what's your local weather?

[DarrenTR1970]

It's not just the heat anymore, it's the duration.

I've lived in the Pacific Northwest all my life and, in my experience growing up, you could count on two-three days in late July/early August where the temperature would shoot up to 90+ degrees then drop back down to the seasonal average.

Now, the temperature rises to 90+ and stays there for a week or longer; and since the majority of residences don't have A/C, they don't get a chance to cool down at night, making it that much more uncomfortable/dangerous.

 

[Velocity]

Another thunderstorm.

 

[publiusr]

Kentucky has had flooding problems this past week

In more pleasant news....
For the first time in almost 5,000 years of observations, researchers have fully cataloged optical illusions created in the sky as light shines through ice crystals known as atmospheric halos.

The atmospheric halo 'inventory' details frequently seen atmospheric optical illusions from known sources as well as shedding light on rarer halos, including ones with origins that are currently a mystery.
https://www.space.com/atmospheric-halo-inventory-mystery-unsolved

The paper
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022407322002485?via=ihub#!

better forecasts
https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/u...LAjrP2iMJ1sEDQkkW4CSZVNwGlmKfdrM-UwJMBCto0Ei8

Rocket clouds
https://www.space.com/rocket-launches-notilucent-clouds-mid-latitudes

Lightning strikes
https://www.wbrc.com/2022/08/26/chelsea-teenager-struck-by-lightning/
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-critically-lightning-white-house.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-salt-sea-lightning-tropical-oceans.html
https://www.al.com/news/2022/08/doz...g-sets-off-fire-at-oil-tank-farm-in-cuba.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-lightning-destructive-costly-wildfires-california.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-gigantic-jet-lightning-space.html
https://www.al.com/news/2022/08/bir...in-florida-i-should-buy-a-lottery-ticket.html
https://nypost.com/2022/08/21/lightning-prediction-technology-under-review-by-noaa/
https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/severe_conv/pltg.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/blackmagicfuckery/comments/y5p3wt/theres_a_wizard_up_there/


The tropics
https://www.force-13.com/

weather news
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-climate-faulty-rainfall-china-breadbasket.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-iraq-garden-eden.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-volcano-catastrophe-dice-experts.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-nature-weather-coastal-storms.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-seafaring-robot-surfboards-hurricane.html

Even without a paddle? Try Gunwale Bobbing
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-creek-gunwale-bobbing.html

Sail Drone
https://www.alabamanewscenter.com/2...high-tech-unmanned-marine-vessels-in-alabama/

 

[Velocity]

There's actually sunshine this evening after being cloudy all day. Not as hot, hallelujah!

 

[DarrenTR1970]

Western Washington just broke a record. Six days of ninety plus degrees. Tomorrow starts the cool down back into the seventies.

 

[Velocity]

Another thunderstorm. Gotta keep those swamps swampy.

 

[Mrs. Silvercrest]

sun with a nice breeze!

 

[Mrs. Silvercrest]

Just Right .

 

[Mrs. Silvercrest]

Hot but okay. I went for a walk and was covered in sweat by the time I got home, but it was okay.

 

[Velocity]

another rainy/stormy day.

 

[JD]

We've finally dried out the last few days, but we did get a dust storm a little while ago, and some of other parts of the valley are getting rain.

 

[Velocity]

Lovely today! Sunny and mild.

 

[publiusr]

Same here. No rain.

Here is a story on upward superbolts
https://www.space.com/most-powerful-gigantic-jet-lightning-ever

Hard ground after a drought can cause floods

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/am...-after-heatwaves_uk_62f4c0bae4b0288b61a1c12d/

 

[Malicia]

Please be cooler today I can’t take much more of this heat and am dehydrated according the urine test and I’m constantly tired. Drinking plenty of water and milk but I don’t have any salt or sugar to make a DIY rehydration solution. Not drinking as much alcohol which is a good thing.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Summer is over? I don't think it's got above low- to mid-twenties over the last couple days. Last night it got cool enough that I had to put on a sweater (indoors!).

(I'm sure it's not really over, though, and hot weather will make at least one more hurrah...)

 

[Chakoteya]

Blessed rain, occasional thunder rumbles

and rumours of lightning striking someone's shed, setting it alight, with the flames then spreading to home and vehicle. But that's just an internet rumour. Apart from a distant view of smoke rising into the sky, no evidence for it.

 

[Mrs. Silvercrest]

so Muggy today, a real sweat day!

 

[JD]

We've actually been getting quite a bit of rain the last week or so. My only complaint is that it's making it really humid, at least for us, and every time it finally starts drying out, it rains again and it gets humid again.

 

[Velocity]

Cooler, only in the low 80s for awhile. And lots of rain,

 

[JD]

It feels like things are starting to dry out, so I think we might be getting a break from the rain.