2024 What's the Weather like Where You Are?

[imafan26]

It is 71 degrees and muggy because of the Kona Low. It has been raining all night and sometimes it has been heavy. It is slightly letting up now and the heaviest rain has moved off shore. The forecast was for 100% rain. Well, it was hard to miss that one. The ground has been saturated for days, but the rain is coming slow enough that it is able to drain. I don't live in a flood zone and I do live where it rains a lot, so the ground here can take more rain than the drier parts of the island that isn't used to having a lot of rain. There has been some flooding on the other side of the island flooding roads and causing landslides. A few homes have been flooded and those are mainly near streams and canals. The state has been proactive in trying to clear as many of the streams and canals as they could before the storm and in some communities, neighbors worked together to clean up what they could before the next storm comes There were a few rescues on the windward side as a few people tried to cross flooded roads and ended up getting stuck. However, the stupidist person was the one in the Tesla, trying to cross a flooded road with a battery powered car! About 15 cars got stuck. The people trying to get home yesterday from town to the windward side got stuck in traffic or had to wait it out somewhere for 2-3 hours before the road could reopen because there were problems on all three routes to the other side of the mountain. I had a club meeting this morning. It is only 5 minutes away, but I did not go. I have some things I wanted to do, but I don't need to do them today unless the weather clears, I can get it done later. So far, the power has stayed on. We are actually only getting the tail end of the Kona Low from the moisture being drawn up from the South. It is also why some places have been hit harder than others. Most of the rain is on Oahu and Maui County. Tomorrow it will be Kauai's turn again. Getting back to back storms with about a day break between them.

[Gary350]

Rain every day. Potato plants like this. I can't plant corn & beans in mud.

[imafan26]

it is 79 degrees and muggy because the Kona winds come from the south at 5mph. The rain cleared up yesterday afternoon and overnight the storm went back wards and hit Oahu with heavy rain this morning. It has now moved off towards Kauai which will be getting another round of heavy rain. Rain fall at the peak was 2-3 inches an hour. We had 3.99 inches in 24 hours. 3.5 inches in the last 6 hours. I had to rescue my rose. It was drowning in the rain. There is more rain in the forecast because moist air is still being sucked up from the south, but it should be less than 1/2 inch. The normal trades should come back early next week.

[imafan26]

It is 71 degrees now. The rain cleared for awhile yesterday afternoon and headed off to Kauai, but today it drifted back around 1 p.m. Not as intense as before but Waikiki roads actually flooded, and that is a rare occurrence. The trades should be back by Monday, and we should have some time to dry out. it is about time, I am getting a little stir crazy.

[Gary350]

I can't wait any longer.

[imafan26]

I know the feeling. I hate weed whacking. The weather here is finally staring to clear. it is 74 degrees at 6 p.m. The day started still very overcast and there were some spotty showers on Oahu, but most of the rain has moved off this island. It is still mostly cloudy, but not the thick dark clouds that have been around for days It is still muggy and humid, and moisture is still being pulled up from the south. The trades are starting to come back and tomorrow should be more of a trade wind day. I may get to weed whack the weeds if it stays dry. I probably still won't have to water much for the next couple of days. The trades bring rain too, but it will be the usual windward and mauka showers. 20% chance of rain less than 0.10 inch. At least the bigger weeds are easier to pull when the ground is wet.

[digitS']

After 3 mornings with the temperatures in the 30's (3⁰C), we had some rain. This was after I set out the tomatoes and they almost immediately had to withstand 60mph wind gusts.

Okay, I messed up (shakes head). Perhaps, just perhaps, the wind was not quite that bad in my fairly well-protected backyard.

The .15 inch of rain was welcome and brings us to about 3/4" for the month. We are still in a "moderate drought" & below normal for these 3 weeks of May but there is some relief a little ways south. Altho, it is a "severe drought" to the east and that's the forests of the Rockies. There may be a little more rain over the next few days. Unseasonably cool – for sure.

Steve

[Gary350]

Wow LOOK, a white TN cloud and blue sky.

[imafan26]

Its been weeks since I have seen blue sky.

