Why Heat Waves in Poland Are Getting More Frequent | RainViewer Blog

TL;DR: Every heat wave runs on the same mechanism: a high-pressure system that parks over a region and refuses to move. Air sinking inside the high compresses and warms, while the same high blocks clouds and rain The heat lasts exactly as long as the blocking high stays put Blocking highs over Central Europe have grown more frequent, which climatologists tie to a changing jet stream The urban heat island keeps city nights from cooling down between hot days Duration, not the peak temperature, decides how damaging an episode really is A heat wave in Poland is no longer an exceptional event that