Weather tracker: US and Mexico brace for heatwave as deadly floods hit South Africa
Temperatures soar in California and Arizona, while deluge continues across Western and Northern Cape
Heat is expected to intensify across western parts of the US and Mexico this week as a ridge of high pressure pushes temperatures well above the seasonal norm. Daytime highs are forecast to reach 10-15C above average in some areas.
The US National Weather Service has issued heat advisories for parts of California and Arizona, with extreme heat warnings in force on Monday and Tuesday in places such as Palm Springs, where temperatures could reach 40-43C (104-110F). More broadly, temperatures are expected to climb into the high 30s celsius before the heat shifts eastwards towards the midwest later this week.
When you look at temperatures soar in California and Arizona, while deluge continues across Western and Northern, the implications are hard to ignore.
In other words heat is expected to intensify across western parts of the US and Mexico this week as a ridge of high pressure pushes temperatures well above the seasonal norm. Curious to see how this develops.
Palm Springs has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
Think about it: heat is expected to intensify across western parts of the US and Mexico this week as a ridge of high pressure pushes temperatures well above the seasonal norm. That speaks volumes.
Northern Cape has been vocal about this, good to see them staying on it.
National Weather is in a tough spot here, curious how they navigate it.
The bigger issue here is temperatures soar in California and Arizona, while deluge continues across Western and Northern. That changes the calculation.
Northern Cape is in a tough spot here, curious how they navigate it.
Considering temperatures soar in California and Arizona, while deluge continues across Western and Northern, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
Basically temperatures soar in California and Arizona, while deluge continues across Western and Northern. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.