 An extended period of hot, dry weather tops our headlines for today, Thursday, the 4th of July. This would usually be about the time our monsoon starts getting a little more active here in the Prescott area, but that won't be the case this year. Instead, high temperatures a good 8 to 10 degrees above normal is what we're looking at, but at least we won't have the humidity to contend with as much drier air filters in.