h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Heat index: 99

Yesterday 65/94 (10% chance of rain) (actual: 68/95, no rain)
Today 70/91 (10% chance of rain)
Monday 72/92 (10% chance of rain)
Tuesday 76/94 (20% chance of rain)
Wednesday 77/93 (20% chance of rain)
Thursday 75/91 (40% chance of rain)
Friday 75/96 (40% chance of rain)
Sunday 76/96 (20% chance of rain)

Yesterday's departure from the historical daily average: +5
Average min/max for today's date: 68/88
Record high temperature for today: 98 (2022, 2008)
Record low temperature for today: 52 (2009)

Yeah, the worst of it hit the North side of Houston and some folks up there are still out of power. My parents house (same property, different transformer) lost power for 2 hours yesterday for unrelated reasons. Their generator kicked on at 8:30 getting me out of bed earlier than I'd have liked. For once the cats were even letting me sleep in.

8.30am. The last time I was in bed that late was either because I'd worked a night shift or I was That sort of thing doesn't happen any more

Nothing but 70s/90s for coming seven days. Looks like summer is making an early entrance.

Heat index: 97

Yesterday 70/91 (10% chance of rain) (actual: 73/93, no rain)
Today 72/92 (10% chance of rain)
Tuesday 75/94 (20% chance of rain)
Wednesday 77/93 (20% chance of rain)
Thursday 75/92 (20% chance of rain)
Friday 76/95 (40% chance of rain)
Sunday 76/98 (20% chance of rain)
Monday 76/97 (20% chance of rain)

Yesterday's departure from the historical daily average: +5
Average min/max for today's date: 68/88
Record high temperature for today: 101 (2008)
Record low temperature for today: 53 (1926, 1901)

I wasn't even out late drinking. I was (re)playing the latest Legend of Zelda.

Heat index: 97

Yesterday 72/92 (10% chance of rain) (actual: 70/94, no rain)
Today 75/94 (20% chance of rain)
Wednesday 77/92 (30% chance of rain)
Thursday 76/95 (20% chance of rain)
Friday 76/95 (20% chance of rain)
Saturday 76/97 (10% chance of rain)
Sunday 76/98 (20% chance of rain)
Monday 76/97 (20% chance of rain)

Yesterday's departure from the historical daily average: +4
Average min/max for today's date: 68/88
Record high temperature for today: 100 (2022)
Record low temperature for today: 52 (1960)

The heat index is forecast to be 101° today. I don't think I've discussed my new working conditions. Every other two weeks, I work in another building on a specific project, scanning large (9.5" wide) rolls of aerial film shot as much as 50+ years ago. Some of the film has a condition called 'vinegar syndrome' that can affect acetate based films (nitrate films are the ones the go BOOM) and the acetyl acid vapor they exude can spread the problem to film stored nearby. The civil servant overseeing our work is a bit paranoid and insisted this film could never enter building 8 where other film is archived, so another had to be found. On the back side of the JSC complex, building 423, which once housed the "Media Resource Center", where media folks could come and get publicity materials, photographs, films, &c. Obviously this can all be done remotely through the magic of the interwebs now, so the building had sat, moldering for a few years and included a cold film storage area large enough to hold the 4000+ rolls we just received last year.
The building was on the short list for demolition, but at a government facility like this, that can take a decade or two to actually occur, so we moved into a corner of it amongst the piles & boxes of old prints, photos, slides, newspapers, &c. It's a metal building built in the '70s. The HVAC system is... decrepit... well part of it is. So, the cold storage area stays at a very steady temperature, currently set at 65° with narrow limits on humidity. The rest of the building... not so much. Monday last week, I came in here and it was as cold as 64°. Yesterday, one week later, it reached 81° At 8:00am, it's already 78°. I've been scolded for adjusting the thermostat (the main one in the equipment room since all the familiar ones in here are disconnected) so I have to complain and wait for the guys on the maintenance contract to come out.

So, when it gets up above 80° again, which I expect will happen before noon, I'll send another email and possibly be putting on a sweater again tomorrow.

Knowing how gubbinments work I don't expect a quick resolution. Or any.

We only just dipped below 80 last night. There's another possibility of severe weather this afternoon and evening (Austin is at level 2 this time), unfortunately too late in the day to put off the landscapers who ruin my afternoon nap every Wednesday.

