This weather is awful!! 2008-2021

[Dtail]

Seems like Elsa's predicted track might be edging slightly eastward now.

Passing pretty close to Tampa, but slowly the prediction is getting closer to the Euro model, which is much further east.

 

[NW-Bound]

On Monday I talked with a former neighbor who now lives in Kamloops. He was telling me about how Lytton, a little town near them had set the all time record high for Canada. Really surprised by the news about the fire.

I understand the population is around 250 and the fire was moving so fast most folks left with nothing but what they were wearing.

Kamloops itself was on fire yesterday. Kamloops was a larger city, with a population of near 100,000.

On the way back from Alaska in an RV trip in 2018, we made a stop in Kamloops. It was in July, and the average high was supposedly a pleasant 79F. I remember it being a bit warm then, in the low 90s when we were there.

 

[ShokWaveRider]

It is Peeing down here in NE Fla this morning. Been great until today. Outer bands are coming in.

 

[Dtail]

We didn't get any significant rain until 10:30pm last night. Lots of rain but minimal wind throughout the night.
A success overall.

 

[ShokWaveRider]

We didn't get any significant rain until 10:30pm last night. Lots of rain but minimal wind throughout the night.
A success overall.

I Hope you guys fair it well. You are more in line that we are. We got nothing till 9am today. Not much wind, just rain. But honestly, really we are used to it. We have storm drains in our development. Others are not sol lucky just a couple of miles away they have "Swails" that are constantly overflowing.

Take Care.

 

[W2R]

We didn't get any significant rain until 10:30pm last night. Lots of rain but minimal wind throughout the night.
A success overall.

How terrific to hear that! I was a little concerned for our Floridians when Elsa resumed her hurricane status for a while yesterday. Now, looks like rain, rain, rain, as TS Elsa begins moving up the east coast from Florida.

SO glad that this isn't "our storm" for once.

 

[Dtail]

I Hope you guys fair it well. You are more in line that we are. We got nothing till 9am today. Not much wind, just rain. But honestly, really we are used to it. We have storm drains in our development. Others are not sol lucky just a couple of miles away they have "Swails" that are constantly overflowing.

Take Care.

Our complex have storm drains too. Big difference vs. the non sloped flat streets with no drains which always flood.
Early in the hurricane season still.....

 

[audreyh1]

On Monday I talked with a former neighbor who now lives in Kamloops. He was telling me about how Lytton, a little town near them had set the all time record high for Canada. Really surprised by the news about the fire.

I understand the population is around 250 and the fire was moving so fast most folks left with nothing but what they were wearing.

Yeah, unbelievable!

After breaking the all-time Canada record high, the town was destroyed by wildfire on June 30.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfire-lytton-residents-return-home-1.6096115

 

[1242Vintage]

Going to be a hot one in CA today. 109 predicted at our place.

With both an earthquake this week and now the heat today it’s a “Shake and Bake” situation.

 

[RAE]

On Monday I talked with a former neighbor who now lives in Kamloops. He was telling me about how Lytton, a little town near them had set the all time record high for Canada. Really surprised by the news about the fire.

I understand the population is around 250 and the fire was moving so fast most folks left with nothing but what they were wearing.

With climate change upon us, this kind of thing is unfortunately going to be happening more and more in the coming months and years. Paradise, California was destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire a couple years ago; over 80 people died as they had no time to escape. The ground is so dry already from the extended severe drought that these abnormal heat waves are able to dry out the vegetation until it is tinder dry. The lack of water in the soil means that there is nothing to evaporate, so the heat just continues to dry out the vegetation. Very scary situation.

 

[W2R]

Going to be a hot one in CA today. 109 predicted at our place.

With both an earthquake this week and now the heat today it’s a “Shake and Bake” situation.

It's hot here in New Orleans, too, but not THAT hot! I know lots of people love the weather out in CA but that's too hot for me, especially if it is dry and there is a drought. Right now it is 94F here, with high of 91F predicted (yeah, I know! ). My AC has no trouble keeping my house nice and cool, and in fact isn't even cycled on at the moment. Our high yesterday was only 89, because it was raining.

That earthquake was scary and I was afraid you'd have more, greater quakes afterwards but I guess not. Thank goodness!

 

[audreyh1]

Sounds like the people of Lytton are skeptical that it was a natural wildfire.

Concerns about trains passing through there among other things.

 

[Montecfo]

83 degrees here in Nova. 45 percent humity and sunny. One of the best days of summer so far, as I sit by the pool.

 

[NW-Bound]

As I get older, my comfort zone has really narrowed in terms of temperature range. Not sure about the cold side, but I now find 110F unbearable.

This morning when the temperature was a mere 100F and the dew point at 70F, I was sweating when doing some light maintenance work in the backyard, in the shade.

It's a good thing I now can use the pool more with the shade sails strung over it. Yesterday, my wife went swimming without being urged, and she jumped right into the pool. That was unusual because she always complained of the water being cold. I measured the water temperature: 87F. Dang!

I never knew the water got that warm, because in past years we stayed indoors all the time when it got this hot. Those shade sails are really worth the trouble.

 

[timo2]

As I get older, my comfort zone has really narrowed in terms of temperature range. Not sure about the cold side, but I now find 110F unbearable.

That's a good one

 

[NW-Bound]

I am going swimming now, and my wife will join me.

Water temperature is 88F, or 89F, depending on which end of the pool I measure. I measured 87F a few days ago.

