Sentence:  And temperatures are <WSD>expected</WSD> to keep rising. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that).