California heat wave may rival deadly July 2006 event, forecasters say

High pressure over southwestern California on Tuesday will reach a strength that occurs only about once every 10 years, said Eric Boldt, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. This dome of high-pressure air blocks storm systems and creates the building heat over the Southwest.

It was during the deadly 2006 heat wave that Los Angeles County recorded its all-time highest temperature: 119 degrees in Woodland Hills on July 22.that coroners in Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Kern counties connected about 130 deaths to the heat, with diagnoses including hyperthermia and heatstroke. But state researchers later estimated that the toll in those counties was more likely in the range of 350 to 450.

This time around, California plunges into the statewide heat wave with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as a sort of preexisitng condition.Valleys in the Los Angeles region can expect highs of 100 to 108 degrees, with lows of 72 to 82. Elevations below 5,000 feet will see highs of 98 to 105 and lows of 65 to 75. High temperatures will be 102 to 112 in the Antelope Valley, with lows from 70 to 80. Coastal areas can look for highs of 82 to 92 and lows of 65 to 70.

Critical heat will occur between the hours of 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. daily, especially inland, the weather service said. Nighttime temperatures won’t cool enough to provide comfortable sleeping weather in many places. Brief elevated to critical fire weather conditions will exist daily during the period, with concerns for the possibility of new fire starts from isolated dry lightning strikes.There’s a chance of thunderstorms Saturday, and again Sunday through Tuesday, when monsoon moisture is expected to return. Even if it doesn’t rain where you are, the humidity will probably make for the kind of unpleasantly muggy conditions with which Californians are largely unfamiliar.

Yeah, it’s hot. Coastal California doesn’t normally feel like a dessert. Especially up north. No air conditioning in a lot of homes. Check in on elderly neighbors & family. Drink water. I channel cold by imagining: heatwave California BeTheGlaciar

It so hot in Denmark now and some Night and the covid-19 stil here in Denmark ...

Meanwhile ☝️. Yep, having a science-denying potus is unacceptable

Try living in Las Vegas it’s hell when it comes to the heat

That’s the year I moved to LA and it was hell

2006 was brutal.

I’ve been waiting for it to get hot. Won’t be cool again til late October.

Mother Nature is sending so many hints to stop selfish and destructive leadership

It’s August 🥱

It’s August.. we had a mild June and July. Reaching 103 where I am, when usually in August it hit 110. Smfh

Hopefully

lilbaby4PF waydamin waydamin

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BradEYoung Stay cool Brad.. I hope you aren't part of the rolling black outs. We aren't but my aunt is..

Well, people definitely died tonight who relied on oxygen because of the blackouts. That’s heat related. You guys won’t tally that up though.

Typo alert with “preexisitng” 😔😔 copy editors matter 😔😔

I want to live there! I love the heat! 🔥🔥🔥

I survived that

HoneyHousePR Yes! Go on give us more bad news!!! You fucking cock suckers... what kind of journalists are you? Shameful

WOW I CAN IMAGINE THE HEAT .. I WAS RESIDING IN CALIFORNIA THEN.. I REMEMBER SPENDING HALF OF THE DAY IN A POOL!!!

It's even going to be near 100 here in the PDX area...

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