Weather Saturday October 5, 2024 Fair for an October weekend with Steve Pellettiere

..Record-breaking heat remains across California and the Southwestthrough this weekend, while briefly overspreading portions of the Plainsand Midwest on Saturday......Strong winds and dangerous fire weather conditions are forecastthroughout the northern Great Basin, northern Rockies, and into the HighPlains......Locally heavy rainfall will be possible across the immediate Gulf Coastthrough Saturday, with more of a focus toward the Florida Peninsula bylate Sunday...A late-season heatwave will continue this weekend across the SouthwestU.S. as high pressure aloft persists over the region. Record ornear-record high temperatures are forecast over a rather widespread regionincluding central and southern California through the Desert Southwestwhere there will be temperatures reaching over 100 degrees. Some of theinterior deserts of the Southwest my locally reach over 110 degrees.Heat-related advisories and warnings are in place as the heat remains atlevels dangerous to anyone without adequate cooling or hydration. As acold front crosses through the Northwest and ejects east across thenorthern Plains and upper Mississippi Valley through Saturday, some of theheat across the interior of the West will also eject east across portionsof the Plains and Midwest where high temperatures will be locally 20 to 25degrees above average, which may result in a few record-high temperatureshere as well.