Heat wave (different, articles)

[malcorub16]

One difference I am noticing since arriving is that yes its hot, but it is on the drier side. While working outside on the property the last few days, very few flies, gnats and mosquitoes bothering me which is nice. I guess it's even to hot for them.

Hardly any new grass/weeds have grown since our last visit last winter and our oak trees look terrible. All of our ATV/4 wheeler trails around the property are just as we left them last time, hardly any over growth which means it hasn't rained much this year. This is different from last winter where I had to use a brush hog to open up the ATV trails from the visit prior since the property then was over grown and very green.

[rynetwo]

The local NWS forecast office seems to be issuing these heat warnings prematurely this year.

The heat index maximum:

7/17 - 99
7/18 - 100
7/19 - 104

https://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KSAT.html

According to there own employee: "Under an excessive heat warning, we're looking at an air temperatures greater than or equal to 105 degrees and then the heat index greater than or equal to 113," says Platt, who encourages residents to "take this seriously."

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/we...s-17315134.php

Yea we are going through the hottest summer in history, but I feel the warnings are over the top. In a normal year the heat index is always in the upper 90s lower 100s this time a year.

[elnina]

Originally Posted by rynetwo

I feel the warnings are over the top. In a normal year the heat index is always in the upper 90s lower 100s this time a year.

Yes, but I don't think it's normal for such a long time without any relief.
Nights are hot too. And we need rain really badly!

As you can see here, the temps are quite normal for our area (today's weather for the last 7 years)

[txtea]

Originally Posted by rynetwo

The local NWS forecast office seems to be issuing these heat warnings prematurely this year.

The heat index maximum:

7/17 - 99
7/18 - 100
7/19 - 104

https://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KSAT.html

According to there own employee: "Under an excessive heat warning, we're looking at an air temperatures greater than or equal to 105 degrees and then the heat index greater than or equal to 113," says Platt, who encourages residents to "take this seriously."

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/we...s-17315134.php

Yea we are going through the hottest summer in history, but I feel the warnings are over the top. In a normal year the heat index is always in the upper 90s lower 100s this time a year.

It's called " covering your a** "

[elnina]

It's raining!!! And thunder!
Temp dropped to 75F!

[malcorub16]

I'm still here, I keep hearing about Saharan dust (no idea as I don't notice it and never heard of it before in all my years living here), its the local dust that's been bothering me. I'm glad to see the local dust finally settle for a bit.

[ashbeeigh]

Originally Posted by malcorub16

I'm still here, I keep hearing about Saharan dust (no idea as I don't notice it and never heard of it before in all my years living here), its the local dust that's been bothering me. I'm glad to see the local dust finally settle for a bit.

It’s not local dust. It’s literally dust from the Saharan desert that follows the current from Africa to us. It gets picked up on radar sometimes. If you notice a slight ting or blahness or what looks like smog in the summer, it’s most likely the dust.

[malcorub16]

Originally Posted by ashbeeigh

It’s not local dust. It’s literally dust from the Saharan desert that follows the current from Africa to us. It gets picked up on radar sometimes. If you notice a slight ting or blahness or what looks like smog in the summer, it’s most likely the dust.

That's very interesting, this must be a newer phenomenon. I don't remember hearing about it until recently, will have to read up on it.

But I am talking about the local dust. I'm in a rural area in "sandy southern Bexar County", so the horses, ATVs and simply walking on the property is kicking up a lot of dust since the alot of the ground is pretty bare due to it not raining.

Not to mention the dump trucks that keep pulling out of the new sand pit that opened up down the road, these things kick up a lot of dust that's been blowing my way with the winds from the South every evening. I am considering calling Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to file a complaint so that they wet the easement they drive on every morning to minimize the dust.

Up on the Northside they have rock quarries instead of the sandpits we have down here, I'm sure the same problem exists up there but at least they are in SA city limits and can work with the city for recourse unlike where I am.

[elnina]

I notice the dusts mostly when I see it on my car. Usually terracotta reddish or when the sky looks reddish hazy.
(To many people it's a health problem).
Some comes from Sahara, some from Mexico.

Sahara dust is an annual occurrence.
Each year, upwards of 60 million tonnes of dust from arid areas in North Africa – made up of particles of iron, silicon, mercury and phosphorus, among other chemical elements – are dragged by wind currents 7,000 kilometers west to the Americas. It's mostly visible in Houston and the Gulf, but some makes it to San Antonio and Austin area.
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/sah...-annual-debut/

The one from Mexico goes usually direction California
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/im...orms-in-mexico

And there is a smoke/dust from fires in Central America that drifts over Texas.

Plus the dust created by the drought...

[Cuero]

The Saharan dust always blew into Texas and the central USA but it seems like it is publicized or talked about more now. Like another allergen in the air when it's bad. Otherwise it just makes pretty sunsets.