Posted on 07/13/2023 8:01:35 PM PDT by Libloather
The southwest is dealing with a dangerous heat wave that could bring temperatures as high as 130 degrees in the desert, as 113 million Americans currently live under heat warnings.
Blistering conditions will build Friday and throughout the weekend in the central and southern parts of the state, where many residents should prepare for the hottest weather of the year, the National Weather Service warned.
Known as a 'heat dome' to meteorologists, the phenomenon is now set to persist through much of the month - scorching metros in Arizona, Nevada, and California in the process.
Midday highs were mostly expected to be above 100 degrees, and desert areas like California’s Death Valley could reach a scorching 130 by Sunday, forecasters said.
Photos showed empty, baking playgrounds in Arizona with 108 degree temperatures keeping kids inside, as well as people going to desperate lengths to remain cool while outdoors in Los Angeles.
Across southern California, public libraries, senior centers and police department lobbies were being prepared to open as cooling centers while the heat worsened, especially in the desert areas where temperatures were expected to soar well past triple digits.
Little relief is expected overnight, when temperatures could remain in the 80s. Excessive heat warnings and watches were posted or set to take effect for much of the state through the weekend.
In the Southern California city of Palm Springs, John Summers, who is homeless, climbed through a dry riverbed Thursday to seek shade at a homeless encampment. The high was expected to near 110 degrees.
'I just use water,' Summers said. 'You know, I basically just use water as much as I can. And hit shade. And you know the mall, wherever they´ll let you in.'
Palm Springs has just 20 indoor beds at its sole overnight shelter...
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Pretty much. I feel for those folks out west. That’s some brutal heat.
Humidity however can turn a day that’s about 80 into a freaking steam bath.
Two or three days of it and you’re ready to kill some body.
It is hot in Phoenix.
But that’s not that unusual.
Phoenix record is 122F (like 40 years ago), We are not even close to that.
I have lived through 118F several times, but not this year!
We had unusually cold May and most of the June, but these types are not interested in that!
It is weather!
People who live in Death Valley grin.
I remember an old OLD joke about a miner in the 1880s Phoenix who died and went to hell. He begged the Devil to allow him to return to Phoenix to get his blankets as hell was just too cold for him.
Here in the NW Ozarks this is the coolest spring and early summer I can ever remember, and I have been here since 1956.
I remember April 12, 1972 when the official temp in Tulsa OK was 102 degrees. Others had 106.
Pikers. Hottest temperature ever recorded: 120 F, Ozark, northwest Arkansas, 8/10/1936. No AC! And if you factor in the humidity it was MURDER!
I remember Langley OK July-Aug back in 1984. It was so hot that even going swimming in the lake was like jumping into a hot water pool.
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