Warmth Wave Fries & Scorches USA

It’s anticipated that the US goes to see some temperature information damaged (or shattered) at present as a lot of the nation is going through excessive warmth. One expectation coming into the weekend was that Dying Valley could even hit 130°F at present. Normally, the US Southwest is beneath excessive warmth stress, however then once more, so are locations on the East Coast like Florida and Georgia.

“Take the warmth critically and keep away from time outside,” the Nationwide Climate Service warned people earlier at present. “Temperatures will attain ranges that pose a well being threat and are probably lethal to anybody with out efficient cooling and/or enough hydration. Warmth is the main weather-related killer within the US.” It’s value retaining that latter level in thoughts normally — generally we low cost how nice of a risk the warmth is.

Whereas southern states get a lot of the consideration, even the Pacific Northwest is beneath a warmth warning.

We’ll see about Sunday, however right here’s a loopy stat to maintain you awake: “Phoenix had its sixteenth consecutive day of 110-degree or increased temperatures Saturday, placing it on monitor to beat the longest measured stretch of such warmth. The file was 18 days, in 1974.” Are you able to think about — greater than two weeks straight with the temperature reaching or exceeding 110 levels? (After all, that does sound worse to a Floridian like me as a result of we’re used to excessive humidity including to the distress.

One other wild stat: “Greater than 110 million folks, or a few third of individuals within the US, are beneath extreme warmth warnings and advisories.” That’s wild. That’s almost a 3rd of the nation.

“An already harmful weekslong warmth wave will solely worsen this weekend as a warmth dome intensifies and reaches peak power over components of the Western United States,” CNN writes. “The warmth dome is so formidable the Nationwide Climate Service in Phoenix referred to as it ‘one of many strongest excessive stress techniques this area has ever seen.’ Round 100 warmth information may fall at present by means of the weekend because it intensifies, piling onto the greater than 1,000 excessive temperature information damaged within the US since June.”

“This weekend there shall be a number of the most critical and scorching circumstances we’ve ever seen,” says David Hondula, chief warmth officer for Phoenix.

Relating to that 130-degree risk famous above, CNN provides, “Even the most popular place on Earth, California’s Dying Valley, may attain uncommon highs, with 130 levels potential Sunday, forecasters on the Nationwide Climate Service instructed CNN. It has solely occurred a handful of instances, one in every of which is the all-time world file excessive temperature of 134 levels.”

We have talked in regards to the warmth for a couple of days now and an Extreme Warmth Warning stays in impact away from the coast, however how scorching is it actually? Here is a have a look at 1 PM temperatures across the area. Pure A/C on the coast, however most inland areas >90°F #cawx pic.twitter.com/RSUR07DV9S

— NWS Bay Space 🌉 (@NWSBayArea) July 16, 2023

Document warmth continues throughout the area at present and thru most of this upcoming week. We may even see an uptick in thunderstorm exercise throughout increased terrain over the subsequent couple of days, however possibilities nonetheless stay, at finest, low (10-15%) throughout the metro. #azwx pic.twitter.com/Xr6cgQuYHX

— NWS Phoenix (@NWSPhoenix) July 16, 2023

The warmth is affecting quite a lot of completely different actions. Some musicians are even chopping live shows quick in response to the warmth. Greater than 1,000 flights have been cancelled as a result of inclement climate associated to this as nicely. The general level for Floridians and others who’re struggling by means of the heath is to search out air-con and attempt to keep inside — and hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.

World heating, anybody? Who needs to drive extra gasoline automobiles and burn extra coal and fossil gasoline?

Extra critically, watch out on the market! Excessive warmth could be a little beneath the radar, however it’s as lethal and expensive because it comes by way of climate threats.

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