DWG: WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
DEADLY HEAT will come to an End on Late Monday
No mincing words: This is DEADLY HEAT on Sunday. Listen, you can do things outside but be smart about it. And if you are going out, in, and out of cars, PLEASE do not leave your child, or pet in there for any reason. Even if it’s for a “few minutes”. In under five minutes, a person or pet could die. It’s really that bad if someone does that and it’s just wrong.
Yet, I did go out cycling this morning, but the dew points were under 70 degrees and the air temperature was 84 degrees. Not that terrible. If you are going to “workout” today please do it later tonight. Much smarter and have plenty of water.
WEEKLY PLANNER OUTLOOK
The weather this week will be much tamer than this past week. The comfort level will be better with temperatures more “seasonable” and the dew points within reason (<70F). A storm late Monday will break the heat wave, but won’t exactly bring with it “cooler” air. It will just break the long stretch we just have come through.
HEATING AND COOLING DAYS(LINK..Click the heading title)
Here is a weather stat that YOU can actually use for your energy costs in your house. Heating and cooling days are a measure of how hot/cold it has been over a 24-hour period.
Why should I care? Knowing the number you can “guage” truly how much energy you need to cool/heat your house.
How is it Calculated: You can calculate it very easily. The standard mean temperature that we do NOT have to use heating or cooling devices is 65 degrees. So, any days above, or below that number you get a number that represents how much above/below the mean is.
For example, today’s air temperature is going to be at least 97 degrees. Take 97+65=162. Take the 162 and divide that into 2. You get 81 degrees. So, the cooling temperature is 16 degrees above the mean. That’s the minimum temperature your house needs to stay “Cool”.
Anything more than 10 degrees above the mean pretty much tells you that you are going to use A LOT of energy on cooling. So, today amounts to 16 Cooling days which is pretty high and from there you can assess the cooling measures you can use to keep your house comfortable.
