Could be the satanic torch simply expands east as opposed to shifting east. No doubt this summer will be worse out here than 2021/22/23, but I’m not sure it’ll be better in the West.
It’s possible PNW escapes the worst, but the SW/4-corners region will almost certainly be cooked to death again.
I don’t doubt this summer will be brutal for much of the nation. The hope I have is that the heat is focused further east and we can enjoy at least some marine influence.