Sedalia Dave Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 106 here today. Then a bunch of thunderstorms popped up all around us and it dropped 20 degrees in 30 minutes. Unfortunately no rain at my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 On 8/15/2020 at 11:59 AM, Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 said: How well I remember. We got a problem here folks. All my popcorn is poppin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Just ghastly in Sacramento today... I was outside in the heat relocating our outdoor thermometer, when I saw two hobbits dropping a ring into our swimming pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 But its a dry heat. Death Valley hits record 130 on Sunday; Indio, Thermal also set records Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 73 for a high today!! So comfortable!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 27 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said: But its a dry heat. Death Valley hits record 130 on Sunday; Indio, Thermal also set records That's true, Dave. Humidity makes a LOT of difference, BUT, 130 is hot no matter what. https://www.weather.gov/epz/wxcalc_heatindex Take you local temps and add the humidity from Atlanta, for example, to it. Humidity makes things nasty quickly. It doesn't take a high actual temp to make things miserable. You can have a high in the low 90's and a heat index around 120 if the humidity is high enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Well, we here in Everett, Wa set the high for the Puget Sound region temperatures yesterday @ 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Of course Central and Eastern are a whole different animal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 16 hours ago, Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 said: We got a problem here folks. All my popcorn is poppin. That can be a problem. My Uncle Ralph was from Minnesota, youngest in a farming family. One year they decided to plant twenty acres in popcorn. As it happens, that turned out to be the hottest summer on record. Sure 'nuff... it got so danged hot that just before harvest all the corn popped. Looked like a blizzard! But the worst of it was they had fourteen cows froze to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Smuteye John SASS#24774 said: That's true, Dave. Humidity makes a LOT of difference, BUT, 130 is hot no matter what. https://www.weather.gov/epz/wxcalc_heatindex Take you local temps and add the humidity from Atlanta, for example, to it. Humidity makes things nasty quickly. It doesn't take a high actual temp to make things miserable. You can have a high in the low 90's and a heat index around 120 if the humidity is high enough. Forgot to add the tongue in cheek emoji. My personal limit was about 105. After that it was just plain hot. When I was stationed at China lake I often rode through Death Valley. The weirdest sensation is the sharp rise in temperature combined with a turbulence in the air as you descend down into the valley from Towne Pass on US190. In only a very short distance the temperature feels like is rises at least 20 degrees then is gets progressivle hotter the deeper into the valley you go. Worst part of summer the high desert was monsoon season. As the rise in humidity meant that your evaporative cooler was not going to work worth a hoot. I remember getting caught is a couple of cloud bursts that lasted just long enough to get you good and wet. Then as you rode the moisture in your clothes would evaporate and you would end so cold you would be shivering even though the air temp was well above 90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Finally had the experience of reloading in triple digits = 101° though the heat index was over 110° this was in the garage with fans blowing but not sure blowing hot air on a person does any good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 5 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: 73 for a high today!! So comfortable!! Of course they were wrong, it's 81 today!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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