But it is still going to be hot, in an area of our country not equipped for the heat, which is very similar to the situation played out in the UK last week. The little glimmer of hope is the temperatures are currently not forecast to reach the level of last summer’s mind-boggling heat records. “Record warm minimum temps are also expected in similar parts of the Pacific Northwest through Wednesday,” the Weather Prediction Center added.
The worst part is it isn’t expected to cool off at night. The forecast temperatures are as much as 10-20 degrees above normal. Temperatures will soar into the 90s for many, and some inland locations are forecast to climb into the triple digits this week. “Daily record highs will likely be broken from northern California to the Portland and Seattle metro areas on Tuesday,” the Weather Prediction Center pointed out. But just like how the pendulum swung almost overnight for the Northeast over the weekend, the same will happen in the Northwest this week. The Pacific Northwest, like the Northeast, has had it pretty easy so far this summer. And there is a slight chance of some rainfall breaking the entirely too long dry streak in some locations like Dallas.Įven a 10% chance of rain is worth celebrating, especially if it comes true. In Texas, it will still be hot, but any break from the extremes will be a welcome sight. Later in the week, their high temperatures will settle down into the 80s. “The south-central US has seen prolonged excessive heat in recent weeks, and this is forecast to finally moderate back towards normal temperatures by the start of the medium range period as a cold front settles across the south-central US,” the Weather Prediction Center noted. The heat may ease to near-normal conditions later in the week, with high temperatures just slightly into the 90s. Houston, Austin, San Antonio are all seeing their warmest summer. It also hasn’t rained in 51 days and counting, making it the seventh-longest stretch with no rain on record. The temperature has been so warm, it has felt as hot as Las Vegas all summer. Triple-digit heat will still linger in the southern Plains.ĭallas is having its third-hottest summer on record. It won’t be cool, but it should be slightly better than this past weekend. “The stifling heat that enveloped much of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic this weekend will be on its last leg today as daytime highs make one last run at the low to mid 90s from central Virginia on north to southern New England,” the Weather Prediction Center said. The good news is after the storms push through, today’s temperatures will moderate through the end of the week. Power outages due to the heat were reported in the region, forcing people to find other ways to stay cool.Īnd then there was the humidity this weekend, which made it feel even worse. The past weekend’s temperatures were in the low 90s by lunchtime and by the late afternoon were pushing over the triple-digit mark. “Another hot day (albeit less so than yesterday) is expected for the region with high temperatures in the upper 80s to low 90s,” the National Weather Service in New York wrote Monday morning. This week there is some good news about the heat but also some bad and some ugly news.
One of my New York-based colleagues told me this morning, “Two of my best friends are heat lovers (freaks), and both of THEM have admitted they’re miserable, so yeah, it’s bad.” Newark, New Jersey, just set its longest stretch of above 100-degree days ever. I’m looking at you, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, which have been under an intense heat wave creating a ‘flash drought’ and forcing some ranchers to sell their cattle.Īnd just over a week ago, we received a few emails from folks in the Northeast who asked if they were ever going to get a heat wave. Some of you have been baking under unrelenting oven-like heat, literally sucking the moisture out of the ground and plants.
0 kommentar(er)
