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(Way OT) How bad is the heat wave in Europe?
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apocalypstick
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Tsyr said:
Same here in Cinci... I don't think it's broken 90f all year, which is nice, because my a/c unit is busted.
Edena_of_Neith
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Yes, and no politics, please.
We here in the United States of America are accustomed to hearing of extremes of weather in our country.
After all, we have the Desert Southwest, where temperatures are normally hot in the summer, ranging from 35 C / 95 F to 43 C / 110 F, during the day.
The Desert Southwest is, of course, desert. One would expect such heat in the desert during the summer.
Likewise, it is hot across the southern United States in the summer, with temperatures ranging from 33 C / 90 F to 37 C / 100 F during the day, with high humidity.
This is due to low latitude, the humid winds blowing around the Horse Latitude High (we call it the Bermuda High), and the Continental Effect (land heats up intensely in the sun.)
However, one must consider that Europe is much different.
The areas of Europe in question I refer to are: northern Spain, Andorra, all of France except the south coast, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, southernmost Norway, southern Sweden, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Slovenia, Serbia, Romania, and Lithuania.
This region normally has what is called a Marine West Coast climate, or something very close to said climate.
It is normal for summer to be gloomy for days at a stretch, with low clouds and drizzle. Light to moderate rains occur regularly and frequently, and occasionally thunderstorms and heavy rain occur.
About half of the total possible sunlight occurs, with less in places like southern Norway, and more in Romania.
Temperatures are what we Americans would call astonishing cold for summer.
Highs in the warmer areas of this region are in the mid to upper 70s during the day, and in the 50s at night.
Highs in the cooler areas of this region are in the upper 60s, and lows in the upper 40s.
London, for example, has an average high of 72 in July. Paris, 75. Lyon, around 77.
London has no average days of 90 (33 Celsius) or higher in a year.
Paris has an average of 1 such day in July, and 1 in August, where it is 90 or higher.
Even south of this area, it is not as warm as you would think.
Highs are in the 80s across much of northern Spain, coastal France, northern Italy, and most of the Balkans.
Only in central and southern Spain, in central and southern Italy, and in the southern Balkans, are highs normally in the 90s regularly.
So one can only imagine what it must be like, when it is hitting 100 degrees (37 Celsius) day after day after day, in places where it is normally gloomy, rainy, and around 70 degrees.
Paris just scored it's 3rd consecutive day of such temperatures, and the same is true of many other places.
The forecast for tommorow is 91 in Amsterdam.
97 in Geneva, Switzerland.
100 in Brussels.
104 in Luxembourg.
104 in Milan, Italy.
106 in Paris.
107 in Frankfurt.
Mind you, that's in the shade.
No clouds of any kind will occur, and relative humidity is in the 15% to 25% range.
The wonder is not that the forests are burning.
The wonder is that these temperate trees haven't just gone and dropped green. Temperate trees can only take in so much moisture so quickly, and at these temperatures, with bright sun and desert humdity, they evaporate water much faster than they can take water in.
Thus, the whole tree dries out, leaves are damaged, and eventually the tree defoliates. It can take the tree years to recover from that.
This happened here during the great heat wave of 1988, in Michigan.
We here in the United States of America are accustomed to hearing of extremes of weather in our country.
After all, we have the Desert Southwest, where temperatures are normally hot in the summer, ranging from 35 C / 95 F to 43 C / 110 F, during the day.
The Desert Southwest is, of course, desert. One would expect such heat in the desert during the summer.
Likewise, it is hot across the southern United States in the summer, with temperatures ranging from 33 C / 90 F to 37 C / 100 F during the day, with high humidity.
This is due to low latitude, the humid winds blowing around the Horse Latitude High (we call it the Bermuda High), and the Continental Effect (land heats up intensely in the sun.)
However, one must consider that Europe is much different.
The areas of Europe in question I refer to are: northern Spain, Andorra, all of France except the south coast, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, southernmost Norway, southern Sweden, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Slovenia, Serbia, Romania, and Lithuania.
This region normally has what is called a Marine West Coast climate, or something very close to said climate.
It is normal for summer to be gloomy for days at a stretch, with low clouds and drizzle. Light to moderate rains occur regularly and frequently, and occasionally thunderstorms and heavy rain occur.
About half of the total possible sunlight occurs, with less in places like southern Norway, and more in Romania.
Temperatures are what we Americans would call astonishing cold for summer.
Highs in the warmer areas of this region are in the mid to upper 70s during the day, and in the 50s at night.
Highs in the cooler areas of this region are in the upper 60s, and lows in the upper 40s.
London, for example, has an average high of 72 in July. Paris, 75. Lyon, around 77.
London has no average days of 90 (33 Celsius) or higher in a year.
Paris has an average of 1 such day in July, and 1 in August, where it is 90 or higher.
Even south of this area, it is not as warm as you would think.
Highs are in the 80s across much of northern Spain, coastal France, northern Italy, and most of the Balkans.
Only in central and southern Spain, in central and southern Italy, and in the southern Balkans, are highs normally in the 90s regularly.
So one can only imagine what it must be like, when it is hitting 100 degrees (37 Celsius) day after day after day, in places where it is normally gloomy, rainy, and around 70 degrees.
Paris just scored it's 3rd consecutive day of such temperatures, and the same is true of many other places.
The forecast for tommorow is 91 in Amsterdam.
97 in Geneva, Switzerland.
100 in Brussels.
104 in Luxembourg.
104 in Milan, Italy.
106 in Paris.
107 in Frankfurt.
Mind you, that's in the shade.
No clouds of any kind will occur, and relative humidity is in the 15% to 25% range.
The wonder is not that the forests are burning.
The wonder is that these temperate trees haven't just gone and dropped green. Temperate trees can only take in so much moisture so quickly, and at these temperatures, with bright sun and desert humdity, they evaporate water much faster than they can take water in.
Thus, the whole tree dries out, leaves are damaged, and eventually the tree defoliates. It can take the tree years to recover from that.
This happened here during the great heat wave of 1988, in Michigan.
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Things are alright in Southern Ontario as well. Usually we get a few days during the summer peaking around 36 - 39 degrees (C) but its been very comfortable this year.
I hope this wave ends in Europe pretty soon, I can only imagine the environmental catastrophe should it continue for a prolonged ammount of time.
I hope this wave ends in Europe pretty soon, I can only imagine the environmental catastrophe should it continue for a prolonged ammount of time.
