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I moved to Maine to avoid this
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 06:13 amFrom the National Weather Service
Statement as of 2:35 AM EDT on September 02, 2010
... Heat advisory in effect from noon today to 6 PM EDT this
evening...
The National Weather Service in gray has issued a heat advisory...
which is in effect from noon today to 6 PM EDT this evening.
Temperatures will rise into the 90s across most of Maine and New
Hampshire this afternoon... with moderate to high humidity levels
helping to raise heat index values to near 100 degrees. A sea
breeze will likely cool temperatures down a bit near the coast
this afternoon... but inland locations will continue to see
temperatures rise into the mid to upper 90s this afternoon. The
high heat and humidity combined with the long duration of the
current heat wave will make conditions uncomfortable and
potentially dangerous especially in hot buildings without air
conditioning or proper ventilation.
A heat advisory means that a period of hot temperatures is
expected. The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity
will combine to create a situation in which heat illnesses are
possible. Drink plenty of fluids... stay in an air-conditioned
room... stay out of the sun... and check up on relatives and
neighbors.
...and also:
Statement as of 04:41 PM EDT on September 01, 2010
... Record high temperature set at Concord NH...
A record high temperature of 95 degrees was set at Concord NH today.
This breaks the old record of 93 set in 1953.
* * *
During the summer of 1988 -- the summer immediately preceding the autumn that we moved to Maine, we in the Baltimore region were burdened with more than two weeks where the temperature never went below 100F/38C. Steve and I were managing a storage facility at that point -- two acres of hot top laid down between rows of metal buildings. We would work the property before the sun was up, and took walks at 1 a.m. when the darkness gave the illusion of coolness. The office and our attached ranch house were, thank ghod air conditioned.
We came to Maine in October. I packed all my warmest clothes, Baltimore-style, into day luggage and Steve laughed at me.
Our first morning in Maine, we woke to a dusting of snow, and I knew I'd found home.
... Heat advisory in effect from noon today to 6 PM EDT this
evening...
The National Weather Service in gray has issued a heat advisory...
which is in effect from noon today to 6 PM EDT this evening.
Temperatures will rise into the 90s across most of Maine and New
Hampshire this afternoon... with moderate to high humidity levels
helping to raise heat index values to near 100 degrees. A sea
breeze will likely cool temperatures down a bit near the coast
this afternoon... but inland locations will continue to see
temperatures rise into the mid to upper 90s this afternoon. The
high heat and humidity combined with the long duration of the
current heat wave will make conditions uncomfortable and
potentially dangerous especially in hot buildings without air
conditioning or proper ventilation.
A heat advisory means that a period of hot temperatures is
expected. The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity
will combine to create a situation in which heat illnesses are
possible. Drink plenty of fluids... stay in an air-conditioned
room... stay out of the sun... and check up on relatives and
neighbors.
...and also:
Statement as of 04:41 PM EDT on September 01, 2010
... Record high temperature set at Concord NH...
A record high temperature of 95 degrees was set at Concord NH today.
This breaks the old record of 93 set in 1953.
During the summer of 1988 -- the summer immediately preceding the autumn that we moved to Maine, we in the Baltimore region were burdened with more than two weeks where the temperature never went below 100F/38C. Steve and I were managing a storage facility at that point -- two acres of hot top laid down between rows of metal buildings. We would work the property before the sun was up, and took walks at 1 a.m. when the darkness gave the illusion of coolness. The office and our attached ranch house were, thank ghod air conditioned.
We came to Maine in October. I packed all my warmest clothes, Baltimore-style, into day luggage and Steve laughed at me.
Our first morning in Maine, we woke to a dusting of snow, and I knew I'd found home.
