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The oppressive heat that settled in the Pacific Northwest was the result of a wide and deep mass of high-pressure air that, because of a wavy jet stream, parked itself over much of the region. Known as a heat dome, such an enormous high-pressure zone acts like a lid, trapping heat so it accumulates.
Pacific Northwest Continues to Bake Beneath ‘Heat Dome’ By 2021
alexz commented on the word heat dome
'heat dome' was in the news the last few days when the pacific northwest had an intense heat wave caused by a high pressure weather event which trapped hot air near the ground.
Interestingly, this term was previously listed by me in 2016.
June 30, 2021