What's the weather like where you are?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 04 Aug 22 - 05:27 PM

Things in DC are very very lush. It is not a brown August. We just had a Sunderstorm of thunder, sunshine and wind that lowered temperatures by 20 degrees.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 02 Aug 22 - 02:37 PM

I'm waiting for a rerun in the UK of something I heard of decades ago, seen in (I *think*) California, and reported on the wireless over here:

* A bright green lawn, with a notice on it saying WET PAINT;

* A bright green dog, who clearly hadn't read the notice before rolling on said lawn.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 02 Aug 22 - 12:27 PM

We might get a dribble overnight tonight, but after that it's dry and sunny for the foreseeable future and heating up again. Cornwall is bone dry. Yellow grass everywhere.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 02 Aug 22 - 11:31 AM

For the next month or more it will continue to be the smoking lands around Mt. Doom in Mordor.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 02 Aug 22 - 10:14 AM

11 inches (27.94 cm) of rain fell overnight in southern Illinois.
Deadly flash floods are expected. Hundreds are still missing in Kentucky.

The US has a fair bill pending regarding global warming but the exponential cost of increased disasters does not seem to be taken into account.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 01 Aug 22 - 06:54 PM

Well I've done my numbers, all collected from my garden. I'm pleased that they generally tally very well with the numbers at the Bude meteorological station, three miles away, bearing in mind that the Bude one is coastal at sea level (just about) and that mine is half a mile inland, much more sheltered and is 120 feet above sea level (safe from the worst tsunami that the Bristol Channel can throw at us!)

Our average maximum for July was over four degrees Celsius above the 30-year average, 23.4C as opposed to 19.3C.

The bulk of the UK has had the driest July ever recorded (records go back to the 1830s). We've also had the highest-ever recorded temperatures, with 46 recording stations beating the UK record that was set only three years ago. The UK beat its record by 1.6C and Bude beat its own record (set in 1976) by 3.7C and the all-time Cornwall record by 2.1C (smashing the Devon record to boot).

Every county needs its resident meteorological geek... ;-)

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 01 Aug 22 - 06:44 AM

We had 12mm of rain in July (under half an inch), our average being 71mm (just under three inches). Every month this year so far has had below-average rainfall. I haven't totted up my numbers yet, but the average maximum temperature for July was well over 3C above the average. We had three days above 30C, which is a vanishingly rare event here, including our record-destroying 36C on the 18th. I can't record sunshine hours but I give each day a score out of five, five being a day with almost, or completely, unbroken sunshine. I have still to total up those numbers too, but it's been a pretty sunny month. The month fizzled out with two days of murk, drizzle and mugginess. Sun's out again today!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 01 Aug 22 - 05:42 AM

While we have some heat, with heat-related thunderstorms,
thankfully the nights are cool and somewhat dry.
It makes a world of difference for sleeping.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 28 Jul 22 - 07:45 PM

We were on holiday in Suffolk and Cambs during last week’s hot spell. Reached the max on Tuesday 19th when it was 41c in Peterborough. Thought it might be a bit cooler by the coast, so drove to Hunstanton on the Norfolk coast, but it was still 39c there.
On Sunday 17th we had got caught up on the M14 in a gigantic traffic jam, thanks to an accident further up. It took over an hour to move about 2 miles. I was in the front passenger seat with car window down: it was 37c then, so II got a well fried left arm!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 28 Jul 22 - 01:27 PM

Another severe thunderstorm watch in effect where I'm staying.
Wish I could pass it on to Stilly,
since it is forecast to bring cooler temperatures in its wake.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 25 Jul 22 - 08:33 AM

Here comes some more rain and thunderstorms, and
I will have to drive on the turnpike. Carefully.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 20 Jul 22 - 08:22 AM

I will do some spot watering with a wheel barrow today.
The hose won't reach.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 20 Jul 22 - 04:32 AM

Well we got a brief shower yesterday morning then the sun beamed out for the rest of the day and we got 29C. In a typical summer of the past that would have been our hottest day. Yesterday, 34 recording stations beat the UK temperature record, and the hottest spot beat it by 1.6 degrees C. That was Coningsby at 40.3C.

