More record heat....

[Chris]

SANTA CRUZ -- Record temperatures might fall in the Santa Cruz Mountains, as summer's first heat wave hits the Monterey Bay Area this weekend.

The combination of warm weather and Woodies on the Wharf will kick off summer on the Santa Cruz coast, with temperatures expected to reach into the low 90s in Santa Cruz today. Temperatures are expected to rise to 94 degrees on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service in Monterey.

Forecasters anticipate temperatures to break the century mark in the Santa Cruz Mountains, reaching 100-plus degrees in Ben Lomond, Corralitos and Boulder Creek. The record for Ben Lomond on June 28, 100 degrees, was set in 1974.

The agency issued a heat advisory Friday for the San Francisco Bay Area, saying temperatures could soar to 101 in San Francisco on Sunday. The agency advises older people and others susceptible to heat stroke to stay hydrated, wear light-colored clothing and stay indoors during the hottest parts of the day.

http://www.mercurynews.com/centralcoast/ci_12702449

 

[Oddball]

when the glaciers which blanketed most of North America began to melt...

Massive amounts of water poured into the North Atlantic and lowered the ocean's salt levels, which are key to powering the convection current that carries warm tropical surface water north and cooler, heavier subsurface water south.

The fresh water stopped the current, cooling the North Atlantic region and causing heat to build up in southern waters.

Yet, narry a Chevy Suburban in sight the last times those ice ages occurred.

Coincidence or sin??

 

[hjmick]

Yo, Willard Scott, if we want weather updates we'll tune in our local news or The Weather Channel. Your refusal to discuss that which you post makes you nothing more than an annoyance.

 

[Chris]

FAIRBANKS — The number of acres burned by wildfires across Alaska crept closer to the 1-million acre mark on Monday as the Interior continued to bake in a mid-summer heat wave that is fueling more than 70 active fires around the state.

As of Monday morning, a total of 393 fires had burned approximately 765,573 acres, a number that is increasing daily as a result of a two-week heat wave around the state.

“The betting line is we’re going to hit a million acres in the not-too-distant future,” said Alaska Fire Service fire information officer Doug Stockdale.

Hot, dry conditions are expected to persist through the rest of this week, Stockdale said. The high temperature in Fairbanks on Monday was 87 degrees, just short of the record of 88 degrees set in 1993.

The near-record marked the ninth day out of the previous 12 where the high temperature hit 80 degrees or warmer.

newsminer.com • Interior Alaska bakes and burns

 

[Oddball]

SANTA CRUZ -- Record temperatures might fall in the Santa Cruz Mountains, as summer's first heat wave hits the Monterey Bay Area this weekend.

The combination of warm weather and Woodies on the Wharf will kick off summer on the Santa Cruz coast, with temperatures expected to reach into the low 90s in Santa Cruz today. Temperatures are expected to rise to 94 degrees on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service in Monterey.

Hot??....In central California??...In July!?!?!?!???

Get the fuck out of here!!

 

[elvis]

SANTA CRUZ -- Record temperatures might fall in the Santa Cruz Mountains, as summer's first heat wave hits the Monterey Bay Area this weekend.

The combination of warm weather and Woodies on the Wharf will kick off summer on the Santa Cruz coast, with temperatures expected to reach into the low 90s in Santa Cruz today. Temperatures are expected to rise to 94 degrees on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service in Monterey.

Forecasters anticipate temperatures to break the century mark in the Santa Cruz Mountains, reaching 100-plus degrees in Ben Lomond, Corralitos and Boulder Creek. The record for Ben Lomond on June 28, 100 degrees, was set in 1974.

The agency issued a heat advisory Friday for the San Francisco Bay Area, saying temperatures could soar to 101 in San Francisco on Sunday. The agency advises older people and others susceptible to heat stroke to stay hydrated, wear light-colored clothing and stay indoors during the hottest parts of the day.

Heat wave threatens record temperatures - San Jose Mercury News

record heat in 1974 and yet california isn't underwater yet. how can it be?

 

[elvis]

FAIRBANKS — The number of acres burned by wildfires across Alaska crept closer to the 1-million acre mark on Monday as the Interior continued to bake in a mid-summer heat wave that is fueling more than 70 active fires around the state.

As of Monday morning, a total of 393 fires had burned approximately 765,573 acres, a number that is increasing daily as a result of a two-week heat wave around the state.

“The betting line is we’re going to hit a million acres in the not-too-distant future,” said Alaska Fire Service fire information officer Doug Stockdale.

Hot, dry conditions are expected to persist through the rest of this week, Stockdale said. The high temperature in Fairbanks on Monday was 87 degrees, just short of the record of 88 degrees set in 1993.

The near-record marked the ninth day out of the previous 12 where the high temperature hit 80 degrees or warmer.

newsminer.com • Interior Alaska bakes and burns

more RECORD temps set many years ago.....

global cooling, maybe?

 

[Oddball]

It's Santa Cruz....The flower chilluns at the college, when not petitioning to save the polar bears or surfing, have been bailing really hard.

 

[hjmick]

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