Heating up even more throughout the week

An Excessive Heat Watch begins tomorrow.

♪♪♪♪♪♪Iris: ALL RIGHT, LET'S TALKABOUT THE MOST ACCURATEFORECAST.WE ARE 35 DAYS AND COUNTING FORHIGH TEMPERATURES IN PHOENIX AT110°° OR HIGHER.THAT'S A RECORD FOR THIS YEAR.TODAY IT LOOKS LIKE A BREAK FROMTHE 110°° PLUS TEMPERATURES ANDSTAY SHY OF 110°° BUT STILLPRETTY HOT AND UNCOMFORTABLE ASHUMIDITY IS SET TO INCREASETHROUGHOUT THE DAY, TOO.AS WE TALK ABOUT TEMPERATURESNOW, IN THE 80S THIS MORNING ANDA FEW MORE 70S POPPING UP BEFOREWARMING UP AGAIN.83°° IN GILBERT.CHANDLER AT 84°°.87°° IN GLENDALE.MID 80S IN SCOTTSDALE ANDSURPRISE AT 84°°.UPPER 70S IN ANTHEM.CLOSE TO THE 70S IN CAVE CREEKAND APACHE JUNCTION.I THINK WE'LL SEE A FEW MORESPOTS DIP DOWN INTO THE 70SBEFORE THE COOLING IS DONE ANDWE START TO WARM BACK UP.PHOENIX SKY HARBOR, 92°°.IT'S NOT A RECORD, THE RECORDWARM LOW TODAY STANDS AT 94°°.WE DID DODGE THE RECORD BUTPOSSIBLY WE WON'T DROP OUT OFTHE 90S BUT I THINK WE'LL SEEAROUND 89°°.WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS HEREAPPROACHING SUNRISE.UPPER 50S IN FLAGSTAFF, MID 40SAT THE GRAND CANYON.66°° IN PAYSON AND 72°° IN SEDONI WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHINGDIFFERENT FROM 24-HOURS AGO.YOU SEE ALL OF THE GREEN, THISIS A LOOK AT THE MOISTURE IN THEATMOSPHERE.AS WE SEE THE GREEN, THAT'SINDICATION OF MOISTUREINCREASING INTO OUR STATE.IT IS LIKELY THE DEW POINTS WILLCLIMB IN THE VALLEY HERE TOO, SOIT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE MOREHUMID TODAY.THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLOWERTO WARM WITH THE MOISTURE ANDTHEREFORE WE WON'T GET AS HOTTODAY AS THE LAST COUPLE OFDAYS.NO HEAT ALERTS TODAY.PHOENIX LOOKS TO STAY AROUND109°°.NOT A HUGE DIFFERENCE.JUST 2°° DIFFERENCE COMPARED TOYESTERDAY'S HIGH.STILL HOT AND IT WILL ADD THEEXTRA STRESS ON YOUR BODY.TAKE IT EASY TODAY, LIMIT YOURTIME OUTSIDE IF YOU CAN.MID 80S THIS AFTERNOON INFLAGSTAFF.UPPER 80S IN SHOW LOW.THE HOTTEST SPOTS WILL BE LAKEHAVASU AND BULLHEAD CITY.AS YOU LOOK AROUND THE VALLEY,BETWEEN 107°° AND 109°°.THE HOTTEST SPOTS, PHOENIX,TEMPE, AHWATUKEE AND LAVEENREACHING 109°°.SO OUR SUN COMES UP AT 5:48.THAT'S THE TIME WE'LL START TOSEE THE COOLER TEMPERATURES,UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90°° FORPHOENIX AND THEN WE START TOWARM.BY 10:00 AT 96°° AND TODAY IDON'T THINK WE'LL SEE THEHUNDREDS UNTIL CLOSER TO LUNCHTIME.A LITTLE LATER THAN YESTERDAY.AND THEN OUR HIGH PEAKS AT 109°°IN THE 4:00 HOUR.WE ARE UNDER THE EXCESSIVE HEATWARNING FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONSOF THE GRAND CANYON, REMAININGIN EFFECT THROUGH 8:00 TONIGHT.NOW WE HAVE THE EXCESSIVE HEATWATCH THAT STARTS WEDNESDAY ANDEXTENDED NOW THROUGH MONDAYEVENING FOR THE PHOENIX AREA.THIS HEAT AALL RIGHT IS GOING TOEXPAND FURTHER SOUTH ANDSOUTHWEST THURSDAY, IN EFFECTTHROUGH THE WEEKEND THROUGHEARLY NEXT WEEK AS WELL.LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES.109°° TODAY.THEN TOMORROW, KICKING OFF THEHEAT ALERT WITH A HIGH OF 111°°AND BY THURSDAY, FRIDAY,SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY,HIGHS AROUND 114°° TO 115°° FORTHE VALLEY.AND WARMER MORNINGS TOO.THAT'S HAPPENING AS CLOUDSINCREASE TOO.WE'LL TALK ABOUT IF WE'RE GOINGTO SEE