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Meh, anything remotely resembling a "blast furnace" was over about September 5.  Everything else is just uncomfortable.  But not a "blast furnace."  90 degree heat indexes are not "blast furnaces."
Mean avg. temps in Sept. and Oct. have been way, way under norms.  Even the "heat wave" of the past 2-3 days is only 3 degrees above the norm.  Yawn.

Thread shoulda been closed a month ago replaced by "uncomfortable weather I don't like" thread.

 

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    Ain't nothing like hitting Raton and getting the excitement for the pass thinking "I finally made it!"...then the next thing you know you're in Pueblo wondering what went wrong in life.

93 with 54% relative humidity when I went out for lunch today. That's a heat index of just under 102, so you'll just have to pardon me for feeling like the blastfurnace thread is still relevant.

4 hours ago, Hate said:

Here is a little light at the end of the tunnel for y'all stressing about the heat.  This is from a professional meteorologist that posts on a Houston weather forum:

 

Folks fretting over cool/cold weather on October 2nd need not worry too much. Cold/wintry weather is looking more and more likely as we get closer and closer to Thanksgiving and then December 1st. Some of the analogs I am inspecting as a possibility suggest we may see frequent bouts of cold and wintry mischief as Winter gets underway. Patience.

i don't want cold/wintery weather. I want Fall weather! The weather right now is bullshit.

"feels like 101"

fuck you global warming!

I want to open my goddamn windows at night and have my month of fall where neither the a/c nor the heater is running.  This 90+ degree nonsense is bullshit.  I didn't vote for this!

Pro-Tip.  If you're like me and have a couple of mid-life HVAC's that need some TLC...this continued hot weather (particularly at night when it's still a real-feel outside of about 85 when I go to bed) and insane moisture (thankful for the rain though) levels...you're gonna wanna flush out your condensation lines with some vinegar.  They've been working hard for you for 5 months and the algae buildup in those things this late in the season because of all this humidity is brutal.  Your units will freeze up on you (again, this is for not brand-spanking new models) and conk out in the middle of the night.  Flush them through with a vinegar solution.  Check your drain pans in the attic as well to see if there's any overflow of moisture as the algae squeeze it back out the top.  I usually do it around late June after a couple months of warm weather and rain.  But the back-loading of all this heavy rain and moisture in September plus me wanting to run it liberally at night, and I had to do it again this week.  Running nicely now, but usually in October, I'm making sure the furnace is ready for duty, not trying to squeeze out another month of work from the AC.   /csb that will save you a few hundred bucks proactively

2 minutes ago, irishtexan said:

Tom of Finland x NICOPANDA Tom's Sweater

If that's what I have to do 

This talk of “just wait a little longer, cold weather is coming” is fucking bullshit.

91 yesterday at this time and 39 right now where I live, winter is getting closer.

Pro-Tip.  If you're like me and have a couple of mid-life HVAC's that need some TLC...this continued hot weather (particularly at night when it's still a real-feel outside of about 85 when I go to bed) and insane moisture (thankful for the rain though) levels...you're gonna wanna flush out your condensation lines with some vinegar.  They've been working hard for you for 5 months and the algae buildup in those things this late in the season because of all this humidity is brutal.  Your units will freeze up on you (again, this is for not brand-spanking new models) and conk out in the middle of the night.  Flush them through with a vinegar solution.  Check your drain pans in the attic as well to see if there's any overflow of moisture as the algae squeeze it back out the top.  I usually do it around late June after a couple months of warm weather and rain.  But the back-loading of all this heavy rain and moisture in September plus me wanting to run it liberally at night, and I had to do it again this week.  Running nicely now, but usually in October, I'm making sure the furnace is ready for duty, not trying to squeeze out another month of work from the AC.   /csb that will save you a few hundred bucks proactively
I pour bleach a couple of times a year. Is vinegar better?

Over time, bleach will weaken the plastic and can cause some pretty big issues

I'll do bleach every 2-3 years.  Most Texans don't bother with this step at all (the vinegar in your condenser lines), but this year I did it twice because of how long the humidity has lasted.  The algae buildup was just crazy-pants.  So because I did it twice, I did vinegar solution both times (a little more strong than usual as well).  I'll probably do vinegar again next Spring.  And then, barring a crazy summer 2019, I'll do bleach after that.  

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6 minutes ago, Lobo said:

I'll do bleach every 2-3 years.    

Your mom has bleached everytime I've been over lately

Me too.  But another pro tip:  use the chalk powder at the local gymnasium even if the gymnastics parents look at you in disgust.  At least I demonstrate coordination while applying it.  

