It's hot. Damn hot.

[Guest]

What's the weather like out there?

It's hot! Damn hot! Real hot! Hottest things is my shorts. I could cook things in it. A little crotch pot cooking.

Well, tell me what it feels like.

Fool, it's hot! I told you again! Were you born on the sun? It's damn hot! I saw... It's so damn hot, I saw little guys, their orange robes burst into flames. It's that hot! Do you know what I'm talking about?

What do you think it's going to be like tonight?

It's gonna be hot and wet! That's nice if you're with a lady, but it ain't no good if you're in the jungle.


http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b318/sweetsubsarahh/mondaysun.jpgMonday: 104°F 40°C
Plentiful sunshine. Very hot. High 104F. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b318/sweetsubsarahh/mondaysun.jpgTuesday: 103°F 39°C
Mostly sunny skies. A stray thunderstorm is possible. Heat index near 110F. High 103F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b318/sweetsubsarahh/sunthunderstorms.jpgWednesday: 104°F 40°C
Isolated thunderstorms. Highs 102 to 106F and lows in the upper 70s.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b318/sweetsubsarahh/mondaysun.jpgThursday: 100°F 38°C
More sun than clouds. Highs 98 to 102F and lows in the mid 70s.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b318/sweetsubsarahh/mondaysun.jpgFriday: 94°F 34°C
Slight chance of a thunderstorm. Highs in the mid 90s and lows in the upper 60s.




Wow. Friday may not even hit triple digits.

And me without my muff.

 

[logophile]

And me without my muff.

Well, you have until Friday. Maybe you could let it grow in a little?

 

[matriarch]

Today, Jul 17
Isolated T-Storms
High of 108°, low of 90°


Tue Jul 18
Isolated T-Storms
High of 109°, low of 91°


Wed Jul 19
Isolated T-Storms
High of 108°, low of 90°


Thu, Jul 20
Isolated T-Storms
High of 107°, low of 91°


Fri Jul 21
Mostly Sunny
High of 110°, low of 89°

Oh joy. More of the same.

 

[ltnsfr007]

And me without my muff.

Thought it was suppsed to be cooler w/ short hair

 

[Stella_Omega]

I was told it hit 102 here in Los Angeles

 

[rgraham666]

Same here. From what I recall, supposed to hit 37C today.

Sure feels like it.

 

[impressive]

Well, you have until Friday. Maybe you could let it grow in a little?

*snicker*

 

[matriarch]

Back home in my part of the UK, the temperature, at 6.15 in the evening is a balmy, sultry and very unusual 84F. *sigh*

This is the forecast for the next 5 days.

Today - clear. High 84F, low 61F

18 Jul - sunny. High 83F, low 62F

19 Jul - sunny. High 83F, low 63F

20 Jul - light rain (woohoo, lucky buggers!). High 73F, low 58F

21 Jul - AM Clouds / PM Sun. High 73F, low 57F.

Guess where I'd rather be.

 

[matriarch]

*snicker*

An impish response.

 

[Samandiriel]

It's like Africa hot!!!!

 

[Selena_Kitt]

whooooo! I feel better... it's only 90-something here

 

[Guest]

 

[Remec]

Back home in my part of the UK, the temperature, at 6.15 in the evening is a balmy, sultry and very unusual 84F. *sigh*
Guess where I'd rather be.

*shrugging*
Um, wherever a certain goose happens to be?

 

[Remec]

That's about the only saving grace around here. I find that even when I can only catch a little bit of shut-eye, it seems to be more productive than usual.

I've had days where--between errands and stuff--I've come home from work, slept for an hour or two before having to deal with kids, then stayed up with them for another 8-10 hours before being able to go sleep for 2-3 before going into work. But, even with the reduced sleep, I don't feel particularly out of sorts.

It's hell keeping awake on the weekends, though, when I have time in the evenings to possibly do stuff.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

The 10 day forcast for the Chicago Metro Area:

Tue
Jul 18 Mostly Sunny
84°/66° 20% chance or Percipitation

Wed
Jul 19 Isolated T-Storms
90°/74° 30% chance or Percipitation

Thu
Jul 20 Isolated T-Storms
91°/65° 30% chance or Percipitation

Fri
Jul 21 Partly Cloudy
77°/61° 20% chance or Percipitation

Sat
Jul 22 Partly Cloudy
81°/64° 20% chance or Percipitation

Sun
Jul 23 Isolated T-Storms
85°/66° 30% chance or Percipitation

Mon
Jul 24 Isolated T-Storms
86°/66° 30% chance or Percipitation

Tue
Jul 25 Scattered T-Storms
82°/63° 60% chance or Percipitation

Wed
Jul 26 Scattered T-Storms
82°/64° 60% chance or Percipitation

Then there is the real forcast:

Light during the day and dark at night!

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

Temps here for the next few days:

Today:
High 98
Low 72
current temp: 93
present humidity: 67%
heat index: 102

Tomorrow:
High 98
Low 72

Wednesday:
High 98
Low 72 (see a pattern here?)

By the end of the week, we are supposed to have some thunderstorms which will bring the temp down a whole whopping few degrees to 90.

