‘Sunny and hot’ is the recurring weather refrain for the week beginning Monday.
A heat dome will move over North Texas this week, trapping heat in the metroplex and warding off any cooling winds or moisture from Hurricane Debbie, which made landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida early Monday. The weather system has since weakened to a tropical storm.
As such, North Texas will remain hot and dry all week. Temperatures will hit triple digits each day through at least Sunday, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
NWS meteorologists are forecasting a high of 100 degrees on Monday, 102 on Tuesday, 105 on Wednesday and Thursday, 103 on Friday, 101 on Saturday, and 100 on Sunday. Overnight lows each evening will hover between the upper 70s and low 80s.
The heat index will top out at about 108 degrees, according to NWS meteorologist Jason Dunn, The Dallas Morning News reported.
This week will be the hottest of the year for the region, but summer is not over.
There may be several more days of triple-digit temperatures ahead before fall ushers in some relief. As previously reported in The Dallas Express, temperatures can sometimes reach 100 degrees or more as late as September. In September 2000, the metroplex recorded a record high of 111 degrees.
However, the metroplex has seen fewer days of triple-digit temperatures this year compared to last year, when the thermometer topped 100 degrees on 55 days.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued an Ozone Action Day for the Dallas-Fort Worth area for Monday, which indicates that “atmospheric conditions are expected to be favorable for producing high levels of ozone air pollution.”
Residents are encouraged to help reduce ozone pollution by ” sharing a ride, walking, riding a bicycle, taking your lunch to work, avoiding drive-through lanes, conserving energy, and keeping your vehicle properly tuned.”
