A strong high-pressure system settling over the region Friday and through the weekend will bring extreme temperatures even to the typically blazing Southwest. Hit the jump for more details.

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Notoriously hot Death Valley in California is forecast to reach 129 degrees, not far off the world-record high of 134 logged there exactly one century ago.

The National Weather Service is calling for 118 in Phoenix, and 117 in Las Vegas on Sunday — a mark reached only twice in Sin City.

Temperatures are expected to soar even as far north as Reno, Nev., across Utah and into parts of Wyoming and Idaho, where forecasters are calling for triple-digit heat in the Boise area through the weekend.

Cities in Washington state better known for cool, rainy weather should break the 90s early next week, while northern Utah — marketed as having “the greatest snow on Earth” — is expected to hit triple digits. In Albuquerque, N.M., the mercury hit 105 on Thursday afternoon, the hottest it has been in the state’s most populous city in 19 years.

“This is the hottest time of the year but the temperatures that we’ll be looking at for Friday through Sunday, they’ll be toward the top. We’ll be at or above record levels in the Phoenix area and throughout a lot of the southwestern United States,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Mark O’Malley. “It’s going to be baking hot across much of the entire West.”

Sucks to be living or traveling to the West coast this weekend. Tell us how your staying cool.

Via Yahoo