Weather WTF

[mongers]

I thought it routinely got hotter than that in one of the Iranian deserts.

I think the American standards meet or are the international standards for recording weather, whereas a lot of the historical records in the Middle East and North Africa seem questionable.

Also haven't many areas of Death valley and especially Furnace Creek (what a great name) haven't hardly change in 100-150 years, so the year on year records are likely to show real climate changes.

In contrast with over here, we now regularly get " today's highest temperature was a heathrow airport"; no matter how well shielded the official weather station, surely the hundreds of acres of flat concrete and tarmac, must generate a different micro-climate as compared to the surrounding landscape?

[jimmy olsen]

Got so much rain the first half of the month. Floods everywhere.

[Admiral Yi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfFghcmGNQ4

Video of the derecho.  This was filmed in Cedar Rapids, about 45 minutes NNW of me.

[Valmy]

So for a short time it looked like Texas could be hit by two hurricanes at the same time but Marco is evaporating...meanwhile Laura is rapidly increasing in strength. A Cat 3 or 4 could hit south east Texas and southern Louisiana later this week.

[mongers]

Blustery today, you could say it was Pooh bear weather. 

[Valmy]

Cat-4 Laura due to wreck destruction in Louisiana and Texas tomorrow. The only hopeful news is that it should move through quickly, but the storm swell will be pretty brutal.

[merithyn]

My cousin lives in Welsh, LA. Her family just evacuated to the east, and a little bit further north. Her house - a 100-year-old farmhouse - isn't expected to survive. They packed what they could, but they're anticipating losing everything.

I call uncle, 2020.

[HisMajestyBOB]

My cousin lives in Welsh, LA. Her family just evacuated to the east, and a little bit further north. Her house - a 100-year-old farmhouse - isn't expected to survive. They packed what they could, but they're anticipating losing everything.

I call uncle, 2020.

The important thing is that they're safe.

[Syt]

Surprise September heat!

[Valmy]

Ok cancel my mid-September vacation to southern Algeria.

[Duque de Bragança]

Warmer in most of France than most of Portugal, including but not  limited to Bragança. 

[The Brain]

What happened to Russia? Are crappy CGI Langoliers eating it?

[crazy canuck]

Ok cancel my mid-September vacation to southern Algeria.

Just move up to the coast - better there than most of Europe.

[mongers]

Leaves cover the ground and roads of the forest, wind and rain showers all herald Autumn's arrival. 

[Valmy]

Leaves cover the ground and roads of the forest, wind and rain showers all herald Autumn's arrival. 

We have been getting chilly autumn weather here recenty

Very excited. The Texas and Shumard Oaks will all be red in a few weeks. The birds will be headed off to South America. Love it. Even weak sauce Texas Autumn is pretty great, especially after so many months of brutal heat.