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Extreme heat in south central LA
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:30 am
by CajunMama
NWS calling for highs of 99 Sunday & Monday and 95 the rest of the week with barely a chance of rain in sight. We need some cloud cover & rain!!!!!!!!
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:44 pm
by Audrey2Katrina
I certainly agree.. this heat is almost unbearable. Don't care to have anything tropical head here; but a nice stretch of what used to be typcial PM convectional showers would be a nice respite.
A2K
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:11 pm
by Extremeweatherguy
It got into the upper 90s here in Houston today!
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:16 pm
by Audrey2Katrina
We "only" made the mid-90's... heat index 105-109... But I think there's some promise of relief headed your way... and hopefully ours, because a lot of the rain we get, passes through Texas first.
A2K
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:22 pm
by CajunMama
It only got up to 93 today but didn't feel too bad. We also had north winds around 17mph which made it feel cooler.
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:37 pm
by Audrey2Katrina
A good stiff breeze does help make it bearable, especially when it's out of the North. All the humidity here does make it oppressive when there's just little to no wind, or when it's barely from the South and moist.
A2K
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:21 pm
by Sean in New Orleans
It's a little better for the next two or three days, but, then the heat returns again.
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:46 am
by Audrey2Katrina
Yup, We only get low 90's next two days, and forecast back into uppers by Thursday or Friday... I do hope some rains move through Texas and find their way over here... we could use it.
A2K
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:52 pm
by MGC
Still a far cry from the summer of 2000 when we had a heat index of 130 here on the coast. The dew point was like 83 or 84....it was HOT!....MGC
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:07 pm
by Scott Patterson
Yesterday we had an official high (in Craig Colorado-the closest I can check online) of 90 and the day before it was 91, but at my weather station at my house, I had 94 yesterday. Luckily it cools off at night here. Yesterday had an official low of 36, and the day before 38. I actually had 32 at my house yesterday, which was just cold enough to frost the grass.
Around here you have to use the heater and air conditioner on the same day.
30's at night and 90's in the day is very common. Here, the record winter low is -61 and the summer high 102. Summer can range from the low 20's to the low 100's.
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:19 pm
by Audrey2Katrina
Yup, that's a typical continental climate... inland the summers generally are warmer than along the coast, even of the more southern states, (case in point the horrific heat wave of 1981 where I believe thousands died from heat, and most of those in the central US area--Chicago very hard hit). One advantage of living near a large body of water is the presence of that water which has a much higher specific heat than land, creating slightly cooler summers, and warmer winters.
Then again, there ARE the hurricanes.
A2K