The main purpose of this ongoing blog will be to track planetary extreme, or record temperatures related to climate change. Any reports I see of ETs will be listed below the main topic of the day. I’ll refer to extreme or record temperatures as ETs (not extraterrestrials).😜
Main Topic: Dangerous CAT3 Heatwave Delphi to Move East
Dear Diary. The heatwave that I have dubbed Delphi for a fossil fuel company Delphi Energy has been with us for many weeks. It peaked on August 15th across the South, nearly becoming a historic CAT4 but did not quite meet my criteria for that:
Nevertheless, Heatwave Delphi has set hundreds of monthly and daily records so far and made life uncomfortable for many.
The system retrograded to the west, so extreme heat relented east of the Rockies this week. Here is the extent of Delfi’s heat dome as of this morning:
Delphi’s heat dome remains strong at about 595 decameters over the Southwest. It’s no wonder that there is a large extent of heat warnings from Southern California into Arizona:
The good news here is that a system currently over British Columbia will cool the West, aiding firefighting efforts in the Pacific Northwest and ending dangerously hot conditions in the Southwest this weekend. The bad news is that the record heat over the Southwest will eject back into the Plains, Midwest and South next week. What’s more, there are indications that a 594+ decameter heat dome will get stuck over the Southeast well into September when climatologically, temperatures should be trending down:
As usual I will be tracking Heatwave Delphi as it evolves into September. Stay tuned for my daily updates.
Here are more “ET’s” recorded from around the planet the last couple of days, their consequences, and some extreme temperature outlooks, as well as any extreme precipitation reports:
Here is More Climate News from Friday:
(As usual, this will be a fluid post in which more information gets added during the day as it crosses my radar, crediting all who have put it on-line. Items will be archived on this site for posterity. In most instances click on the pictures of each tweet to see each article. The most noteworthy items will be listed first.)