Heat index: 104

Yesterday 75/94 (20% chance of rain) (actual: 77/95, no rain)
Today 77/92 (30% chance of rain)
Thursday 75/93 (20% chance of rain)
Friday 77/97 (20% chance of rain)
Saturday 76/98 (20% chance of rain)
Sunday 77/99 (10% chance of rain)
Monday 75/100 (20% chance of rain)
Tuesday 71/92 (20% chance of rain)

Yesterday's departure from the historical daily average: +8
Average min/max for today's date: 69/89
Record high temperature for today: 98 (1939)
Record low temperature for today: 54 (2001)

And another chance of severe weather this afternoon and evening after once again it stayed to our north yesterday, but very far north.

Heat index: 102

Yesterday 77/92 (30% chance of rain) (actual: 78/94, trace of rain)
Today 75/93 (20% chance of rain)
Friday 76/95 (20% chance of rain)
Saturday 76/98 (10% chance of rain)
Sunday 77/98 (10% chance of rain)
Monday 73/97 (20% chance of rain)
Tuesday 72/93 (20% chance of rain)
Wednesday 72/91 (40% chance of rain)

Yesterday's departure from the historical daily average: +8
Average min/max for today's date: 69/89
Record high temperature for today: 100 (2008)
Record low temperature for today: 50 (1913)

Heat index: 100

Yesterday 75/93 (20% chance of rain) (actual: 78/93, no rain)
Today 76/95 (20% chance of rain)
Saturday 77/98 (10% chance of rain)
Sunday 77/98 (20% chance of rain)
Monday 76/99 (40% chance of rain)
Tuesday 73/94 (20% chance of rain)
Wednesday 71/89 (40% chance of rain)
Thursday 73/86 (50% chance of rain)

Yesterday's departure from the historical daily average: +7
Average min/max for today's date: 69/89
Record high temperature for today: 104 (1925)
Record low temperature for today: 50 (1913)

No h2g2 this morning.

Heat index: 107

Yesterday 76/95 (20% chance of rain) (actual: 77/96, no rain)
Today 77/98 (10% chance of rain)
Sunday 77/99 (10% chance of rain)
Monday 76/100 (20% chance of rain)
Tuesday 75/94 (30% chance of rain)
Wednesday 72/92 (40% chance of rain)
Thursday 74/92 (40% chance of rain)
Friday 74/92 (40% chance of rain)

Yesterday's departure from the historical daily average: +8
Average min/max for today's date: 69/89
Record high temperature for today: 100 (2011)
Record low temperature for today: 49 (1913)

For the past three or four days the temperature in my apartment when I get up at 5am has been above 80, as if its July or August. It's May.

Heat index: 108

Yesterday 77/98 (10% chance of rain) (actual: 79/99, no rain)
Today 77/99 (10% chance of rain)
Monday 78/98 (20% chance of rain)
Tuesday 73/95 (30% chance of rain)
Wednesday 70/86 (50% chance of rain)
Thursday 73/89 (50% chance of rain)
Friday 75/91 (50% chance of rain)
Saturday 75/89 (50% chance of rain)

Yesterday's departure from the historical daily average: +10
Average min/max for today's date: 70/90
Record high temperature for today: 99 (2018)
Record low temperature for today: 47 (1913)

Heat index: 107

Yesterday 77/99 (10% chance of rain) (actual: 78/96, no rain)
Today 78/98 (20% chance of rain)
Tuesday 75/93 (20% chance of rain)
Wednesday 69/89 (40% chance of rain)
Thursday 73/87 (50% chance of rain)
Friday 75/85 (50% chance of rain)
Saturday 74/89 (60% chance of rain)
Sunday 74/90 (50% chance of rain)

Yesterday's departure from the historical daily average: +7
Average min/max for today's date: 70/90
Record high temperature for today: 100 (2011)
Record low temperature for today: 45 (1901)

There's another level 3 forecast for severe weather later here today http://x.com/TravisCOSW/status/1795425937665958139/photo/2 , expected to arrive around 10pm http://x.com/TravisCOSW/status/1795425937665958139/photo/3

