I just noticed that weather.gov has a new sister site, National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS), specifically to address issues around excessive heat and health at www.heat.gov.
On first glance it looks useful, not only addressing how many are under a heat advisory but with detailed map information to delineate where. The map can be used to follow current temperature although I am finding the circled colors hard to use except for a generalized insight as to heat load in specific areas. That may just be me. Climate outlook function doesn’t seem to be operating yet, but the last 2 menu options give extreme heat days and days above 90 degrees predicted for the year 2050.
There is a link to CDC Heat & Health Tracker providing some public health guidance for local communities to prepare for extreme heat.
The site also provides a Climate explorer link so you can educate yourself about climate change predictions. I would think that this may guide people in their choice of places to live should they choose to use this. But I am cautious about 2050 predictions as I have known young folks who chose to move to New Zealand because climate predication were that NZ would be among the last habitable places. NASA global climate maps of the past years, current conditions and future predictions look like that may be a very short lived situation indeed. climate.nasa.gov/...
Other links on the website like tools and information, who is at risk and climate and health outlook are well displayed. There are links to a Heat webinar series by NIHHIS, a Heat season awareness campaign, an EPA launch ”Let’s talk about Heat”, and an announcement of a collaboration between HHS and NOAA.
I’m going to be spending some time exploring what this website has to offer as it looks comprehensive and a good collaboration between public health and climate predictions.