STATE & NATIONAL: It is the first day of summer in the United States and the world. This year, as summers bring with them higher temperatures, there can be no question that this summer's heatwave is directly associable to climate change.
By Anne M Erbynstein
Today, while the eastern to north eastern states have been under severe weather warnings associated with excessive heat, temperatures are expected to increase to the high 90s with a heat index reaching 100 to 105.
The National Weather Service indicates that a shift in the extreme heat will situate much of the hotter temperatures to the Mid-Atlantic by the weekend while moving out of the Northeast.
In the Ohio Valley, overnight cooling will assist during the night hours, however failing to prove any possibility of extending into the excessively hotter temperatures during the hours of sunshine.
Coastal regions are in a state of diminished danger for encountering uncomfortably high heat. Ocean breezes offer a buffer to the heat and provide cool breezes during day hours.
Overnight temperatures in much of the United States will fall to the 70s, however, excessive heat that builds up indoors during earlier hours can be a matter of concern to residents in Ohio and New Jersey --particularly for residents across the nation who are not equipped with adequate air conditioning.
By Friday, while current temperatures across the nation, in most places, have remained in the mid to high 80s—with the exception of Louisville , Kentucky where lower 90 degree temperatures are 7 degrees higher than most other regions in the US--as the southern states experience an increase in heat, hotter temperatures exceeding the high 80s and reaching into the 90s.
Friday and Saturday will see temperatures will heat up in the south while temperatures inthe West Coast and Great Basin/Desert Southwest will reach from the 90s to 100 degrees.
On Thursday, the United States has weathered the quite unusually high temperatures however, the affects of climate change has inundated other regions of the world. In Mecca, temperatures have reached as high as 125.
In Saudi Arabia, the nation’s Health administration warned that the high heatwave temperatures during would be completely impossible for the human system to endure. Today, Mecca reports the death of 500 people adding that the nation expects more reports of deaths as the heatwave’s scorching temperatures hover over the Arabic nation.
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