{"id":291225,"date":"2026-05-13T13:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/291225\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T13:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:36:10","slug":"100-degree-heat-dome-could-scorch-parts-of-texas-this-week-heres-whe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/291225\/","title":{"rendered":"100-degree heat dome could scorch parts of Texas this week. Here\u2019s whe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An unseasonable heat wave gripping the western United States is projected to expand into the nation\u2019s heartland on Wednesday and Thursday,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/weather\/article\/austin-forecast-texas-storms-high-winds-tuesday-22252991.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">sending temperatures soaring<\/a> across portions of Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Panhandle, including cities like Amarillo and Lubbock, has yet to officially reach 100 degrees this year, but that could change in the coming days as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/weather\/article\/austin-forecast-texas-weekend-hot-muggy-heat-index-22220778.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">highs climb into the upper 90s<\/a> and low 100s, rivaling record highs.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/exper\/ndfd\/ndfd.html?fbclid=IwAR1vualqc3oVbWQKtzCAlJ6ACCdXKr0uU7Gpma5Byfc0OFkjLSPHyFqlNdI\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">the record high in Amarillo is 95 degrees<\/a>, set in 1960, while the forecast high is 94 degrees. On Thursday,\u00a0Borger, about 40 miles northeast of Amarillo,\u00a0will reach 101 degrees, which would easily surpass the town\u2019s record high of 98 degrees set in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>A typical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/weather\/article\/austin-weather-texas-heat-dome-spring-start-22085291.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">summertime weather pattern<\/a>, featuring a strong ridge of high atmospheric pressure, is developing earlier than usual across the western two-thirds of the country.<\/p>\n<p>This \u201cheat dome\u201d produced by high pressure is expected to bring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/weather\/article\/austin-forecast-texas-extreme-heat-near-records-22222057.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">several days of intense heat<\/a> as the system gradually shifts eastward toward the East Coast by the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/weather\/article\/austin-weather-texas-heat-dome-spring-start-22085291.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">heat dome<\/a> is basically the result of high air pressure staying over a region for an extended amount of time. The increased atmospheric pressure does two things: It forces air to sink downward and the air heats up because of the compression near the surface. The sinking air prevents water vapor from rising high enough to form rain clouds and the drier air can heat up faster, sending temperatures to levels well above normal.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past several days, this weather feature has sent temperatures in Death Valley, Calif., to 112 degrees, tying the daily record on Sunday, and Las Vegas topped out at 104 degrees, while Phoenix was a sizzling 109 degrees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ridge of high pressure is expected to weaken slightly and shift eastward by the weekend, allowing the Texas dry line that separates dry and humid air to become more active and bring chances for rain and thunderstorms from the Panhandle into West Texas. Until then, hot and dry weather will persist, while gusty winds on Wednesday and Thursday increase the threat of wildfires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An unseasonable heat wave gripping the western United States is projected to expand into the nation\u2019s heartland on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-291225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}