Day 211: In Preparation of the Upcoming Heatwave
As I mentioned last night, a substantial heatwave is forecast to grip a large portion of the country beginning this weekend and lasting into next week. Local National Weather Service (NWS) offices across the southern United States have already issued Heat Advisories or Excessive Heat Warnings in preparation. If you live across the southern half of the United States, please take this threat seriously. On average, more people are injured or killed by heatwaves every year than any other weather-related disaster. Please read the Center for Disease Control (CDC)’s webpage on Extreme Heat.
One last thing. Notice the “desert” southwest is blanketed with various forms of flood watches and warnings. This is fairly typical this time of year as the North American monsoon is in full swing. This is when a large portion of Arizona and New Mexico receive most of their yearly rainfall.
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Patrick Marsh is a Ph.D. student at the University of Oklahoma's School of Meteorology. He earned a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Physics (cum laude) from the University of Arkansas in 2005 and a Masters of Science in Meteorology in 2007. In addition to working on his doctorate, Patrick serves as the National Severe Storms Laboratory Liaison to the Hazardous Weather Testbed where his research interests lie in working with operational forecasters, data mining, data visualization, and all things high-impact weather. For more about Patrick's work, check out his complete CV!
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