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Electric rates are cheap here.. templeton light and power FTW

In the wake of Europe's record-setting June heatwave and the guidance suggesting that parts of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and southern New England regions could challenge July monthly and even all-time heat records, the climate change denial movement is desperately trying to frame the heat as ordinary summer heat. One example from a fossil fuel advocacy group's policy analyst in attacking a meteorologically sound post: In the past week, Belarus, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Poland, and Slovakia set all-time national heat records. Austria, France (with 292 cities setting all-time records), Switzerland, and the United Kingdom set June monthly records. But to the ignorant, that's just "summer." The latest guidance suggests that the July 1-4 period could see locations in the Mid-Atlantic and southern New England regions challenge July monthly and even all-time records. But again to the ignorant, that's just "summer." And finally the ignorant policy analyst's claim, that nationally-recognized meteorologist Jeff Berardelli should use the "correct terminology" instead of "heat dome," it's the policy analyst who has no clue. From the AMS Glossary of Meteorology: Rather than making wild claims about subject matter with which he obviously is unfamiliar, he should brush up on the basics and put aside a belief system that is a repudiation of both science and reason. Arrogance and ignorance are a toxic combination for any profession. In any case, the extraordinary June heatwave is consistent with the warming global climate, including the rapid warming in Europe. No ranting, raving, or other forms of deflection or projection can erase what happened, much less undermine the science that is based on overwhelming and unequivocal evidence.

I remote start mine to cool it down

All electric all the time here at our complex. I have like a 2mo respite during the transition seasons when no heating/cooling is necessary, otherwise it’s a shitshow. Bills during those months run around $300mo for 750sf

Lol. We need either you or Wiz to change it . No one calls torch months by their real name

Bitch all you want about electric bills, at least your rate doesn’t go up every time trump does something fuckin stupid! Which is daily. Sad!!!

Jufry? Juply?

We torchtastic 4th.

So she’s started PT. Has PT homework she needs to do to work on back muscles. The surgical incision has just about healed up. She just finished her 1st 6wk summer semester class, Anatomy & Physiology I, starts Anatomy & Physiology II right after the 4th. Another 6wk compressed course.

Got a buddy that STILL has electric baseboard heating. That poor bastard loves summer ac bills!

Yeah many people gravitate to summer now. Only a few stragglers left behind who just can’t accept a warming world.

It's unfortunate that the ridge center trended east over the past several days. We could have had a shot at 100 locally with it better positioned further west, and we also likely would have prolonged the heat wave as well prior to ROF potential.

Picked up 0.01” so technically 3 days straight with measurable rainfall

Do you keep your house at 40F?

Add the expense of remote starting your vehicle to warm up before driving. Fuel mileage goes up in the spring.

lol, I wish.

Winter blows a hole in my wallet. With solar I’m basically paying cents on the dollar in the summer for cooling.

Wind power that can’t handle wind.

A few things to consider. Fundamentally temperature is a measure of the average(random) atomic kinetic energy of a substance. There is a sensor involved in this measurement- usually a Pt 100 RTD. It produces a predictable change in resistance with a change in temperature. Errors associated with this measurement include self heating(electrical current flowing through the resistance of the sensor = heat). Absorbing solar energy in direct sunlight has a similar effect- it produces an error(due to sensor heating) while measurement of actual air temperature is the objective. The 2 meter/in shade 'requirement' allows consistency in the measurement regardless of location. That became the standard. It could have easily been at some other level, but 2 meters off the ground is where we live. One of the topics I teach is temperature measurement for industrial processes- so I am a bit geeky about the topic lol.

DCA: 100, 105, 107, 103 BWI: 99, 104, 107, 102 IAD: 98, 102, 105, 101 SBY: 97, 101, 104, 99 RIC: 98, 102, 105, 102 Total rain: 1.46"

What did the surface map from 1966 look like for Thursday and Friday for the US for when the majority of record highs for those days occurred around here? You guys are good for finding that stuff.

Isn’t that what long range forecasters do? Or am I missing something here? Checkout this thread

In Texas the summer of 1980 is the goat. Dallas hit 113 twice and 112 for three days in a row. IIRC it hit 100 43 straight days. Like 30 of those were above 105 My mom always says she’s lucky I was born more than a year after then so she wasn’t pregnant (I’m an august baby) Hottest I’ve ever seen was 111 In September 2000. After-school football practice was wild - helmets were so hot linemen had to wear arm guards. The field temp was 130 that day lol.

max velocity is a huge weenie

How come heat waves don’t bust in the final 24 hours like snowstorms??