Baby - it's hot outside

turbo

High 70s today with a light breeze and less humidity. I can take this.

Astronuc

For keeping up with the weather - an alternative.
http://weather.unisys.com/index.php

In additions to the NWS/NOAA website.

It was pleasantly mild yesterday, and today is supposed to be mild, as is the rest of the week.

NWS indicates that "Dangerous heat is impacting in the Heartland, and it is forecast to continue into the upcoming workweek. Heat Advisories and Excessive Heat Warnings have been issued for much of the Central United States. The same area is experiencing one of the worst droughts on record, and no relief is in sight." Apparently 77% of corn production and 73% of soybean production have been adversely impacted. This would mean higher food prices later this year and next year.

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Drought/

Jonathan Scott

We've had the opposite problem in the UK - record-breaking rainfall and below-average temperatures, due to a southerly kink in the jet stream being stuck over us.

However, the jet stream is now on its way back to its normal summer location, and today it has finally stopped raining and the sun has come out. So far it's not exactly hot, but it's quite comfortable (around 70F, 21C) and expected to get warmer over the next few days.

Evo

We can't win out here in the midwest, if it's not damaging ice storms/blizzrds in the winter, it's either supercell storms with baseball size hail and tornadoes, or heat and drought in the summer. The weather is nice about 2 weeks a year.

Astronuc

Sounds kind of like central Texas. The weather was nice for about two weeks - one week in the spring and one in the fall.

Andre

Come to The Netherlands Evo, we have beautiful weather today (finally). 25C (78F) sunny, a little wind. Winters are mild. Very few thunderstorms. No tornadoes. Mild winters, usually.

turbo

Brutal out there today. The temperature is over 85 in the shade, with RH in the mid-70s. You can sweat, but it won't evaporate.

dlgoff

Welcome to Kansas.

Astronuc

We've gone from near, not-quite drought to severe thundershowers (and a tornado warning to the north of us). There are trees and parts of trees down in our area. Power is out in some areas - again.


Update: This morning I found broken branches on the maple tree. The tops of two pine trees were in the neighbor's back yard and driveway. I'm hoping it didn't land on his car.

turbo

Not so bad here today if you can breathe. The humidity is oppressive, though the temperature has subsided. By the time that we got home from visiting Max (his gay doggie-friend) we were both ready to jump into the AC house.

Astronuc

It's cooler, but humid. We had more thunderstorms today.

I took off the top 10+ feet of a couple dying pine trees. The second one was actually 15+ feet and about 8'' dia where I cut and about 4'' at 15 ft. One of the branches came down on my left arm while the peice of tree was falling vertically from where I had cut it (I had to pry it off the remaining trunk since it was leaning against another tree). Fortunately, my arm didn't break, but it only got a painful bruise and a hard knot.

dlgoff

It's never going to end here. The forecast high for tomorrow is 105°F.

turbo

O, Noes!! Not good.

dlgoff

They were close. It's 107°F with a heat index of 110°F. It may get hotter before the sun goes down.

Dremmer

I'm sweating when I walk outside. It's so so hot.

dustbin

Be grateful if you have AC... I live in a place with no AC. It's regularly 96 to a little over 100F INSIDE. Needless to say... I spend most days in the hot season living in the library or sitting outside in the shade!

turbo

I need AC or I can't breathe. The temps here are in the high 80s or low 90s every day, with humidity that you can cut with a knife. I feel very sad for the people in triple-digits and can only hope that the humidity is low enough to allow "normal" breathing. Duke gets his "business" done pretty quickly on our walks, and does not hesitate to get back into the house. We go out very early or late in the day in an attempt to escape the swelter.