Earlier I was reviewing my field notes from a project yesterday in West Odessa. I logged the atmospheric conditions at the beginning of my work and it seemed correct at the time to write, "Cool, Cloudy - 84°".
84°F in July is cool
Yes, 84°F in July is very cool by Texas standards. It's a great thing that all those wind turbines in West Texas are blowing the hot weather to the East. Tough on those New Englanders, though, I suppose.
Ah, but, if this had been February 8, you would have written 'hotter than Hades, sunny and 84'.
84°F in July is cool
My Dear McMoundfinder Esq.
Please turn the West Texas Windmill Corporation's major wind puffer machines more southwesterly toward RADUland.
There seems to be an oversupply of plus 80F Republic of Texas mugginess that is playing havoc with our models wearing their 2010/2011 Fall line of surveying kilts.
They all say it is too itchy to wear 'em and 'going commando' as they do ...... well, you know yourself ............
Your immediate attention is pleaded for.
Remaining YOS
TNAI
84°F in July is cool
> Please turn the West Texas Windmill Corporation's major wind puffer machines more southwesterly toward RADUland.
Ah, if it were only so simple. The arrays of literally thousands of wind turbines covering the western regions of Texas must be moved in a synchronized fashion or some gigantic tornadoes would ensue that would potentially level broad swaths of the Midwest and Oklahoma. I know what you're thinking, but it's not that simple. :>
Giving this a survey twist
Are you certain the windmills should be turned to the southwest to cool RADU? This question is in the same vein as what direction do you point something to face Mecca.
Global Weather Patterns
> Are you certain the windmills should be turned to the southwest to cool RADU? This question is in the same vein as what direction do you point something to face Mecca.
That is exactly right. The present direction of the wind turbines has been carefully studied via computer modelling for maximum effect in Southeast Australia. Counterintuitive though it may be, directing them toward New England is merely the optimal vector. In the short term, it may seem a bit warm in the East, but it's all for the greater good.
No. 84° in February sounds like ideal surveying conditions to me. 🙂
I've got a pretty good permatan going on right now, in spite of my lack of hispanic heritage.
84°F in July is cool
You are not kidding about the quantity of wind turbines in the central and western parts of Texas (and no, I do not consider Fort Worth to be the eastern edge of west Texas).
The last time I flew MAF to DFW, the intervening area looked like the unshaven leg of a 70 year old widow with white hairs of wind turbine towers dotting the landscape.
My birthday is February 4 (nevermind the year) and in 1985, while working in San Antone, it hit 96 degrees. That was considered a warm day.
It is 73° today and almost downright chilly for this place and this time of year.
Jack
My Wife's BD is Jan. 2. On that Day in 1996 on top of a hill about 35 miles NW of Amarillo, the wind chill was +/- -35 F. We considered that a slightly cool day. 😉
Andy - here in Oregon, Indian Winter (in Texas I believe you call it "June") has waned and now the mid-day temps are a blood boiling 90 to 93 with humidity spiking around 28%. I don't know how much longer I can take these hellish temperatures.
