Weather thread...

[TexasBama]

i have a hard time deciding whether he looks like a bigger tool with or without the beard

he has a weak chin

 

[crimsonaudio]

we've been well above average, and very dry, for a while. i haven't checked, but it seems like going back to the first week or two of june if not before.

Really wet here. It's added to the humidity (and we've had more trees blow over during storms with the ground staying saturated), but it's also likely kept us a little cooler.

Literally feels like Central Florida here most days, warm/hot (but not too hot), wet in the AM with medium humidity in the afternoon / evening = very comfy. I've spent more time outside enjoying the afternoons and early evenings this July than I probably have in the last five combined.

The unpredictability of climate change...

 

[DzynKingRTR]

We have had a lot of poor air quality days here in Atlanta for about a month now.

 

[92tide]

Really wet here. It's added to the humidity (and we've had more trees blow over during storms with the ground staying saturated), but it's also likely kept us a little cooler.

Literally feels like Central Florida here most days, warm/hot (but not too hot), wet in the AM with medium humidity in the afternoon / evening = very comfy. I've spent more time outside enjoying the afternoons and early evenings this July than I probably have in the last five combined.

The unpredictability of climate change...

we had a really wet spring so everything is very lush, but i'm noticing that the trails and gravel roads i ride on are getting very dusty recently. it's been a great year for my tomatoes and peppers though

 

[Padreruf]

we had a really wet spring so everything is very lush, but i'm noticing that the trails and gravel roads i ride on are getting very dusty recently. it's been a great year for my tomatoes and peppers though

We are in a pattern of late afternoon/early evening thunderstorms over here on the coast. We received 5 inches more rain than normal in July. Everything is growing like crazy....

 

[Go Bama]

We are in a pattern of late afternoon/early evening thunderstorms over here on the coast. We received 5 inches more rain than normal in July. Everything is growing like crazy....

My grass is growing like crazy. The storms blow limbs out of the trees.

I had one tree fall so I cut it up with a chain saw. My wife, bless her heart, moved the short logs to the burn pile, then stood them on end so they wouldn’t roll down the hill. She then piled the smaller wood that has been blown out of trees on top. I sincerely appreciate her efforts, but I’m concerned one of those round logs will turn over and roll down the hill after I light the fire. My plan was to split the logs while they were still in the shade. She was trying to save me work, but in fact has created a bunch that I’ll now have to do in the sun. I’ll try to get it all done one day when she’s not here and thank her for her help.

 

[TexasBama]

Another record high temp here yesterday. Currently 85, with "feels like" of 96. For reference, Phoenix is 87 with "feels like" of 88.

 

[crimsonaudio]

Why is gas getting expensive again? You can blame the weather

Gas prices typically rise in the summer, but the heat is making it even worse this year, industry experts say.

wreg.com

 

[crimsonaudio]

I had one tree fall so I cut it up with a chain saw. My wife, bless her heart, moved the short logs to the burn pile, then stood them on end so they wouldn’t roll down the hill. She then piled the smaller wood that has been blown out of trees on top. I sincerely appreciate her efforts, but I’m concerned one of those round logs will turn over and roll down the hill after I light the fire. My plan was to split the logs while they were still in the shade. She was trying to save me work, but in fact has created a bunch that I’ll now have to do in the sun. I’ll try to get it all done one day when she’s not here and thank her for her help.

🤣

 

[TexasBama]

Why is gas getting expensive again? You can blame the weather

Gas prices typically rise in the summer, but the heat is making it even worse this year, industry experts say.

wreg.com

I remember back in my petrochem era there were days that we would be rate limited due to cooling water temperature. IIRC cooling towers are designed for a maximum wet bulb temperature of 78F at rated capacity. We've had a number of days where the wet bulb temp is 79-81F.

 

[TexasBama]

I remember back in my petrochem era there were days that we would be rate limited due to cooling water temperature. IIRC cooling towers are designed for a maximum wet bulb temperature of 78F at rated capacity. We've had a number of days where the wet bulb temp is 79-81F.

Another issue is making summer gasoline. There is a vapor pressure limit for gasoline, and as vapor pressure increases with temperature, the refineries have to be operated differently to take out light components - butane, propane, etc. to meet the VP limit. So the debutanizers can rate limit the refinery throughput.

 

[TexasBama]

 

[Padreruf]

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I lived and worked a couple of summers in Little Rock, Arkansas -- the hottest place I've ever seen. But Houston has to be setting records for anything this side of the Mojave Desert/Death Valley.

 

[crimsonaudio]

🤣

 

[TexasBama]

 

[TIDE-HSV]

We've had storms forecast for the last three nights. The result - 1/8" each on first two nights and none last night. Then an unforecasted fast-moving storm dropped 1/2" mid morning today. Last I checked the radar, the storm blob had crossed GA and were already over Greenville, SC...

 

[TexasBama]

We've had storms forecast for the last three nights. The result - 1/8" each on first two nights and none last night. Then an unforecasted fast-moving storm dropped 1/2" mid morning today. Last I checked the radar, the storm blob had crossed GA and were already over Greenville, SC...

We haven't had a drop in 4 weeks, and about one inch in the 4 weeks before that. We had about a week in early June where it rained every day, which has kept SE Texas from being classified as in "drought"

 

[TIDE-HSV]

We haven't had a drop in 4 weeks, and about one inch in the 4 weeks before that. We had about a week in early June where it rained every day, which has kept SE Texas from being classified as in "drought"

As I post, we're being inundated. The EMA finally put out a severe T-storm warning, after it started...

 

[NationalTitles18]

We had an unusual August rain - and a good one at that - a few days ago. We had a few days in July of 100 or so but August has fortunately been mild.

 

[jthomas666]

We've got a thunderstorm headed our way. Had to mow the yard earlier this afternoon...thank God for gatorade.