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The extreme temperatures that will bear down on California over the next week are the result of a "heat dome," a phenomenon that typically brings broiling conditions to the state as summer fades into fall. But climate change is worsening the dome's effects and making it more lethal for people who cannot seek relief.

Experts are sounding alarms about what they say is likely to be the worst heat wave of the year so far.

"We've always had these systems, but not as frequently, not as intense and not as long-lasting," said Bill Patzert, a retired climatologist in the Los Angeles area.

From San Diego to Sacramento, the National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning or watch through Labor Day, cautioning about the health risks of sustained high temperatures. Experts say the heat wave will also increase the chance of wildfires and power outages and will exacerbate the state's ongoing drought.

"This is going to be a long-duration event," said UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain. "And that's sort of characteristic of heat domes that's partly because they can sort of be self-persisting, self-reinforcing. Once they develop and become particularly extreme, they kind of become hard to dislodge."

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Scotty Appleton said:

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Now do Riverside, San Bernardino, Fresno, Bakersfield, etc. forecasts.

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wbt5845 said:

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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-31/the-heat-dome-phenomenon-thats-generating-californias-hottest-week-and-why-its-getting-worse

Meanwhile, here's the forecast.

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Scotty Appleton said:

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Now do Riverside, San Bernardino, Fresno, Bakersfield, etc. forecasts.

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Tramp96 said:

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Heat dome? Isn't that what we call a high pressure system?

I guess we never had big H's on weather maps until now.

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wbt5845 said:

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Scotty Appleton said:

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Now do Riverside, San Bernardino, Fresno, Bakersfield, etc. forecasts.

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Even those are back to highs in the 80's in a week.

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Tramp96 said:

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Heat dome? Isn't that what we call a high pressure system?

I guess we never had big H's on weather maps until now.

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rocky the dog said:

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RoadkillBBQ said:

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Tramp96 said:

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Heat dome? Isn't that what we call a high pressure system?

I guess we never had big H's on weather maps until now.

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Sssshhh, Heat Dome sounds scarier to the sheeple.

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wbt5845 said:

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So yeah, in Texas, we have a "heat dome" from mid-April to about end of September every year, with the brief end-of-August-rain-relief-that-floods-parts-of-campus period.

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agent-maroon said:

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RoadkillBBQ said:

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Tramp96 said:

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Heat dome? Isn't that what we call a high pressure system?

I guess we never had big H's on weather maps until now.

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Sssshhh, Heat Dome sounds scarier to the sheeple.

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Not only is it a heat dome, it's a vicious heat dome. Guessing that "vicious" means that it disproportionally affects women, children, and POC to a greater degree (no pun intended), much like global climate change?

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BigRobSA said:

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Scotty Appleton said:

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Now do Riverside, San Bernardino, Fresno, Bakersfield, etc. forecasts.

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Woah. We're not Kamala, we can't do all those people.

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Maroon Dawn said:

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The same Californians that move here in the fall and ***** about how none of our cities are walkable

Bro wait till summer and then pretend you'd want to walk anywhere

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agent-maroon said:

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RoadkillBBQ said:

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Tramp96 said:

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Heat dome? Isn't that what we call a high pressure system?

I guess we never had big H's on weather maps until now.

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Sssshhh, Heat Dome sounds scarier to the sheeple.

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Not only is it a heat dome, it's a vicious heat dome. Guessing that "vicious" means that it disproportionally affects women, children, and POC to a greater degree (no pun intended), much like global climate change?

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wbt5845 said:

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Scotty Appleton said:

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Now do Riverside, San Bernardino, Fresno, Bakersfield, etc. forecasts.

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Even those are back to highs in the 80's in a week.

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wbt5845 said:

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The extreme temperatures that will bear down on California over the next week are the result of a "heat dome," a phenomenon that typically brings broiling conditions to the state as summer fades into fall. But climate change is worsening the dome's effects and making it more lethal for people who cannot seek relief.

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Cromagnum said:

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agent-maroon said:

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RoadkillBBQ said:

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Tramp96 said:

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Heat dome? Isn't that what we call a high pressure system?

I guess we never had big H's on weather maps until now.

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Sssshhh, Heat Dome sounds scarier to the sheeple.

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Not only is it a heat dome, it's a vicious heat dome. Guessing that "vicious" means that it disproportionally affects women, children, and POC to a greater degree (no pun intended), much like global climate change?

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It's also racist, because the sun disproportionately makes people with dark skin hotter (amazed that angle hasn't been taken already).

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