OT: But It's a Dry Heat

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Headed to AZ for spring training today. Check out the weather forecast next week.



I know it's Arizona, but to put it in perspective of how ridiculous this heat wave is. Phoenix has never before hit 100° before March 26th. 100° days don't usually hit until Mid May in fact. If it truly hits 108° next Saturday, that will blast the previous record for that date by 11°.

This heat dome is going to add unbelievable stress to the mountain west snowpack problems later this spring and into summer. Barring a miracle in April or early May, the wildfires are going to be ridiculous for the entire west this summer. Farmers are going to face water curtailments and massive crop losses.

This 17ing ridge over the entire west this winter is like a slow motion train wreck. It's a weather anomaly, nothing to with the shìt some of you dìcktards want to argue about... On both sides of your dìcktard argument to be clear.

 

[CEO2044]

Went to AZ end of April one year- close to 100 deg then. Someone there said something I remember to this day: “The South is like a sauna, and Arizona is like an oven.”

I thought it was super hot. I was even hot in the pool.

 

[BoDawg.sixpack]

Phoenix and surrounding areas are really cool. Go to the zoo and the aquarium. The huge tank with the sharks is visible inside the bathrooms. You've got sharks swimming 5 feet from your head while you wash your hands.

 

[bsquared24]

Headed to AZ for spring training today. Check out the weather forecast next week.

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I know it's Arizona, but to put it in perspective of how ridiculous this heat wave is. Phoenix has never before hit 100° before March 26th. 100° days don't usually hit until Mid May in fact. If it truly hits 108° next Saturday, that will blast the previous record for that date by 11°.

This heat dome is going to add unbelievable stress to the mountain west snowpack problems later this spring and into summer. Barring a miracle in April or early May, the wildfires are going to be ridiculous for the entire west this summer. Farmers are going to face water curtailments and massive crop losses.

This 17ing ridge over the entire west this winter is like a slow motion train wreck. It's a weather anomaly, nothing to with the shìt some of you dìcktards want to argue about... On both sides of your dìcktard argument to be clear.

If this is true about wildfires they should start doing controlled burns ASAP; its backed by science and Indians did it hundreds of years on these same lands out of concern for wildfires.

 

[aTotal360]

Every time I go to Vegas and it's 110 degrees, it doesn't faze me. Growing up in the Delta will harden you.

 

[johnson86-1]

Went to AZ end of April one year- close to 100 deg then. Someone there said something I remember to this day: “The South is like a sauna, and Arizona is like an oven.”

I thought it was super hot. I was even hot in the pool.

I've never really dealt with the legit heat out west. But 100 degrees dry versus 95 degree humid the 100 degrees dry seems better. Your body is basically a walking swamp cooler as long as you are drinking water, where as you don't have a way to really cool when your sweat basically doesn't evaporate.

 

[RocketDawg]

The western US has been very warmer than normal this wither. Salt Lake City had only had about one tenth of an inch of snow up until a couple of weeks ago.

The Northeast has been colder and snowier than usual, but locally (north Alabama) has been well above normal during the winter as well, with only a couple of cold snaps. As many of you know, much of Mississippi and Tennessee got inundated with ice one time, but overall temps for the heating season were warmer than average.

I believe the temperature and snowfall forecasts issued last fall were pretty much spot on, other than the mid-south ice storm.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

I've been to the Grapefruit League numerous times. The Cactus League is on my bucket list.

 

[Ozarkdawg]

Had a guy in our plant one time to relocate equipment. He said he was raised in Arizona and knew the heat, but Mississippi was the first place he had been where the sweat made his underwear stick to his a s s.

 

[TimberBeast]

Every time I go to Vegas and it's 110 degrees, it doesn't faze me. Growing up in the Delta will harden you.

I worked with a guy in Meridian in highschool that would go out to West Texas in the summers to be with his dad and work while out there. I don't remember what the job was but it was outside all day digging with shovels. He said the guys out there were almost falling out and he wasn't breaking a sweat.

 

[QuadrupleOption]

I spent some time in San Antonio in August. The heat was rough, but mainly the direct sunlight was brutal. You could FEEL the difference between shade and sun there - a lot different than MS where it's pretty much just humid/hot everywhere.

A buddy of mine moved from MS to Arizona a few years ago and said the heat doesn't feel as bad but can sneak up on you quickly.

I'd recommend wearing a hat that cover most of your head and drinking a LOT of water if you spend a decent amount of time outdoors.

 

[PhredPhantom]

I spent a year just south of Phoenix while I was in the Air Force pilot training in 1978 and 1979. It was near Chandler, AZ at Williams Air Force Base, which is now closed.

We lived in base housing and had an actual lemon tree in our backyard. My wife used to pick lemons and make sun lemonade like people sometimes make sun tea here.

While we were in base housing, there was a company that had a contract to re-roof several of the houses. You could hear them start hammering (thankfully not on the house we were in) as soon as the sun came up in the morning and at about eight or 9 o’clock they would knock off and leave. Then they would come back about 6 o’clock that afternoon and work until darkness fell. It was too hot to work on a roof in the middle of the day.

The hottest temperature I ever saw when I was out there was about 112 or 113 but humidity was usually about 15%. On the advice of people who had been living there for a while, we always carried a gallon jug of water in the trunk of our car in case we had a breakdown. Dying from dehydration was a real thing out there. If you had car trouble, you didn’t want to not have any water.

 

[Hugh's Burner Phone]

 

[ZombieKissinger]

Every time I go to Vegas and it's 110 degrees, it doesn't faze me. Growing up in the Delta will harden you.

Same. Washington got over 100 when I was there and I sort of enjoyed it. Felt similar but hotter in Vegas

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

If this is true about wildfires they should start doing controlled burns ASAP; its backed by science and Indians did it hundreds of years on these same lands out of concern for wildfires.

Controlled burns are very different in the mountains. It's a short season you can do it usually in the fall. Right now the mountains are covered in snow. As it melts you go from can't do it to can't control it in a matter of days sometimes.

My friend does controlled burns for the Forest service. They actually use drones because most areas of the forests are inaccessible.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

I went to Yuma, AZ 3-4 times per year for about 10 years 2014 thru 2024. It gets really hot out there during the summer like 8-10 days in a row 115 plus. That dry heat was HELL on my sinuses. I just absolutely could not breathe in that crap.

 

[Duggar Hall Desk]

I spent a year just south of Phoenix while I was in the Air Force pilot training in 1978 and 1979. It was near Chandler, AZ at Williams Air Force Base, which is now closed.

While we were in base housing, there was a company that had a contract to re-roof several of the houses. You could hear them start hammering (thankfully not on the house we were in) as soon as the sun came up in the morning and at about eight or 9 o’clock they would knock off and leave. Then they would come back about 6 o’clock that afternoon and work until darkness fell. It was too hot to work on a roof in the middle of the day.

Did the same when I was re-roofing houses in Louisiana (but we also could count on rain around 1pm).

 

[Wesson Bulldog]

Thanks Obama

 

[Barkman Turner Overdrive]

I went to Yuma, AZ 3-4 times per year for about 10 years 2014 thru 2024. It gets really hot out there during the summer like 8-10 days in a row 115 plus. That dry heat was HELL on my sinuses. I just absolutely could not breathe in that crap.

During the UCLA game earlier this season, Buck Showalter was in the booth in one of the early innings.

Buck: “We took 30 minor leaguers to Yuma…now that’s an acquired taste.”

I laughed because I’ve heard that’s one of the worst CONUS military bases.