Scorching ‘heat dome’ to send NYC temps soaring past 100: Here’s how to stay cool

A ‘heat dome’ will strike the northeast this week, sending Big Apple real-feel temperatures soaring past the mid-90s — and city dwellers should start preparing now for what could be a historic scorcher, experts told The Post.

The torrid weather is expected to roll into New York City around Tuesday, with the mercury rising to about 90 degrees on Tuesday and creeping up from there, according to the AccuWeather forecast.

Temperatures will likely reach their high-water mark on Thursday and Friday — with both days expected to top 95 degrees, AccuWeather said.

But it will likely feel even hotter, with peak heat index values in northern New Jersey, southern Connecticut and New York City expected to hit 100 to 105 degrees, the National Weather Service said in a hazardous weather warning issued Sunday.

“Not only is it going to be hot, it’s going to be stagnant conditions,” FOX Weather meteorologist Steve Bender said. “You’re not going to have any kind of breeze that will cool you off either by the time we get into the middle to latter half of the week.”

The tremendous warmth will be held in what’s known as a “heat dome,” or a hot air mass that develops when a high-pressure system traps the warm air below it, blocking it from rising into the atmosphere, according to New Scientist.