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Post by FrozenI69 on Jan 16, 2021 15:41:53 GMT -5
People complaining that London has shitty summers. I wish my summers were like London. That's not stupid, just different preferences. London DOES have shitty summers if you like warm/hot summers. London does get quite a few warm days around 85 F. And, you either get heat, or humidity, not both together like swampy Miami. |
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Post by Benfxmth on Jan 16, 2021 15:43:33 GMT -5
That's not stupid, just different preferences. London DOES have shitty summers if you like warm/hot summers. London does get quite a few warm around 85 F. And it’s 85 F in dry heat, which is rather comfortable. Climates with a few 85°F days here and there the entire summer, with an average July high of 74°F are poor choices for warm/hot weather lovers (for those who want average highs above 30°C). |
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Post by alex992 on Jan 16, 2021 15:44:26 GMT -5
That's not stupid, just different preferences. London DOES have shitty summers if you like warm/hot summers. London does get quite a few warm days around 85 F. And, you either get heat, or humidity, not both together like swampy Miami. That's very "meh" if you want average highs of 30 C and above in summer. |
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Post by greysrigging on Jan 16, 2021 16:16:14 GMT -5
A doozy from a local weather page yesterday....people discussing heat in the Western Australian outback.
"Exmouth doesn’t fare any better either. Spent many Christmas/new year holidays
With +47. No breeze or anything." ( correct..... hot place, valid temps )
"try xmas at Dalgaranga Station....55 in the shade" ( a new world record, rolls eyes )
Me, " Doesn't get quite that hot in BOM instrumentation....about 47c to 48c pretty well tops around Yalgoo, Cue and Mt Magnet."
"ive lived and worked in n around Magnet for 25 years so far and our thermometer at the station has read 55 quite a number of times.
Also living in town the thermo has read 51 on the back verandah."
Me, "Of course.... but I did say in BOM instrumentation.... big difference between car and K Mart thermometers, and officially sanctioned, sited and calibrated instruments in a Stevenson Screen, which is really the only way to be able to compare temp readings, be they heat or cold recordings.
PS, a mate has a couple of gold leases near Yalgoo, so I've knocked around there some too....
And I know Stan ( Yalgoo Pub ) quite well...."
" no doubt. Our thermos are the mercury/stick ones. Trusty as.
My Nanna was a BOM reader for 38 years Goldsworthy. And yes,Dad and I know Stan."
Someone else chimes in....."id trust a mercury thermometer placed in a suitable place over any of these modern poor excuses for AWS...they are far to sensitive and measure a fart if you're too close, never get that with Mercury ones"
Me, "trouble is they hang under verandahs and in the shed or beside the shed in a tree or anywhere else exposed to external heat sources.... even the dark coloured ground...... which is why the Stevenson is comparable ( mostly ) all over the country."
"thats why I said a suitable location...obviously verandahs and the like aren't suitable "
Me, "Again, most don't quite get or understand the 'comparable data' or correct 'exposure' when measuring.
The home thermometer, unless sited correctly is only a guide, or an indication of the standardised actual temp.
And the proliferation of the car thermometer and the verandah ones only perpetuate the 'myth' of +50c temps happening every Summer in Australia.
Exactly why the old 53c in Cloncurry has been struck off the records... a thermometer under a verandah in a beer crate....yeah, nah...."
Original poster comes back with, "And ya hang ur thermos under tree outa the wind for as accurate a reading as ya can. Not all of us are techno able or literate."
It gets tiring after a while trying to explain why it doesn't get to 50 or 55c every summer out west of Woop Woop.....
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Post by alex992 on Jan 16, 2021 16:34:31 GMT -5
A doozy from a local weather page yesterday.... " Post came out empty. What did it say? |
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Post by omegaraptor on Feb 1, 2021 16:33:59 GMT -5
Acting as if 120F in Phoenix is a very common and regular occurrence. 120 in Phoenix is very rare and has only happened a couple times in recorded history.
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Post by MET on Feb 3, 2021 13:47:34 GMT -5
This is what I say about the weather:
January 1st: "I can't wait until summer"
February 1st: "I can't wait until summer"
March 13th: "I can't wait until summer"
June 1st: "I can't wait until summer"
July 1st: "I can't wait until summer"
August 1st: "I can't wait until... whatever"
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Post by gordo on Feb 3, 2021 14:45:23 GMT -5
People saying that in Vancouver, Seattle, Portland it never stops raining.
"The weather in Australia is beautiful one day, perfect the next."
"On Canada Day what if a snowstorm cancels the fireworks?"
"the US South is a subtropical paradise."
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Post by tommyFL on Feb 3, 2021 17:04:59 GMT -5
Meteorologists projecting either their own or commonly held weather preferences onto others. And I'm not talking about TV weathermen. I mean NWS meteorologists who are responsible for writing area forecast discussions and creating graphics showing the weather. Saying thinks like "Luckily we'll be back into the 80s for highs in a couple days" just pisses me off. Not everyone in this world wants it to be hot as shit 24/7/365. They could at least try to unbiased when presenting this information.
