The western United States will experience a highly unusual event — record-breaking and extremely early-season heat through the weekend
The western United States will experience a highly unusual event -- record-breaking and extremely early-season heat through the weekend."This is definitely earlier than we typically see," Sierra Littlefield, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sacramento, told CNN."We've already set records and will again today until the heat builds and moves west of us.
— NWS Weather Prediction Center March 23, 2022 Read MoreIt's way too early for this"We're forecasting a high of 89 on Friday and 91 on Saturday, which would break a daily record for both days," said Matt Woods, a meteorologist with the NWS in Las Vegas."And if we reach 92 we will break the all-time March high." The March record is 92 degrees, set in 2004.
The heat records in the West started to fall earlier this week.Tuesday not only saw record heat. What also stood out was how long the previous records had stood. San Jose, California, hit 85 degrees, breaking the record of 83 set in 1915. Santa Rosa, California, topped out at 86, tying the record from 1926. Some very long-standing high temperature records broken today#CAwx pic.twitter.
— NWS Bay Area 🌉 March 23, 2022 This heat the West has already seen is just the beginning. All-time March records could fall as well for a few states. "We're not happy about the high heat"Places with higher terrain and the Mountain West usually experience some of their heaviest snowfall during March, but this weekend will be a seasonal shock.
— NWS Salt Lake City March 23, 2022 More heat, more concerns for the ongoing droughtThe western US cannot catch a break from the persistent drought that has been growing year by year. After decent rains and snowfall for November and December, Mother Nature turned off the spigot, thus widening the gap between the haves and have-nots as the drought continues to worsen.
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