Texas is starting to heat up some

[greybeard]

North Central Texas 10 day forecast (includes DFW metroplex and surrounding areas)

Mine is not quite as bad, tho the thermometer on my front porch will probably show a few degrees higher from around 3pm till near sundown



if you furriners from the other 49 states hurry and move down, you can get in on some of this cool weather before the really hot temps get here in Aug and the hurricanes in Sept.......

 

[Mike CHS]

I'll stick with Tennessee. Break out the swamp coolers down your way.

 

[greybeard]

I'll stick with Tennessee. Break out the swamp coolers down your way.

Swamp coolers do not workin most of Texas. They do a minimal job even out in West Texas. They cool by running a fine mist or trickle of water in the windstream, usually over a mesh pad of some kind. In other words, they use the latent heat evaporation principle to work. Our high humidity means the air is already pretty well saturated with moisture and can't take on any off the pad so the naturally humidified ambiant air is already way too high for a swamp/evaporative cooler to do anything except move some even more moist air around inside your home.

 

[Baymule]

I’m a little over an hour from Dallas. We are on a heat advisory. We expect it this time of year. We also love our air conditioners this time of year. LOL

 

[greybeard]

Related to heat and humidity........
For Texans, native and immigrants, this is the beginning of wildfire season and there are some burning already.
To see what's smokin and cracklin, click on the following link to the official Texas Forest Service wildfire incident map and website:
https://www.tfswildfires.com/

Choose "Public Access" or go straight to:
https://public.tfswildfires.com/

Clicking on the little grid square at top right will bring up the legend and clicking on the 3 horizontal lines at top left will drop down an index, then Click on "incidents" for a text explanation of which county, the name of the fire, how many acres have burned and what % it is contained.

It is also interactive and responsive to cursor placement over each designation on the map.

As of right now...

That isn't as bad as it could be, but it isn't Sept yet...

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[Baymule]

ARRRGH! Did you have to remind me? It hit 105 here today, the temp on our covered screened front porch was 109. So much for sitting in a swing on the porch...…. but at least the porch keeps that heat from hitting the house.

 

[Latestarter]

Not sure, but if it's that temp on your porch, I'd guess that temp HAS hit your house... I mean isn't the porch right up against the house? Shade is obviously still better than the sun directly hitting the house...

 

[OneFineAcre]

My brother is headed your way tomorrow
He is an adjuster for Nationwide
Lot of hail damage to cars in TX

 

[greybeard]

My brother is headed your way tomorrow
He is an adjuster for Nationwide
Lot of hail damage to cars in TX

Where?
Every report I've seen on the hail map is a month old.
http://www.stormersite.com/yesterday/tx

 

[Sheepshape]

This thread is a reality check for me. I believe we are suffering here.......now I know I don't really know the meaning of that word

We had a very cold winter, then rain, rain, rain. Now we have temperatures that we are unaccustomed to....about 80-85/90 degrees and bad drought. All that is usually green is now dry, yellow/brown and crispy. I'm gnawing my nails down as we have a domestic water supply from a spring......it could fail at any moment (We've started the process of getting a bore hole, but there is a waiting list. Anyway divining done and water is here.....well 80-100 metres down, but on the property).

I'm having to buy sheep food and no silage/hay made, so the winter will be a problem, too.

Home air con isn't really heard of her (we usually don't need it), but I live in an old stone house, so indoors no issues.

Our climate has certainly changed in the last 30 years......weather extremes are now getting to be the norm rather than a once in 50 years occurrence.