“Heat Dome” has become the new “Polar Vortex” buzzword in weather reporting.
This week, a massive ridge of high pressure stalled over the eastern half of the US, roasting tens of millions of Americans with scorching hot temperatures in Chicago, Washington, DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston.
“Record-breaking heat is forecast to expand from the Midwest and Great Lakes to the Northeast this week, potentially lingering through early next week,” the National Weather Service (NWS) wrote in an update.
“The duration of this heat wave is notable and potentially the longest experienced in decades for some locations,” the NWS continued.
According to Fox News Weather, NWS data shows severe ‘heat alerts’ cover an estimated 72 million people through Saturday.
