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Notorious R.I.M. posted:dew points are just a bit too low to be a major contributor to this event. They're sitting in the mid to low 60s in Seattle. If they got up in the 70F range where heat index values start exploding, absolutely we would be in mass casualty event territory, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen. People give dew point too much credit in situations like this. The best predictor of heat-related deaths is the high temperature. These areas are well outside their known climate extremes, there is going to be little relieve overnight, and it is going to be going for many days. There will be many injuries and many deaths. Someone earlier (or a different thread) mentioned that COVID may have already gotten some of these people, and I could see that being a factor, if we would ever actually know.
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HashtagGirlboss posted:Down in the Oregon LAN thread (i think that’s where I saw it) somebody who at least sounded like they knew what they were talking about seemed to think PGE is in pretty good shape to meet the demands Oregon shouldn't have any issues with supplying demand but equipment distributing that power may have problems with the heat.
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SirPablo posted:People give dew point too much credit in situations like this. The best predictor of heat-related deaths is the high temperature. These areas are well outside their known climate extremes, there is going to be little relieve overnight, and it is going to be going for many days. There will be many injuries and many deaths. Someone earlier (or a different thread) mentioned that COVID may have already gotten some of these people, and I could see that being a factor, if we would ever actually know. The low temperature going into tonight is the biggest concern that I have for the danger tomorrow. It should only briefly be under 75F tonight in Seattle given current forecasts. There's going to be very little overnight cooling going into tomorrow. That being said, I give dew point credit because very fine values start causing gigantic shifts in heat exposure risk once you get to around 70F, and it's also another huge factor in preventing things from cooling down overnight.
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I got a quart and a half of frozen dairy-class dessert and my intention was to only eat what had melted in the journey and put the rest in the freezer More than half the container has been consumed and there's still lots more melted portion and I'm starting to see a problem with trying this in a 93 degree room
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I would have put whipped topping on it but I ate the entire can of Reddi Wip for breakfast They shouldn't let us get this stoned in this kind of heat, Seattle is not prepared for this
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DoombatINC posted:I got a quart and a half of frozen dairy-class dessert and my intention was to only eat what had melted in the journey and put the rest in the freezer This makes me wonder . . . how effective is eating/drinking cold items in cooling us down? I know typically we do most of it via sweating, but I'd think drinking a liter of cold water should sorta help too, right?
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I've definitely bought an angel food cake and a tub of cool whip before and promptly committed atrocities to my waistline while bakedZarin posted:This makes me wonder . . . how effective is eating/drinking cold items in cooling us down? I know typically we do most of it via sweating, but I'd think drinking a liter of cold water should sorta help too, right? additional water intake helps you sweat more, which cools you down
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Zarin posted:This makes me wonder . . . how effective is eating/drinking cold items in cooling us down? I know typically we do most of it via sweating, but I'd think drinking a liter of cold water should sorta help too, right? the arizona line of thinking is that it makes you feel worse. you drink a big gulp of icy water and your body suddenly wants to go thru all sorts of biological/mental processes to warm you up.
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hifi posted:the arizona line of thinking is that it makes you feel worse. you drink a big gulp of icy water and your body suddenly wants to go thru all sorts of biological/mental processes to warm you up. oh yeah don't drink cold water quickly on a hot day, your body will NOT be happy with you small sips over time is much better. spread that heat transfer out.
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Zarin posted:This makes me wonder . . . how effective is eating/drinking cold items in cooling us down? I know typically we do most of it via sweating, but I'd think drinking a liter of cold water should sorta help too, right? Hot drinks and spicy foods are good when it's hot, as long as it's not too humid
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Jun 28, 2021 00:22
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the weather system that kicked off this heat dome is still lurking out of view in the middle of the pacific instead of dissipating which means it's probably going to kick up another one next month. considering the usual warmest time of year in the PNW is late july/early august, hooo boy get ready for 120 F
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A good way to cool down is to run your wrists under cool water (as long as your taps are still providing cool water) and/or put a cool damp towel on your neck. Alternatively have a cool shower or bath. If it's really unbearable get to a building like a mall or cinema with aircon (I know covid complicates this unfortunately. A drive in an airconditioned car would work too.)
