It's going to be so hot, the high temperature map will almost run out of colors.
The trick is to get the colors to match the temperatures, as we have come to expect them.
So cold temperatures are usually blue and purples, and hot temperatures are varying levels of red.
Look at the color bank weatherbell.com had to use for the extreme heat today in Arizona and California.
With high temperatures expected to hit 120 degrees in the Phoenix area, all of the hot colors are all used up.
The next stage of heat, depicted by what I would call violet colors, is blown right through on this temperature map.
You can call your friends and relatives in Arizona that rub it in on our weather in January. »