Posted on 05/20/2022 9:49:09 PM PDT by blam
About 100 million people in the Northeast will be blasted with a quick shot of heat and humidity this Saturday and Sunday. High temperatures are expected to range between the upper 80s and mid-90s from Ohio to Washington, D.C. to Baltimore to Philadelphia to New York City.
AccuWeather meteorologists say some cities in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast could see the hottest conditions since last August. In some metro areas, record highs for this time of year that have stood the test of time could be broken.
Daily record highs that have stood since the World War II and Great Depression eras will be challenged at a number of locations. At Philadelphia, temperatures could approach the record of 95 set in 1934 on Saturday. In both Raleigh, North Carolina, and Albany, New York, the daily records for Saturday, May 21, were set in 1941. The record in Raleigh is 96, while the record in New York’s state capital is 91. -AccuWeather
“Early season heat with likely record high temperatures will spread from the South into the Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast on Friday, Saturday, and perhaps Sunday,” the National Weather Service said. The agency has issued a Heat Advisory along the I-95 corridor in the Northeast.
It’s the first time since 2006 that a Heat Advisory for New York City has been issued for this time of year. Tomorrow, high temps in Central Park could reach 93 degrees, tying a record for the date. The quick blast of heat comes as temperatures in the urban park between the Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan haven’t even breached 80 degrees yet this year.
“The brunt of it should just be a one-day thing … at the minimum, we will be close to all the records in NYC,” Matt Wunsch, a weather service meteorologist on Long Island, told Bloomberg.
Wunsch said it’s difficult for temperatures in the Northeast to get so hot this time of year because the Atlantic Ocean water temperatures are still very cool. However, the heat is coming from Great Plains, where a megadrought continues to ravage the area.
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“Roast” makes it sound like Mad Vlad pushed the button.
Normally I don’t put in the window air conditioners until June (northern CT) but I had to install them today for this two day heat wave.
Then they will sit idle for quite a while if the forecast for the next couple of weeks is correct.
Sometimes it gets hot. Back to 80 by monday.
Hey AZ, no worries, your 116 will be 3rd-4th week of June.
I’m a psycho.
Putin temp rise?
Just moved from Phoenix to Wyoming and I have been freezing my a55 off. I snowed heavily today with gusty winds. On the flipside I saw over 100 pronghorn antelope today.
Snowed? Today? Dang... it was hotter than satan’s balls here.
Globull warming.
I live in Southwest Ohio. It ain’t that abnormal. It’s late May. We have hot and cool days in May.
Pronghorns are also down around the ranges in SW AZ.
Enjoy what you have. The best experience is teach it.
Wyoming is God’s country.
I live on an island in the Pacific Northwest and last June we had 3 days of 100+ temperatures. Typically we are in the 70s in June.
And we are wearing sweaters in chilly L.A.
In other news, Antarctica will also be hit by the same quick shot of heat this weekend, with temperatures soaring up to a blistering minus 20 below zero. Penguins are advised to remain in icy waters.
80s and 90s? That’s nothing where I live, sheesh.
You are not supposed to talk about that.
I think we’ll survive.
My daughter lives in Billings and sent the forecast showing snow along with a crying face.
I told her it was due to Global Warming.
That made her laugh at least!
The freaks will scream about global warming and conveniently overlook the fact that the existing records were set NEARLY 100 YEARS AGO.
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