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We get consistent Flash flooding in arroyos around here. It’s creepy how quiet & quick they are as they rush up on unsuspecting people. The Texas death toll is absolutely tragic - so sad. 🙁
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eyoungren
macrumors Nehalem
At the time I posted that there was a storm system coming in. So the humidity went up. Right now, it's pretty much as you describe.
Come August though, we will be well in to the monsoon season and that'll drive the humidity up some.
Yes, the mountains tend to be much cooler. Although, as @Herdfan will attest, it has been less cooler recently.
eyoungren
macrumors Nehalem
When the monsoons start happening, we get giant clouds of dust that cover almost the entire metro area. The winds get wild and then it just stops and the rain comes belting down. There has been several times over the last 25 years where during the monsoons, the rain is hitting the house SIDEWAYS.
dwrufus53
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eyoungren
macrumors Nehalem
Herdfan
macrumors 68000
I have yet to experience a Haboob.
But when we were driving out here in February of 2023 in a U-Haul, in New Mexico west of Albuquerque we got into a combination snow event and dust storm. So it was hitting our windshield with little bits of mud.
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maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
Massachusetts drying out after 200-year rain event
I was supposed to visit my dealership in Braintree yesterday, but they had to close the southeast expressway which is the major highway to get to the communities south of Boston. I'm glad I called the dealership (on an unrelated topic) and they said don't come in - They're flooded and are closed.
I was supposed to visit my dealership in Braintree yesterday, but they had to close the southeast expressway which is the major highway to get to the communities south of Boston. I'm glad I called the dealership (on an unrelated topic) and they said don't come in - They're flooded and are closed.
Apple fanboy
macrumors Ivy Bridge
Here it's 8:30 pm. Still 30 degrees in the house. Like most of the UK, no AC and no let up until at least Wednesday. Driest year on record since 1976. You just can't get anything done in this heat.
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That seems pretty hot for UK. It’s 91F here @ 9pm but then it’s 104F in Phoenix!
Of course we have means to cool our homes in this heat lol. Right now it’s about 74-5F inside.
Heard about the flash flood in central Texas? Tragic. The area has an historical record of flash flooding. Apparently the NWS was on the ball issuing plenty of alerts. The first alert went out at 1pm the day before the early morning flash flood, a warning for up to 7” of rain. The question might regard regulations or lack there of and why the camp locations run by businesses along the river were not required to have weather radios and monitoring during stormy weather? Why that costs too much, too much of a burden?* 🤔Que Sera…
*Death toll now 90+. 😕
Death Toll Climbs to 59 as Massive Search Continues for Missing Kerr County Flood Victims – The Kerr County Lead
"Numbers are continuously changing and increasing," Leitha said. "We have over 400 first responders from more than 20 agencies working in Kerr County."kerrcountylead.com
The tragedy of Kerr County, Texas, a warning system reported to cost $50k was deemed too expensive… 😳
Now we can watch officials wiggle. The figure I heard was $50k, which for a River warning system seems doable, but maybe low. A water level monitor on the River that sets off a local siren and sends out a radio signal, set a mile or 2 apart say 20 of them. Seems like a million would be reasonable, funded by the State.🤔
Texas officials scrapped ‘Flash Flood Alley’ warning system before 27 killed at Camp Mystic — because it was too expensive
Officials in Kerr County, Texas — where 27 campers and counselors at a Christian summer camp were killed in catastrophic flooding — had discussed installing a flood warning system along…nypost.com
I heard today a former camp owner say “we plan for all known contingencies, but don’t think anyone could predict this.” Blatant excuse making, the place is known as “flash flood alley”. What about weather radios, which are annoying as hell, but serve an important purpose, a contingency for when several inches of rain or more or forecast? When those alerts go off, it wakes you up… and yep it may cost you some money to evacuate in a timely fashion, get up and leave.
For inquiring minds:
Did fiscal conservatism block plans for a new flood warning system in Kerr County?
In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to government overspending.
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M4th
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Been looking very hazy out this morning, and this upper midwest map pretty much tells the story...
No outdoor plans anyway, but the state fair is winding down today so hope those folks can take it slow.
No outdoor plans anyway, but the state fair is winding down today so hope those folks can take it slow.
I’m not prepared to say this is a permanent new weather pattern, but along the West Gulf of Mexico in the vicinity of Houston Texas , we have been getting daily afternoon thunderstorms and rain, from 30- 240 minutes. If not daily then 4 events a week. I recently read a general article that said due to global warming, higher temps, there is more water in the atmosphere and there will be more rain, at least along the coast? I don’t know.
