Hot, Hotter, Hottest

Temple of Hephaestus in Athens   (Photo by LBM1948) 

As temperatures soar, new highs are being reached.  At almost 120 degrees Fahrenheit, Sicily may have just set “an all-time heat record for Europe.”

“Lucifer” is to blame, which is the name folks have given to the anticyclone root of this hotter than you-know-what wave.  Before this, Athens held the record at 118 degrees Fahrenheit, perhaps because of Hephaestus, later named Vulcan.

Resources

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/sicily-heat-wave-italy-may-have-hit-europes-hottest-day-on-record/ar-AANek9W?ocid=uxbndlbing