Another heat-wave coming. But only after the end of the weekend.
How's The Weather There ?
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Heat definitely on the way, but thankfully no tornadoes.
PhotonWrangler
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Red street lights look On ^^
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Was outside with a friend as a young kid, it went totally silent/totally still ==== VERY EERIE
I turned to my friend and said "we should go inside Todd"
It was a tornado forming, air must have been going straight up to be silent & still like that.
Remember coming up from downstairs at my friends house and peaked ,,, you couldn't see out the window it was raining & blowing so hard.
My elementary school took a massive hit by the tornado (I was in maybe 3rd grade)
We had to set up classrooms in the gym for the rest of the year while it was being rebuilt..
There's a few thing at play here.
1) Saharan Dust. We've had an exceptionally thick amount of it this year. It tends to stabilise the atmosphere, trapping heat, as noted by the >94F readings. We normally don't get that warm. So all of that heat gets trapped under that layer. Florida is a swamp, note the dewpoints. So more heat = more evaporation from the swampy areas and Gulf and Atlantic. Eventually there's a gap in the dust in the sky, a weak spot, where the heat and moisture pushes through. Think of an inverse bathtub drain. All of that energy and moisture rushes upwards, which has been creating absolutely wicked storms. 60-72mph gusts each day this week.
2) Our normal patterns, disrupted. Normally we get a sea breeze in the morning on both sides of the state. Nice, thick, moist air. It collides around the middle of the state, then starts to push upwards, creating our thunderstorms. The thunderstorms then push outwards towards the coastlines, dumping their rain. That's normal. Now, with the Saharan Dust thing going on, this is disrupted. The energy and moisture is trapped.
That photo should be from around 4pm. Note the temperature drop from 3:53pm to 4:09pm 94F to 73F. 21F drop in 15 minutes. In a dry environment that might be normal, such as up north in the wintertime. However, with dewpoints in the 70s, that's flat out impressive.
Too early / too light for them to come on.
It's Florida. They're LED streetlights, so they have a UPS system on them. Runtime is 6 hours as normal, 2 hours flashing after that, then they have to bring generators out to them. In Tampa they've gone a different route, putting solar panels and batteries on each light on major roads, along with a single flashing red or yellow beacon in each direction. I think it's a waste of money considering how rare outages >6 hours are here. If that's happening, you just had a hurricane, no big deal.
The tornadoes around here are always embedded in severe thunderstorms. We don't get that stillness before the storm like I've heard described of Midwest storms. Also, there's usually a sudden increase in lightning frequency here right before a storm drops a tornado. I'm not sure if that happens elsewhere but it definitely happens here.Was outside with a friend as a young kid, it went totally silent/totally still ==== VERY EERIE
I turned to my friend and said "we should go inside Todd"
It was a tornado forming, air must have been going straight up to be silent & still like that.
Remember coming up from downstairs at my friends house and peaked ,,, you couldn't see out the window it was raining & blowing so hard.
My elementary school took a massive hit by the tornado (I was in maybe 3rd grade)
We had to set up classrooms in the gym for the rest of the year while it was being rebuilt..
I remember one of the tornadoes which hit my childhood home well. I was young, maybe 7 years old. I was always afraid of burglars, so I normally closed my curtains every evening. For some reason that night I crashed in my bed early, not closing the curtains. Around midnight, I was awakened by the sound of strong winds and rain and intense close lightning. Then it really intensified. I started seeing things flying by the window and mud and rocks started pelting the window, power went out. I heard my mother screaming from the other side of the house that it was a tornado. My dad ran into my room and picked me up, carrying me to their side of the house. Just as we got into the dining room there was a massive lightning strike and the entire sky turned a blue-green colour. We all went into their closet, which was the only place lacking windows. A crusty, dim 2D flashlight was all we had in there. Once the wind died down, we went into their bedroom and my mother lit some pillar candles, as we always did for power outages. My mother had me sleep in their room on the floor for the night, which I was more than happy to do. Daylight showed what happened. The tornado went right between the two houses, ripping out the grass, removed the fence between the two houses as well. We were missing some shingles, and the entire side of the house was covered in grass, mud, and leaves.
