|
|
Post by Dean York (Old) on Jul 15, 2020 4:19:45 GMT -5
Basra is a hard one to beat in summer for heat.  |
|
|
|
Post by Benfxmth on Jul 15, 2020 6:21:19 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by irlinit on Jul 15, 2020 6:40:27 GMT -5
Basra is a hard one to beat in summer for heat. Ouch.. UV indexes seem a little low though? |
|
|
|
Post by Dean York (Old) on Jul 15, 2020 11:52:34 GMT -5
Basra is a hard one to beat in summer for heat. Ouch.. UV indexes seem a little low though? Yeah I think almost certainly too low. I've been to Basra in summer and it's pretty toasty. Not as hot as Baghdad though, but the sun is definitely wayyy stronger than it is here. |
|
|
|
Post by Dean York (Old) on Jul 21, 2020 9:27:35 GMT -5
Fuck that.  |
|
|
|
Post by Benfxmth on Jul 21, 2020 9:45:17 GMT -5
Fuck that. Impressive. If that materializes, then that would tie/break the all-time record high for the entire Eastern Hemisphere (or the world record if the 134°F Death Valley reading were decertified). |
|
|
|
Post by chesternz on Jul 21, 2020 10:31:55 GMT -5
Funnily enough, I just googled Mitribah and found that exactly four years ago "the temperature at this location hit the third highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth at 53.9 °C".
|
|
|
|
Post by Crunch41 on Jul 21, 2020 10:35:30 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by Crunch41 on Jul 21, 2020 10:56:57 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by jgtheone on Jul 28, 2020 0:52:17 GMT -5
Baghdad now joining in  |
|
|
|
Post by aabc123 on Aug 3, 2020 14:58:25 GMT -5
I find this an interesting weather forecast. I don't think it's a 'hot place' in the exact sense of the word, but the latitude is tropical.  |
|
|
|
Post by aabc123 on Oct 8, 2020 13:41:29 GMT -5
Compared to mid-summer the weather is cooler.  |
|
|
|
Post by Benfxmth on Jun 12, 2021 4:49:42 GMT -5
Bump. Death Valley is forecast 127°F highs Thursday and Friday!  |
|
|
|
Post by Ethereal on Jun 12, 2021 4:59:42 GMT -5
Fuck that. Is this source even reliable? I mean highs between 50-54C for a week straight on a location near a humid sea? Even inland this seems a bit unrealistic and outlandish.  I just never counted on this weather website. |
|
|
|
Post by Ethereal on Jun 12, 2021 5:06:25 GMT -5
Baghdad now joining in I honestly find these such ridiculously high forecasts to be pretty false and unreliable. I don't know man. I really don't trust the Iraqi/Middle Eastern meteorology department. Not that they're intentionally giving false readings (who knows anyway), but I just think they're overstating such absurdly hot temps. They're probably using that heat logger thingie that "Penroids" did at Berkshire Park which read temperatures as high as 52C. Seriously.  And alright, if it's 52C in Baghdad and Basra, then the arid central parts of the Sahara must be 58C at most. But they're not...  |
|
|
|
Post by Ethereal on Jun 12, 2021 5:13:28 GMT -5
But let's be generous. Basra and Baghdad are populated places with pavements, concrete buildings and dirt. If anything, maybe such factors are causing these ridiculously high summer temperatures. And it will be really obtuse of them to have weather stations in the middle of this urban drama:  Without all these blocks and cars, 51C will be be 45C at best. |
|
|
|
Post by irlinit on Jun 12, 2021 5:58:24 GMT -5
Fuck that. Damn, would love to feel what that’s like but that is too hot for me lol |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2021 9:00:58 GMT -5
Fuck that. Is this source even reliable? I mean highs between 50-54C for a week straight on a location near a humid sea? Even inland this seems a bit unrealistic and outlandish. I just never counted on this weather website. See the previous post by crunch, showing the monthly readings from Mitribah. It lasts much longer than a week! I've spent a lot of time in the Middle East, I can confirm that even by the coast, the heat is absolutely ridiculous, not to mention the insane humidity. They're known for lying about the heat in Saudi Arabia from when I was there. I think in Riyadh it was if it was something like 47C(or something like that, can't remember), then outdoor work could stop. So often you'd get a reading .1 degree below that to keep people working 😂 |
|
|
|
Post by Ethereal on Jun 14, 2021 5:55:57 GMT -5
Is this source even reliable? I mean highs between 50-54C for a week straight on a location near a humid sea? Even inland this seems a bit unrealistic and outlandish. I just never counted on this weather website. See the previous post by crunch, showing the monthly readings from Mitribah. It lasts much longer than a week! I've spent a lot of time in the Middle East, I can confirm that even by the coast, the heat is absolutely ridiculous, not to mention the insane humidity.They're known for lying about the heat in Saudi Arabia from when I was there. I think in Riyadh it was if it was something like 47C(or something like that, can't remember), then outdoor work could stop. So often you'd get a reading .1 degree below that to keep people working 😂 Wouldn't the humidity make it feel hotter anyway? But 40C+ heat is unbearably oppressive either way (for me mind you Lol), whether it's dry or humid.  Yep, I remember you mentioned that you worked in the Middle East with your nice little mini ME diaries back in the C-D days.  Aha, so they lie by decreasing the temperature so people would stay at work work. So the opposite of what I thought. Funny, my father used to tell me the same thing about Baghdad's weather forecasters, how they lied by intentionally lowering the temperatures by a few degrees (so 44C instead of 50C) because "people will be scared" or something. But I thought it was a local conspiracy theory and scare tactic.  |
|
|
|
Post by jgtheone on Jun 19, 2021 2:00:58 GMT -5
The record for Hanoi is 42.8C, recorded in May 1926.  |
|
