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Tbh I don't think we have had very low humidity at any time this month. Dewpoints are usually only dipping to around 60F at the hottest part of the day and then shoot up to the mid 70s as it cools down.
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We had very low humidity yesterday when I rode.
I dont know what over night was but we got below 80 finally.
Tbh I don't think we have had very low humidity at any time this month. Dewpoints are usually only dipping to around 60F at the hottest part of the day and then shoot up to the mid 70s as it cools down.
Honestly I rate how much water is dissolved in the air by riding and then comparing that to the humidity the devices in and around my home measure. After completely soaking my best wicking shirt and riding for just 3 miles, I was dry and needed to get soaked again. But this also depends on the wind speed. Yesterday this happened against the wind (which obviously changes as the trail winds and changes direction a bit riding mostly SW). My devices outside measured humidity at 25%. That corresponded fairly well with the fact I was able to even ride as far as I did and stay cool enough. So windspeed + how fast my bike is going against or with the wind relate well to my drying mileage. Wind moving over a surface is hugely important for me being able to ride my bike in these conditions as well as shade I ride under.
It’s really the only reason I thought maybe this is why we actually broke under 80 in the morning. Very unscientific. But it works for me getting exercise. No way am I going to run in this , biking is the only way to stay cool. And the mornings don’t work for me as the water from my wicking shirt does not evaporate much, I’m soaked, and all the heat is most likely not removed nearly as well as evaporative cooling. And if my devices had been read in the mid 30 to 40% humidity I would not have made it. I check them with the city numbers and they are usually pretty close. My attic gets unusually dry as read by % humidity for instance. But you will die up there as no air is moving, or very little is moving in the dark.
So my observations really are just a result of me just needing to pick correct times to ride during the evening because that’s all I can do on weekdays. And sometimes weekends. I need to know if I’m actually going to cool. So knowing that I can cool if I have water to dump on myself and high temps provided my crude way of using % humidity works for me. But of course may not apply well to other meteorological readings.
Anyways. 101.5F with 28% now by my house numbers. So I will get another ride in, but on a route I can use workable water stops. Hopefully we got some wind like yesterday. Way too many variables in my workout attempts to use for anything but me. Hope it’s clear tonight though.
That's still a 62 degree dewpoint which definitely isn't a low level of humidity. If you like to go hike in the mountains and you breathe that refreshing mountain air it's because the dewpoints are in the 20s to 40s and you're not breathing in so much water vapor. My favorite hiking area in Yosemite for instance has a dewpoint of 29F right now. Here's a guide
Yeah the morning you're talking dewpoints in the low to high 70s and you're not getting much evaporation because the air is already so filled with water vapor. really sucked in June when dewpoints were still in the high 70s at 5PM with the temp over 100, but two months of heat waves have killed off so much of the vegetation now that it has no moisture to give to the air any more.It’s really the only reason I thought maybe this is why we actually broke under 80 in the morning. Very unscientific. But it works for me getting exercise. No way am I going to run in this , biking is the only way to stay cool. And the mornings don’t work for me as the water from my wicking shirt does not evaporate much, I’m soaked, and all the heat is most likely not removed nearly as well as evaporative cooling. And if my devices had been read in the mid 30 to 40% humidity I would not have made it. I check them with the city numbers and they are usually pretty close. My attic gets unusually dry as read by % humidity for instance. But you will die up there as no air is moving, or very little is moving in the dark.
Last edited by baseline bum; 08-06-2023 at 07:48 PM.
Thanks. Good point about the vegetation transpiring.
Windspeed is also a critical factor for me. (Along with moving much more quickly through the air when biking)
My dead grandfather (I have one still alive) once told me they put cloth soaked with water in the open window in Carrizo Springs Texas for air conditioning.
He said when they had wind blow through those windows it was absolutely wonderful. But he did like the invention air conditioning especially central air conditioning. I should have told him to build a house that moves during still nights.