Now, that calm before the storm thing definitely happens here before a hurricane. It's a very sick-to-your-stomach feeling. Absolutely calm/still winds. Clear skies. THICK humidity. No wildlife around at all. And you have an uneasiness in your body due to the pressure dropping. That calm before each major hurricane we have sticks with me. I could describe the night before each hurricane vividly. It's not something you forget. I'm not sure what's worse, knowing it's coming or not knowing what your life will be like 48 hours later.
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The forecast for me just says Hot
The forecast for me just says Hot
- Today
High: 93 °F
Hot - Tonight
Low: 71 °F
Mostly Clear - Tuesday
High: 96 °F
Hot - Tuesday Night
Low: 73 °F
Mostly Clear - Wednesday
High: 93 °F
Hot - Wednesday Night
Low: 67 °F
Mostly Clear - Thursday
High: 90 °F
Hot
........not hot for FL
, hopefully the humidity isn't nuts here
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at least it's not the crazy 40º+ delta that was happening last summer, lol...89º+ days, 45º nights, like what the hell was even that+
The forecast for me just says Hot
- Today
High: 93 °F
Hot- Tonight
Low: 71 °F
Mostly Clear- Tuesday
High: 96 °F
Hot- Tuesday Night
Low: 73 °F
Mostly Clear- Wednesday
High: 93 °F
Hot- Wednesday Night
Low: 67 °F
Mostly Clear- Thursday
High: 90 °F
Hot
........not hot for FL
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I wish!!!!!!!!
Moab Utah weather in Late Spring
just open windows to cool at night, perfect sleeping Dry/Dry/Dry
Here in summer, you open windows at night and it just lets in humidity, nope
AMD64Brunette
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11 :15 PM..and it's still 70 degrees F outside.(51 degree F dew point.)
This is no fun at all. My A/C is cranked up.
This is no fun at all. My A/C is cranked up.
Anything above 90F is considered properly hot in Florida. Really, anything above 85F is. Below that and we're quite comfortable, especially if humidity is lower than usual. The restaurants break out the outdoor heaters when the temperature gets to 72F, and I wish i was kidding for that. The same restaurants which aircon the dining rooms to 68F. :........not hot for FL
:In JAX today and seeing a couple of blown-out signs from the past week's storms. We've only been gone a week.
50F dewpoint is what I try to achieve in my home(!) Normally 73-77F dry bulb.
Currently have the hotel room at 72F / 42%RH (47.6F dewpoint), with the portable dehumidifier we bring with us.
76-degrees F. and mostly Sunny.... for now.
AMD64Brunette
Enlightened
9:30 PM,and still 74 degrees F outside.
It's clear.
It's clear.
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Heat Index for me right now: 103°F (39°C)
Heat Index for Fort Myers FL now: 95°F (35°C)
Heat Index for Dallas TX now: 92°F (33°C)
..and we have tons of wildfire smoke on its way for this afternoon & tomorrow
EDIT/ADD:
This morning it's smoky here,,, couple hundred miles to my north the air is very dangerous
that's smoke below
Heat Index for me right now: 103°F (39°C)
Heat Index for Fort Myers FL now: 95°F (35°C)
Heat Index for Dallas TX now: 92°F (33°C)
..and we have tons of wildfire smoke on its way for this afternoon & tomorrow
EDIT/ADD:
This morning it's smoky here,,, couple hundred miles to my north the air is very dangerous
that's smoke below
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Only 78-degrees F. and Sunny, but it's early. We hit 95 yesterday, but if felt like 105.
Only reaching 89F today just south of Daytona. Humidity's up though. They're saying a Tropical Mess
will be hanging around Florida for the next few days, which is very much welcome.
I went out to the beach tonight at midnight and it was right around 80F, minimal breeze. Humidity a bit thick. If any one of those were less, it would have been ideal, but I still sat out there for an hour and had the beach all to myself. Just the stars, the ocean, and a few planes overhead. It always surprises me that there aren't more people out at night. To me it's the best time to be out.
will be hanging around Florida for the next few days, which is very much welcome. I went out to the beach tonight at midnight and it was right around 80F, minimal breeze. Humidity a bit thick. If any one of those were less, it would have been ideal, but I still sat out there for an hour and had the beach all to myself. Just the stars, the ocean, and a few planes overhead. It always surprises me that there aren't more people out at night. To me it's the best time to be out.
