The Ongoing Super Mega Weather Thread v3

[Ducay]

mmmmmmm another heat warning just in time for the long weekend

You love to see

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Ducay

mmmmmmm another heat warning just in time for the long weekend

You love to see

Has Environment Canada lowered the bar for heat warnings? It seems like they are issuing more warnings now for weather that is not as severe. Two days of 29 highs and they release a heat warning?

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

Has Environment Canada lowered the bar for heat warnings? It seems like they are issuing more warnings now for weather that is not as severe. Two days of 29 highs and they release a heat warning?

Yeah, I'm so pissed at how anything other than room temperature gets a warning these days. It's ridiculous.

[btimbit]

I think it's a daily high that stays over 30 + a low that stays over 15, or something like that

[undercoverbrother]

Bring on the heat!

[Mr.Coffee]

the other ridiculous thing about the heat warning is that somehow, some way, billions of other people world wide live on a daily basis in conditions well in excess of 29 degrees.

I am sure we can all do it. Muster your strength, comrades.

How weak are we as a society?

[BlackArcher101]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

Has Environment Canada lowered the bar for heat warnings? It seems like they are issuing more warnings now for weather that is not as severe. Two days of 29 highs and they release a heat warning?

All warning criteria can be found here.

https://www.canada.ca/en/environment...ia-alerts.html

[Mr.Coffee]

Thanks for posting that. Those seem like insanely low temperature thresholds to warn people about though.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

How weak are we as a society?

It's the same as those "extreme cold warnings" or "snowfall warnings" in Texas or SoCal whenever there's any possibility of things dipping below freezing.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

This level of heat is pretty ideal. You can still do things, feasibly... Although even at this level the shade is nice.

Yeah you can still do things outside like golf, walking, hiking etc but it's a matter of knowing your limits and staying hydrated. I found out the hard way a few weeks back that I'm not in proper condition to play tennis in 29 degree heat. After 30 minutes I could tell my body wasn't happy about the situation. That said the more I have played in the heat this summer the easier it gets every time.

[CliffFletcher]

Daily highs of 24 to 28 with a light shower of rain every 2-3 days is pretty ideal.

[you&me]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

Daily highs of 24 to 28 with a light shower of rain every 2-3 days is pretty ideal.

I'd like it if the forecast rain actually materialized. Going back two weeks, I think there were 4-5 days showing at least a 60% chance of rain... I think we received a grand total of about 15 minutes, one day.

Like a sucker, I relied on the forecast and held back on watering my lawn, but I'm done with that...

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by BlackArcher101

All warning criteria can be found here.

https://www.canada.ca/en/environment...ia-alerts.html

Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

Thanks for posting that. Those seem like insanely low temperature thresholds to warn people about though.

After doing a bit of digging it does appear that Environment Canada made changes to the system in 2018. It was previously a nationwide standard with the exception of BC. Apparently Ontario had been doing a trial of the system since 2015 and it was rolled out in 2018 which broke out the country into different regions and criteria. That explains why there are more warnings now then previously (prior to 2018.)

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by you&me

I'd like it if the forecast rain actually materialized. Going back two weeks, I think there were 4-5 days showing at least a 60% chance of rain... I think we received a grand total of about 15 minutes, one day.

Like a sucker, I relied on the forecast and held back on watering my lawn, but I'm done with that...

Yeah, I pretty much ignore weather forecasts and water my lawn when it needs it.

[Hockeyguy15]

That is a large storm on the radar.

[surferguy]

Just came here to comment on that. That might be the biggest storm I’ve ever seen on the radar!

[surferguy]

Double post

[Acey]

We're about to get demolished.

[Joborule]

Rip.

[djsFlames]

Thought it was 9pm already.

Nope, just an apocalyptic-looking storm approaching.