21 hours ago, TxEx99 said:

I want to open my goddamn windows at night and have my month of fall where neither the a/c nor the heater is running.  This 90+ degree nonsense is bullshit.  I didn't vote for this!

#Notmyweather

The weather hasn’t been bothering me in North Austin, it’s the fucking mosquitos.  I can’t recall every seeing them this bad.

It's because we built that wall to keep out the Mexican Freetail bats.  There's no natural predator for the bugs now except ICE

#thanksalottrump

Earlier in the week it was “high 80s until Wednesday, and then 80 starting Thursday”. Now it’s “still high 80s every fucking day”

Yesterday the “feels like” was 95.

On 10/5/2018 at 9:53 AM, Storm the Field said:

Was worried that the rug was gonna get yanked out from under us again, but, mercifully, it looks like we're gonna get a nice little cool front mid-week after all.

Should hit the mid 60's by Wednesday evening or Thursday morning, depending on where you are in the state. Thursday-Saturday shaping up about as well as you could hope. Much drier, sunnier, and 10+ degrees cooler than we've been seeing lately.

The models show a 2nd, stronger front arriving at the end of the weekend that has Austin and Houston seeing lows in the mid 50's, Dallas getting down to high 40's Monday and Tuesday!

I'm sure we'll experience a few stretches of warmer-than-usual weather in the near future, but for the most part, we shouldn't be seeing anything beyond the high 80's for the rest of the year. 

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Well, I started the thread, so I get to kill it.

 

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9 minutes ago, miguelito said:

pets

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What are things that you can rent? Wait, hold on that's boats and hoes. Things you should wrap?

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No, it's things you should snip.  

Sitting at a project site in Wyoming watching it snow.  Winter sucks.  Especially when the temp is hovering around 30-33 deg. F with rain/snow.  Looking forward to being back in snug, warm Houston.

1 minute ago, CycleTex87 said:

Sitting at a project site in Wyoming watching it snow.  Winter sucks.  Especially when the temp is hovering around 30-33 deg. F with rain/snow.  Looking forward to being back in snug, warm Houston.

Wish I could trade with you.  I freakin' love cold and snow.

1 hour ago, gyroprotagonist said:

when is dallas going to stop pretending to be a rainforest ?

Huh, weather app says it's 68 with 58% humidity in Dallas right now.

Not entirely sure what you understand a "rainforest" to entail.

On 10/10/2018 at 12:07 PM, CycleTex87 said:

Sitting at a project site in Wyoming watching it snow.  Winter sucks.  Especially when the temp is hovering around 30-33 deg. F with rain/snow.  Looking forward to being back in snug, warm Houston.

Baby. 

The KXAN seven day forecast looked so insane to me, we had to photograph it.  90 and humid on Sunday and Monday a “high” of 46 and 90% of rain.  When you see Those two panels next to each other, we’re gonna cover four seasons in 24 hours.  I don’t even know what to drink anymore.  

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8 hours ago, Lobo said:

The KXAN seven day forecast looked so insane to me, we had to photograph it.  90 and humid on Sunday and Monday a “high” of 46 and 90% of rain.  When you see Those two panels next to each other, we’re gonna cover four seasons in 24 hours.  I don’t even know what to drink anymore.  

All.  Drink it All (not the stainlifter of course) 

Weather app showing 91 degrees with a heat index of over 100. This cold front  needs to fucking pick up the pace.

Weather underground app said it was 90, feels like 113. I don't know about that, but it was hot and moist for sure.

On 10/10/2018 at 10:36 AM, miguelito said:

pets

plants

pipes

What are 3 things you can smoke?

Some of you guys hunting this weekend are goddamn troopers.  Your tenacity in the face of this brutal Autumnal onslaught.  god bless.  I hope you bring back those that didn't make it.  

I can't wait to fish this next week with my daughter.  She's 3 years old and I know we won't have to worry about sharing the shoreline with most Texans since Yeti coolers and Columbia sportshirts require cash, but not balls.  

3 hours ago, Okie State said:

It was too damn hot this afternoon.

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I think we should keep this thread open all winter unless we get to below freezing for a daytime high.
Otherwise it's too damn hot.  Heat index of 65° is a threat to life and limb.

On 10/4/2018 at 2:16 PM, Storm the Field said:

93 with 54% relative humidity when I went out for lunch today. That's a heat index of just under 102, so you'll just have to pardon me for feeling like the blastfurnace thread is still relevant.

You're pardoned.  But it hasn't been since early September.  It just morphed into "it isn't 78° and perfect weather, so it sucks."

Nobody is bitching about that though. If I'm outside in shorts and a t-shirt and still sweating my ass off in mid October...it's too damn hot. Can't wait for this cold front.

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