It's hotter than a whore house on nickel night

[KQ]

Not just hot in Eastern/Central Washington, but has all the ingredients for significant man made wildfire threat. Man made because no lightning forecast. Assume this is true for most of the Western US:

https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2020/...-wildfire.html

Yeah... my wheat is being harvested today. Hoping it goes off without a hitch.



Today's outlook:

[KQ]

Gonna be a hot one on Tuesday in Spokane:

[GoldMember]

Sure, we're getting nuked.

[SB]

Time to get out the slip and slide!

Yeah, she went to the beach.

Knowin her the bottom will be full of sand, amirite?

[KQ]

Fuck. 108 with dead air. Not an ounce of breeze. Dying.......

[liv2ski]

I would be so outta there, but I hate heat.

[KQ]

I would be so outta there, but I hate heat.

Topped out at 110. Down to a balmy 97 now.

[tripice351]

Hit 118'F here in my part of Phoenix today.. ugh

[MakersTeleMark]

Hit 118'F here in my part of Phoenix today.. ugh

Does that surprise you?

[KQ]

Hit 118'F here in my part of Phoenix today.. ugh

I was just thinking about AZ today. How often do you all hit highs like that and how long does it last?

This heat sucks but it's not out of the norm for us. We can expect at least a half dozen triple digit days a summer with weeks of 90s.

[MakersTeleMark]

Most of AZ has been triple digits for well over a month, and it's not quite August yet.

The only thing that makes them social is the monsoon. Which really only hit for about a week and has retreated.

I've spent way too much of my time in life wasted in Arizona. Beautiful state, but fuck that.

#warminz

[byates1]

[Benny Profane]

Pffffttt...125 in Baghdad the other day. Whiners.

[Meadow Skipper]

The thing about Phoenix is that it only goes down to like 95dF at night. Rough. Most of the people I know that live there have a pool.

[KQ]

LOL!

The thing about Phoenix is that it only goes down to like 95dF at night. Rough. Most of the people I know that live there have a pool.

88° last night when I went to bed at 10p and it's 88° now at 9a.

When it gets hot like this I think about those people who crossed the plains on the Oregon trail. Must have been seriously motivated to do that esp. in the horribly heavy constricting clothes they wore. Ugh.

[Meadow Skipper]

When it gets hot like this I think about those people who crossed the plains on the Oregon trail. Must have been seriously motivated to do that esp. in the horribly heavy constricting clothes they wore. Ugh.

And no showers...

[glademaster]

And no showers...

[east or bust]

Couple nights in PHX this year didn’t get below 100. Still infinitely better with the sun down, it’s at least manageable.

The warm season this year has sucked that much more with the COVID shutting down all forms of entertainment that helped get through it last year. I’m not much of a drinker or party guy but that’s kind of what you gotta do IMO to remain sane/relevant and not locked in the AC for 3 months. Sure you’ve got a couple hours in the early morning most days for a quick hike or ride, but once the sun is up the day is shot for most activities.

Or just be smart like RA and live in Flagstaff.

[KQ]

Couple nights in PHX this year didn’t get below 100. Still infinitely better with the sun down, it’s at least manageable.

The warm season this year has sucked that much more with the COVID shutting down all forms of entertainment that helped get through it last year. I’m not much of a drinker or party guy but that’s kind of what you gotta do IMO to remain sane/relevant and not locked in the AC for 3 months. Sure you’ve got a couple hours in the early morning most days for a quick hike or ride, but once the sun is up the day is shot for most activities.

Or just be smart like RA and live in Flagstaff.

I can't drink or use cannabis in the heat. Just too much for my already stressed mind/body and yeah... with Covid and the current political scene it's just icing on the shit cake. Really makes it hard to see anything postive.

[tripice351]

Does that surprise you?

Nope

I was just thinking about AZ today. How often do you all hit highs like that and how long does it last?

This heat sucks but it's not out of the norm for us. We can expect at least a half dozen triple digit days a summer with weeks of 90s.

Pretty much every summer you're guaranteed at least one week of 115+.. sometimes more. Like this year.

I've lived in Phx my whole life (close to 40yrs), and I hate it a little more every summer. If (when) I move away, it'll be somewhere with bigger mountains and moar snow than Flagg. Not that I don't love the mountains here..

[KQ]

Sweet buttery jeebus it's raining! How glorious!

[tripice351]

Today was 34th day of 2020 with high temp of 110'F+ in Phoenix, a new annual record. Forecast is for 4 more in the next 7 days.. grrr

[dan_pdx]

Today was 34th day of 2020 with high temp of 110'F+ in Phoenix, a new annual record. Forecast is for 4 more in the next 7 days.. grrr

That right there is fucked up. Does it cool off much overnight?

[The AD]

Couple nights in PHX this year didn’t get below 100.

Sounds brutal. One of the nice things in Seattle is it almost always cools down a lot at night. The average low temperature tops out at 57 degrees.

[tripice351]

That right there is fucked up. Does it cool off much overnight?

Nope. Low 80s. It might dip into the high 70s, but you gotta wake up at zero dark thirty to enjoy it