Sweltering temperatures expected across U.S. as heat dome descends on Midwest, Great Plains
Next week's temperatures will be the result of a heat dome, a strong high-pressure system of air that descends from the atmosphere, compresses and heats up near land, exacerbating already sweltering summer temperatures.
Heat domes tend to inhibit cloud formation — leading to a hot, sunny sky with no cloud cover — and will likely grow more severe as the climate changes. The heat wave in June, also the result of a heat dome, was estimated to be a once-in-a-millennium event madeThe temperatures and drought conditions have also triggered more intense wildfires that ignited earlier than usual this year. In recent days, more than 80 wildfires have burned in over a dozen states, mostly in the West, which is in an unprecedented drought.as far away as New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania this week..
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