[TANaples]

Originally Posted by dmccauley

Well I'm in Sarasota and its only noon. My windows are fogged up and the weather channel says feels like 109 (and it sure does) with humidity of 71%. We are not even at the hottest time of the day yet. Please Rain.

so many times it looks like it is going to rain, and then nothing. I could use the rain, and I am sure all the grass, trees, plants, etc., could use the rain too.

In the past couple of weeks, we have had a lot of lightening, with no rain. I have seen air to ground lightening strikes and soon after had heard the sound of fire engins. That is not good. The ground is very, very dry. No rain and a lot of lightening, is going to cause a lot of fires.

[Bette]

I like the heat, considering I'm in air conditioning most of the day. I love the water, the beach and the sunlight!!

[doggiebus]

Ft. Lauderdale hit 100F on Monday and Miami hit 98F(though the car said it was 100F outside) now add in the humidity I hate to know what the feels like temp was, and we are still only in June. I hate see what August will be like.

[stars99]

A storm front is moving in right now where I am. It didn't rain here at all yesterday.

[Rock Newman]

Originally Posted by doggiebus

Ft. Lauderdale hit 100F on Monday and Miami hit 98F(though the car said it was 100F outside) now add in the humidity I hate to know what the feels like temp was, and we are still only in June. I hate see what August will be like.

The storms really cooled off the temperatures though ..... I am in Parkland and after some scary moments it is now 74 degrees outside .

[KathyA11]

Originally Posted by TANaples

Do NOT buy a car with leather interior if you live in Florida. Park under trees if at all possible. Do NOT leave your car sitting in direct sunlight for 8 hours while you are at work. Wear protective hand covering while attempting to enter said car to avoid 3rd degree burns.

The above advice applies to the NYC area in the summer, too.

[KathyA11]

Originally Posted by floridaorbust

As for the heat and humidity. You don't have to shovel it, snow blow it or try to drive in it. And when its to hot, we jump in the pool

Works for me!

[KathyA11]

Originally Posted by TANaples

Although I am not a golfer, my husband is. He just made the comment that all the major tournaments now are NOT in the SOUTH.

I guess he's never heard of The Masters, at Augusta National.... It's not just major, it's a Major....

"They don't want the stars playing in 100+ HEAT INDEXES now." "They go NORTH now".

The US Open moves from course to course. It's always on Father's Day weekend.

And while it may have been raining this weekend, there's no guarantee the weather will be nice for any of the majors -- at the PGA in August of 2005, held at Baltusrol (NJ), and won by Phil Mickelson (his second major), the temps were quite Florida-like.

And you know why I remember? Simple -- my father was buried earlier in the week, and I had bereavement time off. I sat in the back yard and listened to sports talk radio to keep up with the tournament -- and it was so icky, I had to move into the shade, which I never do.

[Rhett_Butler]

Originally Posted by KathyA11

The US Open moves from course to course. It's always on Father's Day weekend.

And while it may have been raining this weekend, there's no guarantee the weather will be nice for any of the majors -- at the PGA in August of 2005, held at Baltusrol (NJ), and won by Phil Mickelson (his second major), the temps were quite Florida-like.

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I believe the TPC played at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra is also a Major on the PGA Tour.....

[ZaraZoteBuccaneer]

Originally Posted by Rhett_Butler

I'm sorry, but a foot of snow in one area and it's 100 degrees just 50 miles away??

Unless the Himalayas relocated to Northern Minnesota I gotta cry BS on this one.....

No doubt ya'll have had some really inconsistent and screwy weather up there this year, but what you're describing seems impossible to occur all in the same day....

Don't mean to argue and it may sound like BS to some but this report tells it all. HydroClim Minnesota - June 2009
We can get off the MN kick for now but I just wanted to throw in some facts. I remember that week well.... seeing flurries on the weekend and then driving home from work in 96 degrees like 4 days later. I'm finding a hard time getting websites to all the records I told you about breaking in one single day - my local news station filled my head with.. you know, maybe that's my problem Rhett-Butler, I listened to the media again