Heat

[oosik]

It's finally been done here. The hottest day ever recorded in the 43 years I've lived here.

106F The only good thing - 5% relative humidity. Trying to fight a wildfire in this heat - unbelievable.

 

[ponytug]

I don't know how the crews manage either; clothes, nomex, outer gear, and actively working hard, or hiking hard. We've watched our local crew practice running 1.5" lines up 45-60 degree (not %) slopes. They are really, really fast.

I'm thankful for every single person who volunteers, or has a job, as a firefighter.

All the best,

Peter

 

[Tpondel]

One of my all time fav movies.

 

[deserteagle71]

Yup. 106 degrees right now with 6% humidity according to the National Weather Service at the town nearest to me. That kind of heat and low humidity combined with wind will dehydrate - mummify - a body in no time at all.

Official high temperature was 108 degrees...despite all the smoke in the air from the California fires.

 

[lman]

It's supposed to get close to 90 with humidity getting down to around 50 this afternoon. It's been a few days since the humidity has been that low. The bugs love it. I saw about 50 bats flying over the treetops yesterday right before dawn. I've got 240 bales of hay on my trailer in the barn that needs to be stacked. I'll wait until next week when high temps are supposed to be in the 70's.

 

[dodge man]

Around here it’s not uncommon to get a heat index over 100 but the air temp is 90. Dew points will be over 70 when this happens.

 

[oosik]

I've been fortunate. Lived my entire life in northern states. Twenty two years in Alaska - the remainder, here, in WA.

However - I did get a taste of the "other side". 1972 - spent a week in July in Houston. It wasn't so much the high temps as the high humidity.

Going from Anchorage to Houston was a real shock. Landed at the new international airport in Houston. The air conditioning at the airport was malfunctioning. At least, it wasn't only me that was suffering.

 

[DarkBlack]

Yup. 106 degrees right now with 6% humidity according to the National Weather Service at the town nearest to me. That kind of heat and low humidity combined with wind will dehydrate - mummify - a body in no time at all.
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Official high temperature was 108 degrees...despite all the smoke in the air from the California fires.
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Interesting to see the heat index lower than the real temperature.
Here in the very humid north east, summer heat index’s are always higher than the actual temperature, never lower.

Dew point lately has been hovering around 72f, with dead still air. Gross.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

It's 8:45 am here in south Louisiana and the temperature is 83 degrees. Not to bad you say???
The dew point is 80.2 degrees which puts the heat index at 96.8 degrees.
By midafternoon we will probably see a heat index of around 115 degrees

 

[DarkBlack]

The dew point is 80.2 degrees

Nasty

 

[oldnslo]

It's 8:45 am here in south Louisiana and the temperature is 83 degrees. Not to bad you say???
The dew point is 80.2 degrees which puts the heat index at 96.8 degrees.
By midafternoon we will probably see a heat index of around 115 degrees

Would ya do us northerners a favor and keep that humid crap down south

Both humidity and dew points been in the mid sixties low 70’s last couple weeks.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

It's 8:45 am here in south Louisiana and the temperature is 83 degrees. Not to bad you say???
The dew point is 80.2 degrees which puts the heat index at 96.8 degrees.
By midafternoon we will probably see a heat index of around 115 degrees

I was wrong with my prediction.
Heat index is 121 at 4:45pm. Humidity is only 57% but the dew point is 80.2 degrees.

 

[oldnslo]

I was wrong with my prediction.
Heat index is 121 at 4:45pm. Humidity is only 57% but the dew point is 80.2 degrees.
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When it gets to 125 sell!!!!

I can hardly imagine how miserable that is.

 

[Hay Dude]

We are 97-98 with HIGH humidity and thunderstorms on the PA/DE border.

 

[jyoutz]

I don't know how the crews manage either; clothes, nomex, outer gear, and actively working hard, or hiking hard. We've watched our local crew practice running 1.5" lines up 45-60 degree (not %) slopes. They are really, really fast.

I'm thankful for every single person who volunteers, or has a job, as a firefighter.

All the best,

Peter

Did it for 25 years, but only 15 out on the fire line. That’s a young person’s job and I quit that at about age 35. The other 10 years was doing incident management and flying around in helicopters mapping fires and locating suppression line options. Nowadays crews are limited to 16 hours maximum and they get plenty of water, Gatorade, and MREs on the line. They are also limited to 14 days before they get 2-3 days R&R. Except for real remote locations, we don’t make them sleep on firelines anymore. We have camps with showers and catered hot meals. It’s still a dirty, nasty highly physical job.

 

[EddieWalker]

It's finally been done here. The hottest day ever recorded in the 43 years I've lived here.

106F The only good thing - 5% relative humidity. Trying to fight a wildfire in this heat - unbelievable.

Is that the official weather service temperature, or is that what you are seeing on your own thermometer?

We had the coolest July in history, but that isn't accurate because the official temps are taken at the Airport, and they are always 4 to five degrees higher then what we see here on the farm.

 

[5030]

In a few short months, everyone will be crying about the cold and snow (least up here in the north). It appears that no one is ever happy about the weather.

 

[jyoutz]

In a few short months, everyone will be crying about the cold and snow (least up here in the north). It appears that no one is ever happy about the weather.

We get plenty of cold and snow here in the south. Above 5,000’ elevation.

 

[oosik]

Eddie - on that day I recorded 106F on two units. My Davis Vantage Pro 2 and my big old mercury thermometer - a Weksler.

I don't know where the "official" temp for Cheney, WA is recorded. My guess - the Cheney Fire Dept.

In any case - the official temp in Cheney is, most usually, a couple degrees higher or a couple degrees lower than I see here.

The official temp for Spokane, Wa is at the airport. That about 22 mile NE of me. And in any case - who the heck lives at the airport.

 

[ponytug]

Airports are often chosen as reference sites for the lack of trees, and yet have grass, rather than concrete or asphalt around the weather station. Plus, airports are usually staffed and someone can keep track of the instruments.

There is actually a standard;

Site and Exposure Standards

All the best,

Peter