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sonofabeach wrote:

prrthd1987 wrote:

sonofabeach wrote:for the most part I'm outside at work and I love the heat!!
Especially after the brutal Florida winter.

The heat never used to bother me until about this time last year... dry heat is alright, but this humid stuff we have right now is just murder.

I like it but I'll admit my primary workstation does have 3 big fans in it.
I drink nearly two gallons of Gatorade a day.

I tried drinking water but that just made it worse... I might pick up some gatorade on the way tomorrow morning

Good news is.... my work station at my new job has me in the COOLEST room in the building right next to the AC vent, always right at 72º

Bad news is... rolling blackouts forecast if this heat doesn't break soon

Just checked the forecast...
Line of T-Storms headed our way right now... back to the mid 80's tomorrow then down to 76º on Friday and 79º on Saturday, then back into the 80's... hopefully they are right.

prrthd1987 wrote:Just checked the forecast...
Line of T-Storms headed our way right now... back to the mid 80's tomorrow then down to 76º on Friday and 79º on Saturday, then back into the 80's... hopefully they are right.

last night's low was 88

I don't mind the heat, it's these green heads

that are true pain in the butt.

RAGTOP wrote:I LOVE THE HEAT. HOTTER THE BETTER!

Looser!

NYCPORT wrote:

RAGTOP wrote:I LOVE THE HEAT. HOTTER THE BETTER!

Looser!

yeah baby!

*trying to think in Fahrenheit*

For the past 4 days, it has been 88 - 93 with humidexes of up to 96 here in Nova Scotia. It's normal. It's summer.


Climatologist: Warmer Canada both blessing and curse

By SEAN PATRICK SULLIVAN The Canadian Press


TORONTO — Heat seekers may be thrilled by news that 2006 is shaping up to be the country’s warmest year on record, but an expert says the balmy weather may bring an increased threat of West Nile virus and more powerful hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean.

Data collected by Environment Canada shows the winter and spring of this year — from December 2005 through May 2006 — to be the warmest since nationwide record-keeping began in 1948.

"If you stick a thermometer into Canada, you’re going to see there’s fever there," said senior climatologist David Phillips, adding June and July are already above average.

The average temperature for March through May was 3 C higher than usual.

In the last nine years, Phillips said, only two seasons have measured out to be cooler than normal.

"That almost dispels any doubt that Canada is warmer now than it has been in a long, long time," he said.

Phillips cautions that the unusually warm weather — including a winter average that was up by 3.9 C — is both a blessing and a curse.

For example, seal hunters in Atlantic Canada scrambled to find ice this spring, while gleeful farmers across the country were able to start their growing season about a week early.

"From an agricultural point of view, it’s clearly been a winner," he said.

But with so little ice in Atlantic Canada, Phillips said there’s a concern that the tropical storms that come north into Canadian waters may not die out as quickly as usual.

The cold water usually puts the brakes on tropical storms.

"We don’t know yet, but normally warmer water there means storms will have more punch than they usually do," he said.

The balmy winter and spring may also have set the stage for an increase in pests and West Nile-carrying mosquitoes.

A harsh winter usually freezes solid things like varmints, diseases, viruses and pine beetles, which eliminates them.

"Any invasion (of pests) will be blamed on the winter," he said, adding that the favourable conditions for West Nile virus has some concerned, as more mosquito larvae survived the winter.

Despite the sometimes overwhelming heat in parts of the country this summer, the vast stretches of the Arctic actually make Canada the second-coldest country in the world.

Canada’s previous title as the world’s coldest country was usurped by Russia when the Soviet Union split up and Russia lost its warmer eastern regions.

That was depressing for many in Canada, Phillips joked.

"We like to brag about the fact that we are a cold country," he said. "There are no wimps who live here."