Heat-wave spreads across central and eastern US

Big Tone

With all the talk of "will there, wont there" be a heatwave in Ireland, the central and eastern US is in for the a hell of a heatwave and certainly on a scale that Ireland would never see...

From BBC

A punishing heat-wave has settled over central and eastern parts of the US, pushing temperatures as high as 43C (110F) and causing up to 22 deaths.

The National Weather Service warned of "dangerous" levels of heat and humidity creeping east, with no relief expected in eastern states until Sunday.

As much as 50% of the US population was under a heat advisory, officials said.

Meteorologists have put the temperatures down to a "dome" of high pressure in the atmosphere.

"This is an exceptionally strong ridge of high pressure that really has an exceptional scope and duration," Eli Jacks, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, told the BBC.

"The air is sinking, as it sinks it compresses and gets warmer." It also dries out, so few clouds form to block the high early-summer sun, he said

Meanwhile, in cities, asphalt and concrete pavement and buildings "re-radiate" the heat.

"There's no good place to be," Mr Jacks said. Heat is "the number one weather-related killer" in the US.

Across the central and eastern US, people and animals alike are struggling to keep cool amid the oppressive heat and humidity.

As the heat peaks in major population centres in the east coast, the number of deaths is expected to rise.

Mr Jacks said the combination of high heat and high humidity makes it hard for the human body to cool itself - because sweat does not evaporate efficiently.


read more here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14238358

amacachi

"Up to 22 deaths". Yeah. Right.

dirtyghettokid

i'm from southern ontario and all my family and friends on facebook are moaning about the weather. yesterday the temp hit a humidex of nearly 50C over there .. that's crazy!! hottest i have experienced while home was a humidex of 42C and that was pretty nasty. many a time as a child i suffered heat exhaustion. i feel sorry for the people that have to work in that heat, or the elderly & pets .. anyone who can't afford AC. like you are better off just going to a shopping centre with AC.
and then i LOL when we complain over here about 20C being "hot"
i'm looking forward to an irish heatwave, though i am unsure if it will arrive at all?

Iancar29

My sister landed in Buffalo NY just last night... Shes over there with class mates and 2 teachers... According to my weather app its 24 o C there now... at half 7 in the morning! ha ... she has factor 50 with her , shes as white as a ghost. I told her that she wanna hope for some thunderstorms and she was like ..." no! why!?... they scare me!!! ".... not knowing that they would cool the air down alot! ha

Babooshka

dirtyghettokid wrote: »

i'm from southern ontario and all my family and friends on facebook are moaning about the weather. yesterday the temp hit a humidex of nearly 50C over there .. that's crazy!! hottest i have experienced while home was a humidex of 42C and that was pretty nasty. many a time as a child i suffered heat exhaustion. i feel sorry for the people that have to work in that heat, or the elderly & pets .. anyone who can't afford AC. like you are better off just going to a shopping centre with AC.
and then i LOL when we complain over here about 20C being "hot"
i'm looking forward to an irish heatwave, though i am unsure if it will arrive at all?

I thought exactly the same thing the other day reading people's posts complaining of not being able to sleep in our humid weather here in Eire, it's not that bad! I guess it's all relative though, as we are so used to cold, damp atlantic breezes dampening our bones and giving us sniffles...I hate that, I'd prefer 22 degrees and humid any day.

I was in Toronto one August and my god was it heavy...that is real humidity, never experienced anything like it...musta been 40C at least, but it's the humidity that's the worst...the sweat just drips off of you all day long.

wile1000

Babooshka wrote: »

I thought exactly the same thing the other day reading people's posts complaining of not being able to sleep in our humid weather here in Eire, it's not that bad! I guess it's all relative though, as we are so used to cold, damp atlantic breezes dampening our bones and giving us sniffles...I hate that, I'd prefer 22 degrees and humid any day.

I was in Toronto one August and my god was it heavy...that is real humidity, never experienced anything like it...musta been 40C at least, but it's the humidity that's the worst...the sweat just drips off of you all day long.

+1 Babooshka's comments on it all being relative. I have acclimatised to Irish weather now (ex-Melbournian) such that I find 22 + humidity to be quite uncomfortable. Give me 30 + dry (and a nice beach) any day!

And in Ireland's humid weather, a fan can do quite a lot to improve the comfort factor indoors. Not as popular a household appliance over here as one would expect in summer I find, given the absence (rightly so) of AC.

Still feel sorry for the Yanks tho.

dirtyghettokid

i was home there a few weeks ago in the greater toronto area and the humidex got up to 39C i think it was. i was sitting in the shade with my mac and the sweat was dripping off me. i said to my parents "it's hot, eh? not that i'm complaining. i don't want to complain "
i absolutely love it here when it's 23C. it's gorgeous and perfect. irish humidity is not bad in summer. (the cold damp winters do get to me though haha)
we are lucky here i suppose that we do not really get much higher than 25C apart from rare occasions. could you imagine the cost of the ESB to run AC units? $2-300 bucks a month is the norm over there for summer electricity. would probably be double that here!

Cantona's Collars

amacachi wrote: »

"Up to 22 deaths". Yeah. Right.

22 dead and that number's rising.

Nice to see some people being so dismissive,us humans can't tolerate that sort of heat for very long.

Babooshka

dirtyghettokid wrote: »

i was home there a few weeks ago in the greater toronto area and the humidex got up to 39C i think it was. i was sitting in the shade with my mac and the sweat was dripping off me. i said to my parents "it's hot, eh? not that i'm complaining. i don't want to complain "
i absolutely love it here when it's 23C. it's gorgeous and perfect. irish humidity is not bad in summer. (the cold damp winters do get to me though haha)
we are lucky here i suppose that we do not really get much higher than 25C apart from rare occasions. could you imagine the cost of the ESB to run AC units? $2-300 bucks a month is the norm over there for summer electricity. would probably be double that here!

I hate AC's though...I don't like feeling "cold" in the heat, when they're up full, you know what I mean?...I like feeling the heat of the hot heat...ha ha that sounds so stupid, but I really do. Not 40 degrees mind you, it's painful. I live ina small place, so if it's very humid here I stick on a fan, so yep to this:

wile1000 wrote: »

And in Ireland's humid weather, a fan can do quite a lot to improve the comfort factor indoors. Not as popular a household appliance over here as one would expect in summer I find, given the absence (rightly so) of AC.

I put a fan on and you get the best of both worlds! Ok tis a bit noisy but I like the atmosphere, reminds me of holidays in NY in the summertime...nice OOHHH Ireland come on, give us a little bit of heat before our endless winter.

newballsplease

Big Tone wrote: »

Heat is "the number one weather-related killer" in the US.

Redsunset

And here she is as she spread to different states.

dirtyghettokid

AC can be bad for you. even with no AC, just by staying in a basement is cooler - but the minute you walk up the stairs it's like getting punched in the face by a heat wave hahaha

people DO die through the heat. whether it's irresponsible parents leaving children in the car while they run into a shop, or dehydration, sunstroke... there's many reasons that heat can kill and 22 is a small number IMO compared to the population of the area. i hope that the number does not increase!

these heat spells bring in some funky weather also. i have a friend in northern indiana not too far from chicago, IL and she posted up a photo this evening of a supercell over her... UNREAL. would love to be over there to see the storms!

mickger844posts

104f in Central Park NYC today

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Mercury-Rising-Heat-Wave-Stretches-Into-Day-6-125943488.html