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6/28/2012 12:05:25 PM

6/28/2012 12:11:26 PM

global warming deniers: are you guys serious? it's an honest question. i really do not understand.

look at this fucking chart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumental_temperature_record#Warmest_years

6/28/2012 12:11:30 PM

how about you NOT turn this into a fucking soap box thread on global warming

thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks

6/28/2012 12:23:14 PM

how can you talk about three days of 103+ and NOT talk about global warming?

6/28/2012 12:24:50 PM

here's an example

HOLY SHIT it's going to hit 103 friday, saturday, and sunday!!!


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6/28/2012 12:26:10 PM

I lol every time I see that Indiana Jones gif

Debating if I should skip a pool weekend over at my buddies place. I dont think they sell the SPF I'd need to survive

6/28/2012 12:30:34 PM

It might get to 75 today here.

here being Silverdale, WA

6/28/2012 12:31:27 PM

Why Miami will be 90 at the same time?

6/28/2012 12:38:37 PM

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"Debating if I should skip a pool weekend over at my buddies place. I dont think they sell the SPF I'd need to survive "

lol yeah we're skipping a picnic we were supposed to go to on Saturday. No heat stroke for me kthx.

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"Why Miami will be 90 at the same time? "

I'm sure the ocean breeze probably helps some.

[Edited on June 28, 2012 at 12:39 PM. Reason : a]

6/28/2012 12:39:28 PM

Yes, Memphis is even hotter. 108 for Fri.

6/28/2012 12:43:39 PM

^^&^^^ because this is a heat wave caused by a high pressure system. Just because its 100+ in Raleigh doesn't mean it will be hotter further south just because it's further south.

The northeast had a heat wave last week and for 3-5 days in a row it was hotter up there than down here.

[Edited on June 28, 2012 at 2:12 PM. Reason : ^]

6/28/2012 2:11:43 PM

So the humidity plays a very important role.

6/28/2012 2:12:51 PM

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"how can you talk about three days of 103+ and NOT talk about global warming?"

the same way I can have a good weekend of golf and not talk about trying out for the PGA

6/28/2012 2:16:13 PM

It can but doesn't always. I don't think this current heat wave is going to be a very humid one (thankfully). Currently outside it is 28% humidity (according to weather.com). 28% is pretty low, to the point that while right now it's 93° outside it only feels like 91° due to the moisture evaporation rate from your skin.

I'm no meteorologist but there are some guys on TWW that are I believe.

6/28/2012 2:18:34 PM

that's a stupid analogy.

if you went out and shot par three rounds in a row at some shitty public course, then no you wouldn't think about going on the pga tour.

however, if you went out and broke the course record at pebble beach, then the next day broke that record, and then the next day shot the same score again, you would absolutely be thinking about trying to join the pga tour.

am i wrong about that, golfing-wise?

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"I'm no meteorologist but there are some guys on TWW that are I believe."

i am dude!

[Edited on June 28, 2012 at 2:25 PM. Reason : ok so i'm only kind of a meteorologist, in that i study boundary layer fluid mechanics.]

6/28/2012 2:19:42 PM

6/28/2012 2:23:19 PM

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"that's a stupid analogy. if you went out and shot par three rounds in a row at some shitty public course, then no you wouldn't think about going on the pga tour. however, if you went out and broke the course record at pebble beach, then the next day broke that record, and then the next day shot the same score again, you would absolutely be thinking about trying to join the pga tour. am i wrong about that, golfing-wise?"

you're not wrong, but your approach is flawed (no pun intended). Yes, it's likely to set record highs, but 3 days does not a climate change make. What about Tuesday when it was unseasonably cool? Or the previous stretches of great weather earlier this month? Do those below normal temps not count in your equation?

6/28/2012 2:34:17 PM

if they were below the record low, then yes they would count.

i don't think you understand that these aren't "hot days", these are the three hottest days ever recorded in raleigh (provided it actually gets that hot).

and fine, three days is not climate change. how about 11 years?

