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heat dome

American  
[heet dohm] / ˈhit ˌdoʊm /

noun

Meteorology.
  1. 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.


Etymology

Origin of heat dome

First recorded in 1955–60

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