Africa to India Heat Wave Mirrored Elsewhere

While residents of the eastern U.S. experience summerlike warmth thisweekend, parts of Africa to India will continue to experience summerlikeweather as well. Fueled by a large dome of high pressure, temperatures willsoar above 40 degrees C (104 degrees F) from Sudan to India.High temperatures have already exceeded 40 degrees C (104 degrees F) acrossthe Sudan during the past few days and could even reach 50 degrees C (122degrees F) this weekend. On the Arabian Peninsula, the high temperature atYaaloni, Oman exceeded 50 degrees C over the past few days.

Temperatures commonly exceed 40 degrees C during the months of June throughAugust, and can frequently reach 50 degrees C. Normal high temperatures for theend of April are in the 30s C (middle 80s to lower 100s F) throughoutnortheastern Africa to northern India.

Interestingly, according to AccuWeather.com, Long Range and Global WeatherPattern Expert Joe Bastardi, there is some correlation to the current sinkingair responsible for the sunshine and heat in southern Asia and other parts ofthe world. The current setup has allowed recent warm, sunny conditions overparts of Europe, and now the central and eastern U.S.

Parts of these areas may experience their greatest departures from normalduring the early time of the season, then trend close to or even below normalduring the mid- to late part of the summer.