Brace Yourself, Austin: This Year's First 'Heat Dome' Is Coming

Austin Monthly Magazine

Brace Yourself, Austin: This Year's First 'Heat Dome' Is Coming

After a week of storms, we’re flipping the script with a dry and unseasonably hot forecast next week. Enter, the “Heat Dome.” In Texas, it’s a common phenomenon in July and August. But May? It’s way too early, in my opinion. Let’s break it down. What is a heat dome? Essentially, a heat dome is a system of high pressure sitting over a geographic area, acting like a pot lid trapping rising hot air. In low pressure systems, air rises, condenses, an…