text: Since it is relatively very warm aloft over the eastern U.S. there is very little wind shear moving south into the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean because the jet stream is very far north over Canada. Climatologically this is the time of the year in which hurricanes form in the western Caribbean then move northward affecting the U.S. As the mega ridge brakes down what is now T.D. 16 will be pulled northward into the Gulf and probably strengthen getting a name, Nate:
  It’s too early to tell exactly where this potential Nate will make landfall in the U.S. or how strong the system will be at landfall, but given the overall warmer than average atmosphere the storm will have to work with northward into the Gulf and warmer than average Gulf waters, our nation will be fortunate not to see another climate change related disaster. Nate will probably not get as strong as Harvey given the overall meteorological dynamics, though. I’ll update this post as we get closer to a Sunday landfall.
  Since its occurring in October and not in summer this heat dome has not translated to dangerous heat in the U.S. The heat dome will probably produce sine record highs before the week is out. Here are the maxed from Wednesday. Note the warm conditions that were underneath the heat dome:
  
  Sunday April 8th… Dear Diary. The main purpose of this ongoing post will be to track United States extreme or record temperatures related to climate change. Any reports I see of ETs will be listed below the main topic of the day. I’ll refer to extreme or record temperatures as ETs (not extraterrestrials)😊. Here is today’s main climate change related topic:
  I’ve been remiss not stating that global warming is not only a threat to humanity but for the entire biosphere as well. We know this from mass extinctions that occurred in Earth’s distant past when natural phenomena like volcanoes significantly raised the level of carbon in the atmosphere and thus temperature. Today I’ll be reporting about a new article linking levels of CO2 to eradication of many species: