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heat wave
[ heet weyv ]
noun
- a period of abnormally hot and usually humid weather; heat event:
I moved to the coast up north because summer back home has become one long, unbearable heat wave.
- an air mass of high temperature covering an extended area and moving relatively slowly:
Another heat wave is expected to form across the South and into the Northeast by week’s end.
heat wave
noun
- a continuous spell of abnormally hot weather
- not in technical use an extensive slow-moving air mass at a relatively high temperature
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of heat wave1
Example Sentences
The dome of high pressure driving this mini heat wave is forecast to dissipate by the weekend, when temperatures will begin to drop — though it will happen more slowly in the desert.
The duty officer collects information about weather forecasts, such as heat waves, atmospheric rivers and high winds, and may recommend initiating an adverse weather coordination conference call, according to EMD guidelines.
But abalone have a slow reproductive rate, and their populations have been decimated due to overfishing, marine heat waves and other environmental stressors.
The cooler temperatures come after a heat wave earlier this week.
That’s even before accounting for all the deaths from worsening heat waves, wildfires and storms spurred by climate change.
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