One of the worst June heat waves in the West ever observed is peaking. “I’d be comfortable calling it a mega-heatwave because it is breaking 100-plus-year records, and it is affecting a wide region," said climate extremes expert Mojtaba Sadegh. wapo.st/3cOY7T4 (1/x)
On Wednesday:
* Las Vegas hit 116, just 1 degree from its highest temp ever observed
* Tucson hit at least 110 for 5th straight day
* Death Valley hit 125, highest U.S. temperature this year (2/x)
* Las Vegas hit 116, just 1 degree from its highest temp ever observed
* Tucson hit at least 110 for 5th straight day
* Death Valley hit 125, highest U.S. temperature this year (2/x)
Thru Saturday:
* Tucson to extend streak of 110+ highs to 8 days, longest ever recorded
* Sacramento, Fresno, Bakersfield to see highs from 107 to 110 in Calif, near records
* Death Valley to see highs 125-126
* Phoenix to see highs 116-117
* Las Vegas highs around 114 (3/x)
* Tucson to extend streak of 110+ highs to 8 days, longest ever recorded
* Sacramento, Fresno, Bakersfield to see highs from 107 to 110 in Calif, near records
* Death Valley to see highs 125-126
* Phoenix to see highs 116-117
* Las Vegas highs around 114 (3/x)
Concern for dry lightning to ignite fires amid record heat + drought. Vegetation in many areas near record dry levels and extremely combustible. (4/x)
Climate change is making this all worse. "Currently, climate change has caused rare heat waves to be 3 to 5 degrees warmer over most of the United States,” wrote @BerkeleyLab climate scientist Michael Wehner. (5/5)
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