1.   All-time high temperatures will be in jeopardy in a few places across the Great Basin Tuesday as heat intensifies under the auspice of very warm high pressure aloft.

2.   Farther north, heat will intensify over the northern Plains and upper Mississippi Valley as the sprawling high over the Southwest expands northward.

3.   Heat intensifies drought by increasing evaporation from the soil.

4.   Heat will intensify over parts of the western Plains where breezes from the southwest are further warmed as they descend the sloping terrain.

5.   Heat will intensify across Florida Sunday as a warm ridge of high pressure builds over the Sunshine State.

6.   Heat will intensify across the Pacific Northwest on Sunday as a ridge of warm high pressure tightens its grip on the region.

7.   High heat intensifies flavor.

8.   If Team New Zealand loses a quick race or two, the heat will intensify.

9.   Meanwhile, the Middle Atlantic region will be hazy, hot, and humid, and this heat will intensify and expand northward Friday.

10.   On Tuesday, heat will intensify from the deserts of Arizona to west Texas as the ridge maintains its grip on the region.