A number of locations over the Southwest will challenge daily record highs this weekend,” said AccuWeather Meteorologist Haley Taylor.