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We might see tropical storms forming in the atlantic next week, I got a feeling we might get hurricanes not long after that but who knows. Last week we had a morning here that was 40 degrees and now we are getting 90s that feel like 102
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Helith posted:A good way to cool down is to run your wrists under cool water (as long as your taps are still providing cool water) and/or put a cool damp towel on your neck. Yeah use the cold water on your cooling points rather than drinking it imho as long as you're otherwise hydrated
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Jun 28, 2021 02:09
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Record. broken. https://twitter.com/NWSSeattle/status/1409320197584945161?s=20 only to be broken again tomorrow.
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I feel for you guys in the pnw. We had one of these heat domes park itself over texas in either 2010 or 2011 and it was terrible. Austin was 110-115 for about 10 days straight and it was over 108 for a solid month. Plus we didn't see a drop of rain for 3 months. I hope it pushes out but god don't send it here
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Im still loling that a week ago all the weather people were looking at the models going "oh no this can't be right, the models must be malfunctioning"
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thanking gently caress i have AC and my building has properly sealed windows
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silicone thrills posted:Im still loling that a week ago all the weather people were looking at the models going "oh no this can't be right, the models must be malfunctioning" and then turns out the weather models actually undershot the real temperatures by a couple degrees in some areas
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I posted those maps any my friends went 'that won't happen, that model is an outlier. Just like we were supposed to get 18" of snow' but I actually got 18" of snow in February 
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silicone thrills posted:Im still loling that a week ago all the weather people were looking at the models going "oh no this can't be right, the models must be malfunctioning" they did over estimate though, the models were predicting the 120 instead of 110. that probably isn’t what residents of the PNW want to hear but that’s what weather people meant
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hobbesmaster posted:they did over estimate though, the models were predicting the 120 instead of 110. lol no. the tweet thread was literally like "I think this is reflecting off the water incorrectly or something because this is so off base it seems impossible, the highest temp ever recorded in that region was 103 and it says 110, that can't be right" edit: sorry if that came off a little agro. I regretfully just had to go walk down the street to do a thing and my brain feels like it is melting silicone thrills has issued a correction as of 02:51 on Jun 28, 2021 |
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hobbesmaster posted:they did over estimate though, the models were predicting the 120 instead of 110. it was predicting 130F in california's central valley https://twitter.com/Weather_West/status/1406022884976328713 might hit 107 this week there, now
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JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:doesn’t look that bad , yet
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Here was a good one from just 4 days ago. 116 tomorrow seems maybe unlikely but who knows. There's been some extremely localized hotspots (just like this winter when some neighborhoods got 18 inches of snow and some got 4 inches) https://twitter.com/ScottSeattleWx/status/1407916680584470528?s=20
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Notorious R.I.M. posted:Today's wrap-up I’m the record low
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I hate this. The birds are panting. I lived through the heat bubble in Texas in 2011 and one of my reasons for moving up to the Seattle area was to avoid that kind of thing. gently caress me. 
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Strep Vote posted:I hate this. The birds are panting. I lived through the heat bubble in Texas in 2011 and one of my reasons for moving up to the Seattle area was to avoid that kind of thing. gently caress me. Lol
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i'll stay camped out by my inland freshwater seas, thankyouverymuch. i'm likely to be dead before the inevitable wars over their contents.
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Koirhor posted:I’m the record low they sure could use some of that global warming right now
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a.lo posted:they sure could use some of that global warming right now they can have ours, thanks
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SirPablo posted:Where my cold domes at Sorry we're all out, we can give you a rain dome instead
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Presto posted:Audience, in unison: "How hot is it?" We should probably call sears. ...oh wait
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silicone thrills posted:Im still loling that a week ago all the weather people were looking at the models going "oh no this can't be right, the models must be malfunctioning" I mean, those models did show like 128 in the north central CA valley which is not happening
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Presto posted:Audience, in unison: "How hot is it?" https://twitter.com/KSeattleWeather/status/1409318900852944896?s=20
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