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From the WaPo's Capital Weather Gang:
A huge, hot area of high pressure is forecast to develop over the
central United States next week, which may result in the nation’s most
significant heat wave of the summer.
Forecast models, across the
board, suggest this dome of hot air will be massive, affecting most of
the country, except the Pacific Northwest.
It is too soon to say
exactly how hot temperatures will be, but initial indications are that
the central United States may face some of the country’s hottest weather
with respect to normal. Record heat is certainly a possibility,
although exactly how many records fall and where won’t come into focus
for several more days.
The worst of the heat wave may still be
seven to nine days away. Forecasts this far into future carry with them
substantial uncertainty, although confidence that a significant event is
likely is boosted in this case due to forecast model agreement.
The
source of the predicted heat dome is the desert Southwest. By early
next week, the dome will shift into the southern plains. It is forecast
to reach maturity by the middle and latter parts of next week when it
may sprawl from the Rockies to the Appalachians....MORE