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"each of the last 11 years (2001–2011) features as one of the 12 warmest on record."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumental_temperature_record#Warmest_years

this is the most important issue ever in the history of mankind and people are like "please, let's not discuss politics". this is not politics, and these are not opinions.

6/28/2012 3:12:14 PM

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"this is the most important issue ever in the history of mankind"

6/28/2012 3:21:12 PM

Please guise, I have a heat wave this weekend!

6/28/2012 3:35:16 PM

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"and fine, three days is not climate change. how about 11 years?"

there ya go... THAT is a trend.

6/28/2012 3:35:34 PM

climate has been changing and always will change

it will lead to extinctions and redispersion of flora and fauna, as it always has

6/28/2012 3:42:54 PM

simonn there's a nice thread dedicated to this discussion over in TSB.

As to official RDU recorded weather temps, the station is at the airport. I have no doubt records there will continue to be broken. How could they not given all the concrete, metal and tarmac added to the location as it expands over the years?

Anyway let's please get back on OT. Who wants to try frying an egg on the street this wknd?

6/28/2012 3:43:54 PM

I don't like spilled gas and hobo piss in my eggs. I'll pass

6/28/2012 3:51:59 PM

ITT a lot of people that never studied environmental science, apparently.

6/28/2012 5:10:24 PM

My coochie is soooo hot right now.

6/28/2012 9:05:04 PM

you nasty

6/28/2012 9:06:02 PM

6/28/2012 9:07:10 PM

6/28/2012 9:10:49 PM

6/28/2012 9:11:18 PM

Silver lining... it's cooling off every single day in the 7 day forecast

106
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6/28/2012 9:22:32 PM

weather.com doesn't have it getting any hotter in Raleigh than 103

wtf does WRAL know?

6/28/2012 9:32:03 PM

6/28/2012 10:10:03 PM

The NAM and GFS models have been showing 104-105 all week for Raleigh. When you factor in an area of high pressure close to overhead (sinking, compressing air) and a west wind off the mountains (downsloping, warmer wind) that may mix out a little of the moisture, I think 105 or 106 is very possible. It's always difficult when it comes to forecasting record events.

6/28/2012 10:15:27 PM

My friend called me this week to tell me she's doing an internship in Nairobi this summer. I immediately thought of this thread.

That is all

6/28/2012 10:30:24 PM

^^^HOLY CRAP how long have you been sitting on that one? its roughly the same age as being funny on the internet

6/28/2012 10:32:11 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QLSRMoKKS0

6/28/2012 11:10:38 PM

just took a bag of trash to the dumpster, its already like 90 degrees

6/29/2012 9:56:11 AM

how many college and highschool athletes training illegally will die today?

6/29/2012 10:00:20 AM

Did 2 hours' hoop outdoor yesterday. Won't do it again till next Sunday.

6/29/2012 10:16:16 AM

Were hosting an outdoor wedding ceremony at my golf club on Saturday at 5pm. They are all like, just have a bunch of ice water for us and we will be fine....

6/29/2012 10:18:46 AM

Wow. The Greg Fishel Meme.

That takes me back.

6/29/2012 10:19:41 AM

Nairobi sounding pretty pleasant right now

6/29/2012 1:29:42 PM

Nairobi Wilson (HKNW)

Currently: 57 F

High tomorrow of 72

sounds good to me

6/29/2012 1:32:59 PM

6/29/2012 2:30:09 PM

What's sad is that unless it happens at the airport, no number of backyard weather stations will be used as the official high temperature for Raleigh. That said, it's currently 104 here.

6/29/2012 2:46:05 PM

Broke the all-time record here in Columbia, SC....108 degress F.

6/29/2012 3:50:16 PM

^^I'm not sure I officially understand the reason for that figure. The RDU airport is barely even in Wake County. Also, not like the environment at the airport is representative of Raleigh as a whole, or has been without change over the years

That being said wasn't the temp at RDU 106° for about 45 minutes less than an hour ago?

6/29/2012 3:57:18 PM