Heat index values have risen above 120 degrees every day this week in the central states. They do so again Friday.
As has been the case for much of the summer, a relentless heat dome, or sphere of excessive heat and dangerous humidity, is baking a large swath of the Lower 48. Temperatures between 105 and 110 degrees will be common across the central and southern states again Friday, with heat index values pushing past 120 or 125 degrees in spots.About 100 million people in the central U.S. remain under heat alerts. Cities under excessive heat warning include St.
The heat comes after Chicago saw its hottest day in a decade on Thursday, while Houston tied its all-time high.With 100 or more daily records forecast to be broken Friday and Saturday, the intense heat blasting the country will begin to relent by Sunday in many spots, and even more into next week. Right now, no record highs are forecast by the middle of next week.Friday and Saturday are the beginning of the end of the worst with the sprawling expanse of heat sitting over the Central U.S.
Houston and Dallas are expecting at least two more days of record heat in the 100s. Parts of Louisiana can expect intolerable heat to persist into early next week. A number of other impressive heat marks have been reached, including a number of all-time highs the last few days: Many other places posted calendar day record highs on Thursday, including Tyler, Tex., which hit 108 degrees. Dallas-Ft. Worth and Waco made it to 107 degrees, and Jackson, Miss., reached 106 degrees. Record warm nighttime lows were also widespread, including 82 degrees in St Louis and Tulsa, as well as 87 degrees in Dallas, which is one degree below the all-time record warm low.In August almost 1,900 calendar day record highs have been set so far.
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