Escape the summer heat

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

For those getting weary of the summer heat, I thought you'd like to know it is quite pleasant up here in the Northwest and you may want to consider a vacation up this way. Certainly this is cool and refreshing compared to what you've been putting up with. I thought I would prove it to you by posting the 10-day forecast for Richland, Washington. Take note that the temperature is expected to plummet to the mid 90s by the middle of the week. Don't forget to bring your long-sleeve shirts and jackets with you



Vaughn

 

[lschultz]

Ifs I come up there you gonna feed me?Where I sleep?The usual down here hot and humid.

 

[klenger]

Looks like a pretty wimpy forcast to me. We're having a cold spell here lately. Only about 100 F each day.

 

[willyslover]

Ya but it's a dry cool... LOL



I went up to 9800 ft. today to get some nice 71* and a thunder storm to wash off the pollen on the rig

 

[Forrest]

Saw 130 @ Death Valley in the forecast, but it didn't hold. :--) I was gonna make a road trip with the digital camera.

 

[MMeier]

Only hit 108 today, still 98 now at 11:30, supposed to hit the one teens again most of the week#@$%! !!

 

[mcoleman]

I lived in Aridzona while I was in the service for a while and I'll take the Missouri humidity over the triple digits anyday. The last 4th of July I spent there it hit 118 degrees. At least I have a lake 50 miles in any direction that I can go sit in when it gets sticky.

 

[JConley]

When it gets up to 123 degrees with a 20 MPH wind and a dust storm, then we can chat. Daily temps here are around 115 to 120.

 

[me4osu]

I was in Vernal, UT last week and it was hotter there than at home! I remember a few years ago, I went to a job in Gillette, WY, in July, thinking I would escape our opressive heat. NOT!







In June of 1999 I had to go to the Safah Field in Oman near the U. A. E. border. That was the hottest I have ever been in my life. Picture: 138 deg. F ambient temps. with 6oz. Nomex coveralls. The guys that rotated in and out of the facility said that in August it would get to 156 deg. F.



Rusty has probably heard this place. They had five Superior 16SGT825 engines (and various other 12s and 8s) all running 158 deg. F manifold temp. Derated I'm sure.



Nice country, but too dang hot for me.

 

[dpuckett]

Geez, I got spoilt

I got too used to Colorado, and its "dry heat. " I moved back here to swampeast MO (albeit temporary), and have about died. 98 deg; 95% humidity, NO WIND/ BREEZE at ALL!!! Lucky to get down to 75 well after midnight. I am used to 90 deg, 15%, 20 mph breeze, 50s at night; God's country. I'm glad I'm not living in the northwest, AZ, or any of those other triple digit places right now. I was loading a truck with wheat today, and the wind must've been 15-20 mph (first all month). So humid, though, I was still soaked. Drive an 80 model International snub nose with a 290 NTC (at least it's a Cummins) and a day cab about an hour each way to the elevator, with a GCVW of 80K+. Cant wait to start bush-hoggin this week- AC in the tractorOo. Oo. Oo.

 

[merryman]

Hey other Vaughn, you live in the wrong part of the Northwest; My part of the Northwest (Southern Oregon Coast) is different. I think we got well past 75 degrees today---most days it stays a little below 75, but a real hot day can push it almost to 80-----at that point the locals start looking for the shade.



Vaughn

 

[klenger]

98 deg; 95% humidity

That would be a 193 on the misery index.

 

[mcoleman]

The humidity level was at 97% yesterday morning here in MO. But thank goodness it's dropping out of the mid 90s for a couple of days.

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

100F 100% humidity my $%%#

Originally posted by dpuckett

98 deg; 95% humidity, NO WIND/ BREEZE at ALL!!!

I have always wondered if there was any truth to these comments. The other day when there were extreme heat index advisories for the Oklahoma/Kansas/N. Texas areas I got onto weather.com and punched in two dozen different locations around 5pm local time and the highest heat index I could come up with was 110. Either the temp was high (around 105) with low humidity or it was in the 90s with high humidity (around 50%).



If anyone looks at a Heat Index chart you'll notice they usually don't go above 150F, even ones on websites located in Houston, Brownsville, Dallas, etc. While it may feel like sky-high humidity when it's 105 out in the south, I am skeptical about those "100 degrees with 95% humidity" comments.



Here is one you can punch into your Heat Index Scale: Last summer we had a downpour of 1" of rain and two days later it reached 110 here in Pasco. According to the local paper the next day the humidity was 35% at that peak temperature and they reported the HI. What does that equate to?



I can see the same scenario playing out in other places, heavy rain followed by 110+ degree temperatures.



By the way it only made 106 today, merryman!!



http://www.r-p-r.co.uk/heat_index.htm



Vaughn

 

[MMeier]

Same thoughts here Vaughn Mac, just had a good dash of rain here so I went and retrieved my weather station from the race trailer: 107*,33% humidity,and 5800' density altitude with the ground soaking wet!:{

 

[mcoleman]

33% humidity? That must be nice. We are having a cold front pass though at the moment and this morning when I got up our humidity was at 87% and it feels great outside. It usually stays in the high 90% range all summer in Southern Missouri.

 

[illflem]

How about a high of 101 with less than a quarter mile visibility due to smoke for comfort?

Forest's on fire again in Montana.

 

[klenger]

It's so hot here ...

... How hot is it?





It's so hot the that the truck's fan clutch engages as soon as you start the truck, but shuts down after you drive a few miles becasue it has cooled down.

 

[HVAC]

Coastal Climate

Vaughn, it's only 66* here in Half Moon Bay. Can you believe it?

We have a marine layer (fog) that has kept things even cooler then we might like.



I was up in the northern portion of the central valley and they were getting 100* plus temps since last weekend. Redding and Red Bluff were around 110*! Great gosh amighty! Humidity was well under 40%. Still HOTHOTHOT.

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

Try 111

Nowel, Red Bluff is a hot place, that's for sure!



Here's the latest forecast for Richland Wash. Looking pretty hot for tomorrow. It was over 100 by 12 noon today and supposed to be 108 this afternoon



Vaughn