Heatzilla Will March Across the West From California to Arizona

[Purveyor]

Source: Bloomberg

It may be just a forecast, but it looks inevitable at this point: The West is about to bake.

An excessive heat watch from California across southern Arizona warning of temperatures reaching well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) has been posted days in advance of the actual event. That early warning is a sign that meteorologists’ confidence is hot.

“For Sunday, some of the forecast highs across the Southwest are near or above records,” said Robert Oravec, a senior branch forecaster with the U.S. Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland. “That goes for both highs and record-high low temperatures.”

High lows can sound a bit funny to say but what they translate to is misery: Temperatures stay so warm overnight that there is little relief from the heat even after the sun has set, Oravec said.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-16/heatzilla-will-march-across-the-west-from-california-to-arizona

[rurallib]

1. High lows: can't sleep, ACs can't keep up

there's just no down time from the heat.

[MisterFred]

3. I remember one night in Sacramento.

Woke up at 3am because my air conditioner turned on. Being poor, I had it set to 88 degrees Fahrenheit...

Not fun.

[MisterFred]

2. Looks like it won't be quite so bad farther north.

I checked the forecast for the Wasatch (mostly SLC) after your post and it's predicted to jump to the mid-90s for us. (It's been high 70s-80).

[Purveyor]

4. Mid-michigan will feel some of that early next week in the 90's but our biggest concern here

is the lack of rain!!!

Crops need some water...

[rurallib]

13. one caution: be careful what you ask for

anymore it seems that rain only comes in downpours

[niyad]

5. baking in colorado.

[Night Watchman]

6. There's AC where I Work

Phew!

[allan01]

7. for a moment , i though that this was another right wing stupid march

i am on lheap part b, thank goodness and i need to keep the ac low 71 due to heat issues . i hope one of the folk who posted on this thread can qualify for either heap a or heap b. i live in a hud housing project and cant use heap a. i use heap b for only the electricity. drink lots of water . stay safe all.

[Throd]

8. Wheeee! I'm driving to Las Vegas on Monday.

[Javaman]

9. 99 today in Austin

over 100 tomorrow.

in other words..

typical summer here.

[bbrady42]

10. Calling for 120 here in Phx on Sunday

Happy Father's day!

[2naSalit]

11. Wow.

I noticed that Australia is having a heat wave too, it's hotter there than in central and eastern Europe and central Russia and it's supposed to be winter there.

I'm in the colder parts, we had new snow on the mountains above 8K ft yesterday, gone now though. Supposed to jump to the 80s (predicted which usually means mid to high 90s) by Saturday in Southern Montana. Been raining a lot this past week. It was in the 90s for a week before that at 5K ft.

Eat melons, folks! Watermelons, cantaloupe, honeydew and even just plain old cucumbers! they provide electrolytes and hydration while helping to reduce body heat whether it's heat exhaustion, heat stroke, fever or just plain old too damned hot before any heat related illnesses get started. Water just won't do it alone unless you can spend a lot of time mostly submerged.

[Old Codger]

12. Our forecast

for southern Oregon is mid 80"s normal as it can be

[olddad56]

14. well, it can't be because of climate change caused by global warning...

ask any republican, they will tell you that is a myth.

[sofa king]

15. It's God, burning AZ and the South for their racism.