A.V. SHOULD FEEL THE BURN OF SCORCHING HEAT THIS WEEKEND.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE -- Near-record heat is expected to hit the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley this weekend. The National Weather Service predicts temperatures will climb today and peak Saturday and Sunday around 107 degrees -- about 15 degrees higher than average for late June. ``Each day, it's going to get a little warmer into the weekend,'' NWS NWS National Weather Service NWS Naval Weapons Station NWS New World Symphony NWS Nuclear Weapon State NWS Not Work Safe NWS National Watercolor Society NWS North Warning System NWS Nose Wheel Steering NWS National Waste Strategy (UK) weather specialist Bonnie bon·ny also bon·nie adj. bon·ni·er, bon·ni·est Scots 1. Physically attractive or appealing; pretty. 2. Excellent. Bartling said. The record for June 24 and 25 is 108 degrees, set in 1957. The heat is the result of strong upper-level high pressure building over California, with temperatures warming each day as a result, forecasters said. Antelope antelope, name applied to a large number of hoofed, ruminant mammals of the cattle family (Bovidae), which also includes the sheep and goats. The North American pronghorn is sometimes called an antelope, but belongs to a separate, related family (Antilocapridae). Valley's temperatures are expected to be around 102 today, 105 Friday and 107 Saturday and Sunday, the Weather Service said. Temperatures will ease a bit as the high-pressure ridge shifts eastward and weakens Monday and Tuesday, but Antelope Valley temperatures will still range from 95 to 105 Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. With temperatures expected to top 100 degrees over wide areas of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , California energy officials asked people to conserve electricity today through Sunday to reduce strain on the power grid. State officials said a Stage 1 power emergency was possible all four days, but that a Stage 2 or Stage 3 -- in which power is cut -- is unlikely. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) The hot weather has dried and cracked the mud flats mud flats npl → plage f de vase mud flats mud npl → Watt(enmeer) nt mud flats npl → on East Ave I near 120th St. East. Temperatures are going to get even higher this week, say forecasters, with maximums hitting 107 degrees by Sunday. (2) No mud pies here, prove a close-up view of the dried mud flats at East Ave I near 120th St. East in Lancaster. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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