A heat dome will send temperatures into the triple-digits across the West as fires burn
A heat dome will send temperatures into the triple-digits across the West as fires burn
Searing heat and fire danger will quickly ramp up as a summerlike heat dome parks over the region and makes it feel like July.
Daily temperature records will tumble as sizzling early season heat from a summerlike heat dome sends thermometers skyrocketing into the triple digits in parts of California and the West this week.
The official start of summer is just a few weeks away, but it will feel like July in much of the West as temperatures climb 20 degrees or more above average, the highest temperatures of the year so far for many locations.
Excessive heat warnings are in effect for more than 17 million people in California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona this week. The warnings are the most extreme form of heat alert issued by the National Weather Service and are used when widespread, dangerous heat is expected.
The soaring temperatures are being caused by a heat dome, a large area of high pressure that parks over an area, traps air and heats it with abundant sunshine for days or weeks. The resulting heat becomes more intense the longer a heat dome lasts.
Climate change effects are compounding, as polar caps melt they release trapped methane which is more effective greenhouse gas than CO2.
As temperatures heat up, people just gonna turn up HVAC more, more energy usage, which means we either get green real quick, or this feedback loop will continue until we break.
But all this is known. We're all gonna be scrambling when we reach that point, spouting "We didn't listen" like that episode of South Park about this very issue.
Meh, im sure the rich fucks have contingencies for themselves, so it's all good.
110I for one welcome the news spicing up weather forecasts with catchy yet threatening labels. We've gone from atmospheric rivers to heat domes. Maybe this is what's needed to get people to consider climate action. They'll be movie titles soon enough.
13"this stuff just happens in waves. As long as it's not cold!" - some people we'll be sharing eternal beds with
At least I'm not wasting my time with children or church
12I prefer my domes thunder or teapot scandal
10Fuck. Stay safe all.
7I sincerely hope those are burger units.
7Oh the joys of my apartment AC breaking
5The imperial system of measurement is for losers.
2Fuck
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