51.   The record heat across southern California will abate as clouds increase and winds turn onshore.

52.   The record heat that stifled most of the Northeast Seaboard Sunday and Monday will ebb a bit Wednesday in the wake of a weak cool front.

53.   The record heat in the southern Plains will break Thursday when a sharp cold front pushes into the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles.

54.   The record heat of recent days in the northern Rockies will be tempered in the wake of a cool front.

55.   These winds then descended the San Bernardino Mountains and brought record heat to the Los Angeles Basin.

56.   This November was the second warmest on record and December in the East has begun with record heat.

57.   Outdoor activities should be limited due the record heat.

58.   But there will be record heat and cold, drought, floods, tornadoes and a couple of major hurricanes.

59.   California forestry crews went to peak staffing a month earlier than usual this year because of record heat, unusual dryness and erratic winds.

60.   Corn and soybean futures also advanced as record heat baked Midwestern crop lands.