I do know that this is the first year in July after living here for 15 years, where there kind of rain occurred. And having almost daily rain is wonderful! i guess next year will tell. This is a El Niño neutral year.
I do know that this is the first year in July after living here for 15 years, where there kind of rain occurred. And having almost daily rain is wonderful! i guess next year will tell. This is a El Niño neutral year.
eyoungren
macrumors Nehalem
The news is reporting that Starbucks starts offering their Fall menu today. And I guess meteorological Fall starts September 1st.
Aside from the fact that after 7 days of hinting at rain, with the stupid monsoon finally arriving yesterday in my location, I really don't see a Pumpkin Spice Latte in 100º Phoenix heat.
Our Fall kicks in during late September, sometimes October. The day my son was born in October 2003, the 100º heatwave we'd been experiencing that week finally broke. So we kind of just skip Fall altogether sometimes. Shorts in December is a thing though, so not bad at that time of year.
Just isn't Fall weather out here at the moment.
Aside from the fact that after 7 days of hinting at rain, with the stupid monsoon finally arriving yesterday in my location, I really don't see a Pumpkin Spice Latte in 100º Phoenix heat.
Our Fall kicks in during late September, sometimes October. The day my son was born in October 2003, the 100º heatwave we'd been experiencing that week finally broke. So we kind of just skip Fall altogether sometimes. Shorts in December is a thing though, so not bad at that time of year.
Just isn't Fall weather out here at the moment.
dwrufus53
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eyoungren
macrumors Nehalem
While I don't care to be out in them when this happens, most of the time I look forward to it. I'm not a fan of the dust and everything that gets stirred up by the wind, but once this happens, rain is guaranteed to follow. And it is the rain that drops the temperature.
Herdfan
macrumors 68000
Yeah, we got the rain and temp drop without the dust up here. 🙂
That one looked bad though.
eyoungren
macrumors Nehalem
Kind of rubbing it in there, eh, LOL! 😉
I'll just say, I wouldn't know. 😀
It happened, but I was indoors. So the evidence of it, I've either seen online or on TV.
Since COVID hit and work from home became a permanent thing for me, I'm not out of the house very much.
M4th
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We lucked out and only got about seven inches in NH. MA and the southern New England and Mid-Atlantic had it a lot worse.
I've done about 80% of the cleanup today. Tomorrow morning I'll do the rest. I think that everything is closed today so nowhere to go anyways.
eyoungren
macrumors Nehalem
So, Sunday February 28, 2026, it is projected for Phoenix, Arizona to hit 95ºF.
95º in February. Breaking records with the heat again out here.
95º in February. Breaking records with the heat again out here.
There's 12-15 inches forecast in a week but forecasts out that far are unreliable. We have temps in the 40s this weekend so the snow on roads, walkways, roofs should melt in that.
…Meanwhile, near the Gulf Coast of Central Texas, we had our 2 freeze days of about 8 hours of upper 20sF that killed some of the annuals, and knocked back the Elephant Ear and Philodendron in the front yard, and since December have been experiencing wonderfully cool temps, low last night 55F but high today 85F, but most of March is forecast for highs in the 70sF (20sC). It’s not until late May, early June, that the constant 90s appear. My brother who lives in Kenai, Alaska is enjoying a brisk -14F. 🤔
I wonder how long before the exodus starts?
eyoungren
macrumors Nehalem
LOL! No exodus. In fact that's part of the problem. In the last couple years we've had an influx of people from a lot of states, primarily California and Texas though. It's resulted in a lot of new housing, most of it either apartments or rental homes owned by corporations. Just to the southwest of me, there's a large home development with shops and several huge warehouses going up. All of it on land that's largely been empty for the last 25+ years since we moved here.
That proliferation of concrete, steel and other materials contributes to the urban heat island. Heat, instead of being released overnight is retained by this stuff. So the morning lows are high and then the heat of the day comes and heats things up more.
This is the second year I have not removed any of our A/C units from where they've been installed - largely because they are still getting used!
Going to be another hot summer.
For the past few weeks we had a relatively warm winter in the interior of Alaska with day temperatures above zero degree and not lower than-15º F at night, and that was great since such mild temperatures aren't very common during the winter. Then within the last ten days, including Sunday this week, we had two or three snow storms that left behind over 24 inches of snow around Fairbanks (more than that in the towns outside the city limits. But this week we are having night temperatures around the -40's F (-40 to -45 a couple of nights ago). It seems that we should be enjoying another week of warm temperatures next week.