[Gary350]

Yesterday about 4 pm we had 2" of rain with pea size hail, no damage to our garden. 2 miles south of us they had 2" hail. Another location in town reported tennis ball size hail. I had just finished cleaning out the house gutters rain drained off the roof no problems. Not much lightning and not much wind at our location. We were watching the storm inside the screen porch when a sudden strong wind got us so wet it looked like we fell into the river. LOL. Rain was cold.

[Gary350]

More rain.

[imafan26]

The trades are back with winds gusting up to the 30's. Surf is up but so are the box jelly fish. It is 75 degrees at 6p.m. It peaked around 80 today. Night temperature is still around 67-68 degrees. It is now thickly overcast from the afternoon heating. It rained overnight which is typical trade wind weather. It should last a few days.

[pepperhead212]

It got down into the low 50s this morning, but today is supposed to get into the low 80s. Fortunately, the humidity is remaining very low - yesterday had a dewpoint of 39°, with that 78° high, so it didn't seem that warm! It rained like crazy in early May, but it has been relatively dry since - the fronts from the midwest have fizzled out by the time they have gotten here, not even giving a half inch, by the time they got to my area, and yesterday, when I 'tilled the row in the garden for the butternuts, it kicked up a cloud of dust! Doesn't take long to dry out...I wonder if we're in an official drought again, in this area?!

[PaulF]

Wettest spring in several years...lots of green is nice instead of the dry, dead brown we have become used to. Our gardens are doing very well thank you!

[imafan26]

Really weird weather for June. We had so much rain over a couple of weeks that it watered deeply into the soil. The mountains and haole koa are green. Normally, this is the dry season with temps in the mid 80's ( It was 78 degrees today), and the mountains would be brown and baked around now. However, I will take any delay in dry conditions as a blessing.

[imafan26]

It is 71 degrees now, with trades back and light to moderate showers at least for a few days while a weak front passes by enhancing tradewind showers. Most of this is hitting the windward side and that is normal for them and some does drift to the other side of the mountain where I am. But, this is still a localized rain and it is not island wide. It has rained for the past couple of nights and it is still drizzling now. Considering it is the middle of June and our hot season. I take whatever rain I can get. I does mean the weeds will grow again, but this is not a soaking rain so it isn't really enough to water anything. However, it is overcast and drizzling so it is actually cooling things off for now When it stops, it will be muggy as it steams off.

[applestar]

How can THIS be June weather??

[digitS']

This may be something of the opposite, although the forecast looks like a turnaround.

Two mornings earlier this week, the temperature dropped into the 30's F (4⁰C). Afternoons barely warmed above 60⁰f (16⁰C).

There were 2 thunderstorm events here at home and I managed to be caught outdoors during a 3rd while running an errand. Localized, the official measurement of precipitation was something like 1/3rd of an inch. I think that we must have had about double that. The rain was welcome although some accompanying hail punched some holes in lettuce leaves. Warm season plants like eggplants and basil look the worse for it and a windy few weeks contributed to their misery.

I was surprised how well tomatoes in 6 gallon pots of 100% compost came through while tomato plants in the open ground look terrible. They are only about 20 feet apart. Nearly all of the pepper plants are in a bed in the greenhouse and the protection was a good thing for those. Warming outdoor temperatures to as high as 90⁰ (32⁰C) predicted for the weekend!

Steve

[Gary350]

very hot

[Gary350]

It is storming so bad here it is totally dark outside and sun does not go down for 2½ more hours.

[applestar]

We need some of that rain….

[imafan26]

Your temperatures are a lot higher than mine. It is around 82 in the day and 72 at night. July- October are the hottest months. It feels hotter with the humidity and the winds are less breezy. Not getting that much rain and it is only bried when it does come. Some of my plants are scorching.

[Gary350]

TV says 97° today feels like 110°. TV people need to visit AZ 114° feels like 90°. Feels like 110° is wrong high humidity it feels like 125°. Heat use to not bother me but now I feel like a prisoner in the house being outside for 10 minutes once an hour is all I can stand. 20% rain means it is 20% chance it might rain for 1 minute at your house. Yesterday it sprinkled 30 to 45 seconds 2 different times during the day. I went outside & stood in the rain it felt good. TV claims 70 mph wind big storms tonight but TV map shows that to be in KY, looks like no storms or rain for us. Garden is dry as desert and beans are coming up. I need to think about planting carrots soon.

