Siberia ’s recent hotness wave has reached a newfangled high—100.4 ° F , to be precise , pending confirmation from the World Meteorological Organization .
If support , the temperature will be the hottest ever recorded in an area north of the Arctic Circle , whose latitude starts at 66.5 ° N.According toCBS News , it occur in a small town call Verkhoyansk , which is settle at 67.5 ° N — about 3000 miles east of Moscow — and is make out for its frigid wintertime conditions . Last November , for example , temperature dismiss more than 50 degrees below 0 ° fluorine .
Verkhoyansk does thaw out considerably during the summertime month , but its June averages commonly hover around 68 ° degree Fahrenheit , which is still considerably cool than what residents have been experiencing for the last few days ( and will continue to go through for a week or more ) . This recent heating wave is the outcome of what meteorologist call a “ heat dome , ” which is when a ridge of high pressure in the atmosphere settles over an area and prevents hot melody from rise up and spread , instead forcing it back to the control surface where it stimulate abnormally hot temperature .
But the strangely high thermometer readings are n’t limited to one township or one weather pattern . Western Siberia as a whole has been averaging observably warmer temperature since December , and the extended pile of screamer is damaging more than just its reputation as one of thecoldest regionson Earth . AsThe Washington Postreports , the heat has contributed to permafrost evaporate , a devastating crude spill , and a fierce irruption of wildfire . The increasingly live temperatures in the Arctic are partly the product of our sting fogy fuel , which let go of greenhouse gas , trapping heat in the atmosphere .
In other discussion , while Verkhoyansk may have hit 100 ° F over the weekend because of a heating plant domed stadium , climate changeis the boastful culprit .
[ h / tCBS News ]
