Climate Central: A brutal and potentially historic heat wave is in store for the West as parts of Nevada, Arizona and California may get dangerously hot temperatures this weekend and into next week. In fact, by the end of the heat wave, we may see a record tied or broken for the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth.
The furnace-like heat is coming courtesy of a "stuck' weather pattern that is setting up across the U.S. and Canada. By early next week, the jet stream -- a fast-moving river of air at airliner...