Mastodawn

Another historic heat dome. Temperature anomalies that exceed the color table during summer is never good a thing - stay cool and safe from this unprecedented heat wave!

See more at https://meteofrance.com/actualites-et-dossiers/actualites/canicule-une-vague-de-chaleur-sinstalle-cette-semaine and https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2026/how-unusual-is-this-weeks-extreme-heat-and-why-will-it-feel-so-intense. Map from http://karstenhaustein.com/climate

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U.S. Elaine 5d ago

@ZLabe
As a weather civilian looking at a map of anomalies like this, I have to convince myself that it isn't certain that northern Africa, etc is so cool, but that maybe they are normally blazing hot so not anomalous color.

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sbysb 5d ago

@ZLabe is there a reason the color table isn't updated to a larger scale for accuracy? Just for long term consistency I suppose?

Send like this is going to be more and more common, and it can't get much whiter lol

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Kpl Klink 4d ago

@ZLabe Wow. Very little AC too… Dangerous.

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llewelly 4d ago

RE: https://fediscience.org/@ZLabe/116802106899560739

@ZLabe why is the +20 C anomoly region in NW France shaped like a fork with three tines? Do the writers for this timeline ever give up on heavy-handed metaphors?