It's about to get hot 'round here, y'all / myLot

United States

August 24, 2023 1:15pm CST

This week we have been graced with decent temperatures for August in NC. Apparently, today will be the last day of such. Tomorrow and Saturday, we are expecting the mercury (even though Hg is no longer used in thermometers) to reach 97F+ with heat indexes in the 100s. Then, on Monday, a cold front will bring storms and cooler temperatures. The good news is that Tropical Storm Franklin appears to be completely confused about how to behave and after an eastward hook is looking to plow straight north up the mid-Atlantic. What is the near-term forecast at your latitude and longitude?

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

24 Aug 23

Up here in Montana, it is partly cloudy an temperate, with lows around 60 and highs around 80. Good weather for getting my projects done.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

24 Aug 23

I hope you're able to make good progress on your projects.

LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222408)

• United States

25 Aug 23

Next week we will be getting temps in the 70s and high 60s...my favorite temps. These are fall temperatures. I look forward to cooler temps; but I don't like what comes after fall!!! Have a good weekend.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

26 Aug 23

Winters here are hit or miss. We barely had any snow last year, just a few flurries. There's no telling what we'll get this winter.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

28 Aug 23

@LindaOHio I had enough of snow when I worked as a snowmaker at a ski area one winter right after I got out of the Army and before I went back to college. As for the cold, I'd rather not, thank you.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222408)

• United States

27 Aug 23

@DWDavis My kind of winter. I hate s**w and cold temperatures and especially hate the shorter days!

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Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (52905)

• Mojave, California

24 Aug 23

Same here, stay cool buddy. That hurricane, tropical storm but for us its a hurricane dammit. It was so nice. 75 on that day in August. Its the coolest day in August I ever seen. Then next few days were so nice, low 80s, clear as all can be but now temps shooting back up. Low 90s, now but will be 102 and 103 next week. More hurricanes for California please.

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Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (52905)

• Mojave, California

25 Aug 23

@DWDavis Lancaster got hit hard and much more of desert that even us. We on much higher ground, The San Berdo Mountains split most storms for us, we do not get hit hard very often. I heard Lancaster had street flooding but does not seem any homes got flooded from my friends anyway. I know a few people and they said just like intersections was a bit flooded and could drive through. People from sound of things built the houses expecting that kind of thing but of course depends if you not so poor.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

25 Aug 23

Were you out of the worst of the rain? My son who lives near Lancaster is overseas on vacation. Hilary's eye passed right over his area, but he hasn't heard about any damage.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

25 Aug 23

@crossbones27 My son's house is on a small rise above street level. I think it'll be okay. Thanks for the info.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502484)

• Italy

25 Aug 23

Our heatwave should stop tonight with the coming thunderstorms. I hope they are true, 10 days at 98 F was too much for me. We do not have the habit to this kind of temperature here.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

25 Aug 23

I imagine the wildlife and plants there are struggling with temperatures so high.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

26 Aug 23

@LadyDuck That must be catastrophic for the villagers. I hope no one has been killed.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502484)

• Italy

25 Aug 23

@DWDavis The worst is that the glaciers are melting and large blocks of ice and rocks are falling on the villages.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (54715)

• United States

24 Aug 23

They say we will reach 107 this afternoon.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

24 Aug 23

That's stay indoors in the shadows kind of hot.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (54715)

• United States

26 Aug 23

@DWDavis yes, It was a real hot day.

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@DaddyEvil (174464)

• United States

24 Aug 23

We have 101F with a RealFeel of 111F. It's hot and sunny today. We should be cooling off by Saturday with a 30% chance of rain. Then Sunday has a 70% chance of thunderstorms and a high around 80F. If we can, we need to mow the front yard again Saturday if it doesn't rain before the dew dries off the grass. I hope you're enjoying your relatively cooler temps there.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

25 Aug 23

I've been spending a lot more time outside playing with the dogs these last few days.

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@DaddyEvil (174464)

• United States

25 Aug 23

@DWDavis I'm sure it was nice out... I'd trade you weather for a few days.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (120746)

• United States

24 Aug 23

It is 1:30pm, and 100 degrees in Oklahoma. It will get a little hotter tomorrow until it “drops” to 94 degrees on Sunday. Which is better than Tuesday’s 105 degrees.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

24 Aug 23

I've only seen the temperature hit 100F once this summer, but with the humidity, we've had heat indexes in the 110s. The worrisome thing is that each summer might be hotter than the last.

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