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There's another thunderstorm coming here in KC tonight.
My adopted grandma gave me some calming pheromone spray to try on Sammy, which I hope will help him with his fear of the boom booms. (And a cute little bee bandana to spray it on.)
Wish us luck!
Current #Weather forecast for Hamilton, Ontario
https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/on-77_metric_e.html
Europe's heat waves scorch 80 million with 40 C heat https://phys.org/news/2026-08-europe-million.html
Carbon pollution has fuelled ‘massive expansion’ of marine heatwaves in Europe, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/19/carbon-pollution-massive-expansion-marine-heatwaves-europe
#Europe #marine #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #carbon #pollution
Flash flooding risk as heavy rain hits UK https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c2lq4lwy0z0o?at_medium=RSS/Mastodon
#UnitedKingdom #UK #environment #weather #rain #flood #floods #flooding #flashflood
As temperatures get hotter, pesticides are more dangerous to farmworkers https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/as-temperatures-get-hotter-pesticides-are-more-dangerous-to-farmworkers/
#environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #agriculture #farming #pesticides #health
England’s ancient oak trees dying in extreme hot and dry weather https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/18/england-ancient-oak-trees-dying-extreme-hot-dry-weather
#England #trees #environment #weather #temperature #heat #drought
Earth just endured one of the hottest months ever recorded https://www.earth.com/climate/earth-just-endured-one-of-the-hottest-months-ever-recorded/
It’s infuriating that weather warnings are so bad that people don’t get the notice until the danger has passed.
#weather #hail #Nebraska #NebraskaPanhandle #NEwx
Extreme heat more dangerous for people 60 and over than previously thought https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/17/extreme-heat-more-dangerous-for-people-60-and-over-than-previously-thought
#environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #health #PublicHealth
Extreme weather is making work difficult for many people. This is what needs to change https://phys.org/news/2026-08-extreme-weather-difficult-people.html
Green roofs can help cool cities in the summer heat, but building them is only the first step. Many don't survive https://phys.org/news/2026-08-green-roofs-cool-cities-summer.html
#cities #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #summer
Hot days may last four hours longer as climate change intensifies https://www.earth.com/climate/hot-days-may-last-four-hours-longer-as-climate-change-intensifies/
#environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
European farmers face ‘unprecedented crisis’ after successive heatwaves https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/17/european-farmers-unprecedented-crisis-successive-heatwaves
#Europe #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #agriculture #farming
Current weather: 🌩⚡️⚡️⚡️🌩🌩⛈️⛈️⛈️
Okay, that bolt of lightning startled me.
Suddenly realizing how big the windows in my office are.
Also, to the smartass (coworker) who confidently told me the radar they looked at didn't show the storms I saw on the morning news this morning....you're full of shit.
Current #Weather forecast for Hamilton, Ontario
https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/on-77_metric_e.html
Current #Weather forecast for Hamilton, Ontario
https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/on-77_metric_e.html
eeeeevery day they keep pushing the Expected Return to Service into the future.
It's been over a week and a large swath of Alberta is not covered by radar. During storm season. Brilliant.
Screengrab from https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/weather-general-tools-resources/radar-overview/outages-maintenance.html on 20 Aug.
Current #Weather forecast for Hamilton, Ontario
https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/on-77_metric_e.html
Dawn and sunrise this morning, August 20th, from Buck Hill!
#BuckHill #BlueHills #BlueHillsReservation #Boston #BostonWX #BostonMA #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Photography #LongDistanceObservations #Weather #Sunrise #Dawn
Current #Weather forecast for Hamilton, Ontario
https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/on-77_metric_e.html
The boat has its own electric meter, provided by the marina.
The marina office sells £10 prepay cards, which buy 30.30 kilowatts. That's £0.33 per kilowatt, £0.07 more than the average UK price.
In one day, the meter used 0.78kW, so roughly £2 per week. This will increase once I plug in the dehumidifier and the two electric heaters that keep the boat's plumbing from freezing.
#CanalLife #BoatingLife #BoatLife #canal #boating #boat #narrowboat #electricity #power #winter #freeze #heat #weather
Current #Weather forecast for Hamilton, Ontario
https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/on-77_metric_e.html
‘Our new normal’: how marine heatwaves affect life in British seas https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/17/marine-heatwave-new-normal-britain-seas
#Britain #marine #sea #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave
Heavy rain soaks eastern Japan, prompting highest-level warning https://phys.org/news/2026-08-heavy-eastern-japan-prompting-highest.html
🔥 NEW on ingallswx.com - smoke forecast charts! These charts show both vertically integrated smoke and near surface smoke for the Columbia Basin, Puget Sound Region, and Willamette Valley.
Forecast source is HRRR. Update cadence is every six hours.
