'You can’t go for a walk.”Ī heat dome occurs when stationary high pressure with warm air combines with warmer than usual air in the Gulf of Mexico and heat from the sun that is nearly directly overhead, Texas State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon said. “You can’t go outside,' Iadonisi said of the hot months in Texas. Iadonisi, 40, said she often urges local friends to visit her native Washington state to beat the heat in the summer. Record high temperatures around 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) are forecast in parts of western Texas on Monday, and relief is not expected before the Fourth of July holiday, Oravec said.Ĭori Iadonisi, of Dallas, summed up the weather simply: “It’s just too hot here.” to the far western Florida Panhandle and parts of western Alabama,' while remaining over Texas, said Bob Oravec, lead forecaster with the National Weather Service. north to Kansas City and the entire state of Oklahoma, into the Mississippi Valley. “Going forward, that heat is going to expand. during the coming week, putting even more people at risk. DALLAS - Scorching temperatures brought on by a “heat dome” have taxed the Texas power grid and threaten to bring record highs to the state before they are expected to expand to other parts of the U.S.
