Heatwave of over 38 degrees Celsius triggers violent storms amid fighting fronts
Battling weather fronts will trigger violent storms and a heat wave of over 38 degrees Celsius will break all autumn temperature records.
Hot air from the Gulf of Mexico will put the eastern states in the firing line of a late summer.
Further northwest, however, thermometers will have problems as thunderstorms and torrential rains are possible in this overlap zone.
There is no sign of an abatement of rising temperatures until the beginning of autumn, and they even rise as far north as New England and New York.
Heatwave of over 38 degrees Celsius triggers violent storms amid fighting frontsWeather.USJim Dale, a meteorologist at the British Met Office, said: “The heat is building up from the Gulf of Mexico to create a heatwave in the east of the country.”
“It’s colder in the west and north, but there’s a chance this heat could spread to the western side of the states.
“The far north of the region could be missed, and Washington and surrounding areas could not even be reached.”
Where hot and cold air masses collide, atmospheric instability will trigger violent storms, he warned.
“The risk of storms remains,” he said.
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“Wherever hot and cold air meet, there is always instability, and that brings with it torrential rain, thunderstorms and the risk of tornadoes.
“However, parts of the country are expected to see temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius, which is unusual for this late time of year, due to the cloud of smoke coming from the south.”
The U.S. National Weather Service (NOAA) has issued warnings of strong winds and flooding for Kansas, Wyoming, North Dakota and Montana.
Isolated storms moving in from the Pacific coast will trigger thunderstorm warnings in the northwestern states, it said.
A spokesman said: “Another system is approaching the Pacific coast and will bring isolated showers and storms to the Pacific coast to the northwest and spread southward into Northern California and the central Great Basin.”
“Temperature-wise, temperatures will continue to be well above average across much of the northern central and eastern United States, as well as the Plains.
“Parts of northern New England and the Midwest are expected to see highs between 80 and 86 degrees Fahrenheit on Wednesday, and some record-breaking or even record-breaking highs of just over 100 degrees Fahrenheit are possible in parts of the southern Plains on Thursday.”
More tropical storms ahead
AccuWeather
Meanwhile, meteorologists are monitoring the outbreak of hurricane season in the tropical Atlantic.
Tropical Storm Gordon formed this week, followed by another tropical depression off the southern coast of the United States.
According to experts, more “local” tropical storms have begun to form near the American coast.
The above-average temperatures of the Caribbean Sea contribute to the violent eruption.
AccuWeather meteorologist Alex DaSilva said: “Water temperatures at the surface and several hundred meters deep are incredibly high right now in the Western Caribbean.
“Early next week, a chunk of energy is expected to break away from the Central American Gyre and move into the western Caribbean, which is unusual for this time of year.
“Then we expect a potential development that will be pulled northward by a reduction in the jet stream – the big question is whether it will be pulled into the eastern Gulf or into the Atlantic off the southeast coast.”
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