Phoenicians brace yourselves as once again the desert sun reigns supreme, with temperatures forecasted to soar into scorching heights over the next week; the National Weather Service promises little respite from the unrelenting heat wave dominating the Valley. According to the latest forecast, today Phoenix basks under mostly sunny skies, the mercury set to peak at a blistering 108 degrees, the winds making their fickle shift from east southeast to west as the day progresses.
Tonight's forecast does little to quell the heat, as temperatures are expected to dip to a warm 88 degrees under mostly clear skies, the winds calming to a breath in the evening. Come Wednesday and the relentless sun continues to beat down with the high tipping near 109 degrees, and while the air remains still in the morning a soft west-southwest wind will whisper through in the afternoon, Wednesday night's sky is expected to gather clouds, sheltering the city as it cools, just slightly, to the same 88-degree low.
Thursday offers a sliver of hope with "partly sunny" conditions and a high near 107, a gentle southern breeze shifting westward, yet as night falls a mere 20 percent chance of rain dares to appear after 11pm, the low again hovering around 88. Come Friday, it's business as usual with the sun's unwavering gaze pushing temperatures up to 109 degrees; the evening partly clouds over with lows resting at a more humid 91, those west-southwest winds persisting in their nightly lull.
Heading into the weekend, the forecast intensifies: Saturday is slated to be sunny and "hot" — a term that seems almost an understatement as highs are predicted to hit a scorching 112 degrees; nighttime brings a slim chance of showers and thunderstorms amidst partly cloudy skies and a low around 90, these patterns echoing into Sunday with the high climbing even further to a staggering 113 degrees, the prospect of evening thunderstorms lingering with a steady 20 percent probability, and clouds will blanket the city as it settles into a 90-degree night.
The workweek resurfaces with Monday's "mostly sunny and hot" mantra, the expected high of 111 hardly a departure from the norm, as a light east-southeast wind picks up, making its usual shift to west in the afternoon, ensuring that Phoenix remains within the grip of summer's fierce and unyielding hold.
