Yep! I'm living it 104 in the shade today still over 85 Whew! Too friggin' hot for me!
That's CRAZY!!! We weren't even that hot today. I think we were 96. We've had a few 100 and almost 100 days, but not very many yet. We've stayed in the low and mid 90's, for the most part. But...we've had drought for 3 years and now we have humidity! It's killing me! Not complaining, though. We grateful for the rain, even if it's messing up the crops. I hope you have ac, but I have a feeling you don't.
*edit for spelling after dark!
Yep we have NWS Severe weather warnings...the glaciers are melting at record speed!
Fire Weather Warning
AKZ111-181630-
/X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0009.130618T0600Z-130619T0800Z/
MATANUSKA VALLEY-
421 PM AKDT MON JUN 17 2013
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT AKDT TUESDAY NIGHT FOR STRONG WIND ACROSS THE MATANUSKA
VALLEY...
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT AKDT TUESDAY NIGHT.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT.
* 20 FT WIND...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH.
* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND THEN
PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL THEN
CONTINUE OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
THE WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIER AIR TO MIX DOWN FROM ALOFT
RESULTING IN LOW HUMIDITIES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED
TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC.
&&
$$
Flood Advisory
AKZ111-190130-
/O.NEW.PAFC.FA.Y.0008.130618T0112Z-130619T0130Z/
/00000.N.SM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
512 PM AKDT MON JUN 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MELTING SNOW IN...
MATANUSKA VALLEY
MATANUSKA RIVER NEAR SUTTON AND NEAR MAUD ROAD (BUTTE AREA)
* UNTIL 400 PM AKDT THURSDAY JUNE 20
* HIGH TEMPERATURES OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS HAVE BROUGHT THE
LEVEL OF THE MATANUSKA RIVER TO THE POINT WHERE IT CAUSED EROSION
AND FLOODING LAST YEAR. LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO RISE
THROUGH MIDWEEK BEFORE TEMPERATURES MODERATE AND LEVELS START TO
FALL.
EXPECTED IMPACTS:
A CHANNEL SHIFT IN THE MATANUSKA RIVER HAS RESULTED IN FLOODING AND
EROSION OCCURRING AT LOWER LEVELS THAN IN THE PAST. RESIDENTS IN THE
AREAS CLOSE TO THE RIVER THAT EXPERIENCED FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT
BANK EROSION SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE BELONGINGS TO HIGHER GROUND
AND TO RETREAT TO SAFER LOCATIONS IF FLOODING BEGINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