We've had less than a quarter of an inch of rain here in Bude since late June, and we've had a lot of hot, sunny, windy weather that has parched everything. It doesn't feel much like our Cornwall climate. There's hardly any rain in our forecast for the foreseeable future.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 20 Jul 22 - 01:51 AM

Scratch a cynic and there is a disappointed idealist underneath.
Were pretty good individually but selfish ignorant leaders will be elected or rule over groups of selfish ignorant people.
Nature is going to ultimately win and our species will justifiably lose.
You may as well look at the coming cummulative compounding catastrophes as entertainment at this point. There will be much to amuse you.
The cooperative hope we hoped for will happen but probably on another planet or moon. Earth has grown weary of us. It looks to me like we will go out in a spirit of hopeful rebellion.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 20 Jul 22 - 01:01 AM

Well thats not a dry heat.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Senoufou
Date: 20 Jul 22 - 12:38 AM

I got up half an hour ago (at 5am) to the sound of rain!! RAIN!!! All our gardens here were like the Sahara desert, with lawns turning to dust. Now a good downpour is in progress. I actually opened my front door and stood outside in the rain just to enjoy it all the more. (I'm fully dressed of course). The smell of the wet earth is so lovely.
The forecast is for intermittent rain all day today. Hooray!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 18 Jul 22 - 06:01 PM

Hope some of you Brits saw Bude mentioned at the end of the ten o'clock news. My reading of 36.0C was corroborated!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 18 Jul 22 - 12:44 PM

We made exactly 36 degrees by 5 PM. Going down now!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 18 Jul 22 - 11:28 AM

"With the small increase of temperature the atmosphere can hold 4 times the water..."

Huh?

It's been hovering at 35.8C for over an hour (it's 4.25 as I post this). That's three and a half degrees C higher than Bude's previous all-time record high. That's a scary statistic: usually, records are broken by skinny little fractions of a degree...

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Senoufou
Date: 18 Jul 22 - 09:19 AM

It's 36C (96.8F) here in my village in Norfolk. The sun is very strong. I feel so sorry for all the workers, teachers and even the schoolchildren. My husband has just rung me. He's held up in his car on the way to his afternoon/evening cleaning job due to roadworks and a diversion. Imagine sweeping floors and cleaning toilets, plus towing heavy wheelie bins around in this heat! Luckily his hay fever is over and he's quite alright in the heat.
I do hope people have made provision for all their animals. Rabbits in hutches, dogs chained to a kennel etc.
Early this morning my shepherdess neighbour erected a huge canopy to shelter her sheep from the hot sun, and has ensured they have plenty of water in several troughs.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 18 Jul 22 - 08:33 AM

With the small increase of temperature the atmosphere can hold 4 times the water which is bad news for floods. Also drought conditions can/have worsened which is bad news for wild fires.

In the US over the last 5 years the disaster costs have increased 10 billion dollars year after year. There will come a time when insurance money and/or tax money can no longer maintain current relief response.

This morning we are at 75 F.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 18 Jul 22 - 07:13 AM

At 12.10 it's 32.5C. The Bude all-time record has (unofficially) fallen!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 18 Jul 22 - 07:03 AM

At noon today it's 31.9C in my garden. My sensor is in the shade and it transmits to an indoor unit. I got a 32.0C in August 1995. The all-time Bude record is 32.3C.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 17 Jul 22 - 07:05 PM

Well we made 30.5C today, 87F in old money, but tomorrow will be hotter. The sun beamed down at UV 8, but I managed to pick my broad bean crop, shell them, blanch them and get them in the freezer, four kilos of shelled beans. I'm bloody knackered but I do have a killing tan...

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Stanron
Date: 17 Jul 22 - 05:51 PM

When it gets too hot I do the wet shirt thing. Soak it in warm water, wring it out and put it on. Don't use cold water. The shock can be almost painful. One go can last up to four or five hours. Probably less in Texas.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 17 Jul 22 - 03:29 PM

This week the highs in this part of Texas are predicted to be up to about 42.7 C (I converted it for you - good thing the Internet has a lot of apps for that). That's 109^oF.

