I woke up yesterday morning and it looked like that summertime haze, couldn't tell if was smoke or not? Got in the car to head north to Chicago for holiday vacation, it only got worse the further north I got. My area is in a heat warning for yesterday and today with scatted afternoon showers, Weds. wasn't a very comfortable day either. Chicago is a lot more humid than I've ever seen in southern TN in 18 months; it makes no sense to me but I'll take it!
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SteveSS
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Supposed to hit a high of 53 this afternoon.
Haven't had much rain here lately.....just day after day of 99-101 temps and lots of sun but today a thunder cloud came over and dumped at least a 1/4" of rain and the temp dropped from 99 to 84 pretty quick. Humidity went from 45% to 77% pretty quick too. The weather quessers are calling for thunder boomers pretty much all this coming week and that won't hurt my feelings at all. Man, this is the second summer in a row where the temps were in the 100* range for the majority of June. Last year it started in May with 10+ degrees above normal and no rain....
Rain and Canada smoke here...
We had southern Mexican smoke a few weeks ago from their annual crop field burns. Wasn't as bad as what's coming in from Canada though.
Last day of December 1984 we had warm weather and a small tornado come through....saw the straight line rain and well, it grabbed my canoe and slammed it into a perfect door on a 70 Challenger and ruined it. Didn't hurt the canoe though and that was the only damage in the whole neighborhood (that I know of) other than trash cans and other light weight stuff blown around. We've had two more tornadoes since then with one just missing us....it did some pretty good damage late last summer about a mile or so down the road and the path it made was over 20 miles long.
Almost 100*f yesterday 1st time in like 40+ years
that I can remember not having a 100* day where I was living
in the whole month of June
99*f yesterday July 1st, was almost 100*f here
down in outskirts of Sonora, according to my Jeep Gladiator display...
I'm quite a bit above & east of Sonora, 1150+ ft higher elevation too
it was 100*f at 11:30am PST
"extreme weather warning", 'flashing on the weather channel'
makes me laugh, (extreme fire hazard maybe)
it's always hot here in summer
it's rare if it isn't this time of year
(Thermometer on the back porch, not the same comparison, but still hovering around that)
& according to the -www- & weather channel/local feed (that's for Sonora)
it's supposed to be around 101*-103*f by 4-5pm PST,
always hottest part of the day... probably a degree or 2 cooler here, maybe (?)...
come on cool breeze at dark/sunset...
I sweat like a stuffed pig, just standing there,
to me it seems humid, need to go next-door & go swimming
but according to the meter, says only 12%, that's nucken' futs
that I can remember not having a 100* day where I was living
in the whole month of June
99*f yesterday July 1st, was almost 100*f here
down in outskirts of Sonora, according to my Jeep Gladiator display...
I'm quite a bit above & east of Sonora, 1150+ ft higher elevation too
it was 100*f at 11:30am PST
"extreme weather warning", 'flashing on the weather channel'
makes me laugh, (extreme fire hazard maybe)
it's always hot here in summer
it's rare if it isn't this time of year(Thermometer on the back porch, not the same comparison, but still hovering around that)
& according to the -www- & weather channel/local feed (that's for Sonora)
it's supposed to be around 101*-103*f by 4-5pm PST,
always hottest part of the day... probably a degree or 2 cooler here, maybe (?)...
come on cool breeze at dark/sunset...I sweat like a stuffed pig, just standing there,
to me it seems humid, need to go next-door & go swimming
but according to the meter, says only 12%, that's nucken' futs
Low to mid 90's is normal temps for here during June....with the low temps being at the beginning of the month and mid 90's at the end of the month. July usually starts out in the mid 90's and goes up a bit towards the end of the month. August is usually high 90's with a 100 or so sprinkled around.Almost 100*f yesterday 1st time in like 40+ years
that I can remember not having a 100* day where I was living
in the whole month of June
99*f yesterday July 1st, was almost 100*f here
down in outskirts of Sonora, according to my Jeep Gladiator display...
