Today’s air quality in New York City was the worst in more than 14 years. The concentration of fine particulate matter was seven times the @WHO's healthy limit.
The cause? A plume of smoke spanning the entire continent.
The worst of the smoke stretched from western Canada to Minnesota to New England. Nearly every major city in the Northeast had dangerously unhealthy levels of air quality.
Today's temperature of 130.0°F at Death Valley is the fourth-highest temperature ever recorded anywhere on Earth. All three higher temperatures are disputed.
If confirmed by @WMO, it would be the highest reliably-measured temperature in human history.
To be relevant in 2021, coverage of weather and climate has to be grounded in truth. It has to be trustworthy. It has to be personal. It has to meet people where they are.
The main truth of our time is the climate emergency & that we need systemic change to thrive this century.
Any media service — especially a weather service — not grounded in that truth is not going to do well.
Viewers are smart. We know when we're being lied to, we know when key facts are missing.
That's why leading with climate is the only way weather coverage is going to work.
So, the heat wave in Canada was so strong that it created extreme wildfire conditions, and when the fires started the heat plumes were so strong they created severe thunderstorms, which are so strong they're creating lightning that's sparking new fires
Good morning. Today will be the hottest day in the history of the Pacific Northwest.
This heat wave is what climate change looks like. Quite frankly this is one of the most unusually extreme weather events I’ve ever seen in my 18 years as a meteorologist. getrevue.co/profile/curren…
It's 99°F at noon in Portland.
The high today will be 110°F+, hotter than it has ever been in Houston or Miami.