Come to think of it, the water should track the average temperature of the air, which is never lower than 91F. So, I figure the few degrees of difference is due to the cooling of the water by evaporation. With the increased humidity in the monsoon season, the evaporation is reduced, hence the warmer water.

 

[NW-Bound]

I am back from the swim. That was good. I told my wife we should be doing this every afternoon.

Speaking of Lytton, a small town in BC, Canada, that suffered a temperature high of 116F, then 118F the next day, then 121F, followed by a fire that destroyed the town, here's what's left after a quick spreading fire of mere 23 minutes. The town has a population of 249. Two died of the fire.

 

[Koolau]

I am going swimming now, and my wife will join me.

Water temperature is 88F, or 89F, depending on which end of the pool I measure. I measured 87F a few days ago.

Come to think of it, the water should track the average temperature of the air, which is never lower than 91F. So, I figure the few degrees of difference is due to the cooling of the water by evaporation. With the increased humidity in the monsoon season, the evaporation is reduced, hence the warmer water.

I guess that's the disadvantage of the "dry heat" everyone talks about.

 

[NW-Bound]

That's a good one

I don't know if you were thinking that I was making a humble brag, but long-time dwellers of the SW have to be able to stand 115-120F or they would scoot out of here quickly.

Yes, 110F in places like New Orleans would kill you, but in the dry heat, 110F should be tolerable, in the shade that is.

I still remember back in my late 20s, once taking a 1-week vacation to stay home to build a brick patio paved with red clay bricks. It was meant to be a place to put a spa that I was going to buy. I had two or three pallets of brick delivered, and got to work on it.

That week, the temperature reached higher than 115F. When I came back to work, learned from my boss that they were talking about me, and whether I was able to do any work that week. It was rough, but I did it.

Thinking back, don't we all amaze ourselves with what we could do in our youth?

I just came back from the backyard. Before I even had coffee, came out to inspect the damage from a wind and dust storm last night. The shade sails over the pool survived, but there were a lot of leaves and debris in the pool to be scooped out. After I finished the chore, came back inside with my T-shirt all wet from the profuse sweat. The temperature? A mere 92F, but the dew point is 70F. It's not that dry anymore, now that the monsoon is here.

So, in the earlier post, I thought I might survive 110F if I stayed in the shade, and did nothing but to breathe. Now, I am not so sure.

 

[Car-Guy]

It's really been an unusual weather pattern here in my part of Texas "so far" this summer... I think we've seen the mid 90's a few times so far this summer "and" the projected high this week is only about 92.. Right now, at ~11am, in almost mid July, and the outside temp is 72....

 

[NW-Bound]

While I was inside the house taking refuge from the heat, my wife continued to work outside to tend to her plants. She then came inside to tell me she got to take a dip in the pool, because it was so hot.

So, I joined her and took a morning swim instead of the usual afternoon dip. Back out of the pool after doing 20 laps. And it's barely 9AM. Now, what do I do the rest of the day?

 

[W2R]

We were eating lunch at our usual restaurant, when suddenly the winds kicked up and it started to thunder and absolutely pour rain! Wasn't supposed to rain today, either. Anyway, we finished lunch, sat there about an hour, and then decided to run to the car (which was parked about 6 feet outside the door).

The rain was blowing sideways and very heavy/torrential. When I stepped out in it, I got drenched faster than if I had stepped into my shower fully dressed. Seriously it was as though I had been dunked in a swimming pool just after walking that 6 feet; on the way home I was dripping water all over his car's interior. What a storm!

Also the large drainage canals that we have here for flood prevention filled up shockingly fast. Our route home goes alongside one of them almost the whole way. You could hardly see the road or where the edge of the canal was. I told him I didn't want to drown in a locked car upside down in the canal so please be careful. He was. As soon as I got home I changed to dry clothes (even my underwear was soaked), but my hair is still dripping wet. Sitting here in my air conditioned house, I'm about freezing. And envious as I think of all you people coping with the heat.

 

[O2Bfree]

After a record breaking heatwave here in the Seattle area, the weather has been uncharacteristically perfect. Day temps in the 70s, nights in the upper 50s-low 60s, with 40-60% humidity. No rain for weeks. Hoping we don't start getting a lot of wildfire smoke like last year. Some plants are starting to show signs of distress though, time to drag the hose around to give some relief.

 

[NW-Bound]

...Sitting here in my air conditioned house, I'm about freezing. And envious as I think of all you people coping with the heat.

Envious of the heat? Be careful what you wish for.

Seeing how some parts of the country have water up to their nose, literally, while other parts are bone dry, I simply cannot get too excited about far-out space programs that have undefined benefits. Could that money be used to bring water from the wet places to the dry places? How much would it cost? If doable, that's a lot more practical than pie-in-the-sky programs.

 

[W2R]

Envious of the heat? Be careful what you wish for.

Seeing how some parts of the country have water up to their nose, literally, while other parts are bone dry, I simply cannot get too excited about far-out space programs that have undefined benefits. Could that money be used to bring water from the wet places to the dry places? How much would it cost? If doable, that's a lot more practical than pie-in-the-sky programs.

Well, I have warmed up a bit by now. Turned up the thermostat from 72F to 75F, put on some thick socks, and got a lightweight blanket out, to use as I sit on my recliner reading the forum. My hair is almost dried out (I know, I should have used my hair dryer, but didn't).

Today's rains probably were not a very good example of too much water. We only had an inch or two of rain. But it came down extremely rapidly, and the strong winds blew it all through our hair and clothing.