Parts of Texas and southern Louisiana are dealing with blistering heat and stifling humidity which has combined to push the heat index above 120 degrees in spots, posing a significant danger to vulnerable populations.
Heat domes bring hot, sinking air. They act as force fields, deflecting the jet stream and inclement weather to the north. That’s why thunderstorms have been plaguing North Texas, but leaving South Texas alone.
South of the jet and beneath the heat dome, however, there’s nothing to interrupt the sweltering heat that’s built up. And with weak winds around the high, Gulf of Mexico moisture has wafted northward, turning the atmosphere into a veritable steam bath.The National Weather Service is calling for “[w]idespread record to near-record daytime heat with temperatures into the 100s” with heat indexes up to 120 the next several days.
Dallas will inch toward 100 degrees, but the humidity will make it feel like it’s 105 to 110 degrees outside.
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