1.   Farther west, the deserts will remain quite warm.

2.   Much of the West will turn slightly cooler, though the deserts will remain hot.

3.   Scattered thunderstorms will erupt over the eastern Rockies Monday afternoon while the Southwest deserts remain mainly sunny and warm.

4.   The desert remains beautiful not only in spite of the wreckage, but because of it.

5.   The Southwest deserts will remain hot.

6.   The Southwest deserts will remain sunny.

7.   The Southwestern deserts will remain seasonably warm under mostly sunny skies.

8.   A few scattered clouds moved across Arizona and New Mexico from California and the desert Southwest remained mostly clear and dry.