A heat dome, made of high-pressure air, is raising temperatures from Canada to Mexico affecting some 122 million Americans over an area stretching 830,000 square miles amid unsafe fires and thunderstorms.
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National Weather Service heat advisory in effect until 9 p.m. Saturday.
“However, even young and healthy individuals can succumb to the heat if one does not take appropriate precautions”, he added. Possible heat exhaustion or heat stroke could occur. Be sure to provide plenty of water to pets. Elsewhere, hot, humid weather has resulted in the issuance of Heat Advisories and Excessive Heat Warnings.
About 200 million people will experience temperatures of 90 degrees or higher, and about 130 million will experience heat indices of 100 degrees or higher, meteorologists said. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. There will be a weak cold front approaching by the middle of the week; that may give us a better chance for storms. However, high temperatures above 95° have been, and will continue to be, mostly restricted to the western and southern fringes of the Corn Belt. A chance for thunderstorms also exists for today and Sunday.
Thursday…Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms.
A few scattered storms are moving through the area this morning, but most of the storms should stay east.
THURSDAY: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 92. From a county-by-county view to the Midwest regional radar and a national view – it’s all there. For meteorological summer (June through August), Madison’s precipitation total rose to 9.15 inches, 1.7 inches above normal.
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Madison’s record precipitation for July 21 is 4.32 inches in 1881.