I'm quite a bit above & east of Sonora, 1150+ ft higher elevation too
it was 100*f at 11:30am PST
"extreme weather warning", 'flashing on the weather channel'
makes me laugh, (extreme fire hazard maybe)
it's always hot here in summer
(Thermometer on the back porch, not the same comparison, but still hovering around that)
& according to the -www- & weather channel/local feed (that's for Sonora)
it's supposed to be around 101*-103*f by 4-5pm PST,
always hottest part of the day... probably a degree or 2 cooler here, maybe (?)...
I sweat like a stuffed pig, just standing there,
to me it seems humid, need to go next-door & go swimming
but according to the meter, says only 12%, that's nucken' futs
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Yeah probably with 85% +
humidity too,makes for a lot hotter 'feeling'
sometimes, I think that higher humidity is worse, than actual higher temp's
feels muggy, damp, wet & sweaty sweaty sweaty sweaty sweaty sweaty
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The smoke left WI for the weekend
Just perfect weather
However for every one day of rain this spring/summer
Three weeks of smoke/haze/sun
Now just paying attention to Iola WI this week
And Carlisle the following week
Fingers , toes , eyes and all crossed for good weather
Mid 70s , no rain , no humidity , no smoke , is that asking to much
Peace Scott
Just perfect weather
However for every one day of rain this spring/summer
Three weeks of smoke/haze/sun
Now just paying attention to Iola WI this week
And Carlisle the following week
Fingers , toes , eyes and all crossed for good weather
Mid 70s , no rain , no humidity , no smoke , is that asking to much
Peace Scott
Nasty here today
azblackhemi
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DRY heat.
Was at the Hoover dam 110* for hour and a half sucked down 2 quarts of water at the restaurant near by.
We had some mid-30s humidity during the day when it was 100 and it still feel hot because it was lol Those days where the wind was out of the SW was relatively dry for being this close to the coast....when the wind is out of the southeast the humidity is usually higher because that's where Galveston Bay is.Yeah probably with 85% +
makes for a lot hotter 'feeling'
sometimes, I think that higher humidity is worse, than actual higher temp's
feels muggy, damp, wet & sweaty sweaty sweaty sweaty sweaty sweaty
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It finally cooled off enough here to sleep. We get surprisingly hot in the summer, and with the nonstop daylight it doesn’t necessarily cool down at “night”. What we get with heat is black flies. The sort of flies that take a scoop of flesh out when they bite. They are referred to locally as bulldogs. With moisture we get mosquitos. Right now it’s the flies. For those of you that think you have bad bugs: nope, you don’t. To the west of us at the mouth of the mighty McKenzie River it is worse yet. Like a horror movie.
On one job I was on the flies would form a solid mass on the windows, and work their way up. When they reached the top they would fall to the bottom and start over. It was a constant water fall of flies. In other spots they get together on ropes, branches, and cables to form a ball. The ball keeps growing until it is about the size of a grapefruit, then it falls to the ground and the “splash” is little black flies every where. I’m a painter and have had to shut down because the millions of flies stuck in the paint aren’t a good thing.
The photos are stills from a video. I’m driving about 40kmph and the flies are keeping up, trying to get in. Look in the rear view mirror of the second picture.
I would gladly take the mosquitos, or heat without flies. Unfortunately I don’t get to choose.
On one job I was on the flies would form a solid mass on the windows, and work their way up. When they reached the top they would fall to the bottom and start over. It was a constant water fall of flies. In other spots they get together on ropes, branches, and cables to form a ball. The ball keeps growing until it is about the size of a grapefruit, then it falls to the ground and the “splash” is little black flies every where. I’m a painter and have had to shut down because the millions of flies stuck in the paint aren’t a good thing.
The photos are stills from a video. I’m driving about 40kmph and the flies are keeping up, trying to get in. Look in the rear view mirror of the second picture.
I would gladly take the mosquitos, or heat without flies. Unfortunately I don’t get to choose.
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torredcuda
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People around here are joking about building arks, and I don`t think it`s that far of a stretch.
azblackhemi
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Took this picture of the moon last night. It was huge!
It's always about the same size
Triplegreen500
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azblackhemi
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Well then the sky must've shrunk because it looked bigger than normal!It's always about the same size
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