As morning works its way westward around the planet, so does a wave of heat-expanded atmosphere, known as a thermal tide.
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Related problems were evidenced by the closures of central power plants across Europe during the heat wave of 2003 because river water temperatures rose to levels where cooling was not possible or environmentally acceptable.
It is more likely that cycling combined with the dehydrating effects of a ten-hour plane trip plus a heat wave threw his electrolytes out of balance and triggered an event.
This cool-down follows a heat wave that roasted much of the country for more than a week and contributed to dozens of heat-related deaths, including 18 in Maryland and 10 in Virginia, according to state officials.
Intel has warned that if the heat wave continues, the guts of a PC will one day generate the same heat--10, 800 degrees--as the surface of the sun.
But the earth itself radiating energy outwards in the form of long-wave heat rays.
We had a scorcher in Philadelphia today with temps hitting nearly 100 degrees (I think the official high was 96 degrees), marking the end (we hope) of a heat wave that saw schools close early.
The recent heat wave that has fried much of the country, ruined crops and led to heat-related deaths has again raised the question of whether this and other extreme weather events can be attributed to human-induced climate change.
The fourth Wednesday of July 2005 was the fifteenth day of a searing heat wave in the Northeast.
Millions in the central and eastern United States who experienced the latest heat wave got somewhat of a reprieve Monday.
And I have today directed the appropriate people in our federal government to expedite the analysis we're required to do about the effects of the recent heat wave on the need for emergency assistance under this program.
The cause was a rolling brownout, due to a California heat wave and excessive use of air conditioning.
This was, after all, the year of the epic summer heat wave, the hottest August ever recorded in the northern hemisphere.
Global food prices have jumped in recent months due to volatile and extreme weather conditions, particularly due to a drought in the US and a heat wave in some parts of Eastern Europe.
The cool-down follows a heat wave that roasted much of the country for more than a week and comes as the National Climatic Data Center reported the mainland United States has experienced the warmest 12 months since record-keeping began in 1895.
The heat wave that roasted much of the country for more than a week left scores dead and millions without power at one point -- many of them following a round of severe storms that swept the Mid-Atlantic states on June 29.
"Current indications are that this heat wave may continue for much of the upcoming work week, " the weather service's St.
An extended heat wave occurred during the summer of 1995 and particularly high ozone concentrations were recorded in the eastern United States.
If you doubt me, come to midtown Manhattan during an August heat wave and feel the blast of hot air from vents on buildings and the street.
In the first wave, Bush had a double-digit lead, but by the final wave of polling, the race had become a dead heat, indicating that the president's momentum had eroded.
In addition to those demand response dispatches, Constellation Energy was providing real-time market price information to many of its customers, thus giving them information on the value of curtailing energy use during the heat wave when power prices jumped.
As parts of Europe are engulfed by a brutal heat wave this summer, it makes one wonder: Who's getting it the worst?
In Delhi, the national capital, a recent heat wave compelled the government to mandate early shuttering of stores and a ban on home air-conditioner use until after 9 p.m.
Australia has been gripped by a summer heat wave with near-record temperatures and the action of court is promising to be just as hot.
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The weather is much less hospitable in most of the rest of the United States: this summer's heat-wave took 100 lives in Texas, for example.
We have always had huge day-to-day and year-to-year variations in our weather, and we always will do, and a couple of cold winters are no more evidence that climate change has stopped than a single summer heat-wave proves that global warming is happening.
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