[pepperhead212]

Hotter here than yesterday, but only a few degrees (only 87°); however, the dewpoint was up to 73°, after the mid-fifties yesterday, so it was much more noticeable. I didn't do as much out there today, and took a shower shortly after cooling off inside! Tomorrow, hotter, and scattered TS through the area, and throughout the day. I'll see if any show up hear.

Started raining recently, and it looks like this first line is coming through this area, with some thunder with it. I was wondering if it would bring anything with it. So far, it's up to .15".

[pepperhead212]

Now that third line of storms is coming through, the worst of the day, they are forecasting. It had stopped at 1.18", around noon, and actually got a little sunny in the afternoon, but the temperature really didn't rise to 90°, at least in my area - only around 85°. But already the rain is up to 1.45", and this area is in the middle of a wide yellow/orange/red strip in the raday, with another one of those lines predicted for later. And still only 80°, but the meteorologist on the local station was talking about how this was the highest dewpoint level he had ever seen in this area, in his 20 years of reporting - 78°. That was at the noontime, for that news - may have gotten higher now!

Now my total is up to 1.80", in the time I typed this.

Rain is down to a drizzle now, at 8 pm, and the total is up to 2.60. I'm still hearing thunder, however. Temperature is down to 76°

[Vanisle_BC]

July 4, S. central Vancouver Island: 'Weather Underground' reports we're at 30 degrees. Thermometer in the shade says 32.5. Forecast is for 35 by Monday, so likely we'll be close to 40. Some veggie plants are already getting droopy. I'll have to start rigging shade cloth - maybe this evening although I don't feel up to it. Maybe with help from Tylenol 3 with codeine.... (and a G&T to hasten the relief)

[imafan26]

It is 70 degrees now. It is still raining. It is less than a tenth of an inch but it is cooling things off now, but that means it will be steaming off later. High is forecast to be around 83 but 90% humidity will make it feel much hotter and muggier. The winds are light from the west at 5 mph. It is thickly overcast but it should get clearer later in the day. This is very mild weather for July. Nothing like the heat wave you are getting. It is actually rare for me to get temperatures less than 88 at this time of the year, but I also rarely see temps over 90. I'll take whatever break in the weather I can get. I have air conditioners but they are too expensive to run unless there is no wind. I usually get by with just the fans. It doesn't help that I have a velcro cat that likes to sit on me all the time and his body temperature is around 103.

[pepperhead212]

It's already 93° , and 103° heat index at 2 pm, so I won't be staying out there long today! Another half hour is when it will be mostly in the shade, and I'll go out and check everything, pick what I have to, and that will be enough heat for me! Tomorrow is supposed to be even worse, with possible TSs later, from all that humidity. Some went N of here last night, but none hit this are.

[pepperhead212]

Well, they were right, it did get worse today! When I went out front at 9:00 in the morning (that is when that part is shaded), it was 88°, and 77° dewpoint, so it was already miserable. When I went out about 2:30 pm, I only stayed out about 45 minutes in the shaded area in the back, and was soaked when I got inside. When I checked the temp, it was up to 96° by then, and HI was 104° (both got 1° higher, before starting to creep down). It was breezy, but not as windy as earlier. I only picked one tomato, and only because it was the first ripe Green Brandy - many others I left for tomorrow! Still 94° and 100° HI at 7:30, so I'm not going out again. Now they say the humidity is coming way down tomorrow - even though the temp is still supposed to in the mid 90s, the "feels like" temp is supposed to be lower! Doesn't happen often around here.

[imafan26]

It is 10:41 p.m. and it is 73 degrees ( overnight low about 70), and there is a light rain. So far not enough to get the road wet. The day temps have been around 83, but it feels hotter because of the humidity. There are scattered showers coming in on the trades but less than 0.10 inch, so it won't be that much.

[Vanisle_BC]

South central Vancouver Island:
36C forecast for today. It will probably be at least 40. I have shade cloth on the tomatoes and they're irrigated; but my other beds are not. They could get disastrously dry today but so be it: I'm not going out to water. We are very old and the heat has been making us more exhausted than anything we've ever experienced. We're keeping the house buttoned up today and the (under powered ) heat pump running.

