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Polar vortex encases Antarctica as 130°C global temperature polarity emerged
Two global temperature stories are jostling for your attention.
There's a significant temperature story unravelling across Antarctica as a Southern Hemisphere polar vortex churns across the desolate continent.
On June 14th, -81.7°C was measured in Antarctica at the Dome Fuji Station, just over a degree from the minimum temperature record. The Jase-2007 station teetered towards a temperature record, coming within a fraction of a degree. These temperatures are a few degrees cooler than dry ice, or frozen carbon dioxide.
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Antarctica is known for extreme temperature ranges, with more than 110°C difference of temperature measured across the continent covered in 98 per cent ice.
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Closer to home, Phoenix, Ariz., is no stranger to the heat, with temperatures regularly soaring into the 40s during the summer months. But this forecast heat wave is different; it’s not so much the intensity, but rather the longevity.
Five consecutive days above 46°C have never occurred in the city, and the forecast is for precisely that:
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A massive ridge of high pressure will stagnantly sit across the western U.S., compounding the exceptional and extreme drought conditions across the area.
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Temperatures are forecast to be even warmer in Furnace Creek, Death Valley. Aptly named, daytime highs are forecast to push past 52°C -- with overnight lows remaining above 36°C.
That forecast overnight low temperature in California is a couple of degrees warmer than Vancouver, B.C.'s record high temperature set on July 30th, 2009 at 34.4°C.
What happens in Vegas won't stay in Vegas.
The upper ridge associated with the heat wave will extend into British Columbia – the axis of the upper-level ridge reaches the Pacific Northwest this weekend, bumping temperatures into the 30°C for some locales.