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Post by circleman on Jul 29, 2009 17:15:42 GMT -5
106 degrees on my car thermometer here in Seattle. inside the house, a cool 87 fahrenheit. No AC. whew.
off to the air conditioned cafe for some wireless chilling.
cman
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Post by chris_c on Jul 29, 2009 17:53:02 GMT -5
39 degrees C today in the Cowichan Valley on southern Vancouver Island and even the Cat avoids laying in the sun. It's very humid as well, something unusual in this part of the world. This is supposed to be temperate rain forest but after the coldest (and driest) winter in some years, it would be wrong to complain so I won't.
Chris
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Post by johnfromoz on Jul 29, 2009 19:12:20 GMT -5
Wow, that is warm! We normally get runs of several days in the high 30s and low 40s in summer here (Adelaide, South Australia) but I always think of BC and the US northwest as milder. I was disabused of that when I visited in May. I spent half a day in Vancouver then about 3 weeks in Seattle and came prepared to be chilled. It was 17deg the day I got in, not hot, but walking round I worked up a sweat. Talking to others who have been both there and here, we developed a theory that the same temperature is warmer in your part of the world! And Seattle, are you getting rain among the heat? Some nice tropical palms and ferns would be appropriate if you are. (BTW, despite the stereotype, the weather was great when I visited).
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Post by garryrussell on Jul 29, 2009 19:37:59 GMT -5
About 17C today and amybe 15 tomorrow.windy and rain Garry
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Post by JasonK..AKA "Pal Joey." on Jul 29, 2009 20:33:41 GMT -5
106 here in PDX / Camas...I made the mistake today of sitting in the step well of my truck and burned the crud out of the backs of my calfs...you know the Grumann vans that UPS drives? it's that...very cold and drafty in the winter and extremley hot and airtight in the summer... ...on the downside..it's all PDX in the summer...with the traffic....on the plus side...it's PDX in the summer...oh, the women!!
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Post by raymengel on Jul 29, 2009 22:55:33 GMT -5
To all who are suffering in the "Seattle Heat Wave": It was a cool and balmy 85 degrees here in sunny Spokane It sure seems strange to see three digit temps on the west side of the state. Our home town of Bremerton was at 100 degrees today as well. Hang in there as we are suppose to be getting your heat by the weekend and you will be cooling off. Until then, Take care and try to stay cooooool! Ray Mengel Spokane Valley, WA
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Post by qxtoolman on Jul 30, 2009 10:10:40 GMT -5
This place is not geared to this kind of heat. There has been a large number of A/C failures, and the commercial A/C's around here are not like the ones in the Southwest, they don't send down as cool of air. In fact I am glad today, I am no longer in facilities, as my former comrades have been on the roof much of the past 2 days, because the rooftop units have been failing. The failures of the units have put some of the temperature sensitive A/C parts in jeopardy. What has made this heat wave different is that our built-in blower in the Columbia Gorge has been-off or on a low setting. No wind, high dew points & humidity, then add 100 F + temps & smog you can cut with a knife, that's just not a PNW heat wave. On a side note, I found it interesting that Seattle has never had an official high temp higher than 100 F. This weekend it supposed to cool into the 90's, and then early next week our friends the morning low clouds & marine air are supposed to return. Yeah!
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Post by Tom/CalClassic on Jul 30, 2009 11:12:34 GMT -5
Hi,
I can feel for you. I have no A/C here in San Diego, and last week it was over 90 degrees (and sometimes 97) every day. Ouch! Luckily it is cooler this week...
Stay cool,
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Post by pilotgod on Jul 30, 2009 13:00:57 GMT -5
Gentleman, as someone who has spent my entire 26 years of existence (yeah, I expect the "you're a baby" comments) in Texas and now Oklahoma where temps of 110F (43C) in the shade with humidity over 60% is considered normal, there is this great invention called central air. Without it, well, yeah...I feel for you. My best advice is to follow the below directions precisely: 1: Fill a large cooler with ice, water, and beer. 2: Sit fan on opposite side of cooler, blowing onto you across cooler. 3. Drink beer and enough water to keep hydrated. 4. Curse global warming. BTW, here in Oklahoma City, we had a nice cold front move through and drop our high temps to about 87F (30C) so I'm about to go out and buy a jacket.
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Post by qxtoolman on Jul 30, 2009 13:28:45 GMT -5
Gentleman, as someone who has spent my entire 26 years of existence (yeah, I expect the "you're a baby" comments) in Texas and now Oklahoma where temps of 110F (43C) in the shade with humidity over 60% is considered normal, there is this great invention called central air. Without it, well, yeah...I feel for you. My best advice is to follow the below directions precisely: 1: Fill a large cooler with ice, water, and beer. 2: Sit fan on opposite side of cooler, blowing onto you across cooler. 3. Drink beer and enough water to keep hydrated. 4. Curse global warming. BTW, here in Oklahoma City, we had a nice cold front move through and drop our high temps to about 87F (30C) so I'm about to go out and buy a jacket. I am for it, except for one tiny little detail...... I not so sure people would want to get on plane that was repaired by someone or a bunch of people who had a cooler full of "Barley Pop" next to them while working. ;D Tom: Boy I am fool, I thought everyone in So Cal had A/C. When I was growing-up in the Michigan Yukon, I saw these pictures where everyone had A/C in So Cal...... Sheesh! Another boyhood myth shattered like Santa Claus & the Easter Bunny... When does the madness end?
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Post by cjwest on Jul 30, 2009 14:24:59 GMT -5
It's 74F here in Des Moines, and the relative humidity is an exceedingly comfy 46%. Not the normal sort of weather we get this time of year. I'm not complaining; I think the a/c's been switched on less than 10 days so far this year.
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Post by Tom/CalClassic on Jul 30, 2009 16:25:03 GMT -5
In Southern California there is usually a very steep temperature gradient as you move away from the beach. The rule of thumb is that the temperature goes up 10 degrees each 5 miles you move away from the shore. This is for "normal" conditions, where the breeze is coming west off the beach. I'm about 10 miles from the beach, and thus when it is 70 degrees at the beach, it's about 90 at my house. The normal temps at the beach are 65 to 70 degrees (right at the water), and 85 to 90 at my house. It does cool off at night (except for the 2 or 3 horrible weeks when the tropical moisture heads north from Mexico), so with a lot of fans I can get it pretty comfortable for sleeping. The horrible nights are spent under a ceiling fan. Almost no one has A/C at the beach, about 25% do 5 miles from the beach, about 50% where I live, and almost 100% at El Cajon, about 18 miles from the beach. At Borrego Springs (out in the desert) it is exactly 100% - the average summer temp there is 105. Now when the Santa Ana winds hit in the fall, the inverse happens - it's often even hotter at the beach than at my house (usually around 90 at the beach; 85 at my house). That's when we get those strong winds that can blow a fire right to the shore - horrible. Take care,
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Post by circleman on Jul 31, 2009 14:00:36 GMT -5
temps down by 10 degrees fahrenheit this friday morning. looks like a weather break coming in.
hoping for the best, cuz the town is out of electric fans.
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Post by simondix on Jul 31, 2009 14:49:57 GMT -5
If it is so hot over there when I took off from Grand Forks, BC. According to ActiveSky it was snowing! Was it?
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Post by chris_c on Jul 31, 2009 15:47:14 GMT -5
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