[pepperhead212]

That humidity was close to 100% here, too, as when I went out around 8:30 am, and everything thing was wet, and the temperature was up to about 80° (77° was the low overnight). I came back inside, since I don't do anything with the plants when they are wet. About 11 am it was already close to 90, and most of that dew had lifted, though it was still very humid - mid 70s for the dewpoint, and 97° high, with the HI 104°. I was out around 25, 40, and 30 minutes, in the different sections while they were in the shade. I can't imagine doing that in the sun, in this heat.

[Gary350]

Hot & dry no rain from the hurricane. It depends what channel you watch heat index is either 110 or 112 or 115.

[pepperhead212]

It rained here overnight - .34", so it was very humid when I was thinking of mowing the lawn @9 am, and very wet. Supposed to be much less humid today, but not yet, so I went out @10:30 and mowed the front and side, that were in the shade still, and it was only 80° breezy, but I still got soaked, due to the humidity. Not supposed to get much warmer today, but back to the 90s the next 6 days, with several days showing possible late day TSs, as usual, with heat and humidity.

[digitS']

South central Vancouver Island:
36C forecast for today. It will probably be at least 40. ...

We have you beat, VanIsle. That is, unless it did hit 40⁰C (104⁰f). If so, we are in a tie .

Three days of record highs. A little cooler today but not by much.

What is with all the earthquakes off the coast of Vancouver Island — are you feeling any of those, VanIsle? One above 6 magnitude this morning!

@PepperHead, there is no problem with excessive humidity here however the 11% humidity yesterday afternoon sure caused some problems for me this AM. sniff ... sniff ... sneeze... blooooww ... sniffle

Steve

[applestar]

It looks like we’re finally going to get some decent rain overnight and tomorrow. Everybody needs it out there. Spot watering and targeted watering all get sucked up by the surrounding dry soil.

Of course I managed to leave the one tool I don’t want to get wet and rust out there today. Debating if I want to run out in the dark and put it away before the rains start….

… Got it … Could NOT a see myself carrying it all the way to the mosquito-infested dark corner of the yard and the shed, so dragged it inside the back door

[Vanisle_BC]

@digits' - Sorry about your sniffles. We did get 40 or very close to it. I didn't monitor all day and our thermometer's not accurate at the hottest part of the day because of its location. I stayed indoors all day, wilting like the plants. Can't believe, at my age, how it knocks the stuffing out of me.

We're "down" to 10-day forecast highs of 30 with no rain in sight. Our location will be a few degrees higher. I've tentatively taken the shade cloth off the tomatoes. They're doing quite well. There's a poly roof over them and it's not very clean so they get part protection from direct overhead sun.

Edit: I haven't felt any earthquake activity (or maybe I though it was just me having a "spell?") The thought of the overdue Big One is too scary so I just ignore the whole issue.

[applestar]

I’d forgotten you do the rain protection for the tomatoes. If the roof provides a bit of shade that would be a great plus!

You really have to watch out for that heat induced health issues — keep up with hydration, electrolytes, etc.

…I’ve put up an emergency mylar blanket-covered heavy duty 3-ply cardboard against the inside of a North-West-facing window that used to get shaded from the Summer westering (=VERY HOT) sun by a big shade tree — killed by something (maybe Emerald Ash Borer) and cut down by the township.

It might not look pretty but it has made a HUGE difference, and I’ll think about more “decorative” solution to replace the cardboard and mylar experiment later. (I covered both sides of the cardboard, and from the inside, it’s behind the tilted closed microblinds so it doesn’t look that utilitarian, but it DOES look a bit odd from the outside, all mirror-shiny and all….)

[Vanisle_BC]

These were planted as whole bulbs, not cloves. Now I'm thinking maybe this fall I should plant them all like this, at my usual 4.5 inch spacing - could get the same yield from less ground? Might get smaller bulbs, so maybe I would plant 20% more than usual.

[imafan26]

It is 74 degrees at 8 a.m. It is overcast and there are some scattered showers but most of that is in town. Once in a while I will feel a sprinkle but it is not enough. I am watering everyday. This is a weird July. Usually the temperatures are around 88 degrees, but with La Nina my expected high is about 82. I usually am 1-2 degrees cooler. The wind now is 3mph but it should pick up later. It is supposed to be 22 mph.