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Article: Temperatures to remain high through next week.(News)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- June 8, 2006
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Byline: Yvonne Corral, Rocky Mountain News
An unprecedented, record-breaking heat wave that first pushed temperatures into the 90s last Friday is sticking around another week.
Temperatures for the Mile High City are usually a whopping 20 degrees cooler this time of year.
Meteorologists say a ridge of high pressure is blocking cold air from reaching the Denver area, causing the unusually hot weather.
Hot temperatures so early in the year are not uncommon, but having lasting heat over several consecutive days is, said Tom Carlson, staff meteorologist with Weather Central.
"Toward the end of next week, there will be some cooling, but (it will still be) above ...