We are in the first day of a heat wave that is being caused by a ridge of high pressure so strong it’s said to cause a “heat dome” over the area, not only keeping it hot, but making it even hotter still as the hot air gets trapped, recirculates and gets hotter.
The high today was 33 °C. I went for a walk at 8 p.m. and it had cooled all the way down…to 31.
I am not inclined to complain about the weather as you can’t do anything about it, and we have AC here, so it’s really not that bad if we stay inside. But yes, it is hot indeed out there.
I wonder how many more heat domes await us in the future.
The 10-day forecast for New Westminster (normal high would be 23°C):