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Post by alex992 on Feb 4, 2021 10:37:34 GMT -5
Meteorologists projecting either their own or commonly held weather preferences onto others. And I'm not talking about TV weathermen. I mean NWS meteorologists who are responsible for writing area forecast discussions and creating graphics showing the weather. Saying thinks like "Luckily we'll be back into the 80s for highs in a couple days" just pisses me off. Not everyone in this world wants it to be hot as shit 24/7/365. They could at least try to unbiased when presenting this information. I can't stand this shit. As if we don't get enough warm/hot weather down here and we're starved for it.  Even TV meteorologists should be more professional than this, but they always insert their idiotic biases too. One thing I see fairly often on weather forums - "So and so isn't subtropical because it got really cold there 50 years ago, I mean look at that record low!" Meanwhile half the year has average highs of 70-80 F and above, the climate has hot and humid summers and overall mild winters. |
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Post by Wildcat on Feb 4, 2021 10:57:12 GMT -5
"So and so isn't subtropical because it got really cold there 50 years ago, I mean look at that record low!" Meanwhile half the year has average highs of 70-80 F and above, the climate has hot and humid summers and overall mild winters. How can you say that Yakutsk is subarctic when it’s been in the 100s F before? It looks no different than central PA in the summer. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2021 20:27:48 GMT -5
Meteorologists projecting either their own or commonly held weather preferences onto others. And I'm not talking about TV weathermen. I mean NWS meteorologists who are responsible for writing area forecast discussions and creating graphics showing the weather. Saying thinks like "Luckily we'll be back into the 80s for highs in a couple days" just pisses me off. Not everyone in this world wants it to be hot as shit 24/7/365. They could at least try to unbiased when presenting this information. I can't stand this shit. As if we don't get enough warm/hot weather down here and we're starved for it. Even TV meteorologists should be more professional than this, but they always insert their idiotic biases too. Ah yes. Around here, gloomy/rainy days are always bad, even when we've seen only 20% of the average month-to-date rainfall. Drives me nuts. Opinions/editorializing in weather forecasts in general. 60s/70s and sunshine for weeks on end aren't "nice" to everyone. |
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Post by alex992 on Feb 4, 2021 21:11:08 GMT -5
I can't stand this shit. As if we don't get enough warm/hot weather down here and we're starved for it. Even TV meteorologists should be more professional than this, but they always insert their idiotic biases too. Ah yes. Around here, gloomy/rainy days are always bad, even when we've seen only 20% of the average month-to-date rainfall. Drives me nuts. Opinions/editorializing in weather forecasts in general. 60s/70s and sunshine for weeks on end aren't "nice" to everyone. Yep, I notice this too. "Back to nice and sunny weather tomorrow for spending time outdoors!!" meanwhile the grass is scorched, fires are raging in the Glades, water restrictions are imminent, etc. |
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Post by Morningrise on Feb 8, 2021 8:11:11 GMT -5
Oh boy, here come all the people passing off the windchill as the actual temperature with this cold snap we're having. Already seeing people on social media talking about how it was -50C this weekend |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2021 8:56:22 GMT -5
Oh boy, here come all the people passing off the windchill as the actual temperature with this cold snap we're having. Already seeing people on social media talking about how it was -50C this weekend What's the coldest you got? -40'C or thereabouts? You'd think that would be extreme-sounding enough for use as a "lordy it's cold" temperature, but I guess not. Just like how in January 2019 when we got the monster cold snap, it was "-50'F" here. Nope. Not even close. |
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Post by P London on Feb 8, 2021 13:01:02 GMT -5
''It never snows in London''
''I can't believe its so hot'' (London)
Londoners with SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2021 14:19:12 GMT -5
"London's record low is [-18.9c/-21c/-24c]*"
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Post by Morningrise on Feb 8, 2021 18:23:40 GMT -5
Oh boy, here come all the people passing off the windchill as the actual temperature with this cold snap we're having. Already seeing people on social media talking about how it was -50C this weekend What's the coldest you got? -40'C or thereabouts? You'd think that would be extreme-sounding enough for use as a "lordy it's cold" temperature, but I guess not. Just like how in January 2019 when we got the monster cold snap, it was "-50'F" here. Nope. Not even close. -41.4C yesterday morning apparently. Monstrously cold but people still constantly refer to the windchill as the actual temperature. Very annoying. |
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Post by Morningrise on Feb 9, 2021 19:35:21 GMT -5
Here's one that particularly annoys me at the moment with the weather we've been having the past few days: When people from the prairies compare their climate to coastal BC or Eastern Canada by saying things like "I'll take -20 and sunny over +5 and raining", always making that comparison of wet vs dry cold. It's a valid preference but the comparison they should really be making is wet vs windy. Because as sunny as it is on the prairies in mid-winter, it's also quite windy much of the time and that windchill has some serious bite to it that outweighs the sunshine IMO. Yeah, maybe that sunny -20C feels more pleasant when it's nice and calm, but in reality it comes with a wind that makes it far more uncomfortable than the wet cold they always complain about. At least, that's the case for me. Boggles my mind that anyone would find the weather from the past couple days here more pleasant than an average winter day in Vancouver or Halifax or Toronto. But maybe nearly three straight days of windchills in the -40s is just starting to make me grumpy  |
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Post by MET on Feb 9, 2021 19:39:33 GMT -5
When people get back from a holiday and grossly exaggerate the temperatures there. For example, someone who went to Nanjing in April 2007 and said "It was FORTY DEGREES EVERY DAY!". These were the actual temperatures that month: en.tutiempo.net/climate/04-2007/ws-582380.html |
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Even TV meteorologists should be more professional than this, but they always insert their idiotic biases too.
