During the next several days, dry lightning strikes could ignite new wildfires across portions of the interior Northwest.  Late in the weekend and early next week, Western heat will slowly ease.  However, extreme heat will shift eastward, with triple-digit (100-degree) high temperatures developing by Monday on the northern High Plains.  Heat will also begin to build across the western Corn Belt, but temperatures in the remainder of the Midwest will be favorable for reproductive to filling summer crops. 

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