Hot! Day-yum . . .

[voluptuary_manque]

"Mommy, why do Californians hate September?"


113F in SoCal today . . .

 

[TxRad]

73 was the high here in northern Texas today. 53 was the low last night. Brrr.

It's 65 right now.

I don't remember September being all that warm when I used to live out there.

 

[3113]

I don't remember September being all that warm when I used to live out there.

It wasn't. It's only been in the last about 10 years that Summers have been mild, waiting till September to heat up, big time. We were lucky this year (so to speak) in that we had mild summer temps up till now. Over the last five years, these heat waves have lasted from early September through till mid-October, often with hot winds. Which accounts for five solid years of terrible fires.

If we're lucky--very, very, very lucky, these two weeks will be our hot season and it'll start to cool down again AND we'll avoid major fires. If we're not so lucky...well, I don't wanna think about it. I really hate going through autumn months with this kind of dry and terrible heat.

 

[3113]

P.S. this is why my Avatar switched from Fall clothing to something more suitable to the desert heat

Oh, and I think we broke a record today for hottest day.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

P.S. this is why my Avatar switched from Fall clothing to something more suitable to the desert heat

Oh, and I think we broke a record today for hottest day.

We did.

Oh, and you aren't old enough to remember but when I was in high school, it was often so hot in September that all we did for gym (in those un-air conditioned days) was float in the pool with our faces showing. No movement allowed. Triple digits aren't anything new, really. They're just as miserable as they always were.

 

[R. Richard]

I don't remember September being all that warm when I used to live out there.

Just to the North of Los Angeles, there are mountains and a high desert at some 4,000 feet elevation. When the pressure in Salt Lake City (yes, Salt Lake City) gets high enough and the pressure in the southern California area gets low enough, the normal daytime flow from the ocean reverses and hot desert air daytime air flows down from the high desert. The desert air is hot to begin with, but not 113 degrees hot. However, as the hot desert air flows down from 4,000 feet elevation, it undergoes something called adiabatic compression. Adiabatic compression adds about three degrees of temperature per thousand feet of drop. Thus 101 degree desert air arrives in Los Angeles at 113 degrees. The phenomenon is known as a Santa Ana Condition. (In the early days of Los Angeles, when the wind blew out of Santa Ana canyon, it was gonna be HOT!)

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Gee, today in Houston it was 78f. Last week we broke 100f it got down to 95f.

Enjoying the cool air.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Here in New Jersey the temperatures ranged from 59 in the morning to 67 in the evening, and wet. Very wet...

 

[TxRad]

Just to the North of Los Angeles, there are mountains and a high desert at some 4,000 feet elevation. When the pressure in Salt Lake City (yes, Salt Lake City) gets high enough and the pressure in the southern California area gets low enough, the normal daytime flow from the ocean reverses and hot desert air daytime air flows down from the high desert. The desert air is hot to begin with, but not 113 degrees hot. However, as the hot desert air flows down from 4,000 feet elevation, it undergoes something called adiabatic compression. Adiabatic compression adds about three degrees of temperature per thousand feet of drop. Thus 101 degree desert air arrives in Los Angeles at 113 degrees. The phenomenon is known as a Santa Ana Condition. (In the early days of Los Angeles, when the wind blew out of Santa Ana canyon, it was gonna be HOT!)

Yeah, I know all about the Santa Ana winds. I spent many a day at Thermal, California floating above the desert on the updrafts off the foothills. One of the few things i miss about the place.

 

[Loring2]

Same oh same oh here

It wasn't. It's only been in the last about 10 years that Summers have been mild, waiting till September to heat up, big time. We were lucky this year (so to speak) in that we had mild summer temps up till now. Over the last five years, these heat waves have lasted from early September through till mid-October, often with hot winds. Which accounts for five solid years of terrible fires.

If we're lucky--very, very, very lucky, these two weeks will be our hot season and it'll start to cool down again AND we'll avoid major fires. If we're not so lucky...well, I don't wanna think about it. I really hate going through autumn months with this kind of dry and terrible heat.

You pretty well summed up Northern Cal too, 103 in downtown SF yesterday, a bit cooleer today, 101. Marin County, my abode is about 3 or 4 degrees hotter.

Gasping for breath right now.