Blastfurnace 2020: The Forcefield strikes back

[Somnio 751]

So I just saw 99° on the weather forecast for this upcoming Sunday.  In mid October.  What in the fuck?!?

[Guest Lobo]

Yeah, I tried to stop and give thanks to the weather gods...of which there is only one...and PhDhorn is his prophet.  But I was literally just looking at my yard and realizing it looks worse on October 7 than it did on August 7.  I thought I could shut off the sprinkler system, plus get lazy and not fix the broken head out there and just coast until dormancy/March.  But nope, I need to handwater as well.  With the heat index, we should likely touch 100 with humidity and no rain on Saturday-Monday.  Summer, it would be appear ain't done with us.  

[Fudge Nuggets 19190]

On 10/2/2020 at 10:15 AM, ztejas said:

https://www.eetimes.com/bill-bryson-on-cricket/

Bill Bryson has obviously never seen a T20 match.  Test cricket is a chore for those that don't understand the game so I'll give him that.

[Wally Pryor 5261]

14 hours ago, Somnio said:

So I just saw 99° on the weather forecast for this upcoming Sunday.  In mid October.  What in the fuck?!?

99 with the windchill.

Spencer saying 101.

[Hate 20108]

That’s awesome. I’ll be at Lake Buchanan this weekend and I was worried it would be to cool to go swimming. The lake ought to be perfect!

[Blotto 23518]

Its bad enough we're creeping up on 100 degrees in October, but at least do that shit during the week when I'll be inside working in AC. 

 

[Post Oak 20216]

4 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Bill Bryson has obviously never seen a T20 match.  Test cricket is a chore for those that don't understand the game so I'll give him that.

 

[gsoda3 3262]

those 3 can stop laughing now.  it hurts bad.

[Willfully Horn 8017]

That will drop a man. Getting your breath knocked out is much less painful.

[Js1 85346]

1 hour ago, Post Oak said:

 

[gsoda3 3262]

29 minutes ago, Willfully Horn said:

That will drop a man. Getting your breath knocked out is much less painful.

the couple of times it's happened to me i wasn't able to breathe for a bit.  it's like the bottom drops out and you can't do anything.  completely helpless.  i don't know how the guy even managed to say "oh no".

[Chet Steadman 940]

BIG TIME cold front coming in tomorrow to drop our temps to 7-8 degrees above normal. 

Awesome. 

[Kavinsky 417]

Today sucks but its been a better october than last year, lest we forget

 

[swraith 347]

Hot enough today that kids are running in the sprinklers. 

[Guest Lobo]

90-95 everyday this week until Friday.  Mornings look decent.  

Any of the resident experts wanna chime in on how the longer-term backhalf macro forecast for October is looking?  

I tried to go fishing this morning before church, spent about 10 minutes in the backyard and just said, "fuck it"

[Deej 76797]

On 10/8/2020 at 12:04 PM, Post Oak said:

 

The sound of Texas football fans everywhere. 

[InkaUtexas 25950]

2 hours ago, Lobo said:

90-95 everyday this week until Friday.  Mornings look decent.  

Any of the resident experts wanna chime in on how the longer-term backhalf macro forecast for October is looking?  

I tried to go fishing this morning before church, spent about 10 minutes in the backyard and just said, "fuck it"

Which one are you? 

I kid, I kid.... After this weekend I need some humor. 

[Guest Lobo]

I wish it was the kinda weather we could fish in jackets.  Instead, I have to stop and think, "It's so fucking hot, are they even biting...and if they are...how hydrated do I have to get just to go out there for an hour.  And once out there, can I even responsibly have a few beers and not get heat stroke?  Climate Change Fishing fucking blows. 

[InkaUtexas 25950]

Yes, yes you can..... Just drink water in between. 

[ztejas 43454]

So fucking hot today. Just annoyingly hot.

[Fudge Nuggets 19190]

I guess the last week to 10 days of cooler temps reduced my tolerance to the heat.  I spent some quality time sipping cold ones in the driveway this afternoon and after about and hour and a half I was freaking wrecked.  Back in July / August I could get in three hours and be none the worse for the wear.

[ztejas 43454]

1 minute ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I guess the last week to 10 days of cooler temps reduced my tolerance to the heat.  I spent some quality time sipping cold ones in the driveway this afternoon and after about and hour and a half I was freaking wrecked.  Back in July / August I could get in three hours and be none the worse for the wear.

Exactly. 97 or whatever it was today in the middle of October is like 109 in August.

[Paco 1934]

I wish it was the kinda weather we could fish in jackets.  Instead, I have to stop and think, "It's so fucking hot, are they even biting...and if they are...how hydrated do I have to get just to go out there for an hour.  And once out there, can I even responsibly have a few beers and not get heat stroke?  Climate Change Fishing fucking blows. 

Or, ya know, just stop being such a dramatic pussy.

[Guest Lobo]

Yep, let's tell that to the people on the Gulf Coast who've endured more named storms than is literally possible in our litany.  When your teeth are chattering at 59 degrees, I'll think real long and hard about your advice.  Sorry I don't find fishing under threat of heat stroke in October to be fun.  The next Dept. of Navy flag officer that privately tells me Climate Change isn't effecting our defense strategy...will be the first.  I did my DIA assignment in a godforsaken cold corner of the Earth.  And I smiled the whole fucking time.  My hat's off to you for your service, but our planet is hurting. 

Anyway, back to just basic hot weather in October...which was you know...the point of the fucking thread.  It's a thread literally about hot weather...people are gonna complain about the hot weather.  It's folksy, call me whatever you want.  Just tell me when the fucking rain is coming back.  Let me know when we have permission to discuss the hot weather again, sir.  

Edited October 12, 2020 by Lobo

[phdhorn 6224]

Temp did NOT get to 100 today in Austin!  99 at Mabry!
Record stands at Oct. 2 latest 100 degree day in October.  Yippie.

Yeah it was 99 today but it's cooled off quickly, normally temps would go below 90 about 10 p.m.  Because we lost the 100 degree days well over a month ago now, the ground is simply not hot enough to retain the heat.  It's nice out here actually.  All of that temp was sue to the hot dry air being funneled up on the back side of Delta.  Shrug.

Warm and dry this week, cool front in on Friday.  Temps hovering around 90 daytime until then.  Front tomorrow will keep the air dry, so overnights will be cool, into the 60's and even 50's in some spots.

[ztejas 43454]

30 minutes ago, Lobo said:

Yep, let's tell that to the people on the Gulf Coast who've endured more named storms than is literally possible in our litany.  When your teeth are chattering at 59 degrees, I'll think real long and hard about your advice.  Sorry I don't find fishing under threat of heat stroke in October to be fun.  The next Dept. of Navy flag officer that privately tells me Climate Change isn't effecting our defense strategy...will be the first.  I did my DIA assignment in a godforsaken cold corner of the Earth.  And I smiled the whole fucking time.  My hat's off to you for your service, but our planet is hurting. 

Anyway, back to just basic hot weather in October...which was you know...the point of the fucking thread.  It's a thread literally about hot weather...people are gonna complain about the hot weather.  It's folksy, call me whatever you want.  Just tell me when the fucking rain is coming back.  Let me know when we have permission to discuss the hot weather again, sir.  

Do you sell a cliff's notes version of your posts? 

[Bender Bending Rodriguez 1678]

On 10/8/2020 at 12:04 PM, Post Oak said:

 

[Guest Lobo]

2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Do you sell a cliff's notes version of your posts? 

It's hot.  It's damn hot.  Real hot. Hot in my shorts.  I could cook things in it.  Little crotch pot cooking.  Fool, were you born on the sun? 

(RIP, Robin).  Also, you could just do what I do anytime I see your posts...just scroll on by.  Immamac has built some beautiful features into this site).  

[Fudge Nuggets 19190]

13 hours ago, Lobo said:

The next Dept. of Navy flag officer that privately tells me Climate Change isn't effecting our defense strategy...will be the first.  I did my DIA assignment in a godforsaken cold corner of the Earth.  And I smiled the whole fucking time.

No one gives a shit.  Stop whining about every little thing.

[Guest Lobo]

No talking about the heat on a thread about the heat.  No talk of climate on the climate thread.  Got it.  They're just words man, skip past 'em...works for your wife.

Meanwhile, it is muggier than two rats in a sock this morning.  Seriously...when is the next chance we have for rain?  Isn't October supposed to be out 3rd highest rainfall by month in Central Texas?  

[Fudge Nuggets 19190]

Just now, Lobo said:

No talking about the heat on a thread about the heat.  No talk of climate on the climate thread.  Got it.  They're just words man, skip past 'em...works for your wife.

Meanwhile, it is muggier than two rats in a sock this morning.  Seriously...when is the next chance we have for rain?  Isn't October supposed to be out 3rd highest rainfall by month in Central Texas?  

Nothing I quoted had a fucking thing to do with the 2020 blastfurnace.  It was your typical, "Look at me, I speak with big shots every day." bullshit.

Again, no one gives a fuck.  Shut it.

[Guest Lobo]

They teach at UT, why cant' we mention on a UT message board about the wealth of knowledge we have on our campus?  They all speak about climate change as a national security issue, has nothing to do with me.  You're doing a large job at being small.  You whine about SEC football and Donald Trump like my 5 year old whines about vegetables.  Report my posts or ignore me.  You're giving people an awful lot of thought who wouldn't remember you with a gun to their heads. 

By the the way "shut it"?  Did Potsie or Fonzie tell you to say that?  Perhaps it was Ralph Malph?  