As I'm writing this at just after 7am the Dallas/Fort Worth area is getting hit with severe storms and one tornado warning that I can see http://x.com/TravisCOSW/status/1795413305747775842

Heat index: 109

Yesterday 78/98 (20% chance of rain) (actual: 79/99, no rain)
Today 75/93 (20% chance of rain)
Wednesday 70/86 (40% chance of rain)
Thursday 74/87 (50% chance of rain)
Friday 71/87 (60% chance of rain)
Saturday 73/86 (50% chance of rain)
Sunday 75/89 (60% chance of rain)
Monday 76/63 (30% chance of rain)

Yesterday's departure from the historical daily average: +9
Average min/max for today's date: 70/90
Record high temperature for today: 100 (2011)
Record low temperature for today: 47 (1901)

I have a cousin who is driving back home to the Fort Worth area from here. Hopefully it will pass through before she gets there.

Fingers crossed.

The area covered by level 3 has been extended to almost all of the NWS San Antonio/Austin region.
http://x.com/NWSSanAntonio/status/1795448201937617030

This is changing by the hour!
http://x.com/TravisCOSW/status/1795505059104526581

Thunderstorms just moved past here. I work in a windowless room, but I heard some rumbling.

I saw those on the radar BG. There was a severe thunderstorm warning not far south of Bacliff and I wondered about your poor frightened Hope your cousin made it safely too.

We (finally) got some storms soon after midnight which I managed to sleep through somehow. They amounted to not much rain but Camp Mabry recorded a 57mph gust, and there were gusts not far to the north of here in the 60mph+ range. The best part of yesterday's weather though was the outflow boundary associated with the Dallas storms as the headed towards Houston that passed through Austin late morning, dropping the temperature from 85 to 79 and the RH from 70% to 58% at the same time, bringing the heat index down from 93 to 81 It didn't half shake the tree outside my window.

And now we have a few days of below average temperatures With high chances of rain for my work week

Heat index: 93

Yesterday 75/93 (20% chance of rain) (actual: 71/87, 0.23" rain)
Today 70/86 (40% chance of rain)
Thursday 74/87 (50% chance of rain)
Friday 73/88 (60% chance of rain)
Saturday 72/85 (50% chance of rain)
Sunday 74/89 (60% chance of rain)
Monday 77/93 (50% chance of rain)
Tuesday 77/94 (20% chance of rain)

Yesterday's departure from the historical daily average: -1
Average min/max for today's date: 70/90
Record high temperature for today: 99 (1927)
Record low temperature for today: 52 (1947)

Unbeknownst to me, we had hail here on-site at JSC while I was at work yesterday. From images I saw on social media, the largest appeared to be the size of Spanish Queen olives. I gave my car a cursory check yesterday evening and didn't immediately notice any dings.
My cousin did make it home in good time (5.5 hours, it would probably take me 6-6.5 as she drives rather more rapidly that I do.)

One thing I really do not like about severe weather is how it ruins the evening TV news. A good thunderstorm and some downed trees and it's like nothing at all happened anywhere that day other than the storm. Reporters standing around in puddles and ditches to show how much flooding occurred, interviewing people in sweatpants and white T-shirts about how windy and wet it was, or if they're lucky, the interview finds someone who's house was demolished by a fallen tree through the roof and they can get someone to cry on camera.

The next round of storms is being predicted... yep, overnight again Friday into Saturday. Mind you, out of all the times in the past few weeks we've had a level 2 or 3 prediction of severe weather it's almost entirely avoided us. Yeah, I know that 'chance' and 'probability' mean it might or not happen, but sooner or later, given enough 'chances', it ought to.

Heat index: 95

Yesterday 70/86 (40% chance of rain) (actual: 70/93, 0.02" rain)
Today 74/87 (50% chance of rain)
Friday 72/89 (50% chance of rain)
Saturday 74/90 (40% chance of rain)
Sunday 74/92 (50% chance of rain)
Monday 77/94 (50% chance of rain)
Tuesday 77/96 (20% chance of rain)
Wednesday 77/96 (10% chance of rain)

Yesterday's departure from the historical daily average: +2
Average min/max for today's date: 70/91
Record high temperature for today: 101 (2003)
Record low temperature for today: 56 (1992, 1984)