We had a really nice 10-day cool stretch but it's back to the (ab)normal August starting today.
― Scampi Runamuck (WmC), Friday, 7 August 2020 11:57 (three years ago) link
miserable pissy rain here at lunch time
― ||||||||, Friday, 7 August 2020 12:45 (three years ago) link
But it occurs to me...can my body really tell the difference between 30C and 36C?
I'll bet it can. It was very warm when I left to walk to work this morning, by the time I got there - 40 minutes later - it was stiflingly hot.
― Udo Starmer (Tom D.), Friday, 7 August 2020 12:49 (three years ago) link
High for tomorrow keeps getting revised downwards, was 34 now 30. 🤞🏻
― let them microwave their rice (gyac), Friday, 7 August 2020 14:03 (three years ago) link
It's lovely!
― plax (ico), Monday, 10 August 2020 12:53 (three years ago) link
it's hell
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 10 August 2020 12:58 (three years ago) link
Maximum temperatures today are expected to reach between 30 and 32 degrees Celsius with Humidex values near 41
hell yeah let's fucking go
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Monday, 10 August 2020 13:13 (three years ago) link
Same here, more or less. As it should be.
― pomenitul, Monday, 10 August 2020 13:16 (three years ago) link
good day to add some sprints to my run :)
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Monday, 10 August 2020 13:16 (three years ago) link
I assume you hell lovers have aircon at home? all I can do is keep the blinds down and the windows closed (even at night it only gets down to 26) & so each day this drags on, it gets hotter inside, with no way to relief, save destroying the planet
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 10 August 2020 13:22 (three years ago) link
my new place does not have AC but I suspect every other unit does cause it's quite temperate
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Monday, 10 August 2020 13:23 (three years ago) link
29.5 inside my apartment right now
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 10 August 2020 13:25 (three years ago) link
We've only got AC in the bedroom, so when I'm not sleeping I'm in the hammam. As it should be.
― pomenitul, Monday, 10 August 2020 13:26 (three years ago) link
no AC here. i sleep in the loft. it’s.... interesting
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 10 August 2020 13:27 (three years ago) link
I feel for you Euler, having it this hot in an apartment in Paris is indeed hell.
No airco here, inside it's up to 28. There's a bit of a breeze though, we've been opening all doors and windows after 22.00 to get some of the heat out. It brought it down to 26 last night.
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 10 August 2020 13:33 (three years ago) link
yeah opening the windows doesn't help when outside it's staying 26+ all night. it's the heat effect of this glorious concrete capital. there was some wind last night with all the convection but during the days, like now, just stillness.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 10 August 2020 13:35 (three years ago) link
Yeah, and like you said, it's the city that retains the heat. Saw the metéo on F2 last night. Only place of refuge you can go to seems to be Bretagne.
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 10 August 2020 13:38 (three years ago) link
yes, Bretagne is ok, and the southeast isn't that bad, Marseille to Menton. but the major part of the country is just sunk under this humid glove. Even Madrid is doing better.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 10 August 2020 13:43 (three years ago) link
Lol no I have never had Aircon except on holiday
― plax (ico), Monday, 10 August 2020 15:14 (three years ago) link
It's way more common in North America. Ours is a cheap-ish window AC that only covers a single room, nothing fancy.
― pomenitul, Monday, 10 August 2020 15:17 (three years ago) link
window ACs literally don't exist in the UK. search amazon uk for "air conditioner" for a good time.
i think there are also UK building regulations that haven't really caught up with global warming that make it particularly tricky to install AC in residential buildings.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 10 August 2020 17:14 (three years ago) link
thank u for your service combating global warming :)
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Monday, 10 August 2020 17:15 (three years ago) link
Today is hideous, worst yet, other days have been hotter but it's the humidity that's killing me.
― Young Boys of Bernie (Tom D.), Monday, 10 August 2020 17:18 (three years ago) link
oh god yes /london
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 13 August 2020 17:39 (three years ago) link
So much better today in Paris
― Joey Corona (Euler), Thursday, 13 August 2020 19:03 (three years ago) link
Never so glad to see grey skies and a sub 20 degrees temperature back in effect.
― calzino, Thursday, 13 August 2020 19:06 (three years ago) link
Humidity is very bad today but it’s cooler and continuing that way. We haven’t had a big blowout storm to clear out the stale air, ugh.
― caută tu singur (gyac), Thursday, 13 August 2020 19:11 (three years ago) link
Update for those of you who don't know already from my FB posts: I've finally started experiencing all the symptoms of heat exhaustion, including nausea. Which is good, in a way, in that it keeps me from overindulging and I might end up losing some weight in that regard, but is also bad because there's nothing quite as terrifying as uncontrollable gagging where you feel like something might possibly come out. Eventually I was left no other choice last night but to retreat to my vehicle, turn the air conditioner up to high, and spend a good two hours there cooling down enough to where I stopped feeling nauseated and could go to sleep. I figure I have about eighteen more days of this misery to get through before I can begin to relax, after living in this hell since late May. FUCK. GODDAMNED. SUMMER.