India faces rising uncompensable heat stress, especially during monsoon season https://phys.org/news/2026-08-india-uncompensable-stress-monsoon-season.html
#India #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #monsoon
Current #Weather forecast for Hamilton, Ontario
https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/on-77_metric_e.html
Really sweat my brains out on today's walk. It's about 77F in the shade now and the humidity is a whopping 34%. Ick. AQI is 54 now. A nice hot shower is up next, followed by my Morning pages and then breakfast.
The scale has been giving me good news every day for the past 4 days, which is encouraging. #exercise #health #weather #diet #writing
Millions of Europeans struggle with another wave of extreme heat https://phys.org/news/2026-08-millions-europeans-struggle-extreme.html
Coping with 54C heat: Delhi slum diaries detail living in extreme temperatures https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/aug/17/india-disasters-heatwaves-slum-diaries-delhi-vulnerable-temperatures
#India #Delhi #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave
Marine heat waves are cooking our ocean ecosystems—and will only become more common https://phys.org/news/2026-08-marine-cooking-ocean-ecosystems-common.html
#ocean #marine #ecosystem #ecosystems #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave
Interestingly irregular altocumulus undulatus (mackerel) clouds over the old town this evening 🤓 #weather #clouds | #faversham #kent #england
Current #Weather forecast for Hamilton, Ontario
https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/on-77_metric_e.html
Current #Weather forecast for Hamilton, Ontario
https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/on-77_metric_e.html
Extreme weather is deadlier than many people realize https://www.earth.com/climate/extreme-weather-is-deadlier-than-many-people-realize/
Marine heat waves pose hidden threat to human health, researchers warn https://phys.org/news/2026-08-marine-pose-hidden-threat-human.html
#marine #environment #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #health #PublicHealth
Europe's scorched landscapes seen from space after summer heatwaves https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gxy0wqqd9o?at_medium=RSS/Mastodon
Over 27,000 lightning flashes in the Inland Northwest on Saturday.
Real time versions of this map here: https://ingallswx.com/graphics/real-time-data/lightning/
Current #Weather forecast for Hamilton, Ontario
https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/on-77_metric_e.html
An talamh fodhad — the earth beneath you, keeping its own record of what this summer was.
What's the plant in your ditch that hasn't opened yet?
#Phenology #Nature #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Druid #Pagan #Herbalism #Summer #Goldenrod #Weather #Solidarity #Writing
Today's Gathering, whole → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-survives-the-morning-trump-is-dying-and-we-all-get-to-watch?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica
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been investigating dew point and humidex (instead of going to bed). The humidex is based on the dewpoint via a non-linear formula involving the vapour pressure, but according to the table at the bottom of the wikipedia page linked below, there seems to be a pretty simple relationship between d = (humidex minus actual) and dew point:
```
d dew point
1 10
2 11 or 12
3 13 or 14
4 15
5 16 or 17
6 18
7 19
8 20 or 21
9 22
10 23
11 24
12 25
```
Example: tomorrow afternoon it's forecast to be 26 humidex 32, a difference of 6 degrees, so a dew point of 18.
The same relationship works the other way around: right now here it's 20 with a dew point of 15. This corresponds to a d of 4 degrees, so the humidex is 20 + 4 = 24.
Source: wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humidex.
Windows 11’s Weather app uses ~1GB RAM, Linux apps a fraction
I was flummoxed to read a report on how much memory Microsoft’s Weather app uses on Windows 11—more than 1GB just to render what is, ostensibly, a fancy
Archive: ia: https://s.faithc...
#weather #windows
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/linux-vs-windows-weather-app-ram
Current #Weather forecast for Hamilton, Ontario
https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/on-77_metric_e.html
Hong Kong weather observatory posts record high temperature https://phys.org/news/2026-08-hong-kong-weather-observatory-high.html
Record July heat in regions home to 900 million people https://phys.org/news/2026-08-july-regions-home-million-people.html
Summer 2026 on course to be UK’s hottest on record, says Met Office – latest news https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2026/aug/11/uk-europe-france-heatwave-climate-crisis-drought-amber-health-alert-latest-updates-news
#UnitedKingdom #UK #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #summer
Climate change could mean four extra hours of extreme heat on hot days https://phys.org/news/2026-08-climate-extra-hours-extreme-hot.html
#environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming
Temperatures to soar to 38C as amber extreme heat warning in effect https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/ce85pj0e20po?at_medium=RSS/Mastodon
#UnitedKingdom #UK #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave
Europe braces for another summer heat wave https://phys.org/news/2026-08-europe-braces-summer.html
#Europe #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #summer
Three-quarters of England in drought as summer’s fifth heatwave looms https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/10/uk-temperatures-heatwave-summer-met-office-warning
#England #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #drought #summer
Tempted to put some washing on the line and wash the car tomorrow.
That normally summons the rain.
#weather