Posted on Jun 19, 2021
The Record Temperatures Enveloping The West Are Not Your Average Heat Wave
614
20
3
9
9
0
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/19/ [login to see] /the-record-temperatures-enveloping-the-west-is-not-your-average-heat-wave
It might be tempting to shrug at the scorching weather across large swaths of the West. This just in: It gets hot in the summer.
But this record-setting heat wave's remarkable power, size and unusually early appearance is giving meteorologists and climate experts yet more cause for concern about the routinization of extreme weather in an era of climate change.
These sprawling, persistent high-pressure zones popularly called "heat domes" are relatively common in later summer months. This current system is different.
It might be tempting to shrug at the scorching weather across large swaths of the West. This just in: It gets hot in the summer.
But this record-setting heat wave's remarkable power, size and unusually early appearance is giving meteorologists and climate experts yet more cause for concern about the routinization of extreme weather in an era of climate change.
These sprawling, persistent high-pressure zones popularly called "heat domes" are relatively common in later summer months. This current system is different.
The Record Temperatures Enveloping The West Are Not Your Average Heat Wave
Posted from npr.org
Climate Change
Science
Environment
Posted >1 y ago
Responses: 3
7
7
0
3
3
0
Looking at 108 or more today. A cold front is 99 degrees. So I'm by the pool in my bikini.
(3)
(0)
1
1
0
There was also an unusually mild Spring here in NM that was cooler than usual for much longer than usual. So a sudden heat wave without any transition was not too surprising, since the weather pattern was already bonkers. It is a few degrees less brutal here than in the surrounding states, and those directly north including way up north on Montana's western side. Looks like SoCal, NV, and AZ are like ovens and breaking records. This too shall pass . . . hopefully, asap. Of course our question is whether or not this will continue throughout the summer, and if not will it return in August . . .
It looks like the entire nations has been experiencing some type "unprecedented event" in the past month - if not extreme heat, snow in some places, heavy rain from tropical storms, heavy wind, fires . . . it would be a blessing if severe hurricanes and tornadoes spared us this year.
It looks like the entire nations has been experiencing some type "unprecedented event" in the past month - if not extreme heat, snow in some places, heavy rain from tropical storms, heavy wind, fires . . . it would be a blessing if severe hurricanes and tornadoes spared us this year.
(1)
(0)
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google