Where we are moving (if we ever get this freaking house sold):

current temp: 79
high 88
low 50!!
humidity 25%
heat index: 77

Tomorrow
high 85
low 45

Wednesday
high 88
low 52

See one of the reasons why we want to move?

 

[Wildcard Ky]

On my way home from work a few minutes ago the time and temperature sign at the bank said that it was 102 degrees.

Forecast calls for highs in the mid to upper 90's with high humidity all week.

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

Our heat index is now up to 105. Yikes.

 

[SeaCat]

I actually have no idea how hot it got down here, or what the heat index was. I do know that it was warm.

How do I know that? Easy I was out playing softball and after half an hour I had sweat through my leather belt. Hell by the end of the first half hour I had taken off my headband and wrung it out twice. (By the end of the first hour my wife and the other women who showed up for practice looked like they were in a Wet T-Shirt Contest. Thank god for athletic women who don't like Bra's. )

I went through a gallon of Gator Aide in practice, then went through even more when I got home.

Cat

 

[Huckleman2000]

This is when Seattle weather finally pays off

Tue
Jul 18

Mostly Sunny
72°/53° 0% chance of precip
72°F
Wed
Jul 19

Partly Cloudy
74°/57° 0%chance of precip
74°F
Thu
Jul 20

Mostly Sunny
80°/62° 20%chance of precip
80°F
Protect Your Plants From the Heat
Fri
Jul 21

Sunny
90°/66° 20%chance of precip
90°F
Sat
Jul 22

Mostly Sunny
91°/68° 20%chance of precip
91°F
Sun
Jul 23

Sunny
87°/65° 20%chance of precip
87°F
Check Your Air Quality Forecast
Mon
Jul 24

Sunny
80°/62° 0%chance of precip
80°F

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

It's days like this I wish the US used Celcius. Somehow, 40 degrees Celcius doesn't seem nearly as hot as 104 degrees Fahrenheit.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[matriarch]

*shrugging*
Um, wherever a certain goose happens to be?

Most definitely.

 

[Guest]

Ah, damn it. We don't need this!

Kansas Crops wither under stifling heat wave

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060718/ap_on_re_us/heat_farmers


By ROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press Writer Tue Jul 18, 6:21 AM ET

WICHITA, Kan. - Harvey Heier checked his dryland fields and watched helplessly as his corn plants withered under the unrelenting heat wave. The plants along the edge of his fields are brown.

Before the scorching temperatures hit his farm, it looked like he might have a decent corn crop thanks to scattered rains earlier in the season. But now he figures he's losing bushels off his production every day.

"It is like the death of a loved one," he said.

Fierce heat blanketed the nation from California to the Northeast Monday. Scores of communities reported temperatures of more than 100. Redding, Calif., about 160 miles north of Sacramento, reached 110 degrees. Parts of Oklahoma hit 109.

Temperatures at Heier's farm reached 100 or 101 Monday; a day earlier it was 106. No relief was forecast until the end of the week.

In Kansas, the state Agricultural Statistics Service reported that the high temperatures continued to stress row crops. Corn condition has deteriorated, with the agency rating 12 percent of the crop as poor to very poor. About 34 percent remained in fair shape, while 45 percent was rated as good and 9 percent as excellent.

"Corn lucky enough to be in places that received beneficial rains last week are probably positioned as good as it can be for this time. They are not immediately under as much drought stress," said Jere White, executive director of the Kansas Corn Growers Association.

In California, the United Farm Workers union launched a radio campaign to educate farmworkers throughout the state about their right to drinking water, shade and breaks — rules developed after five farmworkers died of heat-related deaths last year.

The heat also has taken its toll on livestock. In rural Doniphan County in northeast Kansas, one cattleman lost 32 head of cattle in Sunday's extreme temperatures. Veterinarians are urging farmers to water pens frequently and keep their livestock under shade coverings to help farm animals beat the heat.

It was the largest loss his family has seen in the 50 years it has raised cattle, said Jerry Boos, who operates a 450-head cattle herd.

"I came out Sunday morning and there they lay," said Boos. "There's just not enough air moving and too much humidity."

The heat wave comes as farmers in many parts of the nation have been dealing with a drought. In Alabama, a drought burned up most of the state's corn before it could be harvested, and now is threatening to ruin some cotton and peanut crops.

Jim Kelly, who farms 4,000 acres of peanuts, cotton and some corn near Hartford in southeast Alabama and northwest Florida, said the only corn that appears to have survived the drought was corn that was being irrigated.

"The other day it rained an inch and a half at my house, but it was dry just down the road," said Kelly, who is also a member of the board of directors of the state
Department of Agriculture and Industries. "But within another week or so, you could be looking at around half the crop gone."

 

[Honey123]

I believe it's gonna hit 97 again today in my area....

I don't really mind it...toss on the bikini...the sprinkler...I'm set.

 

[Nirvanadragones]

This is fucking crazy!! Just checked the temperature outside my front door, and it's...

35 degree Celsius = 95 degree Fahrenheit

(that's 4 pm in the afternoon - a few Km's North of London)