![]() The NIHHIS is a joint project of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The National Integrated Heat Health Information System reports more than 46 million people from west Texas and southeastern New Mexico to the western Florida Panhandle are currently under heat alerts. High heat continued for a second week after it prompted Texas’ power grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, to ask residents last week to voluntarily cut back on power usage because of anticipated record demand on the system. “But the air aloft is so hot that it wasn’t able to prevent the heat wave from occurring and, in fact, added a bit to the humidity.” “One thing that is a little unusual about this heat wave is we had a fairly wet April and May, and usually that extra moisture serves as an air conditioner,” Nielsen-Gammon said. Nielsen-Gammon said July and August don’t have as much sunlight because the sun is retreating from the summer solstice, which was Wednesday. “If it’s going to happen, this is the time of year it will.” ![]() “By the time we get into the middle of summer, it’s hard to get the hot air aloft,” said Nielsen-Gammon, a professor at Texas A&M’s College of Atmospheric Sciences. “You can’t go for a walk.” What is a heat dome?Ī heat dome occurs when stationary high pressure with warm air combines with warmer than usual air in the Gulf of Mexico and heat from the sun that is nearly directly overhead, Texas State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon said. “You can’t go outside,” Iadonisi said of the hot months in Texas. Iadonisi, 40, said she often urges local friends to visit her native Washington state to beat the heat in the summer. Record high temperatures around 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) are forecast in parts of western Texas, and relief is not expected before the Fourth of July holiday, Oravec said.Ĭori Iadonisi, of Dallas, summed up the weather simply: “It’s just too hot here.” ![]() to the far western Florida Panhandle and parts of western Alabama,” while remaining over Texas, said Bob Oravec, lead forecaster with the National Weather Service. north to Kansas City and the entire state of Oklahoma, into the Mississippi Valley. “Going forward, that heat is going to expand. during the coming week, putting even more people at risk. Scorching temperatures brought on by a “heat dome” have taxed the Texas power grid and threaten to bring record highs to the state before they are expected to expand to other parts of the U.S.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |