Five-thousand-mile Pacific heat wave could reshape U.S. summer weather
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A 5,000-mile marine heat wave spanning the Pacific is driving surface waters 6–8 degrees above average, raising heat and humidity across the U.S. West this summer and boosting risks of Pacific hurricanes and wildfires, with El Niño and the Pacific Meridional Mode contributing to the anomaly and potential impacts on marine life and weather patterns.
- What a 5,000-mile-long marine heat wave means for summer in the U.S. The Washington Post
- An intense marine heat wave has California in its crosshairs, with impacts set for land and sea CNN
- Unusually active April weather pattern to continue this week, and possibly beyond, as subtropical northeastern Pacific waters reach record warmth Weather West
- A historic marine heat wave is battering California’s coast and impacting the weather San Francisco Chronicle
- A record marine heat wave simmers off California's coast right now SFGATE
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