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A high-pressure system is forecast to expand across the West next week and push temperatures to near record territory Sunday through Tuesday. Highs may be more than 20 degrees above May normals in Northern California.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/span>Baron\/Lynx<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n A hot spell of weather will engulf much of California this weekend into early next week, marking this year\u2019s first true bout of heat in many places. Some cities may hit 100 or even 105 degrees earlier in the year than ever before.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A slow-building high-pressure system over the northeast Pacific will nudge into California on Thursday, but it\u2019ll ramp up considerably Sunday once it settles over the Desert Southwest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The hot column of air beneath the high-pressure system is expected to be among the most extreme on record in mid-May, \u201cindicating a very rare event,\u201d according to the National Weather Service Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Daily high temperature records could be challenged anywhere from Sacramento to Las Vegas to Oklahoma City between Sunday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n