An inch and a quarter of much needed rain fell early this morning. Cooler temps are forecasted to follow which will be fine by me. It's been super hot and dry lately.
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It's A Cool, Cool Summer I like it! 
Good!
Of course I had to look up "Abag Banner". Wasn't I surprised to find out it is the "New Jersey" of Inner Mongolia!
Abag Banner has a few more yurts and Mongolian drinking songs than New Jersey.
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Very mild, by Valley standards, for August. In fact, we've seen very few 100+ temperatures this year. Nice!
And, just because I adore her, and want to show off what's under the widget, here's my bundle of joy:
And, just because I adore her, and want to show off what's under the widget, here's my bundle of joy:
Today was much like yesterday. Very hot and humid with no wind. However, around 5 PM CST a front moved across the area and it cooled down into the low eighties with a breeze from the North. There are small storm cells associated with the front but so far the rain has missed me. At least it's cooler.
Here, I'm continuing to laugh at my fellow natives--those who, unlike me, have never lived somewhere with actual humidity--as they bitch and moan about how *HUMID* it is! I was watching the local news a few days ago, and its meteorologist explained that the oppressive humidity would be with us awhile longer. I glanced up at the TV, only to see 28% humidity. TWENTY-EIGHT PERCENT?! Are you kidding me? Dudes, go to Dallas in August and get a load of its triple-digit heat AND humidity, then come home and tell me about it...
It's still hot. It's still humid. It's still miserable.
Triple digit temps with the heat index pushing it over the 110° feeling. No fun. Out of nowhere a storm cropped up and moved across the area. It dropped the temps by 30 degrees and dumped a couple of inches of not need rain. gotta keep that loved humidity up in the miserable zone.
It's not like it's the tropics here in Kansas but it's certainly wetter than normal. Almost nine inches of rain so far this month... a month that it typically rain free. I'm only eight inches over the yearly average of rainfall so far. It seems wetter than that. It rains a little every other day and at least once a week it rains 2+ inches. It did not rain here today but it's still muddy from the weekend rain. Though I escaped the rain today, it rained elsewhere in the state.
I would gladly send you some if I could Moody.
I would gladly send you some if I could Moody.
And I would happily take it. Nine inches of rain so far this month? That's more than we get in some years.
When I lived in Dallas, there would be WEEKS where my backyard was underwater. My property was level in the backyard, and sloped down to the street in front. The tornadoes and other torrential downpours would come in waves, never giving the backyard a chance to dry out.
Do you have any idea how fun it is to bring two Great Danes in from pottying...after sloshing through our private 'lake' and covered in mud?!
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Barely missed by Dorian as it deviated a bit and is hot and muggy now. Phew. 
For you folks in Florida visit https://www.windy.com/ on your pc to see where exactly Dorian is at this moment. Hit the play button on the bottom left corner to see the predicted path, location, and time of where it will hit Florida.
Good luck.
For you folks in Florida visit https://www.windy.com/ on your pc to see where exactly Dorian is at this moment. Hit the play button on the bottom left corner to see the predicted path, location, and time of where it will hit Florida.
Good luck.
What sort of heat are they talking Moody? Here is was in the mid nineties with the humidity in the mid 40's% today. There was a bit of breeze so it was only miserable. It's been worse
For me, it's been in the upper 90s and low 100s, @olbriar.
Because we have so many 'microclimates,' no one temperature given for "LA" will be accurate.
For example, in the two valleys (mine, the San Gabriel Valley, and 'the valley' of valley girl fame, the San Fernando Valley), we're hovering around 103°. Up in the nearby San Gabriel Mountains, it's been in the 80s. At the beaches, it's varied wildly, depending on assorted factors, from the 70s to 100s. In Palm Springs, it's been 115°!
Some areas actually had some humidity--in the 40-60% range--due to a 'monsoonal flow' (or something--I was too busy laughing about how awful it was to hear it all, but the arrows on the map showed wind movement from the ocean onto land). It didn't reach Arcadia.
How's the never-ending rain going for you? Is the hurricane having any effect that far inland?
Because we have so many 'microclimates,' no one temperature given for "LA" will be accurate.
For example, in the two valleys (mine, the San Gabriel Valley, and 'the valley' of valley girl fame, the San Fernando Valley), we're hovering around 103°. Up in the nearby San Gabriel Mountains, it's been in the 80s. At the beaches, it's varied wildly, depending on assorted factors, from the 70s to 100s. In Palm Springs, it's been 115°!
Some areas actually had some humidity--in the 40-60% range--due to a 'monsoonal flow' (or something--I was too busy laughing about how awful it was to hear it all, but the arrows on the map showed wind movement from the ocean onto land). It didn't reach Arcadia.
How's the never-ending rain going for you? Is the hurricane having any effect that far inland?
It hasn't rained since last Friday.... a very pleasant break. The ten day forecast shows temps in the low 90's and no rain. I hope they are right. September is typically a wet month for these parts. Perhaps I've already experienced the September rains.. they were just a month early. Now if it will just cool down some and the humidity get back to normal, I'll be a happy guy. I'm seven inches over the yearly average so maybe it won't rain again until next year.
Dream on, my friend!It hasn't rained since last Friday.... a very pleasant break. The ten day forecast shows temps in the low 90's and no rain. I hope they are right. September is typically a wet month for these parts. Perhaps I've already experienced the September rains.. they were just a month early. Now if it will just cool down some and the humidity get back to normal, I'll be a happy guy. I'm seven inches over the yearly average so maybe it won't rain again until next year.
I have serious doubts that you're going to be rain-free until next year. But a little break sure would be nice, wouldn't it?Here's a very abbreviated forecast; they usually show much more detail:
See Pasadena? Stand next to its final 'a' and you're in Arcadia. Van Nuys? That's in the other valley--where my cousin is. 100 and 102.
The 78 up at Big Bear is on par with my local mountains. September is typically our hottest month...so this should be fun.