AZ Memo: Approaching heat; Show Low and Papago Park fires; Trump vs. Goldwater, dad's day

Good morning, Arizona. Here's what you need to know today.

Today will bring a high of 104 and a low of 77. Temperatures are to rise by 2 degrees on Friday, with a high of 106 and a low of 79 degrees.

Then, look out.

Saturday will begin the scalding weather's rapid rise to record territory, with a high of 110 and a low of 85.

Sunday will be well into danger levels, with temps reaching 118 degrees and not dropping below 89. National Weather Service meteorologist James Sawtelle said that Monday will be the hottest day of the week with a forecast of 120 degrees and a low of 87.

Sawtelle advised people to avoid midday activities, particularly strenuous exercise, limiting that to morning and evening hours. He said people should not rely on fans to keep cool, instead going indoors into air-conditioning to lower their core temperatures.

"This heat is excessive by Phoenix standards," he said. "It will be supremely dangerous."

Today in history:

In 1903, Ford Motor Co. was incorporated.

In 1943, comedian Charles Chaplin, 54, married his fourth wife, 18-year-old Oona O’Neill, daughter of playwright Eugene O’Neill, in Carpinteria, Calif.

In 1944, George Stinney, a 14-year-old black youth, became the youngest person to die in the electric chair as the state of South Carolina executed him for the murders of two white girls.

In 1996, Russian voters went to the polls in their first independent presidential election, eventually electing Boris Yeltsin.

Another wildfire is wreaking havoc up north. 

One Arizona community was evacuated and five others were told to prepare for possible evacuations after a wind-whipped wildfire charred 4 square miles Wednesday near Show Low.

The Cedar Creek Fire was moving north in rugged terrain, burning brush and ponderosa pine and throwing up a huge plume of white smoke that could be seen for miles.

The wildfire started around noon Wednesday on the Fort Apache reservation about 12 miles south of Show Low. Its cause wasn’t immediately known.

Pushed by wind gusts of up to 35 mph, the fire was at about 1,000 acres by 3 p.m. and then an estimated 2,500 acres two hours later and moving to within 4 miles of some structures.

Check azcentral.com for updates.

Speaking of fires, one also ignited near a Tempe museum. 

Flames and embers could be seen shooting dozens of feet in the air as firefighters rushed to contain the blaze near the Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park.

About 50 firefighters from Tempe, Scottsdale and Mesa responded, said Hans Silberschlag, a Tempe assistant fire chief.

The fire, which ignited shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday, was mostly under control by 11:45 p.m. The structure did not appear to have been threatened.

About a dozen firefighters were seen with hoses dousing smoldering trees in a riparian area west of the museum separating the building from Papago Park in Tempe. About one acre appeared to have burned.

Cue the comparisons between Donald Trump and Barry Goldwater. 

An exclusive fundraiser featuring the presumptive Republican presidential nominee will take place Saturday at the landmark former home of Goldwater, the late U.S. senator from Arizona who clinched the GOP nomination for the presidency in 1964 over more moderate rivals.

Goldwater, who died in 1998 at 89, built the ranch-style home in Paradise Valley in 1957.

He named the house ''Be-nun-i-kin,'' which is Navajo for ''house on top of a hill.'' On Jan. 3, 1964, Goldwater officially announced his presidential intentions from the patio of the residence. He would lose to President Lyndon Johnson in a historic landslide.

Bob and Karen Hobbs, business and civic leaders who campaigned for Goldwater in the 1964 presidential election, paid $4.1 million for the property in 2000.

The fundraiser begins at 2 p.m. Did we mention it'll be hot?

Dads are people, too. So don't forget yours this weekend.

Just think of all the hilarious, and fondly recalled, images that come to mind when you put the word "Dad" before so many nouns.

Dad jeans. Dad sneakers. Dad burp. Dad glare. We could go on.

In honor of Father's Day, see our list of top movie dads, and share your best dad jokes with us (even if they're not all that funny).

If you're lucky enough to spend Sunday with your dad, consider one of these 20 great restaurants and check out 10 Father's Day dining deals.