Darn hot and darn dry!

[masraum]

But not dry enough to be AZ.

We topped 100° today. This sucks. The past two mornings have been better than usual, in the low 70s. Usually our mornings are around 78° and muggy.

It's darn dry too. We had about 3.5" of rain in Jan, another .5" in Feb, and last month some time we got .2".

But, despite all of that, I'm thankful. We haven't been flooded or sucked up into the sky.

The US and rest of the world, I think, seems to be experiencing some unusual weather this year.

[red-beard]

We'll make up the rain with the expected hurricane season...

[Instrument 41]

Yep, hurricane season looks promising....

[pete3799]

Hot & humid enough here yesterday (mid 80's) to drag out the A/C.
Today..... almost need heat. Currently 47*

[BeyGon]

What happened with the fires you folks were having, it just dropped out of the news like yesterdays Tsunami.

[johnco]

poured 15 yds of concrete yesterday, spent 6-7 hours today on my knees finishing off the face of the concrete cantilever edge. yup... it's a little hot

[masraum]

Under control. But there are some crazy number involved.

Wildfire Update - June 1, 2011

Current situation:

Texas Forest Service responded to no new large fires on Tuesday, May 31.
Several recent fires have been contained:
Duck Creek Fire, Montgomery County, contained at 183 acres.
Crawford Ranch 2 Fire, Potter County, contained at 2,200 acres.
Stone Ridge Fire, Potter County, contained at 1,243 acres.
188 of the 254 Texas counties are reporting burn bans.

New large fires from yesterday:
None

Uncontained fires from previous days:
None

Fire numbers:
Since fire season started on Nov. 15, 2010, Texas Forest Service and area fire departments have responded to 10,896 fires that have charred 2,790,268 acres.

[fingpilot]

We are already in the throes of a 'summer'...

70 at 7.
80 at 8.
90 at 9.

Humidity.. 100% at dawn, 80% by 10, 40% by 1400.

Not below 70 at night.

Saw as of June 1, we have had 29 inches of rain this year so far.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by BeyGon

What happened with the fires you folks were having, it just dropped out of the news like yesterdays Tsunami.

Obama said we're not a disaster area, and more interesting disasters are getting the news.

[tabs]

Unusally kool here..only 80..thx to god...

[slow&rusty]

Wait what Hurricanes? In Houston.....Ok gotta move...

[vash]

amazing! i'm currently wearing a light down puffy jacket. i bet it is low 50's right now. to bad we cant "blend" our weather with each other. probably drop us into the 80's.

[masraum]

That would be great. I'd love to see 75° with a dew point of <60°. But, that would probably mean that I'd moved to Cali...

[IROC]

Knoxville set a record last year for days above 90 degrees (I think it was around 78 or 80) and we've already had quite a few this year. The previous record was 55, I believe. This summer's not looking good...

[Hugh R]

Going to hit 80 today, low 70's for the weekend. Guess I'll wait a few weeks to heat the pool.

[Instrument 41]

102 on the back porch at 3 PM

[red-beard]

I think the pool is already over 90F

[rcooled]

Originally Posted by masraum

The US and rest of the world, I think, seems to be experiencing some unusual weather this year.

You said it! This is the strangest weather I've seen here in the Monterey Bay area of CA in many years. Although it's June already, temps have rarely been above the mid-60s and we're in for a pretty healthy rain storm over the next few days as well. We rarely see any rain between mid-April and mid-October but this year it's been a very cool, wet Spring...and snow is still coming down in the Sierra too. All this coming after a record-setting rainy season...the mountains have had up to 50' of snow in some places. The next thing will be major flooding from a rapid snow melt if the temps spike up quickly. One bonus is that Yosemite's waterfalls will be really spectacular this year.

[masraum]

It's back up over 101° again today

[red-beard]

42 Miles this morning. I'm glad we went out early.