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I had to look that one up and yes, it's above 100. The site said a humidex over 45 was dangerous. When this kind of heat doesn't last long, it's bearable, but here in Texas, it doesn't end for so many months. Horrible. We're literally frying here with no rain. Animals and crops are dying ... so sad!! The news had a deal on the TV the other night that a steak actually was cooked on the dashboard of a car in Dallas. It took two hours, but it was cooked. Ugh!! I so can't wait until November!!
I recently flew over Texas and Oklahoma, and was shocked by how brown everything looks from the air. I've flown this route on numerous ocassions, and you generally see green grasses and lawns in eastern Texas and Oklahoma. However, this time, I saw brown all the way into almost central Arkansas before fields began looking green. It was hard to distinguish from the areas that are always brown, such as in New Mexico and far western Texas, and places much farther east.
Today it was 105. The this is the 24th day in a row of temps above 100. Now it's the 4th on record and I'm sure it's gonna be the 3rd on record by tomorrow.
The heat is one reason why I won't live any further south than where I'm at now, unless I go up substantially higher in elevation like western North Carolina.
I have been watching the news and seeing how people all over the country are suffering from this heat wave. But I think back and have to wonder if this is all that out of the norm? I mean it seems to me every year I hear about someplace that is having a massive heat wave. Perhaps the difference here is that this heat wave encompasses most of the country. I am so foturnate to be here in Portland, OR. We are having a very mild summer and I am thankful for that as I am due to deliver a baby in 3 weeks. I believe we have had 4 days this whole year of temps over 80 degrees. And the forcast doesn't show much change. But I can remember 2 summers ago we had temps of 105 for about a week straight and we broke all sorts of weather records, so it can get hot up here too. I pray you all stay hydrated the best you can.
I have been watching the news and seeing how people all over the country are suffering from this heat wave. But I think back and have to wonder if this is all that out of the norm? I mean it seems to me every year I hear about someplace that is having a massive heat wave. Perhaps the difference here is that this heat wave encompasses most of the country. I am so foturnate to be here in Portland, OR. We are having a very mild summer and I am thankful for that as I am due to deliver a baby in 3 weeks. I believe we have had 4 days this whole year of temps over 80 degrees. And the forcast doesn't show much change. But I can remember 2 summers ago we had temps of 105 for about a week straight and we broke all sorts of weather records, so it can get hot up here too. I pray you all stay hydrated the best you can.
Averages include extremes. Furthermore, the United States is large enough that if one side of the country is warmer than normal, then the other side is typically cooler than normal. That's why the eastern U.S. is baking while the western U.S. is cool and quiet for the most part.
Averages include extremes. Furthermore, the United States is large enough that if one side of the country is warmer than normal, then the other side is typically cooler than normal. That's why the eastern U.S. is baking while the western U.S. is cool and quiet for the most part.
I sure haven't found any record lows in the West at the same time we have seen all the record highs in the East.
Averages include extremes. Furthermore, the United States is large enough that if one side of the country is warmer than normal, then the other side is typically cooler than normal. That's why the eastern U.S. is baking while the western U.S. is cool and quiet for the most part.
All due to the jet stream and the ridge over the east and trough over the west.
I sure haven't found any record lows in the West at the same time we have seen all the record highs in the East.
That's because it is summer. If it were winter, it's possible you could see record lows courtesy of a dipping trough. Cold arctic air is generally associated with a cold air mass from the arctic regions that dips down when the jet stream dips down. Since the Arctic is in summer, the air isn't as cold this time of year. Thus, you can see cooler temperatures, but they're generally not that extreme.
I like a nice hot day for going to the beach, tubing down the river, sitting by the pool, and all the other summer activities that I love. San Fransisco? No thanks!
If it's 70 or above, I ain't going to the beach. If it's sunny, I ain't going unless it's low 50s or less. I do like going to the beach when it's cool and overcast or just cold though.
The only exception to that is if I'm in the tropics somewhere with a dense, active coral reef, as I like snorkeling, but even then, I hate the heat and the sun.
You're not going to see us southerners whining like little babies over the hot temperatures.
That's cool, but the reason I don't live in the south any longer in the first place is that I hate the heat. I hate it enough that I wonder why I moved to the NYC area rather than Greenland or someplace like that. I don't just complain about the weather when it's a heat wave, I hate even the upper 70s. When it's going to be, say, in the upper-80s and sunny, and the weather man says it's going to be a "beautiful day", I want to shoot him. That's a horrible day in my book. A beautiful day would be 55 and overcast.
I don't get why people who like the sun that much don't put theatrical spotlights in every room, pointed right at them. That's what it feels like to me when I go outside and it's sunny. And if you like heat that much, crank up a heater so that's it's in the 90s inside your house all the time. If I could afford it, I'd have central AC cranked up so that it's in the 50s in my house, because that's the temperature I like.
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