How to Use heat dome in a Sentence

heat dome

noun
  • How long will this heat dome last?
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Some heat dome events can last for weeks at a time, but this one thankfully will not.
    — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026
  • Despite the Garros heat dome, cold dread.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • This week’s heat dome is caused by a stubborn ridge of high pressure that has trapped hot air over the West like a lid on a pot.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
  • This is definitely an example of a heat dome.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
  • But the bigger story is the widespread heat dome and the dangerous heat that follows.
    — Kansas City Star, 27 June 2026
  • The recent stretch of sweltering spring days is thanks to a gigantic heat dome that is moving east slowly.
    — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The extreme conditions are driven by a heat dome, a high pressure weather system that can trap heat for days, even weeks.
    — Taylor Ward, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • To make matters worse, air sinks in such heat domes and can warm even more due to something called adiabatic compression.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • The extreme temperatures are being caused by a heat dome – an area of high pressure that acts like a lid, trapping hot air.
    — Scott Neuman, NPR, 30 June 2026
  • By the way, a different heat dome brought record temperatures to Europe last week.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The weather sprouts from a heat dome affecting millions of Americans this week.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Florida, along with a large part of the United States, will be under a heat dome this weekend.
    — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • Swaths of Europe are baking under a heat dome, a vast area of stagnant high pressure that acts like a lid on a pot, trapping heat.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
  • The worsening heat over the coming days is caused by the large ridge of high pressure, which will eventually become a mega heat dome next week.
    — Greg Porter, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The punishing temperatures are the result of a heat dome parked over the continent for the second time in two months.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
  • The western heat dome expands into Texas, blocking cooler air and bringing a chance for record highs through the weekend.
    — Mary Wasson, Austin American Statesman, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The spiking temperatures will be caused by a large ridge of high pressure, which will eventually become a mega heat dome.
    — Joaquin Palomino, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026
  • This also squelches any storm activity, and heat domes can act like detour signs in the atmosphere, rerouting storms around them.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The extreme weather sprouts from a heat dome affecting millions of Americans this week across the country.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • The eastern United States is experiencing record-breaking heat this week, thanks to what is known as a heat dome.
    — Amy Marturana Winderl, Washington Post, 1 July 2026
  • These intense heat waves are sometimes referred to as heat domes given how this pattern can redirect the jet stream in a near circle around the high pressure area.
    — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026
  • Europe has been broiling under unseasonable highs starting in mid-June, all of it tied to a heat dome locked in over the continent.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2026
  • The weather is being driven by a heat dome—a block of high pressure that traps hot air—hovering over Western Europe.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 May 2026
  • Just don’t forget the sunscreen — a heat dome is expected to push temperatures close to 100 degrees.
    — Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 2 July 2026
  • The summer of 2026 is expected to be hotter than normal, with extreme heat, heat domes and a greater risk of getting sick from the heat.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • Baltimore will be impacted by extreme heat this week as a climate phenomenon known as a heat dome moves over parts of the East Coast.
    — Eric Lyons, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • The heat, which is already building in the Southwest, comes courtesy of a strong area of high pressure, or ridge in the upper atmosphere, also known as a heat dome.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Where heat domes are hitting hardest in 2026 This summer’s extreme heat is not isolated to one region.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, a strong ridge of high pressure will lead to a heat dome, building along the Pacific coast before expanding toward Texas.
    — Mary Wasson, Austin American Statesman, 18 Mar. 2026

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