A massive heat wave hit on Friday in the Midwest and Northeast cities like Chicago to Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia where people are experiencing triple-digit temperatures for the weekend leading up to the Fourth of July holiday.
According to the National Weather Service, the Americans are under some form of heat warning or advisory, stretching from Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas and Arkansas to New York and parts of New Hampshire.
Record high temperatures and increasing levels of humidity are expected from the Midwest to the Northeast into next week, with highs soaring into the 90s all the way from the Plains to New England, according to a weather update.
The heat index was 110 degrees and higher on Friday in parts of Illinois and Wisconsin. Pontiac, Illinois, hit a heat index of 115 degrees. Chicago’s Midway International Airport hit a heat index of 110 degrees.
“Temperatures have not reached 100 F in Albany since 1953”, said AccuWeather Meteorologist Tony Zartman, “but the city will flirt with that mark both Sunday and Monday”.
According to a National Weather Service forecast summary, “Heat advisories are in effect from the Central Plains to the Ohio Valley and parts of the Northeast”.
Due to a strong upper-level ridge of high pressure that will build across the Plains and into the Midwest this weekend, air sinks under areas of high pressure and preventing clouds from forming which will slide into the East into early next week.
“The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a dangerous situation in which heat illnesses are likely”, said the National Weather Service, “Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sunshine, and check up on relatives and neighbors”.
> Shatabdi Sarker Poushi
A Massive Heat Wave Roasting The Midwest And Northeast
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