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A dangerous #heatWave is coming next week
by Alex Fitzpatrick
6-26-2026" '#HeatDome' is forecast to bring dangerously high temperatures to much of the eastern half of the U.S. next week.
"The extreme heat could last through July 4 celebrations.
"Driving the news: 'Widespread temperatures into the 90s to low 100s, combined with high humidity, will result in heat indices approaching or exceeding 105-110 in many places,' NOAA forecasters write.
" 'Overnight lows will also be quite warm, with some record high minimums possible, bringing little to no relief from the heat in the nighttime hours.'
"Such conditions affect 'anyone without cooling/hydration as well as health systems, industries, and infrastructure.'
"Meanwhile: The #HeatWave baking Europe this week wouldn't be possible without #ClimateChange, a World Weather Attribution rapid study found."
Read more:
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/26/heat-wave-dome-julyArchived version:
https://archive.ph/hDxfJ#ClimateCrisis #MinneapolisMN #ChicagoIL #NashvilleTN #AtlantaGA #ExtremeHeat #ClimateDiaryUS #HeatWave #OmegaBlock
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A dangerous #heatWave is coming next week
by Alex Fitzpatrick
6-26-2026" '#HeatDome' is forecast to bring dangerously high temperatures to much of the eastern half of the U.S. next week.
"The extreme heat could last through July 4 celebrations.
"Driving the news: 'Widespread temperatures into the 90s to low 100s, combined with high humidity, will result in heat indices approaching or exceeding 105-110 in many places,' NOAA forecasters write.
" 'Overnight lows will also be quite warm, with some record high minimums possible, bringing little to no relief from the heat in the nighttime hours.'
"Such conditions affect 'anyone without cooling/hydration as well as health systems, industries, and infrastructure.'
"Meanwhile: The #HeatWave baking Europe this week wouldn't be possible without #ClimateChange, a World Weather Attribution rapid study found."
Read more:
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/26/heat-wave-dome-julyArchived version:
https://archive.ph/hDxfJ#ClimateCrisis #MinneapolisMN #ChicagoIL #NashvilleTN #AtlantaGA #ExtremeHeat #ClimateDiaryUS #HeatWave #OmegaBlock
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A dangerous #heatWave is coming next week
by Alex Fitzpatrick
6-26-2026" '#HeatDome' is forecast to bring dangerously high temperatures to much of the eastern half of the U.S. next week.
"The extreme heat could last through July 4 celebrations.
"Driving the news: 'Widespread temperatures into the 90s to low 100s, combined with high humidity, will result in heat indices approaching or exceeding 105-110 in many places,' NOAA forecasters write.
" 'Overnight lows will also be quite warm, with some record high minimums possible, bringing little to no relief from the heat in the nighttime hours.'
"Such conditions affect 'anyone without cooling/hydration as well as health systems, industries, and infrastructure.'
"Meanwhile: The #HeatWave baking Europe this week wouldn't be possible without #ClimateChange, a World Weather Attribution rapid study found."
Read more:
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/26/heat-wave-dome-julyArchived version:
https://archive.ph/hDxfJ#ClimateCrisis #MinneapolisMN #ChicagoIL #NashvilleTN #AtlantaGA #ExtremeHeat #ClimateDiaryUS #HeatWave #OmegaBlock
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A dangerous #heatWave is coming next week
by Alex Fitzpatrick
6-26-2026" '#HeatDome' is forecast to bring dangerously high temperatures to much of the eastern half of the U.S. next week.
"The extreme heat could last through July 4 celebrations.
"Driving the news: 'Widespread temperatures into the 90s to low 100s, combined with high humidity, will result in heat indices approaching or exceeding 105-110 in many places,' NOAA forecasters write.
" 'Overnight lows will also be quite warm, with some record high minimums possible, bringing little to no relief from the heat in the nighttime hours.'
"Such conditions affect 'anyone without cooling/hydration as well as health systems, industries, and infrastructure.'
"Meanwhile: The #HeatWave baking Europe this week wouldn't be possible without #ClimateChange, a World Weather Attribution rapid study found."
Read more:
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/26/heat-wave-dome-julyArchived version:
https://archive.ph/hDxfJ#ClimateCrisis #MinneapolisMN #ChicagoIL #NashvilleTN #AtlantaGA #ExtremeHeat #ClimateDiaryUS #HeatWave #OmegaBlock
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A dangerous #heatWave is coming next week
by Alex Fitzpatrick
6-26-2026" '#HeatDome' is forecast to bring dangerously high temperatures to much of the eastern half of the U.S. next week.
"The extreme heat could last through July 4 celebrations.
"Driving the news: 'Widespread temperatures into the 90s to low 100s, combined with high humidity, will result in heat indices approaching or exceeding 105-110 in many places,' NOAA forecasters write.
" 'Overnight lows will also be quite warm, with some record high minimums possible, bringing little to no relief from the heat in the nighttime hours.'
"Such conditions affect 'anyone without cooling/hydration as well as health systems, industries, and infrastructure.'
