Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service
...ALLEGANY-CATTARAUGUS-CHAUTAUQUA-GENESEE-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-LIVINGSTON- MONROE-NIAGARA-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE-ONTARIO-ORLEANS-OSWEGO- SOUTHERN ERIE-WAYNE-WYOMING- 1000 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2005
... OPPRESSIVE HEAT TO BAKE WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON...
Thank the powers that be for AC!
TROPICAL HIGH PRESSURE HAS BEEN DISPLACED NORTHWARD AND EXTENDS FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO UPSTATE NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND TODAY.
THIS WILL ALLOW OUR REGION WILL EXPERIENCE ITS HOTTEST DAY IN SEVERAL YEARS TODAY. IN ADDITION... WINDS WILL BE VERY LIGHT AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TO OPPRESSIVE LEVELS DURING THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE MID 90S OVER MANY AREAS... INCLUDING BUFFALO AND ROCHESTER... AND COMBINE WITH DEW POINTS OF 65 TO 70 TO PRODUCE HEAT INDICES OF NEAR 100 DEGREES.
WE ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO SUCH EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY LEVELS.
No, no we're not. Throw a below freezing blizzard at us, we can handle it, but this... not enough ice cream in the world
LIMIT ANY PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT. SUNSTROKE... HEAT CRAMPS OR HEAT EXHAUSTION ARE POSSIBLE WITH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
Good think I work on computers in air conditioned offices all day, all though the walk to the car may kill me.
THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK... ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY AS MORE CLOUDINESS IS EXPECTED.
My mother told me that this summer was expected to be a cold rainy crappy one... perhaps she should become a meterologist...
I shouldn't complain as there American men and women away from home, suffering in more oppresive heat than this, all for a country they love. So, I am not complaining. Much...
Yeah, we're miserable here too..and I am supposed to be used to the heat and humidity.
Posted by: Merm at June 27, 2005 05:39 PMYou need to spend some time here in Houston, then you can explain what hot and humid means.
Posted by: TF Stern at June 27, 2005 06:02 PMI'll have to agree with Mr.Stern, offering Tuscaloosa, AL, as a secondary Hell With Humidity. Atlanta is not a lot of fun, either, but definitely better than either of those two breeze-free swamps.
But, we understand, E - it's the weather you're not used to/equipped for that whips you, like big snowfalls in this region. Hang in there - it can't last forever. At least we're not the French and won't lose thousands to a heat wave. Cheers!
Posted by: Sheryl at June 27, 2005 10:57 PMEthne, It has been over 90 degrees almost every day for the last three weeks. What makes is worse is no rain. For the month of June we have had .05 inches. I'm afraid to look at my next water bill. TF has been watering the front yard like crazy. We probably handle the heat better down here but it will still, as TF says, "kill you". Drink lots of water.
Posted by: Lucy Stern at June 27, 2005 11:20 PM