“Excessive heat” alert issued for South Florida

south of Florida (USA) faces this Tuesday an “excessive heat” that, according to local media, could break the current record of 36 degrees Celsius, reached last July with a thermal sensation of 43 degrees Celsius along the east coast of the state.

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The National Weather Service (NWSacronym in English), warned of a “excessive heat” valid until 19:00 local time (23:00 GMT), with maximum rates of up to 46 degrees Celsius “possible”.

He NWS issues alerts when the heat index is expected to hover between 40 and 43 degrees Celsius for several hours.

Likewise, the observatory issues a warning of “excessive heat” when the index is expected to reach 46 degrees Celsius.

“Drink plenty of fluids and limit outdoor activities”, the NWS recommended.

For its part, local television cbs4 advanced that during the next days the south of Florida will be “flirting” with a new index of record heat as temperature peaks continue to rise above 32 degrees Celsius.

The warning of “excessive heat” issued for this Tuesday covers the counties of Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward and Palm Beach, all in South Florida.

On July 7, the Miami International Airport (MIA) recorded the record temperature of 36 degrees Celsius.

It is not only, the national observatory then added, a record for that date, but also “It is the highest temperature observed at the Miami airport since July 2020″, when 35 degrees Celsius was recorded.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the scientific arm of United Nationswarned in July that temperatures can be expected to continue to rise, following June’s record as the hottest on record and two average daily temperature records.

The organization explained that sea surface temperatures have also broken records in May and June when the sun began to develop. El Niño phenomenonwhich is expected to increase heat both on land and in the oceans and lead to more extreme temperatures and marine heat waves.

Source: Elcomercio

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