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Because of El Niño Costero, unusually warm waters along Peru's coast are allowing crocodiles to expand their range southward from near the Ecuadorian border.
In some areas, the ocean is more than 7˚C (12.6˚F) warmer than average.
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Ben Noll
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Global weather writer and meteorologist for @washingtonpost | Weather and climate analysis and visuals | #HudsonValley snow days
- Imagine telling someone living 100 years ago that people will soon be flying into the strongest storms on the planet to investigate them. Now try to imagine what people will be doing 100 years from now.
- Route 218 (Storm King Highway/9W) in Orange County, New York/#HudsonValley has sustained catastrophic damage. A summer’s worth of rain fell in a single day.
- Current scene in West Point, New York / #HudsonValley 🌊 The radar estimates that over 10 inches of rain fell today, nearly the amount that typically falls over an entire summer! ⚠️ There’s more rain to come… 📸 Megan Cardone via a resident of West Point, NY
- Extreme humidity — not just extreme temperatures — will make headlines over the next week as a heat dome develops. Humidity levels will surge across 40 states and southern Canada, bringing tropical rainforest-like conditions, especially next week 🧵
- The upcoming surge in humidity will be unusually expansive and extreme — more than just normal summer weather. For large swaths of the United States and Canada, the maximum dew point, a direct measure of peak humidity, is forecast to exceed the 90th percentile for the time of
Extreme humidity — not just extreme temperatures — will make headlines over the next week as a heat dome develops. Humidity levels will surge across 40 states and southern Canada, bringing tropical rainforest-like conditions, especially next week 🧵 - Looks like NYC is now a part of the Atlantic Ocean 🤦♂️
- The United States is underneath the most unusually cold blob of air on the entire planet on Tuesday.
- Putting the Pacific Northwest heatwave in perspective— Portland, Oregon will be hotter than about 99.8% of Earth as it smashes its all-time temp record on Sunday 🔥 The only places (⚫) expected to be hotter: Africa's Sahara Desert, Persian Gulf, California's deserts 🤯
- You may never see a snow map again on which Louisiana and Florida are forecast to be the snowiest states in the country.
- Next Wednesday, large parts of Texas will be hotter than 99% of the planet during the peak of the heatwave. Widespread temperatures of 110˚F or higher are forecast. Only the Sahara Desert & Persian Gulf area will be as hot or hotter (🟡) than the Lone Star State 🥵
- The magnitude 8.8 earthquake near Kamchatka, Russia, was among the top-6 strongest ever recorded on Earth.
- This map shows which states will be lucky enough to experience jungle-like levels of humidity (🟢) at some point in the next 10 days 🫣
