thetrooper
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^ Depends how you quantify 
Oh, the weather outside is...
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Bonyduck Campersang
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Horrible. On the rave side, I got a cool drink
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Hell
Thankfully not here. Even though we've got a potential Fort McMurray wildfire 2.0 burning north of here (the first one happened in 2016), I'm freezing even though it's Victoria Day weekend and there's a frost advisory tonight. I'm going to have to put on an extra layer.
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Weather so bad here school timings have been shortened
Is it going to hit 100 today?
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Not just for today, school hours have been shortened for all days until further notice
not going to, has
"39.1 degrees Celsius... like a Borg ship..." - Captain Jean-Luc Picard, First Contact
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"Only in the hottest years this happens. And this year, it grows hot. 'El que hace trofeos de los hombres' - the demon who makes trophies of man."
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what is that"Only in the hottest years this happens. And this year, it grows hot. 'El que hace trofeos de los hombres' - the demon who makes trophies of man."
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that's what he said:
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Went from full on summer sweaty weather, to a complete blizzard. May is always so bipolar around here.
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Feeling like this right now
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Cold water tastes so good right now
I just heard on the radio that in some cities in India its 52.3 degrees Celsius today which is about 126 degrees Fahrenheit 
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I almost made it to work without my shoes being too wet. But then getting across the parking lot was like fording a river, so now my feet are soaked.
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Was that the 'dry bulb' temp (e.g. not counting humidity) or the 'wet bulb' temp (counting humidity)? I forget what it is, but there's a 'wet bulb' temperature at which the human body cannot dissipate enough heat by sweating any longer. News reports here use "heat index" a lot - for example, the heat index in Florida the other day was 115F/46C - and I don't know if wet bulb temp and heat index are two terms for the same thing, or if they're slightly different measures. iirc, Kim Stanley Robinson's climate change disaster novel, The Ministry For the Future (2020), begins with a heat wave in India that kills tens of thousands.I just heard on the radio that in some cities in India its 52.3 degrees Celsius today which is about 126 degrees Fahrenheit[/URL]
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Wasn't that a Roland Emmerich movie?
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It looks like Heat Index and Wet Bulb Temperature are not the same thing. Heat Index will tend to be higher than the thermometer temperature, while Wet Bulb Temperature will tend to be lower. This article from last Friday says Delhi's Heat Index hit 55.4C on Wednesday. The thermometer temperature was 43.4C.
www.ndtv.com
"Wet bulb temperature is a meteorological term used to describe the lowest temperature that can be reached by evaporating water into the air at constant pressure."
"A wet-bulb temperature of 35 degrees Celsius is suggested as the maximum safe limit, according to a 2010 study. Beyond this point, the human body can't cool itself by sweating, which is necessary to maintain a stable core temperature."
Explained: What Is Wet Bulb Temperature And How Hot Is Too Hot
India is currently experiencing a severe heatwave, with temperatures soaring in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Chandigarh and Delhiamongothers.
www.ndtv.com
"Wet bulb temperature is a meteorological term used to describe the lowest temperature that can be reached by evaporating water into the air at constant pressure."
"A wet-bulb temperature of 35 degrees Celsius is suggested as the maximum safe limit, according to a 2010 study. Beyond this point, the human body can't cool itself by sweating, which is necessary to maintain a stable core temperature."
