Intense weather strikes every part of the Lower 48

On Monday, extreme weather made it difficult to escape.

Unprecedented heat wave from Nebraska to South Carolina. Chicago faced hurricane force winds and possible hurricanes. Yellowstone was National Park Visitors are barred Because the roads are flooded. The fire spread in the southwest desert.

Atmospheric turbulence is seemingly interconnected, with meteorologists referring to the “fire ring” weather system. A stagnant heat dome stands in the Tennessee Valley, bringing exceptional heat and humidity to its northern edge when it rains heavily. At the height of the dome, dry air dries up the southwestern landscape, creating tinderbox conditions for rapidly spreading fire. A swim in the jet stream on the northwest side of the heat dome allowed exceptional moisture to pour over the northern rockies.

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In active weather, the heat acts as the centerpiece, sticking out for the next week or two. The heat, intensified by man-made climate change, could ignite more devastating storms.

Severe storms from the Great Lakes to the Ohio Valley

The National Weather Service received nearly 600 severe weather reports Monday as heavy thunderstorms lashed the Midwest and made its way southeast through the Ohio Valley to southwest Virginia and west North Carolina. The storm blew at 98 mph, knocking down hundreds of trees.

The heat formed in the northern perimeter of the dome and was powered by temperature variations from south to north, with storms pulling down winds of catastrophically high altitudes.

On Monday evening, storms began in the interstate 94 between Madison and Milwaukee, causing hailstones the size of chicken eggs before moving over Lake Michigan.

The thunderstorm grew to an altitude of about 70,000 feet and felt the effects of the jet stream going up, which contributed to its energy. Rich lightning rates, with a dozen flashes per second, along with the growing storm cell.

Another severe storm blossomed west of Chicago, turning into a supercell or rotating thunderstorm that triggered hurricane warnings throughout the region. Sirens sounded as the funnels danced to the west of the city, many of which may have occasionally touched down. Streamwood, Roselle and Maywood, Ill. There was radar evidence of tight rotation near, and 84 mph of wind blew at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.

A section of North Fremont Street in Chicago has collapsed, and some damage has been reported, including the removal of the entire roof of a third-floor apartment building on the Mouth. The meteorological center went to the scene on Tuesday and carried out damage inspections.

In the Far East, storms converge into many arc echoes or curved lines with strong winds. Extreme levels of flood danger were announced in northeastern Indiana, southern Michigan and much of Ohio. The wind was blowing at 98 mph at the airport in Fort Wayne and at 75 mph in Putnam, Ohio.

The line was broken before reaching the Mid-Atlantic, although isolated heavy thunderstorms were expected Tuesday afternoon.

Additional battles of strong and severe storms are possible Wednesday and Thursday in the Midwest and Ohio Valley – re-firing on the northern edge of the heat dome.

Central and Eastern U.S. Heat the blister on

The heat dome is located near Nashville. It has set dozens of high-temperature records since its first formation in Texas and the southwest late last week. Temperatures in Death Valley, California rose to 123 degrees, while Phoenix hit 114 and Las Vegas 109 over the weekend. Austin and San Antonio scored 105 runs.

Now widespread measurements in the 90s are moving closer to 100 near the east. Humidity that makes the air temperature feel 10 to 15 degrees higher.

Lincoln, Nep. (Maximum 103 degrees), Columbia, SC (103), Austin (102), St. Louis (100), Charlotte (98), Nashville (97), and Louisville and Padua, Gu. (Both 97) set June 13 records on Monday. North Flat, Nep., Reached 108 degrees – not just daily record, but the highest temperature ever recorded in June.

Achievements from Minneapolis to Charleston, SC could be challenged to the maximum on Tuesday. Excessive heat warnings cover most of the Midwest, where suffocation levels are exacerbated by the humidity of corn and other crops, with temperature index values ​​hovering above 110 degrees.

“100+ degree wide temperature codes are dangerous for those who work or play outside for long periods of time” The National Weather Service tweeted Tuesday.

As Chicago clears of storms Monday night, it faces. “Dangerous heat and humidity”On Tuesday and Wednesday, the National Weather Service tweeted. Windy City can feel as hot as 110 degrees.

The Meteorological Service forecast a 99-degree rise in Minneapolis on Tuesday, surpassing the 98 readings scheduled in 1987 and setting a record. Day.

Temperatures will drop in Minnesota and Wisconsin on Wednesday, but will threaten records from Detroit to Atlanta.

The new revolt of heat will return to the plains over the weekend. The Weather Service’s weather forecast center continues to forecast above-average temperatures in the center of the country until next week.

Unusual humid weather surrounds the hotspot in the northwestern Pacific, where the jet stream has receded over the past weekend. This allowed Unusually strong humidity throughout the year – Called the Atmospheric River – rises inland from the Pacific Ocean. It spread exceptional June rains not only in Washington and Oregon, but also in the northern Rockies.

Heavy rain and melting snow around Yellowstone National Park create historic flooding. Two to three inches of rain was reported in several measurements between Saturday and Monday.

The water level of rain and melting ice rivers has in many cases surpassed century-old records.

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Gardiner, Mont. And between Mammoth Hot Springs, a roaring river swept across the road to the northern entrance to Yellowstone National Park in Gardner Canyon.

Read the park’s website that “with immediate effect, there will be no incoming visitor traffic at the five entrances to Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday, June 14 and Wednesday, June 15, at least June 15.” The park cited “extremely dangerous conditions” including “severe flooding” [and] Rock slopes. “

At least one house was videotaped collapsing in a river as the ground sitting in southern Montana eroded.

Meanwhile, strong winds, low humidity and drought – exacerbated by recent record-breaking temperatures – have triggered dangerous fire conditions in the southwest.

There have been new fires in California and Arizona since the weekend, including a pipeline fire that burned 5,000 acres north of Flagstaff, Aris. Associated Press Reported Arizona’s Snowball Ski Resort closed and hundreds of homes evacuated in response to the fire, the second time this year has affected the area.

In New Mexico, the state’s largest wildfire continues to burn east of Santa Fe. The Hermட்ஸ்s Peak and Golf Canyon fire complex burned 325,340 acres – twelve times the size of Disney World – and accounted for 70 percent. At the same time, Black fireNew Mexico’s second biggest achievement, more outrage.

President Biden (D) Visited New Mexico on Saturday Meet with state and local officials and talk about efforts to put out the wildfire.

Red flag warnings were in effect Tuesday in much of northern New Mexico and much of southwestern Colorado due to high fire risk.