"Meanwhile: The #HeatWave baking Europe this week wouldn't be possible without #ClimateChange, a World Weather Attribution rapid study found."
Read more:
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/26/heat-wave-dome-julyArchived version:
https://archive.ph/hDxfJ#ClimateCrisis #MinneapolisMN #ChicagoIL #NashvilleTN #AtlantaGA #ExtremeHeat #ClimateDiaryUS #HeatWave #OmegaBlock
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Deaths, disruptions across #Europe: What you should know about the #heatwave
Experts say the #ClimateCrisis is making Europe’s #heatwaves more frequent and more intense.
By Caolán Magee
Published On 24 Jun 202624 Jun 2026Excerpt: "What is causing the heatwave?
"Meteorologists said the extreme temperatures are driven by a heat dome, a vast area of high pressure that has become parked over Western Europe.
"The phenomenon is being sustained by what is known as an omega block, a weather pattern named for the Greek letter because of the similar shape it creates in the atmosphere.
"Under normal conditions, the jet stream carries weather systems from west to east. During an omega block, however, that flow becomes distorted, trapping a ridge of high pressure between two low-pressure systems.
"The result is that hot, stagnant air remains locked over the same region for days or even weeks. The UK Met Office said Britain currently lies on the boundary between the high-pressure system and cooler air to the northwest, which is creating sharp contrasts between hotter conditions in the south and east and cooler, wetter weather farther north."
#ExtremeHeat #ExtremeTemperatures #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #HeatDome #OmegaBlock #EuropeWx #ClimateDiaryEurope #RecordBreakingHeat
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Deaths, disruptions across #Europe: What you should know about the #heatwave
Experts say the #ClimateCrisis is making Europe’s #heatwaves more frequent and more intense.
By Caolán Magee
Published On 24 Jun 202624 Jun 2026Excerpt: "What is causing the heatwave?
"Meteorologists said the extreme temperatures are driven by a heat dome, a vast area of high pressure that has become parked over Western Europe.
"The phenomenon is being sustained by what is known as an omega block, a weather pattern named for the Greek letter because of the similar shape it creates in the atmosphere.
"Under normal conditions, the jet stream carries weather systems from west to east. During an omega block, however, that flow becomes distorted, trapping a ridge of high pressure between two low-pressure systems.
"The result is that hot, stagnant air remains locked over the same region for days or even weeks. The UK Met Office said Britain currently lies on the boundary between the high-pressure system and cooler air to the northwest, which is creating sharp contrasts between hotter conditions in the south and east and cooler, wetter weather farther north."
#ExtremeHeat #ExtremeTemperatures #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #HeatDome #OmegaBlock #EuropeWx #ClimateDiaryEurope #RecordBreakingHeat
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Looking at the French #energygrid at 1545 Local time. The #heatdome #omegablock has wind at almost zero. #nuclear down as plants shut down as rivers are too hot to cool/cooling too hot for fish. #Solar is maxed at 15GW. Solar leaders #Germany and #Spain are providing electricity imports.
Take heed of what works, and what doesn’t. #climatecrisis #carney #canpoli. Nuclear is a complete waste of money.
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Looking at the French #energygrid at 1545 Local time. The #heatdome #omegablock has wind at almost zero. #nuclear down as plants shut down as rivers are too hot to cool/cooling too hot for fish. #Solar is maxed at 15GW. Solar leaders #Germany and #Spain are providing electricity imports.
Take heed of what works, and what doesn’t. #climatecrisis #carney #canpoli. Nuclear is a complete waste of money.
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Looking at the French #energygrid at 1545 Local time. The #heatdome #omegablock has wind at almost zero. #nuclear down as plants shut down as rivers are too hot to cool/cooling too hot for fish. #Solar is maxed at 15GW. Solar leaders #Germany and #Spain are providing electricity imports.
Take heed of what works, and what doesn’t. #climatecrisis #carney #canpoli. Nuclear is a complete waste of money.
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Looking at the French #energygrid at 1545 Local time. The #heatdome #omegablock has wind at almost zero. #nuclear down as plants shut down as rivers are too hot to cool/cooling too hot for fish. #Solar is maxed at 15GW. Solar leaders #Germany and #Spain are providing electricity imports.
Take heed of what works, and what doesn’t. #climatecrisis #carney #canpoli. Nuclear is a complete waste of money.
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Looking at the French #energygrid at 1545 Local time. The #heatdome #omegablock has wind at almost zero. #nuclear down as plants shut down as rivers are too hot to cool/cooling too hot for fish. #Solar is maxed at 15GW. Solar leaders #Germany and #Spain are providing electricity imports.
Take heed of what works, and what doesn’t. #climatecrisis #carney #canpoli. Nuclear is a complete waste of money.
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Europe's #heatwave curbs French #NuclearPlants
By Forrest Crellin and Hugo Lhomedet
June 24, 2026"The heat has reduced output at the #SaintAlban2 and #Bugey 3 reactors on the Rhone river in eastern France, and the #Nogent2 reactor on the Seine southeast of Paris.
"The #Golfech2 reactor on the Garonne river in southwest France went offline late Monday due to the heat.
