Heat wave
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A heat wave is a long period of extremely hot weather, which may be followed by high humidity. There is no definition of a heat wave that everyone agrees on;[1] the term depends on the usual weather in the area. Temperatures that people from a hotter climate consider normal can be called a heat wave in a cooler area if they are outside the normal climate pattern for that area.[2] The term is used on both common weather changes and to very hot spells which may occur only once a century.
References[change]
- ↑ Meehl, George A.; Tebaldi, Claudia (August 13, 2004). "More Intense, More Frequent, and Longer Lasting Heat Waves in the 21st Century". Science 305 (5686). http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/305/5686/994.
- ↑ Robinson, Peter J. (April 2001). "On the Definition of a Heat Wave". Journal of Applied Meteorology (American Meteorological Society) 40 (4): 762-775. http://ams.allenpress.com/amsonline/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2F1520-0450(2001)040%3C0762:OTDOAH%3E2.0.CO%3B2.
