Friday, July 17, 2009

Ice... Must... Have... Ice...

Today and yesterday have been miserably hot; mid-90's. And while the dewpoint (dp) and relative humity (rh) are low by midwestern, southern and eastern US standards (55 degrees and 27% respectively), for us spoiled northwesters, any dp much above 50 starts to feel muggy. As I've noted before, once you get accustomed to thinking in terms of dp, it gives a better sense of uncomfortableness than rh. For example, if it's 60F, with a dewpoint of 55, it will feel clammy. If it's 93F with a dewpoint of 55, it will feel muggy- at least to people acclimated to the NW climate.

So while I was over at Accuweather, looking to put some numbers on my misery, I thought I'd take a look at the probabilty of ice in the forecast...
0% likelihood, with 0 inches accumulation most probable. Doesn't look promising. Tonight's low is predicted to be 57, and tomorrow's high 87... maybe we'll get some ice then.

Followup: Not really an alternative to ice, but maybe an upside. Dang it! Forgot I don't have a car...

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