‘Corn sweat’ has turned up the heat in the US, pushing temperatures above 100 degrees for nearly 200 million people nationwide.
A thick wave of extreme humidity is expected to hit at least 30 states from the Plains to the East Coast boiling in a massive heat dome this week, with temperatures rising over 100 degrees, and scientists say ‘corn sweat’ is making the heat feel even worse.
As corn reaches its peak growth phase across the Corn Belt, in states like Iowa and Illinois, the fields started acting like steam machines, fueling dangerous heat that could last through the weekend.
They have started pumping thousands of gallons of water per acre into the air each day through a process called evapotranspiration, or corn sweat. That moisture gets trapped under the heat dome, turning the region into a huge sauna.
That heat dome is like a hot air bubble covering an area and trapping heat like a lid on a pot, keeping cooler air and rainstorms out. This makes everything underneath get hotter and hotter, with no way to cool down.
Officials warned that the heat index is expected to reach 110 to 115 degrees in parts of Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, and Indiana.
Major Midwest cities like Kansas City, Des Moines, and Chicago are all under heat watches or warnings through the night, as meteorologists have said the air will stay thick and damp even after the sun sets.
Justin Glisan, an Iowa State University climatologist, said: ‘The phenomenon as being thick and oppressive, particularly if there is no wind, like being fully clothed in a sauna or steam room.’
O.M.G. REALLY…….
So is ‘ corn sweat ‘ the next reason behind the so called global warming?
I guess ‘ cow farts ‘ is no longer a thing.
Heat and humidity is just part of summer time in the U.S.
” ‘The phenomenon as being thick and oppressive, particularly if there is no wind. ”
No wind ? How are the wind turbines going to work ?
Is it just that right now the weather patterns aren’t there to push away the humidity ?
Is a phenomenon real science ?
Isaiah 5:21
Way to misquote the word of the Lord NOTTHEIMPOSTERGIGI. Nobody believes you and we’re glad you sent another post so we can better track down your IP address and prove your identity when we go to the authorities with our criminal complaint and file our civil lawsuit for money damages. Thank you.
Wow, imagination us a wonderful thing. So when can we expect legislation to limit corn field size?
So now we have cornfields controlling the weather? Maybe someone can invent some form of electric corn to prevent this phenomenon.
Let me be the great informer……………………..IT IS SUMMERTIME!!!!!! For those of you who do not know………..summer is hot and humid. That’s just the way it is…………get over it!!!
And this winter will be COLD! It will be winter and winter is cold and snowy. NO! It is NOT global cooling!