Posted on 08/07/2021 4:04:03 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
The Grand Canyon is one of the most popular destinations for hikers in the Lower 48. However, meteorologists are warning tourists to avoid the canyon Thursday and Friday. Temperatures near the base of the canyon could approach 115 degrees both days, spurring the issuance of a localized excessive heat warning for only the canyon itself.
The National Weather Service in Flagstaff, Ariz., states that level of warning “is reserved for only the hottest days of the year and is issued when temperatures are expected to rise to dangerous levels.”
Officials are discouraging any physical activity within the canyon between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. both days. That’s when the hottest and most unforgiving weather is expected.
The Weather Service is especially concerned about hikers descending into the canyon, since the hottest temperatures will be found below 4,000 feet elevation. The canyon has a maximum depth of 6,000 feet.
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This is unprecedented!
Ari-zona. Arid Zone. Kind of lets you know what’s going on right in the name.
Not particularly unprecedent. The bottom of Grand Canyon is pretty low and so it is hot there.
Most visitors stay on the rim, where it is a lot cooler.
Some idiots hike down with no water, equipment and/or stamina. It is easy to go down, but then they cannot get up from there!
Blah Blah Blah.
Happens just about every year.
That’s what happens there ~ lived in Phoenix when it reached 122°
But its a dry heat!
Wow. That’s about normal for the GC this time of year. We’ve had an unusually mild summer this year however. It was cool enough a few weekends ago to spend the day outside in the valley. That just doesn’t happen in the summer. As it is the heat is very manageable.
“Now yer all lolly gaggin’ around like it’s a hundert ‘n’ twenty’’.
“Can’t be more ‘n’ a hundert ‘n’ fourteen!’’
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