Every few years, it seems, we get the sort of summer we've been having this year: Not exceptionally warm through most of June, July and August--until a heat wave comes right around Labor Day.
Officially, today wasn't part of a "heat wave". But tomorrow is supposed to be the beginning of one. Today, the temperature reached 33C and the air grew more humid: a marked contrast to the dry, almost crisp conditions we'd had for a few days.
I went for a ride anyway, out to the middle of Long Island and back. I sweated, but no more than I have on other rides, and I wasn't really tired after 120 km. But tomorrow will be toasty, the forecasters say: about 35C. And the two days after that will be hotter, and more humid.
I'll be working, so I'll probably ride late in the day, or the evening, when--at least in theory--it should be a touch cooler, if not less humid.
Even if I hadn't heard the forecast, I think I would have known the heat wave was coming. I believe I saw it in the slightly reddish hue of the full moon that loomed over the Amtrak trestle that transverses Randall's Island when I was riding home last night:
Officially, today wasn't part of a "heat wave". But tomorrow is supposed to be the beginning of one. Today, the temperature reached 33C and the air grew more humid: a marked contrast to the dry, almost crisp conditions we'd had for a few days.
I went for a ride anyway, out to the middle of Long Island and back. I sweated, but no more than I have on other rides, and I wasn't really tired after 120 km. But tomorrow will be toasty, the forecasters say: about 35C. And the two days after that will be hotter, and more humid.
I'll be working, so I'll probably ride late in the day, or the evening, when--at least in theory--it should be a touch cooler, if not less humid.
Even if I hadn't heard the forecast, I think I would have known the heat wave was coming. I believe I saw it in the slightly reddish hue of the full moon that loomed over the Amtrak trestle that transverses Randall's Island when I was riding home last night:
Hmm, hot is over 40C. By about 43, things dry out pretty quickly. I think the hottest I rode in Dallas was 44. It rarely gets over 20 in Ocean Shores.
ReplyDeleteSteve--The forecasts are saying we might reach 40 before the weekend. For us, that's heat!
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