Stay quietly indoors, only go out in the early morning or after dark, unless you're a glutton for punishment and want to stand in the heat for a few minutes at midday to see what it really feels like. Stay hydrated.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 17 Jul 22 - 05:20 AM

This morning the temperature has shot up from an overnight low of 12.6C to 26C by 10.15. The Widemouth Bay Doctor* (aka the sea breeze) normally kicks in from the west during late morning to knock the temperature rise on the head, but there's a stiff E. breeze this morning that should fight it off. At this rate the Bude all-time record high of 32.3C could be busted, if not today, tomorrow.

*with apologies to the Fremantle Doctor...

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 16 Jul 22 - 08:30 PM

27C in Bude today. Getting humid by evening, but we sat outside until almost midnight. The real heat is supposed to kick in tomorrow. It'll be big watering of garden followed by pink Prosecco followed by salmon arrabbiata...

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: The Sandman
Date: 16 Jul 22 - 08:26 AM

20 c in west cork ireland

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 16 Jul 22 - 08:02 AM

I recall the Paris heat wave that killed many. If a London has a heat wave similar to Paris it could be as dangerous.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 15 Jul 22 - 07:19 PM

Here in Bude we had a pleasant 23C today, though the humidity was at 74%. The sun has blazed at UV8, as on many days recently, and the factor 30 on my thinning pate was very welcome. We've had several holidays in southern Spain in recent years, in Almería province, in Granada and in Córdoba, and we've had 40C a number of times. One day we went to the spaghetti western town in the Tabernas desert. The big difference from the UK on almost every occasion was that the humidity was in single numbers. That's easy to cope with, as long as you can find a coffee bar with big umbrellas up...

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 15 Jul 22 - 07:01 PM

I live on the same latitude as Lisbon.
If London was just as far north but in Canada you would be cool.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 15 Jul 22 - 02:50 PM

Portugal 115 F

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Senoufou
Date: 15 Jul 22 - 02:21 PM

My husband rang me this evening to say that his colleagues at the high school (where he cleans from 1pm until 8pm every day) were concerned about the high temperatures we're going to get on Monday and Tuesday next week. Apparently he sneered at them and said, "I yam a niggeur! I lurve zee heat!" They were seemingly rather shocked, but amused too.
I have to boast that I can take any amount of heat too (but then, I'm retired and merely sit on The Bench most of the time.)
In Accra, Ghana, my husband and I were exploring a large African market. It was about 40C, but neither of us minded. However, some sweat trickled down into my eyes and they were red. A Ghanaian lady selling secondhand bras (!!) asked me, "Why you crying lady, huh?" It did make me giggle, but I reassured her it was only sweat. Husband had to pipe up:"She's a Honky, she should be a nigga like us!"

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 15 Jul 22 - 01:25 PM

We have a red alert for heat on Monday and Tuesday. We're expecting all-time records to be broken.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 14 Jul 22 - 08:30 PM

There was in fact no hail hereabouts
when that storm front blew through a day or two ago.

But a tree came down on a truck driving down the state route,
and killed the driver;
the route was blocked for hours, and traffic re-routed and detoured.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 14 Jul 22 - 07:01 AM

Lots of brown patches on our grass here in N Norfolk too. I'm surprised I've not seen the thing that shoots out huge jets of water out on the field but the sugar beet looks OK.

27C forecast for today and the last few days have been very warm. I'm keeping doors and some windows open until about 8:30pm and have a fan running in my room.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 14 Jul 22 - 06:31 AM

We've had warm, windy, dry weather for weeks, mostly sunny. We've had an eighth of an inch of rain in the last 17 days and that has followed six drier than average months in a row. We had 30.3C in my back garden the other day. The all-time record for Bude is 32.3C on two days in 1976. We have a heatwave coming after tomorrow. Humble by Texas standards but we're not geared up for it! The peak tourist season is coming and we are running low on water in the Westcountry. I'm just off to crunch my way over what used to be my lawn!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Senoufou
Date: 14 Jul 22 - 03:05 AM

I love the heat, any temperature is fine by me. But I do pity those who have to do physical work (the dustmen for example, pushing those heavy wheelie bins about).
And the prolonged drought is getting serious. Both my lawns look like the Sahara desert. And my shepherdess neighbour is worried about her sheep - their pasture is just dust, so she's having to buy extra fodder for them and erect shady shelters. The sheep have been sheared of course, but they still get very hot in this weather.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 13 Jul 22 - 09:24 PM

Hell's Front Porch right now here in Texas. We're going to break some kind of heat record again this year. In 2011 there were 72 days over 100^o; in 1980 there were something like 42 in a row. This May was really hot, June was very hot, and every day in July so far has been over 100^o.

