Posted on 07/06/2021 3:39:20 PM PDT by blam
Scorching temperatures return to the West, persisting through mid-week, and reappear this weekend as multiple heat waves develop. Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho, and Nevada, are still grappling with record-setting heat and diminishing water supplies from last month’s heat wave. The next round of daytime highs may climb into the 90s and or triple digits. There’s no end in sight to the hellacious climate.
“Excessive and oppressive heat across the Northwest will continue through at least the first half of the week where daytime highs will climb well into the 90s and low 100s,” the Weather Prediction Center (WPC) wrote. “Daily record highs will, once again, be challenged by Tuesday and Wednesday for parts of the Great Basin and northern California.”
Eastern Oregon, Nevada, and Idaho could hit daily high records this week as temperatures may print in the high 90s to triple digits.
“This will bring near-record temperatures and could possibly be the warmest day of the year thus far,” the National Weather Service in Boise (NWS) said.
As of Tuesday, excessive heat warnings have already been posted for eastern Oregon and western Idaho. There are also heat advisories with temperatures expected to reach triple digits in Northern Nevada, Northern California, and Southern Oregon.
Wildfire risks continue to rise for western states as a megadrought continues to dry out vegetation.
This week’s heat wave is expected to peak Wednesday for most of the region, but temperatures will remain above averages. Another heat wave is expected to appear in some parts of the West into the weekend.
Eastern Washington, Oregon, and Idaho could see daily records taken out by the weekend. Highs in some parts of Northern California may print north of 110.
Western states will remain well above average temperatures through early next week.
Here are some problems for residents in western states that may arise due to excessive heat: soaring power costs, rolling blackouts, worsening drought conditions, and dwindling water supplies.
And, starting late next week the news will be about sharks off New Jersey. Several sightings in several days. Just watch.
In Birmingham, Alabama we’ve had very few 90 degree days so far this summer.
And wherever here is, is that unusual?
108 in sacramento friday and saturday.
Been mostly low 90’s. Nice delta breeze at night. Just another Sacramento summer.
Roger that. Its been bard on the large fluffy orange pudd. Our place has no AC, but it does have six ceiling fans.
I live in the Tri-Cities. Pasco, Kennewick, Richland. Yes we get temps in this range sometime during the summer, but it hasn’t gotten up to 115 degrees in many years. What IS unusual about this is it has NEVER lasted this long. Usually a nine day spell at the most then it cools down. This is going on way beyond that.
It’s also a bit early for this kind of heat. It usually arrives mid-July through mid-August.
That's my neighborhood too. Wet spring, lots of growth, and it's dry as a bone right now. The worst of it is wildfires coming from the wrong direction, because there isn't a lot of ingress and egress around here and it will get clogged pretty quickly if we wait too long to scoot. I keep a bugout bag ready at all times and the car never gets below a half tank.
And when winter hits with all that snow .....
I keep a daily planner and I jot down the temps. We have had some 100’s and a little over in May and June, but that is unusual and only last a day or two.
A typical 91 degrees in oregon.
A cool comming breeze off the river helps.
Higher 70s to mid 80s here in Portland - aka normal summer.
Just the usual here in Phoenix that I remember.
God is giving them a foretaste of their infernal rewards
Bet they wish they had back those coal fired power plants in AZ that were destroyed not long ago.
Some one should ask the Feds to turn off HAARP... pretty please.
Dam right.
The Joeseph City plant has shut down one boiler also. The whole thing is to shut down 2025.
But they are putting up the bird choppers up near Dolan Springs though. Ha. What a joke that is.
Elsa is heading north and is about 45WSW of where I live here in Florida.
The rain was quite substantial and the trees were shaking badly about 15 minutes ago. I see no branches down. I see no water in my drainage ditch. My roof hasn’t groaned yet. TV station radars of Fort Myers and St. Pete indicate regular eye formation. I suspect the storm will strengthen. From the radar the eye looks like it will get quite close to Clearwater.
St. Pete radar:
https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/weather/radar
It was cool enough earlier today that I was able to mow my lawn.
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