Jun 16 2008
It’s June. It’s Hot.
With the recent news of the flooding in the central US, some may have noticed that the heat has arrived in the south. But not all, Flooding? Not here. It is extremely hot here as well. It’s 9AM and it’s already 93F. It’s about time I woke my sorry butt up early enough that I only have to walk outside once during the heat.
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There’s a piece in the Houston Chronicle that introduces some nomenclature to describe different types of hotness. Unfortunately, they appear to be specific to the Texas area. There is only one that could possibly describe the heat right now: haughty.
Every once in a while, we get a blast of summer air from the west. It’s drier than normal, and also hotter. This lets us brag about how hot it is, and feel proud that we’re from Texas and we can take it.
A chuck of May and almost every day in June can be described as extremely hot and dry. The monsoon rains will soon be upon us, changing our weather outlook to bearish or doggy.
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It’s beautiful here! (Of course, saying this will immediately spawn a tornado which will hit my freshly painted house. )
I walked the streets for 45 minutes yesterday afternoon to retrieve my bike from where I had left it the night before. I took it with dehydration and quite a headache. I wonder whether those proud Texans are really taking it or whether they are hiding in air conditioned buildings and cars like everyone else….
It has been about 5F below normal in the Seattle area. Cool year so far — and will probably remain cooler than normal with more rain. We still have the La Nina, but more importantly (for our little neck of the Pacific at least) the Pacific Decadal Oscillation has been on the negative. More rain, cooler weather. What the PDO will be doing over the next year or so is anybody’s guess, but the La Nina has been weakening. Probably no El Nino this winter, but the following will probably see temperatures begin to rise for a while.
From what I understand, both climate modes tend to mean a wetter midwest. Probably less of an effect on the eastern seaboard — whichever direction it tends.