"French environmental regulations force nuclear operator #EDF to reduce output when river temperatures reach a certain threshold to protect local ecosystems.
"It was not certain how long the current heatwave, driven by a weather pattern known as an #OmegaBlock due to its shape, which allows temperatures to build day after day, would last.
"Europe is warming at more than twice the global average, the World Meteorological Organisation has said, which makes prolonged heat episodes increasingly likely."
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/europes-heatwave-curbs-french-nuclear-plants-2026-06-24/
#NoNukes #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Heatwaves #NuclearPlants #France
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Europe's #heatwave curbs French #NuclearPlants
By Forrest Crellin and Hugo Lhomedet
June 24, 2026"The heat has reduced output at the #SaintAlban2 and #Bugey 3 reactors on the Rhone river in eastern France, and the #Nogent2 reactor on the Seine southeast of Paris.
"The #Golfech2 reactor on the Garonne river in southwest France went offline late Monday due to the heat.
"French environmental regulations force nuclear operator #EDF to reduce output when river temperatures reach a certain threshold to protect local ecosystems.
"It was not certain how long the current heatwave, driven by a weather pattern known as an #OmegaBlock due to its shape, which allows temperatures to build day after day, would last.
"Europe is warming at more than twice the global average, the World Meteorological Organisation has said, which makes prolonged heat episodes increasingly likely."
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/europes-heatwave-curbs-french-nuclear-plants-2026-06-24/
#NoNukes #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Heatwaves #NuclearPlants #France
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Europe's #heatwave curbs French #NuclearPlants
By Forrest Crellin and Hugo Lhomedet
June 24, 2026"The heat has reduced output at the #SaintAlban2 and #Bugey 3 reactors on the Rhone river in eastern France, and the #Nogent2 reactor on the Seine southeast of Paris.
"The #Golfech2 reactor on the Garonne river in southwest France went offline late Monday due to the heat.
"French environmental regulations force nuclear operator #EDF to reduce output when river temperatures reach a certain threshold to protect local ecosystems.
"It was not certain how long the current heatwave, driven by a weather pattern known as an #OmegaBlock due to its shape, which allows temperatures to build day after day, would last.
"Europe is warming at more than twice the global average, the World Meteorological Organisation has said, which makes prolonged heat episodes increasingly likely."
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/europes-heatwave-curbs-french-nuclear-plants-2026-06-24/
#NoNukes #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Heatwaves #NuclearPlants #France
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Europe's #heatwave curbs French #NuclearPlants
By Forrest Crellin and Hugo Lhomedet
June 24, 2026"The heat has reduced output at the #SaintAlban2 and #Bugey 3 reactors on the Rhone river in eastern France, and the #Nogent2 reactor on the Seine southeast of Paris.
"The #Golfech2 reactor on the Garonne river in southwest France went offline late Monday due to the heat.
"French environmental regulations force nuclear operator #EDF to reduce output when river temperatures reach a certain threshold to protect local ecosystems.
"It was not certain how long the current heatwave, driven by a weather pattern known as an #OmegaBlock due to its shape, which allows temperatures to build day after day, would last.
"Europe is warming at more than twice the global average, the World Meteorological Organisation has said, which makes prolonged heat episodes increasingly likely."
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/europes-heatwave-curbs-french-nuclear-plants-2026-06-24/
#NoNukes #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Heatwaves #NuclearPlants #France
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Europe's #heatwave curbs French #NuclearPlants
By Forrest Crellin and Hugo Lhomedet
June 24, 2026"The heat has reduced output at the #SaintAlban2 and #Bugey 3 reactors on the Rhone river in eastern France, and the #Nogent2 reactor on the Seine southeast of Paris.
"The #Golfech2 reactor on the Garonne river in southwest France went offline late Monday due to the heat.
"French environmental regulations force nuclear operator #EDF to reduce output when river temperatures reach a certain threshold to protect local ecosystems.
"It was not certain how long the current heatwave, driven by a weather pattern known as an #OmegaBlock due to its shape, which allows temperatures to build day after day, would last.
"Europe is warming at more than twice the global average, the World Meteorological Organisation has said, which makes prolonged heat episodes increasingly likely."
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/europes-heatwave-curbs-french-nuclear-plants-2026-06-24/
#NoNukes #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Heatwaves #NuclearPlants #France
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A Powerful Omega Block is Funneling an Arctic cold air Intrusion into Europe, Threatening the 2026 Growing Season
A rare late-April Arctic cold air mass intrusion is set to plunge temperatures across Eastern and Southeastern Europe,…
#Europe #EU #April #arcticairmass #frost #may #omegablock #PolarVortex #snow #spring2026forecast #winterstorm
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A rare late-April cold air mass intrusion heads for Eastern Europe, risking frost damage to vineyards ahead of the growth season.#april #arcticairmass #europe #frost #may #omegablock #PolarVortex #snow #spring2026forecast #winterstorm
A Powerful Omega Block is Funneling an Arctic air Intrusion into Europe, Threatening the 2026 Growing Season