Hot-Hot-Hot into Autumn

With California Ag Today, I am Haylie Shipp. This is the Ag Information Network.

Hot-Hot-Hot into Autumn. I’m not a weather forecaster by any means, but I have played one on the radio from time to time. At any rate, the people in the know – AccuWeather long-range forecasters – say summer heat is expected to last well into Autumn across much of America. That means an increased risk of wildfires and severe weather.

“Fall is going to feel more like an extended summer for millions of Americans this year,” says long-range forecaster Paul Pastelok. “Much of the country will experience a delayed transition to cooler temperatures this year following a summer with some intense heat.”

He also says record-high temperatures were shattered in several cities across California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and North Carolina this summer, with the possibility of more record temperatures in the fall.

Long-range forecasters say the highest temperature departures are expected across parts of the Great Lakes region, the Midwest, and the Rockies. The only areas that won’t see those high temperatures include Florida, parts of coastal Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, and the coastal areas of the Pacific Northwest.

So again that is your long-range forecast coming from AccuWeather.