Heat dome will scorch much of the Lower 48 next week.

[elleng]

A new heat wave envelops regions from the Pacific Northwest to Interstate 95 in the east.

'Summer is supposed to be hot. But this season has featured many large-scale North American heat waves that have roasted significant swaths of the country, helping temperatures skyrocket and toppling records.

Another heat wave is set to park over the Lower 48 next week, bringing anomalous summertime heat to parts of the central and eastern United States that may have missed out on previous events.

Early estimates indicate that most of the contiguous United States will see highs running 10 to 15 degrees above average. When combined with climbing humidity, it’ll feel like it’s well into the triple digits for millions. The pattern could also spark severe thunderstorms, perhaps packing strong winds, that could roll through the northern Great Lakes and New England during late July and August.'>>>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/07/22/late-july-heat-wave-lower-48/?

[Grokenstein]

1. It's okay, y'all, Inhofe has a snowball

So this ain't really happenin'!

[Nululu]

2. Hospitals fill bodybags with water and ice to cool people.

I'm praying our power stays on to save my insulin.

Last time it hit 115 in Portland, OR. If the last one was a 500 year event, what's the next one that's predicted to be longer and larger?

[Chainfire]

3. Summers here in N. Florida can get brutal, but not this one.

It has rained nearly every day here since around the first of June, it is wet, but the temps have been moderate. Our thunderstorm today came late (it is booming away as I type) so the temps got up to around 94, but that is not unusual this time of year.

I live in the woods and all of the rain has caused the undergrowth to explode. It is literally a jungle just outside the windows. I am hoping we don't get a quick drying out or we are liable to have some real issues with fire.

I feel really bad for the people in the North who have never experienced this kind of Summer. Here in the deep South, we have figured out how to live with the hot temps combined with high humidity. You learn to pace yourself when you have to be out in it.