Southwest heat wave simmering since spring will expand to cover much of U.S.
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Three high pressure systems of the type associated with hot weather were expected to move over the interior West, the Midwest and the Northeast, and Florida, according to the weather service.
The heat wave's geographic expansion through at least Wednesday could be dampened by expected thunderstorms in the mid-Atlantic and the South and along the Gulf Coast, the weather service said.
NASA reported July 13 that last month marked the hottest June on record for the planet. Last week, the director of the agency's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Gavin A. Schmidt, said at a news conference that July is likely to be the hottest month ever.
Schmidt also said 2023 could go down as the fourth-hottest year on record, with the possibility it could ultimately rank higher as a new El Nino releases greenhouse gases and provides a warming influence for the North American West.
The National Park Service has reported that at least four visitors in the Southwest are suspected to have succumbed to heat-related deaths since the beginning of June.
The most recent was reported Tuesday after Steve Curry, 71, of Los Angeles, collapsed in 121-degree heat at Death Valley National Park, according to the park service.
The weather service in Phoenix said Sunday that the city's record-breaking streak of high temperatures above 110 degrees continued into its 24th day. The high was 114.
Maricopa County has counted at least 12 heat-related deaths since the warm months began in April. Additional deaths were under investigation to determine whether they were heat-related, according to a county report.
Also Sunday, Salt Lake City recorded a temperature of 104, tying its record for the date, federal forecasters said.
Miami posted a high of 98, beating its record of 95 for the date, the weather service said. Monday will be the 44th consecutive day in Miami with a heat index temperature, a "feels like" figure measured by including humidity, above 100 degrees, forecasters said.
Fort Lauderdale tied its record high for the date, 95, according to the weather service.
Nonstop heat started in Texas in mid-June, before June 21's summer solstice.
Scientists say the prolonged summer warmth is consistent with the effects of global warming, which they say is creating more intense, frequent and prolonged bouts of extreme weather for much of the globe.
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Great. My grass is already crunchy. We got some rain yesterday, but we could have used hours of a steady rain instead of the half hour or so of heavy rain we got. Also, our rain in this heat tends to come with lightning, and it's so dry that lightning-sparked wildfires are a concern.
Temps averaging 103 - 105 here in SE Arizona. Been rainy off and on for the last week or so with temps around 100 or so during the rains.
It's summer. The temperatures in North America typically peak in the third week of July. The only thing different this year is the persistence of the "heat dome" high pressure areas. Here in Denver on the northern fringe of the dome, the year to date has been cool and moist and we've only started to reach 90 or above the last week or two.
The scare mongering media would have us believe the end of the world has arrived. Then there are the "Just Stop Oil" nitwits. Talk about how NOT to gain supporters and win people to your cause. Just disrupt traffic, disrupt sports events, deface art, etc...way to go dummies. The whole climate change crowd uses similar tactics of fear mongering to create hysteria and dooms-day hysteria that simply goes ignored by the vast majority of the populace.
Angry scenes on London Bridge as motorists PUSH Just Stop Oil Protesters blocking traffic - YouTube
Just Stop Oil protester sits on floor during interview with Kay Burley - YouTube
My assistant's neighbor is a farmer. He told her over the weekend that farmers here might be getting disaster relief funds. He is already feeding his cattle hay, which will be in short supply anyway because of the dry weather. Some farmers are doing their 2nd cutting of hay, but they're not getting much from it.