Record-smashing heat will persist across the Northwest for the remainder of the week, boosting temperatures to nearly unimaginable levels for a sustained period.

With drought already in place across much of the Northwest, agricultural impacts on rangeland, pastures, livestock, and rain-fed crops could be severe.

Meanwhile, the interactions between the Southwestern monsoon circulation and the tail of a cold front could lead to locally heavy showers in the Four Corners States.

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