jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jun 2021 10:42:39 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs
> <bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 12:36:55 PM UTC-4, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
>>> On Tue, 29 Jun 2021 03:47:01 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs
>>> <bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10:35:00 AM UTC-4, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 27 Jun 2021 23:39:33 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
>>>>> <spef...@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, 26 Jun 2021 23:11:32 -0700, Don Y
>>>>>> <blocked...@foo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 6/26/2021 7:37 PM, amdx wrote:
>>>>>>>> Is it true one will be worse than the other? :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It will obviously be in the mind of the beholder(s).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I know folks used to 110F here (AZ) would cringe at 90F on
>>>>>>> the coast -- as the humidity is just inescapable.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It is similarly amusing to see people wearing *gloves*, here,
>>>>>>> in the (above zero!) winter temperatures -- having lived in
>>>>>>> places that get considerably colder.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'll be curious to see what the folks on the northern
>>>>>>> border/Canada think about this batch of temperatures!
>>>>>>> Wanna bet there's a big run on "cooling devices" (fans,
>>>>>>> if nothing else!)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kind of muggy today. High of 27 (about 80°F). A bit hotter tomorrow
>>>>>> and rain, then down to 70°F highs for the rest of the week.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not unusual weather for this time of year, more like mid-July weather
>>>>>> perhaps. <shrug>
>>>>> I just had to move my car before the street pavers show up at 8AM. It
>>>>> was chilly in sweats and a parka. It's 54F and 98% humidity. Saw a
>>>>> coyote trotting past the house.
>>>>>
>>>>> No views. Just fog.
>>>>
>>>> Bay area meteorologist gives some insight into Bay area weather and how perplexed they are. He says it's just a matter of time until SF is "bubbled."
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj-DupH6v1Q
>>> Predicting the future of chaotic systems is absurd... economic
>>> systems, social systems, weather, climate.
>>
>> It's no longer absurd or chaotic the closer you get to the occurrence of the event, everything is quite deterministic at that point.
>>
>>>
>>> The pnw is getting wind from the east, so it's hot and dry. Our
>>> dominant wind is from the west, off the ice-cold ocean, but we usually
>>> get a few weeks of hot and dry wind from the east, typically in
>>> October. A ceiling fan is enough to make that bearable.
>>>
>>> Of course when an area is covered by thousands of continuously-read
>>> temperature sensors, some in parking lots or on runways, you get
>>> records.
>>>
>>> A weather station map of Portland shows 10 degree local variations.
>>> And it's cool today so far.
>>
>> All you're saying is some air is the shade, some is in the sun, some is in between.
>
>
> And you can pick the highest one of hundreds to declare a record.
>
>
>

Well, Lytton BC broke the previous all-Canada record by 13 F yesterday,
hours before a brush fire burnt the whole village to the ground. :(

Seriously, it got up to 121 F (49.4 C) in _Canada_.

May God have mercy on them all.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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