“The heat is in full swing” because several states are expected to usher in a hot summer this week. On Tuesday, the National Weather Service issued several high-temperature warnings and high-temperature warnings nationwide, putting more than 150 million people under high-temperature surveillance.
in a Recent forecast According to the NWS, by Thursday, temperatures from the Pacific Northwest to the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic could reach as high as 100 degrees Fahrenheit. In a post on Twitter, the Meteorological Department warned that this was “a truly depressing week”, with warnings of “dangerous” conditions across the country.
New South Wales warned: “This will be a truly depressing week, with dangerously high temperatures and hot conditions. Hot weather has occurred in most of the Pacific Northwest.”
The states in the central United States, from Iowa to Texas, will experience the dual effects of high temperature and high humidity, and the heat index within a week will increase between 105 and 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Most western states, including most of Washington, western Oregon and Northern California, are also under overheating monitoring. New York Times Report.
After Seattle received light rain on August 5, which broke its second longest 51-day continuous drought, the high temperature advisory brought Seattle back into a dry period. that area, CNN Report.
In Texas, the Texas Electric Reliability Commission predicts that as air conditioners will go all out to withstand the heat, power consumption will increase. The national power operator predicts an increase of up to 74,034 megawatts on Wednesday. In August 2019, it set the highest record ever, setting a record of 74,820 MW.
After several weeks of hot weather from late June to mid-July 2021, the upcoming heat wave is the second heat wave that the country has experienced this year. The last heat wave triggered multiple wildfires in Northern California and caused extensive damage to crops and property in Washington State and British Columbia. It also claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people in the United States and Canada.
However, this may not be the last heat wave in the United States.recent United Nations Climate Science Report Note that extreme heat waves that previously occurred every 50 years may occur more frequently. The report found that due to climate change and global warming, heat waves, droughts and heavy rains will become more frequent.
Eastern Canada and the United States released record temperatures during extreme heat waves, and the map shows the predicted temperature through July 1, 2021
Photo: AFP/Patricio Alana
