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Old 04-30-2010, 04:07 AM
 
Location: Subarctic maritime Melbourne
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This is part II of the next month of this heatwave:

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Keep in mind, I know Phoenix can probably put these numbers up as well for 3-4 months straight, but this was a HUMID heat! Really hated it. Although §AB is more than welcome to switch with me, oh wait....I don't like annoying rain almost all the time, so sorry...
Too beautful for words. That's what a summer ought to be.

All the idiots on the nazi weather forums who freak out at the one 40C day and 25C night we get per year could learn a thing or two about what a real summer is.
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Old 04-30-2010, 09:13 AM
 
Location: Newcastle NSW Australia
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Real summer is cities in the Persian Gulf and Arabian peninsula, cities like Baghdad and Dubai get 40C or 110F for weeks on end.
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Old 04-30-2010, 09:31 AM
 
Location: New York City
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I would dread a summer like that.
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Old 05-05-2010, 11:57 PM
 
Location: Golden, CO
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Did you ever see Pitch Black 2 where the sun rises and it goes up like a thousand degrees in a few seconds and people burn up.... I think they filmed that scene here.
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Old 05-06-2010, 06:36 PM
 
Location: New York City
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Did you ever see Pitch Black 2 where the sun rises and it goes up like a thousand degrees in a few seconds and people burn up.... I think they filmed that scene here.
Crematoria in the Chronicles of Riddick? Perfect place for SAB.

Ironically, one of the characters (forget who), says "If I owned Crematoria and hell, I'd rent out Crematoria and live in hell." which General Sheridan said about Texas
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Old 05-11-2010, 03:09 AM
 
Location: Eastern Sydney, Australia
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Adelaide heatwaves seem to be impressive even for Oz.

I think their record highest high and low is something like 115/97 F;
sounds like mild heatwave in the SW USA's low deserts. (Palm Springs CA, Phoenix, AZ...)
Most cities in Australia have never recorded a low at 90+ F.

I can only imagine what a low of 97 F would feel like,
accompanied by humidity under 40% and steady desert winds... occuring in the dark, just before sun-up.
It is! To get a low that high is very remarkable, by our standards, and, even more so by coastal standards, but the much lower humidity makes it more far more bearable than a humid one! If Sydney got a low of 35oC with over 75% humidity *shudders*

In fact where state capital "extreme minimums" are concerned, Adelaide tops the list.
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Old 05-11-2010, 04:11 AM
 
Location: Wellington and North of South
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It is! To get a low that high is very remarkable, by our standards, and, even more so by coastal standards, but the much lower humidity makes it more far more bearable than a humid one! If Sydney got a low of 35oC with over 75% humidity *shudders*

In fact where state capital "extreme minimums" are concerned, Adelaide tops the list.
I don't think that could happen. You'd have to shatter some local or Aus. dewpoint records (but Dubai on the other hand has had world record dewpoints of aorund 34-35C, equivalent to 35C with 100% humidity).
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Old 05-11-2010, 04:28 AM
 
Location: Eastern Sydney, Australia
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I don't think that could happen. You'd have to shatter some local or Aus. dewpoint records (but Dubai on the other hand has had world record dewpoints of aorund 34-35C, equivalent to 35C with 100% humidity).
Emphasis being on the word "IF"
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Old 05-13-2010, 05:39 AM
 
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
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Dubai on the other hand has had world record dewpoints of aorund 34-35C, equivalent to 35C with 100% humidity
So a heat index of 72 C?
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Location: Western Massachusetts
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Highest heat index recorded is 78°C from a dewpoint of 35°C and a temperature of 42°C in Saudi Arabia. Ouch.
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