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Record heat the wave spreads to the east, over 100 million alerts

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Massive heat wave that has set scores of temperature records from Texas to California extend into the eastern United States. More than 100 million Americans from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes are under heat alerts in the middle of a week when the temperature rises to a three-digit number.

Oppressive humidity levels will make you feel 5-15 degrees hotter, resulting in heat index values ​​from 100 to 115 degrees over big band of central and eastern Lower 48.

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Recommendations for heat or excessive heat watch and warnings cover the entire of Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana and parts thereof of more than a dozen other states.

The National Weather Service predicts that temperatures may challenge records in more over 100 cities by Wednesday, from Denver to Charleston, South Carolina

heat predicted to be the longest and most intense in middle of country.

Ruthless heat forecast in St. Louis where mercury is predicted to hit at least 100 each of those days – with heat index values of up to 113. He is under over-heat warning for “Dangerously hot conditions,” according to the weather service.

sultry air feeds at the same time risk for heavy thunderstorms along the northern periphery of in heat wave. The meteorological service is closely monitoring the potential for in development of exuberant complex of storms that can sweep from the Upper Midwest into the Ohio Valley and the Mid-Atlantic on Monday afternoon, early Tuesday.

Forecasts in next a week call for punishment heat wave to save over central states. heat waves like these are typical brackets of summer, but their influence made more severe and prolonged anthropogeniccaused climate change.

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Excessive heat this is result of intense and extensive zone of high blood pressure, sometimes called heat dome.

dome in the center over southwest on Saturday, moved east. Monday he hung over lower Mississippi Valley, placing many of Oriental half of country other than the northeast, in his crosshair. It will move towards Nashville by Wednesday and then seep west. again.

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Higher than 100 degrees forecast for Monday for most of Texas, with upper 90s from the corn belt all way east to the Carolinas. Record highs near 100 are predicted in Denver, Dallas, Omaha, Memphis and Charlotte, among many others locations.

Temperature in top 90s to almost 100 could make it that far north like Minneapolis on Tuesday, with 98 in Atlanta, 97 in Chicago and 101 degrees in Raleigh, North Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, may hit as much as 102 degrees.

Combination of heat and humidity in Charlotte on Tuesday and Wednesday – production heat index values ​​around 110 – may be the most intense there since 2010.

Wednesday temperature in the upper 90s will be ubiquitous from the central plains and Texas to the Great Lakes east, the Midwest and the interior of the mid-Atlantic and Appalachians, and the southeast. Records could threaten an area roughly from Flint, Michigan through Columbus, Ohio and Knoxville, Tennessee to Atlanta.

heat won’t go anywhere soon. It may move slightly to the west and consolidate over central states later this week at the weekend. Weather Service Climate Prediction Center Predicts Continued of temperature above normal in central states over in next two weeks.

Along the northern periphery of in heat dome where stuffy heat meets cooler air, the resulting temperature contrast is expected to cause severe thunderstorms. Storms have been already apparent Monday afternoon in Upper Midwest and Great Lakes.

There is growing concern that a bow echo or curved squall line could of causing damaging straight line winds to organize and spread south and east Monday afternoon and night through the Upper Midwest and the Ohio Valley. The Met Office’s Storm Prediction Center placed the area from Wisconsin to northern West Virginia as the largest area. risk from this possible thunderstorm complex, or mesoscale convective system (MSS).

“Seems possible that the long-lived leaning MCS could result in band of significant wind damage along this corridor,” wrote the Storm Prediction Center, which also warned that heavy hail and several tornadoes were expected. possible. Cities in exalted-risk The corridor includes Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Indianapolis, Columbus, Cleveland and Pittsburgh.

There is outside chance MS meets the criteria of derecho what fast-moving an extensive, long-lived and strong thunderstorm complex.

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It is unclear if the storm complex will survive its journey. over Appalachians on Monday night, and what will be the consequences for Washington and Baltimore, but this worth watching over area in late night into early Tuesday morning.

Subsequently, another such complex could develop. over Upper Midwest or Great Lakes and shifting to the Inner Northeast late Wednesday to Thursday evening.

How heat distribute over zone from Texas to the Central Valley of California late last a week on the weekend, it set murder of records.

Phoenix grabbed the trio of daily high temperature records in row – 113 degrees on Friday 114 on Saturday and 112 on Sunday. Medium high there this time of year is about 105 degrees.

Friday morning low in Phoenix didn’t fall below 87 degrees, which means that given in with afternoon of 113, the average daily temperature was 100 degrees. This is the earliest three-digit average daily temperature on record in Phoenix.

Las Vegas hit 109 on Friday and Saturday setting or breaking records and Salt Lake City made it’s up to 102 on Saturday and 103 on Sunday. Those also broke records.

Denver soared to 100 on Saturday, tie for its earliest copy of a record touching century mark.

Hot days and hot nights in Texas set dozens of records. Dallas saw the morning low of 80 degrees on Sunday and record- warm minimum temperature. Elevated nighttime temperature often play even more role than daily highs in gain heat stress on in body and contributing heat- comorbidities and deaths in vulnerable groups of the population. Dallas then hit a record high of 103 degrees Sunday afternoon.

Abilene, Texas set three daily records. in series – 102 degrees on Friday 108 on on Saturday and 109 by Sunday. San Antonio also set or broke records on those days, at 101, 104 and 105 degrees respectively, as did Austin, at 101 on Thursday, 103 on Friday 104 on Saturday and 105 to Sunday.

In Houston and Galveston, Texas, heat overlaps with strong humidity conducive heat indices in 105-110 degrees range.

However, it could have been worse – southeast Oklahoma saw heat index values in incredible 120 degrees range Saturday. They were due air temperature around 105 combined with dew pointsmeasure of humidity, in from the upper 70s to almost 80s.

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Tyler Hromadka
Tyler Hromadka
Tyler is working as the Author at World Weekly News. He has a love for writing and have been writing for a few years now as a free-lancer.

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