Roman White
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« on: June 11, 2009, 03:05:46 pm » |
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Hello Africa! Let me continue the discussion about what is really hot... Today the temperature was +38C in the daytime, near +20C at night. Low RH (25%) and mild winds help a bit but anyway we're slowly melting here... avaliable also in Farenheit This is already new record for June! (previous was +36C on June 27, 2006). Temperatures like this are very close to yearly records: +36C in 2006, +38C in 2008. But this year is still less than 2007 - it was up to +40...43C in Aug.2007 - the highest temperature which I have observed.
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brianb
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« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2009, 05:22:37 pm » |
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Today the temperature was +38C in the daytime, near +20C at night. Phew, I'd be dead! The hottest I can remember is high up in the mountains where the sun is very, very strong indeed, but the shade temperatures are quite low - I remember one particular climb (on the Grandes Jorasses) where the sunny side of me was broiling in just a single layer (necessary to prevent sunburn), sweat was pouring off me & freezing into blocks of ice on the shady side!
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Roman White
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« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2009, 06:35:17 pm » |
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I was wondering when at 16-17 hours (EEST) the sky became completely covered with Altostratus, so it became cloudy outside... meanwhile the temperature kept being within +30...+35C. Now I looked at SAT24.com (19:30 EEST) and have seen the widespreading (>500km) front of As from east, with some convection at the rear (E) side. (Currently I failed to upload an image).Maybe some rain will occure at night. Phew, I'd be dead!
It can be even comfortable ...if only you sit somewhere in shade and do nothing... The hottest I can remember is high up in the mountains where the sun is very, very strong indeed, but the shade temperatures are quite low - I remember one particular climb (on the Grandes Jorasses) where the sunny side of me was broiling in just a single layer (necessary to prevent sunburn), sweat was pouring off me & freezing into blocks of ice on the shady side!
Wow. What was the altitude there?
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brianb
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« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2009, 08:07:19 pm » |
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What was the altitude there? About 4000 metres. One foot in Italy, one foot in France; a very long bouncy drop on one side, a near vertical 1000m drop on the other, hoping that the cornice wasn't going to break....
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JohnC
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« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2009, 08:38:01 pm » |
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You're south of the Jet Stream,Roman . ATM we and northern Europe, are north of it, hence the difference.
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Roman White
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« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2009, 09:19:55 pm » |
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You're south of the Jet Stream,Roman . ATM we and northern Europe, are north of it, hence the difference.
BTW, I watched at the temperature chart for recent days - the hot air will reach far north in NW Russia, providing temperatures above +30C at 60-65N latitude - now that is really interesting!
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Roman White
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« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2009, 02:11:56 pm » |
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...and again today... the highest temperature since Aug.2007 +40C = 104F, RH 25% (dewpoint +15...+17C)
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« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2009, 03:02:49 pm » |
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Eeek, it's bad enough here (mid 20s), the sort of weather when I wish I was still working ... I'd find an excuse to do some work in the computer room (probably cabling in the floor space with the rats, paper & asbestos dust) for the sake of the air conditioned environment, 20C 50%RH.
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« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2009, 05:48:09 pm » |
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You might as well be in an oven, I couldn't stick that heat!
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Roman White
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« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2009, 06:13:40 pm » |
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Meteoblue had forecasted +35C for today and forecasts the same for Fri-Sat. It does mistake a bit on daily maximum during such heat periods, I will look what will be further.
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