Boiling heat will bear down on the Inland Empire most of this week, beginning Tuesday, pushing temperatures over 100 degrees across the region, according to the National Weather Service.
The agency on Monday posted an Extreme Heat Warning for the entire Riverside metropolitan area, stretching east to Idyllwild-Pine Cove, starting at 10 a.m. Wednesday and concluding at 8 p.m. Thursday, though the times may be subject to change.
Forecasters said the heat wave will gradually take hold on Tuesday as, similar to last week, a ridge of high pressure builds over the Four Corners region. The high will start to give way to low pressure troughs on both sides of it Thursday night…