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It was 96° at my house today in the hills of northeast Tennessee... and this is around 1550 ft. elevation. I was on the west side of downtown earlier... a little lower in elevation... it was 99°.
A heatwave is South Florida in the summer. The heat here is relentless, constant, and doesnt dissipate until late October.
There are no breaks in the heat----no summer cool fronts or rains that cool off the area. We get our storms, but when they stop the heat sizzles again and you roast.
The temps rarely go higher than 93 or 94, but the constant humidity of 60-75% keeps the heat index over 100 degrees.
I know some folks in Arizona or Texas will counter----but south Florida is a constant heatwave and drencher.
A heatwave is South Florida in the summer. The heat here is relentless, constant, and doesnt dissipate until late October.
There are no breaks in the heat----no summer cool fronts or rains that cool off the area. We get our storms, but when they stop the heat sizzles again and you roast.
The temps rarely go higher than 93 or 94, but the constant humidity of 60-75% keeps the heat index over 100 degrees.
I know some folks in Arizona or Texas will counter----but south Florida is a constant heatwave and drencher.
South Florida is a great place to visit but I cannot imagine living there during the summer.
The "relief" here this week will be highs in the upper 80s instead of mid to upper 90s.
Plants dry out in heatwaves, but mostly because they can't handle the heat, or the faster evaporation rate.
We can easily have rain (convective t-storm) in a heatwave cool us of to 85-88 F midday, only for the temps to spike back into the 90's F by 6-7pm.
A heatwave here usually means dewpoints above 72 F with highs above 90 F.
I'm speaking of heatwave conditions in Dallas. Rain tends to cool things down substantially here (around 10 degrees or more in summer)...even though it raises humidity...there is usually a nice breeze. 83 degrees, high humidity and a nice wind is quite a bit different than 95-105 degrees, moderate humidity and no rain. In some places like Florida, rain and heat go hand in hand...just not here.
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