Clodfobble wrote:

On the one hand, I look at that and say, "Pssh." But on the other hand, most places in your area don't have standard A/C installed, do they? Because that would definitely make a difference.

Yeah.  That would be us.

Crispy!

 

I don't know you guys are coping down south - it's been pretty intolerable up here in Yorkshire, but I think you guys have a few degrees on us. 

The nights are the worst - its too hot to sleep and an open window is pointless if there's no air movement

Last edited by DanaC (8/14/2022 7:54 am)

Come to Death Valley, CA, it's flooded.
Speed week at Bonneville Salt flats was cancelled this year because it was too wet.
Yet most of the west/southwest is in the worst drought in 1400 years.

View the jet stream these past years.  I don't remember seeing it going completely north and south so often.
 

My nearest town, Ukiah, CA, had 117 last week, second only to Death Valley for the US that day. Purple dot north of SF.

An extremely rare event - especially this late in the seasons.  A tropical storm is forming in the North Atlantic where water temperatures are typically too cold for such events.  From the National Hurricane Center (www.nhc.noaa.gov):

1. Central Subtropical Atlantic:
Shower and thunderstorm activity continues to show signs of organization in association with an area of low pressure located several hundred miles east-northeast of Bermuda. This low has been acquiring tropical characteristics during the last 24 hours, and environmental conditions appear conducive for additional development. The system is likely to become a tropical or subtropical storm later today while it moves generally east-northeastward.  By late Wednesday night or early Thursday, the system is expected to become fully extratropical and merge with a larger non-tropical low over the north-central Atlantic.  For more information on this system, including Storm Warnings, see High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service.

These type storms often head for the British Isles.
 

The drought has caused the Mississippi river to drop... a lot.


This has put a hurtin' on shipping up and down the river. Very little cargo is moving and shipping costs are skyrocketing for the two of the biggies, grain going down and petroleum going up.

It doesn't exist.  Extremists (such as the senator from Oklahoma) said so.  So it must be true.  That picture must be lying.  (And the election was stolen.  And Saddam really had WMDs.  Extremists said so.  It must be true.)

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Maaaan, this is Kentucky.  We are not built for this.



Brr?

Nay nay...

Brr!
 

Issued: 3:26 PM Dec. 23, 2022 – National Weather Service...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Dangerously cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low
as 30 below zero. Winds will be 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 40 to
50 mph.

* WHERE...In New York, Schuyler, Chemung, Tompkins, Madison,
Cortland, Chenango, Otsego, Tioga, Broome, Delaware and
Sullivan counties. In Pennsylvania, Susquehanna, Northern
Wayne, Wyoming, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike and Southern Wayne
counties.

* WHEN...Until 1 PM EST Saturday.

* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed
skin in as little as 30 minutes. Tree limbs could be blown down
and scattered power outages may result.

* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Avoid outside activities if possible. When outside, make sure you
wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves.