Blastfurnace 2023

[GreenspointTexas 9,556]

I really hope tuesday in houston isnt below 100. If its not, our streak would likely hit 30 days in a row over 100, when the previous record was 9. Like, how the fuck can a climate change denier even function at this point?

[MrBig 5,279]

19 hours ago, closetohumping said:

This confirms all my ranting about dew point instead of humidity

[Born to Run 6,524]

I really hope tuesday in houston isnt below 100. If its not, our streak would likely hit 30 days in a row over 100, when the previous record was 9. Like, how the fuck can a climate change denier even function at this point?

Concrete. Ballgame!

[Biff Tannen 45,477]

1 hour ago, Born to Run said:

1 hour ago, GreenspointTexas said:

I really hope tuesday in houston isnt below 100. If its not, our streak would likely hit 30 days in a row over 100, when the previous record was 9. Like, how the fuck can a climate change denier even function at this point?

Concrete. Ballgame!

It's cyclical!

[Fudge Nuggets 19,118]

21 hours ago, Storm the Field said:

That seems like a rather extreme outlier. Other sites are showing a high of 104-106 next Friday for Austin and have this weekend hotter than next.

The forecast always has the current weekend hotter than the next.  Then you get to Monday and next weekend is hotter than the one that just ended.  I figure by September 30 we’ll see 130F for the weekend forecast.

[Armybrat 40,678]

And they dangle that 10% hope of rain 7 days away.

 smh

[Surly Bevo 24,692]

Blastfurnace 2022 thread was 1426 posts.  This is closing in on 2800 and probably goes over 3K with ease.

[Fudge Nuggets 19,118]

1 minute ago, Surly Bevo said:

Blastfurnace 2022 thread was 1426 posts.  This is closing in on 2800 and probably goes over 3K with ease.

Blast furnace 2022 started off like a mother fucker in late April / May.  By some kind of miracle things improved in August. This year started slightly later, but has been hotter and is going to continue until November at this rate.

[Zepol87 9,163]

1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

It's cyclical!

God we had this discussion last week on our work teams chat. DBA lives in the DR and said he felt sorry for us and it’s the hottest he’s ever seen in Texas. Mfing Sr. director quickly replied false 1930s were hotter and it’s just part of earth cycle, then I made a joke about earth having a period and he was not amused with that kind of talk on a work call.

[Neonmoon 38,127]

This isn’t good

[Storm the Field 5,270]

8 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Blast furnace 2022 started off like a mother fucker in late April / May.  By some kind of miracle things improved in August. This year started slightly later, but has been hotter and is going to continue until November at this rate.

https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/houston/year-2022#may

It got hotter than usual  the first weekend in May and stayed that way for a few weeks. Late May and early June were average. Blastfurance really kicked into gear around the 2nd week of June, and then went into overdrive for a 30-day stretch from around 6/20 to 7/20, but we're talking mostly days around 99-101, not 105-107. 

Only hit triple digits 8x in July 2022, and never longer than 4 days in a row. Even at its worst, we'd catch a breather occasionally. The hottest 4-day stretch of the entire summer was 7/9-12 when it was 102, 104, 103, 101. We're going on like 5 straight weeks of that shit with more to come.

August 2022 was pretty average, hot and rainy. By this point, we were well over the hump and trending in the right direction. On this exact weekend last year it rained non-stop and never got above 92. The final 10 days of August averaged about 92/78 with lots of clouds. By 9/2 we got a legit cool front. 

It's the interminable, never-improving nature of Summer 2023 that takes the cake. Other parts of the country experience extreme heat waves, but they last 10 days or so, not 3 months. Like, currently there's extreme heat in Nebraska and Kansas. Wichita is hitting 109 today and will be roasting for most of next week, but by next weekend, they'll be back to 90/65. Denver is getting cooked at the moment, but will have highs of 85 or less within a week or so.

 

 

[MonkeyDoughnut 10,134]

I firmly believe the Houston meteriologists haven't worked in a month, they just pre recorded a bunch of stupid hot forecasts and have been on vacation ever since.

[Fudge Nuggets 19,118]

I laugh anytime I hear a national meteorologist making reference to this year’s heat wave in Texas.  A wave implies up and down.  This shit never ends, it’s not a wave.

[Humpy 112]

Darn I need to apologize for a couple posts I made in this thread, it is going to be around 102 for the next few days.

I have no idea how you all maintain sanity down there.

 

[Bozo_Casanova 26,232]

2 hours ago, Zepol87 said:

Mfing Sr. director quickly replied false 1930s were hotter and it’s just part of earth cycle,

He is demonstrably incorrect about it being hotter in the 1930s, but he isn't wrong about cycles of heat and cold - the not-nearly-this-hot heat of the 1920's was likely cyclical.

In general, virtually all of the hot and cold years over the last thousand years can be explained with the combination of the solar cycle and volcanic activity.  I say "generally" because this one can (pay attention closely here @Trey3216 ) cannot. We're actually near the bottom of a prolonged low irradiance period. Just wait until the sun wakes up over the next few decades.

 
We do have a clue what is causing the warming though:

Edited August 19, 2023 by Bozo_Casanova

[4th&Five 41,457]

53 minutes ago, B1G said:

Darn I need to apologize for a couple posts I made in this thread, it is going to be around 102 for the next few days.

I have no idea how you all maintain sanity down there.

 

[Kennythetiger 9,333]

3 hours ago, Armybrat said:

And they dangle that 10% hope of rain 7 days away.

 smh

My dad is convinced that the folks that enter the 7-10 day precipitation forecasts for his weather app are college interns that are just drinking beer and fucking with him. 

[atomheartbevo 89,362]

58 minutes ago, B1G said:

I have no idea how you all maintain sanity down there.

[HenryJames 65,868]

2 hours ago, Storm the Field said:

https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/houston/year-2022#may

It got hotter than usual  the first weekend in May and stayed that way for a few weeks. Late May and early June were average. Blastfurance really kicked into gear around the 2nd week of June, and then went into overdrive for a 30-day stretch from around 6/20 to 7/20, but we're talking mostly days around 99-101, not 105-107. 

Only hit triple digits 8x in July 2022, and never longer than 4 days in a row. Even at its worst, we'd catch a breather occasionally. The hottest 4-day stretch of the entire summer was 7/9-12 when it was 102, 104, 103, 101. We're going on like 5 straight weeks of that shit with more to come.

August 2022 was pretty average, hot and rainy. By this point, we were well over the hump and trending in the right direction. On this exact weekend last year it rained non-stop and never got above 92. The final 10 days of August averaged about 92/78 with lots of clouds. By 9/2 we got a legit cool front. 

It's the interminable, never-improving nature of Summer 2023 that takes the cake. Other parts of the country experience extreme heat waves, but they last 10 days or so, not 3 months. Like, currently there's extreme heat in Nebraska and Kansas. Wichita is hitting 109 today and will be roasting for most of next week, but by next weekend, they'll be back to 90/65. Denver is getting cooked at the moment, but will have highs of 85 or less within a week or so.

 

 

toohot;dr

[Zepol87 9,163]

2 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

He is demonstrably incorrect about it being hotter in the 1930s, but he isn't wrong about cycles of heat and cold - the not-nearly-this-hot heat of the 1920's was likely cyclical.

In general, virtually all of the hot and cold years over the last thousand years can be explained with the combination of the solar cycle and volcanic activity.  I say "generally" because this one can (pay attention closely here @Trey3216 ) cannot. We're actually near the bottom of a prolonged low irradiance period. Just wait until the sun wakes up over the next few decades.

 
We do have a clue what is causing the warming though:

Thank you for being smarter than me and doing this.  Locked and loaded for his ass next time

[Elvis 3,356]

3 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

He is demonstrably incorrect about it being hotter in the 1930s, but he isn't wrong about cycles of heat and cold - the not-nearly-this-hot heat of the 1920's was likely cyclical.

In general, virtually all of the hot and cold years over the last thousand years can be explained with the combination of the solar cycle and volcanic activity.  I say "generally" because this one can (pay attention closely here @Trey3216 ) cannot. We're actually near the bottom of a prolonged low irradiance period. Just wait until the sun wakes up over the next few decades.

 
We do have a clue what is causing the warming though:

Sunspots are areas that are cooler than the rest of the sun.  If there are fewer sunspots, then the sun is hotter.

[Surly Bevo 24,692]

Sunspots are areas that are cooler than the rest of the sun.  If there are fewer sunspots, then the sun is hotter.

[Elvis 3,356]

Sunspots:  One interesting aspect of the Sun is its sunspots.  Sunspots are areas where the magnetic field is about 2,500 times stronger than Earth's, much higher than anywhere else on the Sun.  Because of the strong magnetic field, the magnetic pressure increases while the surrounding atmospheric pressure decreases.  This in turn lowers the temperature relative to its surroundings because the concentrated magnetic field inhibits the flow of hot, new gas from the Sun's interior to the surface. 

[YGIFS 19,449]

One other interesting aspect of our Sun's sunspots are they are named after the star on which they occur.  A second being that they are mostly benign and are not spots that will cause melanoma despite their source proximity.  

However, our home star fucking hates us and we are all going to die very shortly.  

[miguelito 11,204]

I'm seeing lots of dying trees.  This is getting ridiculous. 

[Biff Tannen 45,477]

1 hour ago, YGIFS said:

One other interesting aspect of our Sun's sunspots are they are named after the star on which they occur.  A second being that they are mostly benign and are not spots that will cause melanoma despite their source proximity.  

However, our home star fucking hates us and we are all going to die very shortly.  

What a boring name too!  "The Sun".  Meanwhile, we've got Betelgeuse over here just being all cool and also Sirius, Alioth, Castor...how'd we get shafted with "The Sun"?

[atomheartbevo 89,362]

Shit, a big fire in Gatesville, out by Hard Bargain, and some are evacuating

https://www.kwtx.com/2023/08/19/fire-crews-battling-large-wildfire-gatesville/

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The Gatesville Fire Department and other counties are battling a large wildfire in Gatesville. The Coryell County Sheriff’s Office says the fire is burning near Hard Bargain along Country Road 147 and 145. 

Country Road 147 is closed due to the fire, according to CCSO.  The sheriff’s office says they’re assisting people in the area evacuate.

 

 

[ClubWhatever 12,085]

57 minutes ago, miguelito said:

I'm seeing lots of dying trees.  This is getting ridiculous. 

The desert is moving east.  Future Austin is Phoenix.  

[austingirl 2,184]

10 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

I really hope tuesday in houston isnt below 100. If its not, our streak would likely hit 30 days in a row over 100, when the previous record was 9. Like, how the fuck can a climate change denier even function at this point?

Denial.

[Surly Bevo 24,692]

Sunspots:  One interesting aspect of the Sun is its sunspots.  Sunspots are areas where the magnetic field is about 2,500 times stronger than Earth's, much higher than anywhere else on the Sun.  Because of the strong magnetic field, the magnetic pressure increases while the surrounding atmospheric pressure decreases.  This in turn lowers the temperature relative to its surroundings because the concentrated magnetic field inhibits the flow of hot, new gas from the Sun's interior to the surface. 

Yea all that’s fine. But TSI (which is what matters a bit more than the temperature of a sunspot in the context of the solar radiation energy the earth’s atmosphere is receiving and our conversation about how fucking hot it is) is at its highest at solar maximum which is also when sunspot activity is at its highest.

[Hmbre97 6,297]

9 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

 
We do have a clue what is causing the warming though:

Is CO₂  some fancy abbreviation for concrete?

[Neonmoon 38,127]

15 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Just wait until the sun wakes up over the next few decades.

That’s no good.

[ClubWhatever 12,085]

15 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

We're actually near the bottom of a prolonged low irradiance period.

How do you know it's the bottom, and won't keep going down?

[Bozo_Casanova 26,232]

12 hours ago, Elvis said:

Sunspots are areas that are cooler than the rest of the sun.  If there are fewer sunspots, then the sun is hotter.

I thought this was a joke but then this

11 hours ago, Elvis said:

Sunspots:  One interesting aspect of the Sun is its sunspots.  Sunspots are areas where the magnetic field is about 2,500 times stronger than Earth's, much higher than anywhere else on the Sun.  Because of the strong magnetic field, the magnetic pressure increases while the surrounding atmospheric pressure decreases.  This in turn lowers the temperature relative to its surroundings because the concentrated magnetic field inhibits the flow of hot, new gas from the Sun's interior to the surface. 

From NWS:

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Times of maximum sunspot activity are associated with a very slight increase in the energy output from the sun.  Ultraviolet radiation increases dramatically during high sunspot activity, which can have a large effect on the Earth's atmosphere.  The converse is true during minimum sunspot activity. 

 

[HenryJames 65,868]

 

[Brisketexan 104,465]

 

Fuck.
That.
Shit.
Cantore should self-sodomize with a garden trowel.

[HenryJames 65,868]

It’s white because of all the concrete.

[Storm the Field 5,270]

Bout to enter the Thunderdome. Today looks like it will be the hottest day of the entire year in Houston, possibly hitting 107.

Slight relief early part of the week then 104+ every day from Thursday to Sunday. Week before Labor Day looking like ~101 every day but I'm sure that will be adjusted higher.

We live in hell. Literall hell.

[Surly Bevo 24,692]

It’s white because of all the concrete.

Well yea. Iowa is the concrete basket of the USA.

[SizzleChest 8,275]

56 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

It’s white because of all the concrete.

[Gatorubet 30,064]

Alarm clock malfunction last week led me to jump out of bed, quickly shower and run to the office. One damn day last week I did not completely drench the flowerbeds, and when I came home at 6 PM half the garden was literally dead.  Four days later and gallons of water later - still dead.

I live in New Orleans where it rains all the damn time. Now I have to think about automatic sprinklers. Ridiculous! 

[The Ace of Aces 5,106]

6 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

Alarm clock malfunction last week led me to jump out of bed, quickly shower and run to the office. One damn day last week I did not completely drench the flowerbeds, and when I came home at 6 PM half the garden was literally dead.  Four days later and gallons of water later - still dead.

I live in New Orleans where it rains all the damn time. Now I have to think about automatic sprinklers. Ridiculous! 

Or plant cacti and other native drought and heat hardy plants and don’t waste water, time and money  

[Surly Bevo 24,692]

Just now, The Ace of Aces said:

Or plant cacti and other native drought and heat hardy plants and don’t waste water, time and money  

One of my favorite parts of New Orleans is all the fields of cacti on the drive-in over the Atchafalaya.  Truly breath taking.  

[Gatorubet 30,064]

12 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

One of my favorite parts of New Orleans is all the fields of cacti on the drive-in over the Atchafalaya.  Truly breath taking.  

Especially when a flock of Norwegian Blues arise from the cacti in seeming formation, framed by the Spanish moss hanging from the Sequoias.   Breathtaking!

[GreenspointTexas 9,556]

Mother of god….

[Guest]

Just cut and past this shit for the past two months and seemingly the next two months. What the fuck happed to El Nino?

[hookemATL 11,596]

8 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Just cut and past this shit for the past two months and seemingly the next two months. What the fuck happed to El Nino?

[UTGrad98 2,257]

Ok. Please make it stop. It's 102 at 11am in flower mound and feels like 107....at 11 am 

[ztejas 43,244]

1 hour ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Mother of god….

Lol this is not real.

[Bozo_Casanova 26,232]

20 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Just cut and past this shit for the past two months and seemingly the next two months. What the fuck happed to El Nino?

That's a lot of concrete