Edited October 12, 2020 by Lobo

[Wally Pryor 5261]

High of 72 on Friday.

[ztejas 43454]

12 hours ago, Lobo said:

It's hot.  It's damn hot.  Real hot. Hot in my shorts.  I could cook things in it.  Little crotch pot cooking.  Fool, were you born on the sun? 

(RIP, Robin).  Also, you could just do what I do anytime I see your posts...just scroll on by.  Immamac has built some beautiful features into this site).  

Is ignoring me still trendy? You're living in the past, man. 

[Guest Lobo]

I don't think I have you on ignore.  I only have one poster on ignore, the guy who used my wife and I's real name on this site a few years back.  You got my Adrien Cronauer reference so you're aces in my book since Roosevelt E. Roosevelt is exactly how I picture PhDhorn.  He goes through all this trouble in real life to bring us these details narratives on the weather, and then we chop them down to "Can't you see I'm on the balcony...I'm trying to score!  You got a window?  Open it!"  

[Chet Steadman 940]

I don’t remember seeing chances of a haboob on today’s forecast.  

Visibility is about two miles right now in Austin. 

[gsoda3 3262]

is that panhandle dust?  where's it coming from?

[Guest Lobo]

Front/wind is coming from the direction of the panhandle.  It was overcast just after sunrise, then cleared up nicely, and then this shit started about 3 hours ago.  It has been pretty damn dry between Amarillo and Austin for the last several weeks.  Maybe that's why?  It is kinda eerie, looks like those African dust storms but about 3 months too late. 

Is this why we're supposed to wear masks?  

[bolverk 29683]

Whatever it is has given three full blown allergy attacks today - each time I've stepped outdoors the sneezes won't stop. Just fucking disgusting. Hot and sticky with all the plants looking wilty. I can't tell if they're dying or about to go dormant for fall/winter. It's gross and miserable. Fuck everything.

[Guest Lobo]

Ragweed is really tough on my 5yo. 

It's off the charts high today, combined with this panhandle drought dust, and soupy humidity.....I think "Haboob" is some kinda fucked up falafel stew that just rests in the air.

[Js1 85346]

1 hour ago, gsoda3 said:

is that panhandle dust?  where's it coming from?

The pandhandle. 

[phdhorn 6224]

1 hour ago, Chet Steadman said:

I don’t remember seeing chances of a haboob on today’s forecast.  

Visibility is about two miles right now in Austin. 

That's being caused by the stampede of donors fleeing the UT athletics program.  It'll settle down by tomorrow.

[Guest Lobo]

The Florida Panhandle.  That Pensacola dust...it'll get ya'.

I just learned last week that Connecticut technically has a panhandle.  It is that SW corner thingy that's about 10mi x 20mi.  Panhandle Envy is real.  

[gsoda3 3262]

Jim Spencer said yesterday's dust was from Kansas.

[Guest Lobo]

Kansas 1933 or Kansas 2020?  There's a difference, dammit!  

Haze has been better here in South Austin but I was on campus earlier and it was a hazy shitshow east of IH-35.  Humidity down a bit and not quite as hot, nowhere near as haboob soupy as Sunday and MOnday.  Tomorrow looks like it's gonna flirt with 100 though with the heat index.  And Sunday should touch 95 easily.  Ah well, not like we have to worry about dehydrating during a football game or ACL Music Festival.  Still, my lawn is crunchy as fuck for this time of year.  Maybe the 37th named storm of the year should help saturate my grass. 

Friday looks fucking perfect for fishing.  Between two fronts, partly cloudy, slightly cooler temps in the morning and at dusk even for this time of year, 10mph winds and low runoffs into the few places I know to take my 5yo.  Backhalf of October starting to look nice on long-term forecast.  

2020 has been a complete and total fucking asshole to our Gulf State neighbors, to California, to my hometown midwest, et. al.  Fuck, there was even a fucking hurricane in Hawaii for the first time in God knows how long.  But it has largely spared Texas.  And for that...we give thanks.  (DUCKS!)  

[Gardner Barnes 1562]

The back half of your mom is looking good for my long term forecast

[GhostOfTomJoad 9324]

On 10/12/2020 at 9:36 AM, Wally Pryor said:

High of 72 on Friday.

And we've got a 7:39 tee time when it will probably be around 55 degrees. Fucking perfect.

Not for my golf game which will suck, but the six pack stuffed into my bag should stay cool until we can get it on ice.

[Fudge Nuggets 19190]

Who leaves a six pack laying around long enough to get warm in the first place?

[Guest Lobo]

Us Non-Yeti owning lowlifes.  But fair point.  

I'll never understand the Texas dynamic of buying a six-pack for golf and just letting it get hot.  Buy ice or drink it.  Why is it so fucking complicated?  

[XYZ 2154]

When will this fucking summer go away?