Nice weather

[Glacier]

A few temperature records today (funny how they failed to notice that Warfield was 39.7C today)...

AWCN11 CWVR

Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 6:23 p.m. PDT Thursday 6 July 2017.

Discussion.

A STRONG, UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN BRITISH
COLUMBIA THIS WEEK IS GIVING HIGH TEMPERATURES. SEVERAL
DAILY RECORDS WERE BROKEN ON THURSDAY, JULY 6.

SUMMARY OF DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS IN DEGREES CELCIUS.

CASTLEGAR AREA 37.9 (PREVIOUS RECORD 37.2 IN 1968)
CLEARWATER AREA 36.4 (PREVIOUS RECORD 35.6 IN 1975)
CLINTON AREA 29.9 (PREVIOUS RECORD 28.6 IN 2015)
HOPE SLIDE AREA 29.7 (PREVIOUS RECORD 28.0 IN 2015)
KAMLOOPS AREA 38.5 (PREVIOUS RECORD 37.2 IN 1906)
KELOWNA AREA 37.3 (PREVIOUS RECORD 34.4 IN 1968)
MACKENZIE AREA 28.9 (PREVIOUS RECORD 28.3 IN 2015)
MERRITT AREA 35.7 (PREVIOUS RECORD 34.4 IN 1975)
NAKUSP AREA 35.4 (PREVIOUS RECORD 33.9 IN 2007)
NELSON AREA 37.8 (PREVIOUS RECORD 35.0 IN 1922)
OSOYOOS AREA 37.8 (TIED PREVIOUS RECORD 37.8 IN 1968)
PENTICTON AREA 36.5 (PREVIOUS RECORD 34.4 IN 1942)
PRINCE GEORGE AREA 30.6 (TIED PREVIOUS RECORD 30.6 IN 1920)
PUNTZI MOUNTAIN AREA 31.9 (PREVIOUS RECORD 31.1 IN 1975)
SQUAMISH AREA 29.0 (PREVIOUS RECORD 28.5 IN 2011)
VERNON AREA 36.9 (PREVIOUS RECORD 36.1 IN 1906)
WILLIAMS LAKE AREA 31.0 (PREVIOUS RECORD 30.0 IN 1975)

Please note that this summary may contain preliminary or unofficial
information and does not constitute a complete or final report.

End/PSPC

http://weather.gc.ca/warnings/weathersu ... _e.html#BC

[Glacier]

oday's hot spots:
1 Warfield = 39.7° C
2 Ashcroft = 39.2° C
3 Nelson = 38.8° C
4 Lytton = 38.6° C
5 Kamloops = 38.5° C
6 Castlegar = 38.4° C
7 Osoyoos = 37.8° C
8 Kelowna = 37.3° C
9 Lillooet = 37.2° C
10 Princeton = 37° C
11 Clearwater = 36.9° C

[Lady tehMa]

Okay Glacier - my friend kbens and I were talking about how it feels more humid this year, we especially notice at zumba!

I read that blog you linked about humidex and stuff, and it is quite beyond me. Got something for me in layman's terms?

[Barney Google]

My personal sweat-o-meter is telling me it's darned humid out there!

[Barney Google]

Hey...maybe that table top dancing that a certain particular regular royal forum participate did last night

has brought on some rain?

We've got some BIG darkening clouds rollin in and some coolish breezes along with em up here.

[tsayta]

Another flubbed EC forecast? Nah

[Queen K]

Thank God for Barney's nowcast.

[tsayta]

When he said he looked out the window and saw dark clouds, I thought he meant castanet member xxxxx was coming over

[Glacier]

Okay Glacier - my friend kbens and I were talking about how it feels more humid this year, we especially notice at zumba!

I read that blog you linked about humidex and stuff, and it is quite beyond me. Got something for me in layman's terms?

It is definitely getting more humid. The important thing to look at is the dewpoint temperature. Kelowna is currently at 11C for the dewpoint. That means that there's so much moisture in the air that if the temperature dropped to 11C, the relative humidity would be 100%.

Also, Environment Canada says Kelowna has a temperature of 29 (at 12pm) and a humidex of 31. That's supposed to mean it "feels like" 31. The humidex is not an exact science, so depending on the activity you're doing, it make feel warmer or colder.

Now, let's compare Kelowna to some other places in the valley. Osoyoos is all 11C for the dew point, but Penticton (because it's closer to the lake is at 12C). This means it's going to feel more muggy there (slightly).

How about outside the valley? Well Kamloops has a dew point of 7C. That's much drier so new humidex. Ashcroft is much, much drier than Kamloops, hence the dew point of 0.5C! This gives a relative humidity of 12%, which is very, very low. Kelowna is at 33%.

Now, just because Ashcroft is much drier than Kamloops which is much drier than Kelowna, that doesn't mean it's always less humid. There is humid air pushing into the Okanagan, and hasn't pushed that far west. Sometimes it might hit more west, but it's almost never the case to have a higher dewpoint in Kelowna (or even Osoyoos) than Ashcroft.

Here's something interesting. Clearwater has a lower dewpoint than Kamloops at the moment, but that's usually not the case.

Does that answer the question?

[Frisk]

Some rain clouds popping up. Not sure if we're going to get any.
The radar is picking up smoke from the Ashcroft fire, just above the kamloops text.

[Glacier]

The hottest place in Canada is north of Kamloops.

[Barney Google]

Its been spitting a bit up here.

[Woodenhead]

Its been spitting a bit up here.

We were out on the deck, drinking beer, and it did "rain". As in, about 10 drops per second per acre for 10 minutes.

I'm inside now because I broke the seal & need some food.

[Whyme2]

Woodenhead, once the seal is broken your done!

[Woodenhead]

Woodenhead, once the seal is broken your done!

So true! No more beer for me.

*mixes up another Negroni*