Time really crawls when it's so miserable out there. It creates a drought so you have to be very careful how you use water, but you have to use enough, like watering around the base of the house, to keep the foundation from cracking or making existing problems worse. The yard fries. Lots of mulch and a timed sprinkler in the vegetable garden, but the tomatoes don't set when it's this hot and there isn't much out there other than a couple of eggplants and a couple of peppers.

I have a shower on my back porch (a private area that faces the woods) and it is a nice thing to shower after dark out there, but mostly, it's just a misery.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 13 Jul 22 - 09:16 PM

We have a 67 F night tonight in Wash DC

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: JennieG
Date: 13 Jul 22 - 08:09 PM

It's really really cold. Snow has been falling an hour away - we're in a valley which last saw snow in about 1984, but higher altitudes an hour away get the wet white stuff each year. The sun is being shy today, hiding behind some grey clouds; even if it was shining it would be deceptive because there's no warmth in it.

Ah well. July is, after all, our coldest month of the year, something to remember in the heat of January.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 13 Jul 22 - 09:23 AM

I saw the front yesterday that for 2 minutes looked like the immense spacecraft from Independence Day emerging from clouds. To the north, houses were ripped in half by falling trees in the dorachio straight line winds. It was far more entertaining than a mass shooting event.
The Supreme Court removing concealed carry laws has more than doubled the sales of hand guns in my county compared to last year already.
Climate change weather is welcome compared to stupid shooters and judges.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 12 Jul 22 - 03:17 PM

Supposedly we have a possibility of HAIL this afternoon.
The sky does look a little, er, temperamental.

I just saw a video on the Weather Channel where they said
that the rare incidence of stormy skies that appear
to be GREEN in color
is almost always about hail.

Good thing they didn't know about that back in the day when
The Wicked Witch of the West was given a green-skin makeup job
in The Wizard of Oz . . .
that movie shoot was legendary for its woes and tribulations
even without hail!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 09 Jul 22 - 08:43 AM

3 to 4 inchs of rain in a couple hours.
My 3 pronged approach to prevent house flooding has worked.
Roof replaced with bigger gutters and spouts, basement window elimination and channeling dug at a back door.
If the water comes twice as fast or twice as much I am skeptical my fix will hold but we are high enough to not get ground water floods.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 06 Jul 22 - 04:06 PM

That volatile sort of summer weather.

Piercingly clear dry blue sky.
Big puffy clouds moving rapidly across the sky.

Some of the puffy clouds are pure white.

And some have been downright pregnant with rain,
which means the cloud is quite black
and there is a cloudburst.
Summer heat:   that's what this is about. Colorful,
as long as you don't have to walk through it outdoors.
Even though there is brilliant sunshine, I have got my umbrella
AND I know how to use it.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: JennieG
Date: 05 Jul 22 - 08:41 PM

It's damp here, it's raining - but not pouring rain, and it is welcome after a very dry June.

We're very glad we didn't move to the coast when we retired, as some coastal areas are having their third flood this year.....and these are not minor floods.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 05 Jul 22 - 03:53 PM

Watch channel 5 for sports, weather, traffic and mass shootings.

no guns were harmed in making this post.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 04 Jul 22 - 08:21 AM

A glacial collapse in the Italien Alps has occured in the extreme heat of climate change.

Florida also has giant African snails that spread Menningitus.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gillymor
Date: 04 Jul 22 - 06:59 AM

We're in the rainy season in SW Florida with storms almost every afternoon which are filling up the ponds and canals which means that gators are ranging far and wide. They're in the height of their mating season and their constant mating calls which emanate from the cypress preserve behind our property start as soon as the sun goes down and can make it hard to get to sleep some nights.