heat dome

[ heet-dohm ]

nounMeteorology.

a weather phenomenon in which an area experiences stifling heat when a system of high pressure pushes very warm air downward and keeps it trapped as if in a bubble.

Origin of heat dome

First recorded in 1955–60

The post This week’s ultra hot weather is brought to you by heat domes—and climate change appeared first on Popular Science.
This week’s ultra hot weather is brought to you by heat domes—and climate change | Sara Kiley Watson | August 13, 2021 | Popular-Science
On Wednesday, the heat dome should stretch from the Pacific Coast to the Appalachians, with hazy and hot temperatures just about everywhere in between.
Coast-to-coast heat dome to deliver sweltering weather next week | Matthew Cappucci | July 22, 2021 | Washington Post
That batch represents the first signs of a building heat dome that will drape itself across most of the Lower 48 by midweek.
Coast-to-coast heat dome to deliver sweltering weather next week | Matthew Cappucci | July 22, 2021 | Washington Post
When the heat dome first descended in late June, Campbell, 64, had plans to take her grandkids on a road trip to a nearby dinosaur museum.
In America’s least air-conditioned cities, brutal heat changes some people’s minds | Marc Fisher, Carissa Wolf, Michael Hingston | July 22, 2021 | Washington Post
By Monday, a key heat dome threshold could be reached — 600 dekameters — signifying a rare event, but one that has grown more common because of human-caused climate change.
Yet another major heat wave is set to roast the western U.S. and Canada by the weekend | Matthew Cappucci | July 14, 2021 | Washington Post

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