‘Sauna-Like’ Heat Dome Is Poised to Smoke 50 Million Americans With Temperatures More Than 100f That’s Up to 20f Above Average for June as Georgia and the Carolinas Brace for Record Heat
- Americans are being asked to prepare themselves for another week of record-breaking temperatures
- A ‘heat dome’ is formed when atmospheric pressure forms a cover over an area, which prevents radiation from exiting but still allows the sun’s rays in
- This week the heat dome caused record temperatures in Tennessee, Missouri and Nebraska, and saw the collapse of the power grid in Ohio’s capital, Columbus.
- Next week the dome will cover 50 million people, with Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina particularly affected
- Atlanta is forecasting 98 degrees on Tuesday and 100 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday, while Macon could see higher temperatures around 102 or 103 degrees.
- This means that Atlanta would break the record set during World War II and Macon’s in 1925.
- Forecasters say a heat dome will persist over the United States for the next week or two
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Fifty million Americans will swell under ‘sauna-like’ temperatures this coming week, as a ‘heat dome’ that has been in the country all week is set to stick around.
The heat dome is created by atmospheric pressure effectively forming a lid on the land. Radiation is unable to escape, but the sun’s rays can still get through, creating intense heat on land.
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In Georgia, Atlanta looks to break the temperature record set during World War II on Wednesday, with the mercury past 100F.
Meanwhile, in Macon, a record set in 1925 may well be broken.
The National Weather Service office in Peachtree City, Georgia, wrote, ‘High temperatures alone (but more certainly the heat index) may require a heat advisory in parts of the area on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Forecast for Wednesday, June 22 shows vast areas of the United States with extremely high temperatures
Tubs of water calmed down in New Braunfels, Texas on Friday
Texas sought relief in the Comal River on Friday, 100 degrees in temperature
Women in bikinis sunbathe in Central Park on Friday amid the city’s 88-degree temperature
People enjoy the scorching sun in Manhattan’s Central Park on Friday
New Yorkers enjoy the beach on Coney Island on Friday on one of the hottest days of the year so far
The 100 degree temperature and the humidity of the gulf will likely make for a heat index closer to 110 degrees.
Nashville, Tennessee, is gearing up for another scorching week with temperatures of 101 degrees — breaking a record set in 1988.
Temperatures in Birmingham, Alabama could rise as high as 102 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday, while much of south-Mississippi, Texas, South Carolina and interior Louisiana will hover around 100 degrees for three or more days in a row.
Parts of Colorado were placed under a heat advisory on Friday
Louisiana was also exposed to extremes of temperature, with the orange section under a heat advisory.
The extreme heat is thanks to an upper-level ridge, Washington Post Explained – Essentially, a crest in the jet stream.
The ridge pushed high-altitude winds and storms to the north of Canada and the Great Lakes with sunshine and high-pressure building to the south.
The sinking air comes in the high pressure area, which heats up and dries up.
Forecasters say heat wave conditions are likely for the next one or two weeks.
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