Just another day in paradise

[hvy 1ton]

here we go again:

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I always assumed Real Feel was just a nu-term for heat index, but those numbers don't match up. This is how the National Weather Service calculates it:

 

[ianjoub]

I always assumed Real Feel was just a nu-term for heat index, but those numbers don't match up. This is how the National Weather Service calculates it:
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I don't know, probably just more sensationalism by mainstream media.

It does feel that hot though!

 

[Nige]

The difference between "Real Feel" and "Heat Index" is that the first one is a commercialized measure used by weather channels & TV stations that may incorporate other factors in addition to temp/humidity (such as wind speed and the effects of solar radiation) to produce a temperature reading that the human body might feel as a result of all those factors combined. The second is a calculation based solely on actual air temperature and relative humidity (dew point).

I would imagine that in summer the RF temperature would always be higher than the calculated HI temperature.

This was a public service announcement.........

 

[Mike L]

I wish they’d just lie and say the real feel was 68 everyday. Maybe I could trick my brain into believing it while I sweat through my boxers.

 

[Coaldust]

All of the sudden, the NWS is taking ground temps instead of air temps, two meters above the earth like they always have. Something is,.....

 

[westerner]

My old friend Harold Hall lived in Bullhead City, AZ for many years.
He was adamant about the weather forecast this time of year.

"Lying bastards.....If they told the truth, NO ONE would show up.....

 

[DMiller]

Walked out barefoot on concrete walk and drive this morning, really warm to the touch kinda felt good, step off in yard nice and cool, evidence of Urban Heat Sink.

 

[Mike L]

What’s urban heat sink?

 

[crane operator]

What’s urban heat sink?

Texas

 

[Mike L]

Texas

That explains it perfectly.

 

[DMiller]

Pretty Well!!!

 

[petepilot]

Nothing new about the heat I've seen it 104 in Phoenix at 4am 121 daytime & that was 50 yrs. Ago

 

[Mike_27]

What’s urban heat sink?

heat island - Google Search

 

[Mike L]

Nothing new about the heat I've seen it 104 in Phoenix at 4am 121 daytime & that was 50 yrs. Ago

No thank you very much.

 

[JLarson]

I enjoy how people here in Phoenix are always surprised its hot in the summer.

 

[DMiller]

Dad's sis, my Aunt and her Hubby lived in Phoenix, summers terribly hot but dry so their asthma (And My Own) was not so severe, the Santa Anna Winds and dust storms were also horrible along with memories of 115-120 degree temps in the 1960s, absolutely nothing new there just sensationalizing for the "Cause".

 

[Mike L]

 

[Monkeywithawrench]

What’s urban heat sink?

Worked on an ocean going tug back in my 20's. Was down in the Gulf of Mexico. T storms, lightning bolts bigger than buildings hitting around us (they seemed wider than buildings anyway). I'm up in the pilot house watching this going on (I was Chef Engineer at the time). My comment was "I realize we're on an infinite ground (since we were the tallest piece of steal sticking into the sky) and the current should pass down the mast, into the hull, and then out into the water..............but yah know what?? I'm going to go hide in the basement on my wooden chair. GOOD LUCK and let me know when it's over....."

 

[Monkeywithawrench]

Thursday before labor day. I was up in Maine getting groceries so I could labor on my camp. The basement had been flooded out in June or July monsoons. Hot water heater, water pump, and furnace destroyed by the 4ft of water that flooded the basement. I got a call from one of the companies I work for.......an E250 rock truck had been running loads when suddenly it started BANGING. They wanted to know how soon I could get there........I told them Tuesday morning. I was 5 hours away.


I got there Tuesday morning around 6am.........this is what I found.

#1 cylinder intake valve push rod bent, valve wouldn't move......the rest of them moved w/ a bit of leverage with pry bar. Engine was/ is a certified CAT REMAN long block. Had 196H running time on it. Was bought 1 year 4 months ago. CAT only gives a 1 year warranty on their engines.......this is a 3306 engine. A 3406 engine on road engine gets a 100k mile warranty and a 3 years time frame. WTF!!! No warranty provided.
Now the good stuff!!!
Pulled the head Friday..........


Every single valve had been hitting the pistons. THE PISTONS HAD BEEN PUT IN 180 OUT.
Meeting with CAT this week.

 

[DMiller]

Wow!!