― We Live as We Dee, Alone (deethelurker), Thursday, 13 August 2020 20:36 (three years ago) link
sorry dee :(
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 13 August 2020 20:47 (three years ago) link
Fn love summer though, literally melt me
― plax (ico), Thursday, 13 August 2020 20:51 (three years ago) link
fped, sick of waking up with damp hair in the morning
― caută tu singur (gyac), Thursday, 13 August 2020 20:52 (three years ago) link
been a disappointingly variable summer here. in the 30s for a few days but dreich and rainy and not that hot a lot of the time. hate it.
commiserations for people who live places that are routinely "too hot" mind you
― Temporary Erogenous Zone (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 13 August 2020 20:54 (three years ago) link
clearly it's time for a "heat: good or bad?" poll
I know which team I'm on
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Thursday, 13 August 2020 20:55 (three years ago) link
Turn it upppppppp
― pomenitul, Thursday, 13 August 2020 20:56 (three years ago) link
I've only been in 40+ degree heat maybe once or twice in my life and it's fucking horrendous.
35+ and humid is also rough as fuck.
anything under that = give it to me please
― Temporary Erogenous Zone (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 13 August 2020 20:57 (three years ago) link
Doesn't feel like it's been that hot idk
― plax (ico), Thursday, 13 August 2020 20:57 (three years ago) link
Some of us are genetically not equipped for heat.
― Young Boys of Bernie (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 August 2020 20:58 (three years ago) link
I think I had a convincing tan once when I was in my mid 20s.
― Young Boys of Bernie (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 August 2020 20:59 (three years ago) link
Sorry to hear that, Dee. I forget where in TX you are, the dry bit or the muggy bit?
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 13 August 2020 20:59 (three years ago) link
Here come the thunderstorms.
― Young Boys of Bernie (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 August 2020 21:08 (three years ago) link
... and there goes my TV reception.
― Young Boys of Bernie (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 August 2020 21:13 (three years ago) link
Deep down, you know you don't need it anyway.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 13 August 2020 21:16 (three years ago) link
She's in San Antonio, I believe.
― nickn, Thursday, 13 August 2020 21:20 (three years ago) link
Ty very kindly.
It's the "not quite as muggy as Houston but definitely not the arid western half of the state" part of the state. "Humid subtropical", according to Wikipedia. "Featuring very hot, long, and humid summers," as well. Next summer I'm just going to say "fuck it" to being environmentally conscious and am just going to run the fucking air conditioner lest I risk a heat stroke.
― We Live as We Dee, Alone (deethelurker), Thursday, 13 August 2020 21:43 (three years ago) link
It's tantalising watching the lightning maps website in central London...It's reached Uxbridge, after dallying on the outskirts.
Today was great if you were outside though... I spent the afternoon in Hyde Park where it looks really wild in parts and the brief heavyish rain was wonderful; and the evening in Kennington Park (most improved park I know of this year)
― Luna Schlosser, Thursday, 13 August 2020 21:48 (three years ago) link
xxxp That's what I thought. Less humid than, say, Houston but lil more humid than here in AZ with about the same temp currently. Really hoping this is the last stretch of blistering heat in the southwest, for her sake. I'm somehow nearly immune to the heat, and in particular, the sun. Whereas one of my sisters and my mom cannot take it. My sister doesn't just get sunburned easily but sun poisoned. Just another thing to make me atheist: what deity would put that fucking thing up there?? Surely there must be a better way! /infomercial voice
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 13 August 2020 21:49 (three years ago) link
It's 39/102 here and I'm about to go for a hike. At least there's some clouds to block the sun today, and sun will be behind the mountains after an hour or so of hiking.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 13 August 2020 21:51 (three years ago) link
Hol' up, since when have you not lived in Chicago?! Also, my late mom and I used to ridicule white people all the time for being the crazy people who were out and about in the middle of a summer's day when normal people are shrinking away from the heat. I've been trying all summer long to brave the heat and be environmentally responsible and just rely on fans to keep cool, but fans don't do shit when the air they're circulating is like an oven's.
― We Live as We Dee, Alone (deethelurker), Thursday, 13 August 2020 22:50 (three years ago) link
Moved to AZ end of 2012!I commend you for trying to limit your use of AC. I try too. I don't use it in my car unless it's above 100F. My home thermostat is set to 81. But if you're having legit health problems from the heat, you gotta crank it.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 14 August 2020 00:52 (three years ago) link
Confirmed this tornado warning is for radar detecting a possible fire tornado in the wildfire. This is the first Fire Tornado Warning we are aware of in history. #cawx pic.twitter.com/aTLMuXccA0— U.S. Tornadoes (@USTornadoes) August 15, 2020
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 15 August 2020 23:14 (three years ago) link