00:00Well, there's been a remarkable heat wave here, considering that we're not just breaking daily records, but even monthly records
00:05for March, for any March day.
00:07Tuesday, we broke records in Anaheim, Woodland Hills, California, by a big margin, Oakland, California.
00:13We tied the March record in San Francisco and Flagstaff.
00:16And then on Wednesday, we broke records for monthly records again in Palm Springs, Phoenix, Bakersfield, Vegas, and also in
00:26Flagstaff, Arizona.
00:27Very impressive stuff. And as we take a look at the big picture here, we have strong high pressure still
00:32in place.
00:33Temps 15 to 30 degrees above historical averages here in the southwest, at least in the inland areas.
00:38Temps not as far above average along the immediate coastline. We still have been dabbling near record highs.
00:44And in Los Angeles, here's an update on the AccuWeather Heat Wave Severity Index.
00:48And we have adjusted our March 16th to 20th heat wave to 13 units.
00:56It's a strong heat wave in Los Angeles, and it's the strongest heat wave in L.A. since the end
01:02of August into September last year,
01:04matching 13 units, which happened to be the strongest heat wave of last year.
01:07So to do this in March, very remarkable.
01:10Friday, very hot out there across the interior.
01:13Just hints of relief along the immediate coastline. Record-challenging highs.
01:16Very, very toasty.
01:18And by the numbers here are the daily records for, what, the 19th, the 20th.
01:23Friday is the 20th of March.
01:25So six degrees above the previous March 20th record in Vegas.
01:29Downtown L.A. would tie the record 93.
01:31Now the monthly record, 99 from the late 1800s, but still a daily record tying high.
01:36Tucson, 100 degrees. That would smash the daily record for March 20th.
01:40Denver, break the record by 3 degrees.
01:42We'll almost be up to record territory in Austin, Texas.
01:46So significant heat on Saturday.
01:47We've got more records to talk about for Saturday.
01:50This is for the 21st of March.
01:52The record's to the right.
01:52Look at this.
01:53We're going to smash that daily record by 8 degrees in Phoenix,
01:57and that would be a new monthly record.
01:59Into Vegas, we'll break their daily record by 5 degrees.
02:02Austin, Texas should break a record.
02:04We'll smash the record in Denver by 11, hottest March 21st by 11 degrees there.
02:11Incredible.
02:12And in Sacramento, we should break the record by 4 degrees.
02:14So more heat Sunday.
02:15No rain around.
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