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A Normal August 1st

Brian Hall

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A normal temperature for August 1st in southeast Oklahoma. Fortunately the humidity is only ~50% today so the heat index is somewhere around 120F.
 
Ten degrees less in Florida but almost double the humidity, so it feels like ten degrees more ... :mad:

Our humidity is normally about 70%. Got lucky today.

I was going to walk to my mailbox which is about 160 yards away. I stepped outside and decided to drive my truck.
 
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A normal temperature for August 1st in southeast Oklahoma. Fortunately the humidity is only ~50% today so the heat index is somewhere around 120F.
What is the WBGT temp? Where I am it is about 10 degrees cooler, but humid. The WBGT is right on the edge of black which is something of a no working outside level. Is expected to be in the black tomorrow. Only in the dangerous red zone today. Where you should stop and cool off 2 minutes for every 1 minute you are active outdoors. And should not be active longer than 20 minutes at time.
 
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Oh just looked the WGBT was same as here right on the edge of black. Plenty hot. About to do some grass cutting in another hour when it cools. Here is a National Weather service map of it. You can get a WGBT app on phones which is specific for your location. I find it much more accurate about how hot it really feels when active outside versus the Heat Index Feels Like Temperature.


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What is the WBGT temp? Where I am it is about 10 degrees cooler, but humid. The WBGT is right on the edge of black which is something of a no working outside level. Is expected to be in the black tomorrow. Only in the dangerous red zone today. Where you should stop and cool off 2 minutes for every 1 minute you are active outdoors. And should not be active longer than 20 minutes at time.

I used the calculator and came up with WBGT 95, heat index 137.
 
London is hitting 90F. (30+C)
This is hot for us, as most homes don't have air cons, we don't really need them!
Lucky for me, my office does, so I am cool as a cucumber.
 
Heat index of 103 about 2 hours ago, t-storm went through it's 74 now.
 
Meanwhile on August 1, happy posthumous birthday to the inimitable Jerry Garcia.
 
This is why I left Arizona and moved into the western NY mountains.
 
How's the weather down under
It's 2/3 through winter... but 20C and sunny where John is and 14C and partly cloudy where I am. He is much further north than I.
A normal temperature for August 1st in southeast Oklahoma. Fortunately the humidity is only ~50% today so the heat index is somewhere around 120F.
Wow, 41.1C (106F) is very hot.


JSmith
 
It's 2/3 through winter... but 20C and sunny where John is and 14C and partly cloudy where I am. He is much further north than I.

Wow, 41.1C (106F) is very hot.


JSmith
-7C this morning in southern Canberra, my car was a white ice box before i poured warm water over it at 7am.

10 day count down for 2 weeks hoiday in Samoa, where the locals are crying over 17C nights due to a unusual cold intrusion from down south. The days there are 30C :)
 
-7C this morning in southern Canberra, my car was a white ice box before i poured warm water over it at 7am.
I'm glad it was only warm and not boiling. ;)

Yeah -7C is pretty damn chilly there in inland Canberra, has been getting to zero in Melbourne I hear.

When I lived in The Netherlands a long time ago, I'd usually use an ice scraper to clear the windscreen and often had to get in through the boot if the door locks were frozen up. I recall getting off the train one evening and the temp sign said -14C.


JSmith
 
I used the calculator and came up with WBGT 95, heat index 137.

I doubt you had 50% relative humidity when the temperature was 106. That means a dew point of 84 and, as you said, a heat index of 137. That would be extraordinary and newsworthy.
 
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