Dallas Heat Wave 2018 (Fort Worth, Vega: electric, trees, area)

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by mSooner

You know, on the bright side, the shock has already started making temps in the low 90s look good. It's all relative, right?

(Until I run away somewhere like Tennessee where I don't have to engage in head games to make it through June)

Careful with that. My wife's company has an office in Franklin. It's hotter than you'd think in the summer and an order of magnitude colder in the winter - they have 5 months annually on average with wintertime overnight lows colder than our average January - their Dec., Jan., and Feb. would cause mass suicide here.

[mSooner]

Careful with that. My wife's company has an office in Franklin. It's hotter than you'd think in the summer and an order of magnitude colder in the winter - they have 5 months annually on average with wintertime overnight lows colder than our average January - their Dec., Jan., and Feb. would cause mass suicide here.

Sign me up. I walked down Franklin's gorgeous main street on a beautiful evening in late July--it was hot, but definitely not Texas hot. I'm okay til we hit 95. Then I start looking for ways to move.

[Aceraceae]

Originally Posted by EDS_

Careful with that. My wife's company has an office in Franklin. It's hotter than you'd think in the summer and an order of magnitude colder in the winter - they have 5 months annually on average with wintertime overnight lows colder than our average January - their Dec., Jan., and Feb. would cause mass suicide here.

Born and raised on the Cumberland plateau between Nashville and Knoxville. Gotta say the weather is better there imo.

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by mSooner

Sign me up. I walked down Franklin's gorgeous main street on a beautiful evening in late July--it was hot, but definitely not Texas hot. I'm okay til we hit 95. Then I start looking for ways to move.

It is a gorgeous town. Just don't underestimate the winters.

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by Aceraceae

Born and raised on the Cumberland plateau between Nashville and Knoxville. Gotta say the weather is better there imo.

Understood. And at the same time you might understand why I prefer the weather here. That said that odd bowl effect humidity thing around Knoxville is hard to describe. But man the country up there is beautiful!.

[hbdwihdh378y9]

Originally Posted by Dallaz

I’m not trying to be rude but did y’all listen in science class? Relative Humidity IS NOT the accurate measure of moisture in the air. Dew point is the only way that humidity can be accurately measured.

Dew point is not a measurement. It's a statement of the result of a measurement.

And it's a statement that means a lot less to people than relative humidity (which will also tell you the absolute amount of moisture in the air or dew point if you know the temperature), since people want to know whether their perspiration will evaporate to cool them.

Relative humidity tells them this without their having to stick the dew point into a formula to get the number they actually care about.

As of right now, it is 96 degrees but it feels like 103 because the dew point is at 70 degrees.

It can't "feel like 103" because there is no such thing as 103 in the abstract. The "feels like" thing is subjective, but you haven't even stated a subjective feeling. Try something like, "Right now, it's 96 degrees, but I feel the way I feel when it's 103 with a relative humidity of 20% in the shade with everything else such as my clothing and hydration level held constant." Or whatever. Something that has an actual meaning.

[Dallaz]

A Heat Advisory has been issued today for the Metroplex until 7 pm. The heat index will be from 105-110 degrees.

Map of forecasted heat indices: https://www.weather.gov/images/fwd/g...fecab09338490e

[Dallaz]

Originally Posted by hbdwihdh378y9

Dew point is not a measurement. It's a statement of the result of a measurement.

And it's a statement that means a lot less to people than relative humidity (which will also tell you the absolute amount of moisture in the air or dew point if you know the temperature), since people want to know whether their perspiration will evaporate to cool them.

Relative humidity tells them this without their having to stick the dew point into a formula to get the number they actually care about.

It can't "feel like 103" because there is no such thing as 103 in the abstract. The "feels like" thing is subjective, but you haven't even stated a subjective feeling. Try something like, "Right now, it's 96 degrees, but I feel the way I feel when it's 103 with a relative humidity of 20% in the shade with everything else such as my clothing and hydration level held constant." Or whatever. Something that has an actual meaning.

Well, I guess my science professor lied when she was talking about Dew point....

[hbdwihdh378y9]

Not lying. Just stressing something that's not very important because, at any given temperature, the dew point will tell you the relatiive humidity and the relative humidity will tell you the dew point.


Temperature, Dewpoint, and Relative Humidity Calculator

[Dallaz]

Originally Posted by hbdwihdh378y9

Not lying. Just stressing something that's not very important because, at any given temperature, the dew point will tell you the relatiive humidity and the relative humidity will tell you the dew point.


Temperature, Dewpoint, and Relative Humidity Calculator

I use that calculator quite often