Iwas reading some ideas about using the earth for heating and cooling under the house or below the ground somewhere deep enough. Gotta dig a bit but the different ideas for using metal with a large surface area in contact with a cooler or hotter subsurface depending on what season it is. And the use of different insulated pipes with liquids that carry that particular subsurface temp to your house during extremes. Because we are apparently in for big fluctuations in the air. Hot and cold. Expensive now but an interesting idea already in use in some places.
And the riding today did not yield as much cooling as yesterday based on my own experience. Wind was decent.
Last edited by pgardn; 08-06-2023 at 10:58 PM.
A cruel groundhog type of week ahead of 103/104 and 79.
Already been a groundhog half week so far. Had another ten day stretch of this last month and then June was even worse.
Ugh ing 106
I need exercise... someone please turn the furnace off.
Some peeps noticeably duller and lacking concentration at work. Even with the AC at abnormal hospital like levels. Another story to be told about this. Why is it the women are in sweaters while the fat men feel comfortable at "freezing my fish" levels?
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-...n-mood-anxiety
heat and anger
Fund more studies, "we" might need it.
Last edited by pgardn; 08-08-2023 at 07:09 AM.
on a cheerful note, it got to 79 at my domicile. Hurrah...
Gotta keep it cold at work
Forever the gals are cold at work
But they do not wear socks and often bare arms
No sympathy for the temp at work and my gal office manager agrees
Yes, that's always been one of my biggest complaints about females, aside from them being shallow and high-maintenance.
Females want it both ways.
They want preferential treatment but also equality.
Unfortunately, that's a double standard.
Females wear about 30% the clothes that men do to work. Much more bare skin, and less layers.
If they complain about the cold, they can go to the car and grab a coat or show up the next day dressed in man's attire.
Dresses to work are outdated, anyway.
ing , is this month going to top July 2022 for hottest month ever recorded in San Antonio?
This whole thing is very telling
And he wonders why he was fired from work.
Fat ass white males wasting energy sweating.
Totally out of shape.
Thats what it tells me.
68-70 Fn degrees. The baby fat boys cant take 75...
Round people sweating profusely. low surface area to volume ratio. these dudes are basically spherical oozing blobs.
I'm 5'8 135 pounds and can't take 75 indoors for very long... too stuffy... especially with other humans inside, but even alone, my nose cramps up... indoors needs to really be under 70.
75 outdoors with low humidity is perfectly acceptable. I'd prefer 65 or 70, but 75 is ok, just keep the humidity and bugs away, and maximize shade
Haven't been to a physical work office since March 13th, 2020, so this post isn't relevant.And he wonders why he was fired from work.
Definitely more bullish on heat and less bullish on rain chances deeper into August than originally expected.ing , is this month going to top July 2022 for hottest month ever recorded in San Antonio?
However, it's not a very realistic possibility that we won't get at least ONE rain/storm afternoon day and the temp doesn't make it to 100 before the storm.
Roadtrip to the west coast or Alaska or Michigan.
and a sauna to boot... yucko!
I heard a side of gunshots last night too at around 9:45pm and I don't even live in the ghetto.
Absolutely though, AGW / heat / global warming in general causes tempers to flare. Which is why men get angry when out in the heat too long, women get angry when on their periods, and the whole Middle East in general is ing angry.
Doesn't even seem to be remotely sufficient.
Fans and 75. You are an out of shape energy waster.
Move the air over your skin. Tough it out snowflake.
Honestly I can take either. But men crying about too hot at 75 is just wimpy.
Now I dont have to wear a suit and sit at a desk. I move around a bit more. but when I do have to sit at a computer...
Its hotter now. Save energy.
In Hawaii (seems like a miserable climate to live, except up-country Maui and a few high elevation places) local homes are built without AC but with windows and screens that are shaped to "take advantage of the trade winds".
Still sounds miserable to me, all that heat and humid air and no AC
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