Not everyone agrees, however. The National Weather Service has no official definition for "heat dome" in its glossary, and meteorologists there are less likely to use the term. "I've heard in the ...

The pressure also prevents other weather systems that might cool down an area - such as rain clouds - from forming. A heat dome that struck the south-western US last July was described by the NWS ...

The culprit for the sultry weather is an unusually intense and expansive area of high pressure, also referred to as a "heat dome," that is parking itself over the South Central U.S. The clockwise ...

the lead meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Phoenix. “This year we had a record-hot June, so it started early ...

Much of Australia is baking through the hottest spring weather in years this week as temperatures surge as much as 13°C above ...

Tucson baked through an almost endlessly hot October, with hot days averaging more than eight degrees above normal and ...

A large dust storm - also known as a haboob - struck central California disrupting traffic and downing trees. Dozens were ...

Large parts of Queensland, the Northern Territory and northern Western Australia remain under heatwave warnings today as hot ...

Scientists create aerogels using nanoscale Fuller-dome architecture to achieve superior thermal insulation at one-third the ...

The majority of the US will be gripped by extremely high temperatures this weekend. The National Weather Service predicts that some places will see temperatures as much as 10 to 15 degrees ...

The National Hurricane Center said Wednesday it is tracking a system in the Caribbean that could soon strengthen into ...