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East Coast Heat Wave

By Marc Boucher
Status Report
July 16, 2013
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East Coast Heat Wave
Heat Wave Building Into the Ohio Valley and Eastern United States
NOAA/NASA GOES Project

A very anomalous weather pattern is in place over the U.S. for mid-July. Trapped between an upper level ridge centered over the Ohio Valley and the closed upper level low over the Texas/Oklahoma border, atypical hot, muggy air is stifling a broad swath of the eastern U.S.
The closed low is expected to drift west toward New Mexico bringing heavy, localized rain to some areas and temperatures running 10-20 degrees below mid-July averages. Across the east, temperatures will warm well into the 90’s and stay there through the week. This image was taken by the GOES East satellite at 12:45 p.m. EDT on July 15, 2013.

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