is it a good sign when the national weather service runs out of pre-assigned colors to depict temperature?
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@dirkhh we need a version of this pic but the center is burned through.
@afeinman
As you can see in my alt text... I do think that the color choice of essentially "ash" for the center is pretty instructive... -
@dirkhh I'm in that grey bit too.
@lnr
I am sorry. And you are at "sunny garden" (I know, not funny today... but it's kinda hard to resist).
Please tell me you either have A/C or have access to a space with A/C... -
is it a good sign when the national weather service runs out of pre-assigned colors to depict temperature?
@dirkhh I’m in the grey bit – south of England. When I picked up the kid from school earlier, the closest equivalent I can think of was Florida, although with a bit of a sharper heat and less humidity.
I’ve had the portable a/c on almost all day and it’s no longer fully coping. The office is now merely less awful than the rest of the house. (Also worried about the 11yo. Her room is already over 32°C and will be hotter by the time she goes to bed.)
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@afeinman
As you can see in my alt text... I do think that the color choice of essentially "ash" for the center is pretty instructive...@dirkhh
dangit! The one time I'd turned off alt text... -
@lnr
I am sorry. And you are at "sunny garden" (I know, not funny today... but it's kinda hard to resist).
Please tell me you either have A/C or have access to a space with A/C...@dirkhh I'll be able to cool the house down a bit, and keep the windows covered, so it should be liveable but not comfortable at least. And I plan to spend a couple of hours in the library air con in the morning!
Matthew's school is closing at lunchtime, which will at least mean cycling 3 miles home at 1pm rather than 3:30 !
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@dirkhh I’m in the grey bit – south of England. When I picked up the kid from school earlier, the closest equivalent I can think of was Florida, although with a bit of a sharper heat and less humidity.
I’ve had the portable a/c on almost all day and it’s no longer fully coping. The office is now merely less awful than the rest of the house. (Also worried about the 11yo. Her room is already over 32°C and will be hotter by the time she goes to bed.)
@craiggrannell
yeah - most portable units are limited to the temperature differential they can manage. Heck, even a typical whole house A/C has clear limits. A couple of years ago when we reached 45C in Portland we ended up setting the indoor temperature to 28C and that had the A/C run essentially non-stop.Good luck to you and your family. Worst case maybe you all can sleep in the same room? Better than trying to sleep in 32C (which feels impossible to me - but that's also a bit of having lived with A/C for the last 25 years)
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is it a good sign when the national weather service runs out of pre-assigned colors to depict temperature?
@dirkhh isn't that color just perfect, burned to ashes or coal.
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@dirkhh isn't that color just perfect, burned to ashes or coal.
@ikkeT
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@craiggrannell
yeah - most portable units are limited to the temperature differential they can manage. Heck, even a typical whole house A/C has clear limits. A couple of years ago when we reached 45C in Portland we ended up setting the indoor temperature to 28C and that had the A/C run essentially non-stop.Good luck to you and your family. Worst case maybe you all can sleep in the same room? Better than trying to sleep in 32C (which feels impossible to me - but that's also a bit of having lived with A/C for the last 25 years)
@dirkhh Thanks. I managed to get reasonable airflow (using fans/open windows) through one bedroom last night and so it dropped below 30 after midnight. Dunno about tonight. Because of how far north we are, we have under seven hours of “not daylight” right now. Combined with an overnight low of 22°C, it’s all feeling a bit bleh.
Bizarre to see the long-range forecast suggesting that the *highs* all next week will barely reach the low for the next two days.
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is it a good sign when the national weather service runs out of pre-assigned colors to depict temperature?
@dirkhh, what's the temperature scale for that? (It looks a bit off to me as I'm just about within the grey area but the forecast for tomorrow says 26℃.)
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is it a good sign when the national weather service runs out of pre-assigned colors to depict temperature?
@dirkhh Once the gulfstream collapses it will get cooler won't it?
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@ikkeT
see alt text@dirkhh right, I never do, but should've
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@dirkhh Once the gulfstream collapses it will get cooler won't it?
@amro
my understanding is that it will start cooling off this weekend - but I'm no expert by any stretch of the imagination. I'm just someone who used to live in Germany and remembers that temperatures 10C lower than today were considered HOT when I was a kid... -
@lnr
I am sorry. And you are at "sunny garden" (I know, not funny today... but it's kinda hard to resist).
Please tell me you either have A/C or have access to a space with A/C...@dirkhh Also - that is kinda funny
Our back garden patio is a little sun trap - the black plastic garden chairs were just reading over 60 degrees (in C! not F!) -
@amro
my understanding is that it will start cooling off this weekend - but I'm no expert by any stretch of the imagination. I'm just someone who used to live in Germany and remembers that temperatures 10C lower than today were considered HOT when I was a kid...@dirkhh I know and you're right. I'm just being sarcastic. In all probability and these heatwaves continue for the next decades, the warm gulfstream will collapse due to melting glaciers on Greenland adding to much fresh water to the AMOC.
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@dirkhh Also - that is kinda funny
Our back garden patio is a little sun trap - the black plastic garden chairs were just reading over 60 degrees (in C! not F!)@lnr
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that would be seriously painful to sit on.
Actually (
) a quick kagi search reveals... human pain threshold is somewhere around 44C, injuries can start below 50C and 60C will definitely give you burns!!!
Wowza. -
is it a good sign when the national weather service runs out of pre-assigned colors to depict temperature?
Well they got the colour of West Wales about right. Quite toasted today 🥵
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is it a good sign when the national weather service runs out of pre-assigned colors to depict temperature?
@dirkhh
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@lnr
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that would be seriously painful to sit on.
Actually () a quick kagi search reveals... human pain threshold is somewhere around 44C, injuries can start below 50C and 60C will definitely give you burns!!!
Wowza.@dirkhh Do not sit on the danger chairs!
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is it a good sign when the national weather service runs out of pre-assigned colors to depict temperature?
@dirkhh yes, it means it will turn around so tomorrow will be -36
