Giant Heat Dome Pushes U.S. Toward Historic March Heat Wave
TL;DR
A massive high-pressure heat dome is trapping hot air over the U.S., expanding into the East and producing a sweeping, potentially historic March heat wave with many states recording or nearing new March highs; temperatures in the 90s are expected across the southern and central Plains, and several locations hit 112°F in the Southwest. The heat is expected to persist into mid-next week as the dome shifts east, while scientists say climate-change warming has made such extreme heat far more likely.
- Gigantic 'Heat Dome' Baking The Whole US May Be Historic, Scientists Say ScienceAlert
- Record-smashing heat spreads: ‘Basically the entire US is going to be hot’ AP News
- Record-shattering March temperatures in Western North America virtually impossible without climate change World Weather Attribution
- Where summer-like heat has shattered records — and where it will spread next The Washington Post
- Mind-blowing March heat wave crests; records melt from Arizona to Minnesota Yale Climate Connections
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