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

Yesterday was Houston's first scorchio of the year.

Just remember, our humidity is currently 86% pushing our high 90°s temps to feel like high 100°s and low 110°s. Evaporation doesn't happen so you end up drenched within minutes of stepping outside. It almost feels like the air is sweating on you.

I know, I've heard about the Houston humidity. Ours is a little lower, but it usually adds a few extra degrees, like yesterday, when 105/106 became 109 feels-like. It can also decrease the heat index, as it did on Saturday - air temperature: 106, relative humidity: 19%, heat index: 105. And this weekend was pretty uncomfortable at work. When I left work on both days, but particularly on Saturday, I was as fatigued as I can remember for a very long time. Although we have no a/c (except in the office, break room and khazi) we have big floor fans, like domestic box fans but much bigger and far more powerful. At this time of the year though they don't do much good after about 2pm. You stand in front of them, even when covered in sweat, and you might as well be standing in front of a politician because all you get is hot air blowing over you.

And the a/c here at home went on before 7am today (it's my weekend).

Scorchio number 27 (13th consecutive). Another record-breaking one. The temperatures for later in the week are increasing and the storm chances are going down

Yesterday 101/77 (20% chance of rain) (actual: 106/79)
Today 99/75 (10% chance of rain)
Tuesday 99/75
Wednesday 95/75 (30% chance of storms)
Thursday 97/75 (30% chance of storms)
Friday 97/76 (30% chance of storms)
Saturday 96/75 (40% chance of storms)
Sunday 95/74 (30% chance of storms)

Average for this time of the year: 97/75
Record high temperature for yesterday: 104 (1957)
Record high temperature for today: 106 (1923)

No scorchio! But only by one degree so it may as well have been.

"We've just closed out our 3rd warmest July in Austin history! So far, 2017 is the warmest year on record, beating out the previous top spot by a full degree."

Yesterday 99/75 (10% chance of rain) (actual: 99/77, no rain)
Today 99/75
Wednesday 93/76 (40% chance of storms)
Thursday 97/74 (20% chance of rain)
Friday 97/75 (30% chance of storms)
Saturday 96/75 (30% chance of storms)
Sunday 97/77 (30% chance of storms)
Monday 94/76 (30% chance of storms)

Average for this time of the year: 97/75
Record high temperature for yesterday: 106 (1923)
Record high temperature for today: 107 (2011)

Scorchio number 28.

Yesterday 99/75 (actual: 100/75)
Today 93/76 (40% chance of storms)
Thursday 95/74 (20% chance of rain)
Friday 97/76 (20% chance of rain)
Saturday 98/77 (30% chance of storms)
Sunday 97/77 (30% chance of storms)
Monday 93/76 (30% chance of storms)
Tuesday 95/75 (30% chance of rain)

Average for this time of the year: 97/75
Record high temperature for yesterday: 107 (2011)
Record high temperature for today: 107 °F (2011)

And incidentally...
Record high temperature for tomorrow: 107 °F (2011)

Rain.

There were a few spots here about an hour ago, and a good-looking band of it approaching from the northwest which...

Fizzled out as it reached Austin city limits

Here's the NWS overview:
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Showers are developing early this morning near the coast, and a band of showers and thunderstorms located from near Waco to Palestine is slowly shifting southeast. These two areas of showers and thunderstorms will merge and expand over central portions of southeast Texas, including the Houston area, from mid morning into the mid afternoon. Given that the ground is not saturated, widespread flooding concerns are not anticipated. However, urban areas could see impacts from heavy rainfall. One inch rainfall amounts will be common today, with isolated areas possibly seeing 3 to 5 inches of rainfall. Shower and thunderstorm coverage is expected to decrease during the early evening hours.

Confidence is high that locally heavy rainfall will occur today and this threat appears to be across all of southeast Texas.

Here in Sarf Nodnol, it is P'ing down at the moment,
Nice bright start this morning but rapidly clouded over and has been showers ever since.
Also wind squalls with the showers, enough to move shop signs on the pavement about. Wind mostly from the South so reasonably warm about 65F / 18C
[BB]

Still no rain here but it's starting to look like we might not break 90° today

Oh my, look at that temperature yesterday. More than 10° below average

Yesterday 93/76 (40% chance of storms) (actual: 87/80, no rain)
Today 95/74 (20% chance of rain)
Friday 96/74 (30% chance of rain)
Saturday 97/76 (30% chance of rain)
Sunday 99/77 (20% chance of rain)
Monday 96/78 (30% chance of storms)
Tuesday 96/77 (20% chance of rain)
Wednesday 98/78 (20% chance of rain)

Average for this time of the year: 98/75
Record high temperature for yesterday: 107 (2011)
Record high temperature for today: 107 (2011)

So much for the prolonged period of storms and cool temperatures that was being forecast a week ago And 2011 is filling the record temperature list.

Yesterday 95/74 (20% chance of rain) (actual: 95/75, no rain)
Today 96/74 (30% chance of rain)
Saturday 97/76 (20% chance of rain)
Sunday 99/77 (20% chance of rain)
Monday 94/77 (40% chance of storms)
Tuesday 93/77 (40% chance of storms)
Wednesday 96/77 (30% chance of rain)
Thursday 97/76 (20% chance of rain)

Average for this time of the year: 98/75
Record high temperature for yesterday: 107 (2011)
Record high temperature for today: 107 (2011)

Edinburgh
WET 16C about 62F

Sounds delightful.

Another almost but not quite scorchio. And no rain.

Yesterday 96/74 (30% chance of rain) (actual: 99/76, no rain)
Today 97/76 (20% chance of rain)
Sunday 97/78 (60% chance of rain)
Monday 94/77 (50% chance of storms)
Tuesday 92/76 (40% chance of storms)
Wednesday 95/75 (30% chance of storms)
Thursday 97/75 (20% chance of rain)
Friday 98/76 (20% chance of rain)

Average for this time of the year: 98/75
Record high temperature for yesterday: 107 (2011)
Record high temperature for today: 106 (2011)

We're getting small, but heavy pop-up showers here. We got more rain yesterday than we got in all of July; an inch and a quarter.

The toads sound happy.

Scorchio number 29.

Yesterday 97/76 (20% chance of rain) (actual: 102/77, no rain)
Today 97/78 (60% chance of rain)
Monday 92/79 (60% chance of storms)
Tuesday 91/75 (60% chance of storms)
Wednesday 93/75 (50% chance of storms)
Thursday 97/75 (40% chance of storms)
Friday 98/77 (20% chance of rain)
Saturday 98/78 (10% chance of rain)

Average for this time of the year: 98/75
Record high temperature for yesterday: 106 (2011)
Record high temperature for today: 105 (1923)

Edinburgh...
First thing this morning it was 10C / 50F outside, and the heating had kicked in at the place I'm staying.
Now 16C mostly clear but occasional showers.

I wish I was in Edinburgh.