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Lunacy Weather

Best thing to do is hunker down during the mid day. Then come out when everyone else is sleeping. :rofl:
You got that right! It ended up topping 40°F today or 104°F. I've only been able to work for short periods outside. A few things were begging to be watered.

Digging in the dirt at night would require a flashlight but is an attractive option in this heat.
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People down here are praying for 90 degrees again ! :rofl:This will be a long one, we won't see temps below 100 till mid to late October. We do get monsoons in July. Then it's a real treat 100+ heat and dew points in the 60's. It does feel like a oven. As soon as the storms leave you can see steam rising off the sidewalks. LOL no bullshit on that.
 
What the hell!
A massive plume of dust from Africa's Sahara Desert is spreading into parts of the U.S. after traveling 5,000 miles across the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.
Known as the Saharan Air Layer (SAL), this dry dust plume commonly forms from late spring through early fall and moves into the tropical Atlantic Ocean every three to five days, according to NOAA's Hurricane Research Division (HRD).

The HRD says the Saharan Air Layer is typically located between 5,000 and 20,000 feet above the Earth's surface. It is transported westward by bursts of strong winds and tropical waves located in the central and western Atlantic Ocean at altitudes between 6,500 and 14,500 feet.

The densest plume of dust began to emerge off western Africa last weekend and has now moved into the South. You can see the general area where the dust is located right now in the analysis below from NASA's GEOS-5 model.

Air quality has been unhealthy, even for healthy folks, in parts of Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, as of Saturday afternoon.

Air quality alerts have been issued in portions of the South and Ohio Valley where air could be dangerous for some people.


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Saharan Dust and Alerts
(Air quality alerts are issued in locations that are seeing or could see dangerous air quality for sensitive groups. )
Saharan dust tracks as far west as the Caribbean Sea, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico each year.

This particular dust event is unique because of its thickness over parts of the Caribbean Sea earlier this week. It had the highest concentrations of dust particles observed over Puerto Rico in at least the last 15 years, according to Dr. Olga Mayol of the Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies at the University of Puerto Rico.

Dust will continue to spread into parts of the U.S. through the weekend, where it might at least contribute to hazy skies. There could also be brilliant sunrises and sunsets.

The latest forecast below from NASA's GEOS-5 model shows the dust affecting parts of the South from now through Monday. Some of the dust could also spread as far north and west as portions of the Plains and Midwest.

Another plume of dust will also track across the Caribbean this weekend. Some of that dust might reach the U.S. Gulf Coast next week.
 
Finally. We are finally having the no weather we are supposed to have. Low to mid 70's, and a two week stretch. I'll take it, before the fires, floods and droughts start. No dust yet. No locusts yet. Fingers crossed, but on left hand, so not sure if it counts, or reverses it in a sinister way.
 
It's hot here and no end in sight. The only reprieve is a daily downpour. As the day plods on and the muggy closeness becomes unbearable, the skies open up and down it comes. From stillness a sudden wind appears and starts waving the trees around like party flags. Sudden. Intense. Powerful. A quiet day turns into something like this.

 
Hows the humidity @bulllee? Not that it bloody matters when it is that toasty. The best is when you have a heatwave & it is still 90 at 3am.
 
Hows the humidity @bulllee? Not that it bloody matters when it is that toasty. The best is when you have a heatwave & it is still 90 at 3am.
JAJAJA Funny you should mention the humidity ! :lmao: We are now starting to get our seasonal storms or "monsoons" they will last through the end of September. The dew point was at 52 degrees. That's humid in the desert. It gets hotter than shit in the day and the storms roll in the afternoon, and evenings. Sometimes it's over 100 degrees all night with a dew point around 60+. That's when you feel defeated. Then the rains start and it's like running cold water on a hot pan. Instant steam !:rofl:With the rains comes a feeling of redemption. An almost collective sigh. All I have to do is think about pictures of snow back east in January and a little heat isn't so bad.

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It's 115 right now, tomorrow could be a barn burner 115 +. I'm betting on 117. I got married back in june 1990 when we had the hottest day on record. 122. What they don't tell you is back then the official thermometer was located on a asphalt parking lot with no shade. They have since relocated to a different area in shade at Sky Harbor airport. So it's not likely to register 122 again. 235 people died from the heat in 2017 here. The power companies use to turn your power off for non-payment. That was a death sentence for a lot. Now they have to wait till the heat stops before they turn it off. God bless them for caring.
 

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