Yes that works for 10ºC = 50ºF. The further you stray from there the less accurate it is.
For example -40ºC = -40ºF and the formula would give you -48ºF.
Same with 40ºC = 104ºF Formula says it's 112ºF
The accurate calculator method is ºC x 9/5 + 32 = ºF or the same thing written ºC x 1.8 + 32 = ºF
For example -40ºC = -40ºF and the formula would give you -48ºF.
Same with 40ºC = 104ºF Formula says it's 112ºF
The accurate calculator method is ºC x 9/5 + 32 = ºF or the same thing written ºC x 1.8 + 32 = ºF
Still no sign of rain in the forecast. Heat is not stifling but it's going back above 30º later this week.
There was an interesting long report in the NYTimes today regarding the torrential rains and flooding in China. Obviously the issues are profound, exacerbated by the rapid buildup of the cities and paving over millions of acres of farmland. In an attempt to mitigate this vast areas are being returned to "greenspace" but doubts persist with regard to the efficacy of these attempts.
The protracted dry spell here will be no doubt reeking havoc with agricultural crops over the next few months, if not years. Where I’m located on southern Vancouver Island, we’re still in OK shape for now for domestic supplies thanks to the Sooke reservoir, but I think it’s now been 6 weeks or so since measurable precipitation has hit the ground. Not so sure about folks relying on underground aquifers.
When wildfires are intense and long lived enough to create their own weather, something’s not normal. What’s next sharknadoes?
By the time you get to -40 do you really care F or C. It's too damned cold !
I remember as a floppy haired youth being given a talk about the JET project. The presenter mentioned that the plasma temperature can hit 100 Million degrees. Some smart Alec 15 year old piped up 'centigrade or farenheit' and without breaking stride the presenter replied 'does it matter, you can't get your head around that high a temperature anyway' 🙂
One can only imagine of whom we are are speaking.
Not to worry Bill, I was among them, hence my grades.
Absolute torrential rain, winds so i got a grand total of one 110mm solvent weld pipe joint done when it wasn’t raining.
Bit cooler in the UK... August has come early... 🙄
Huge wet and windy anticyclone drifting across us. 3 days of horridness promised.
Ventusky - Wind, Rain and Temperature Maps
Biggest mistake you can make in the UK is go tenting in August. Especially in the West Country. Flash floods, Wind and Rain certain. Nothing dries and the soles fall off your boots. Drives people to the Pub, which might have other hazards these days. 🙁
Huge wet and windy anticyclone drifting across us. 3 days of horridness promised.
Ventusky - Wind, Rain and Temperature Maps
Biggest mistake you can make in the UK is go tenting in August. Especially in the West Country. Flash floods, Wind and Rain certain. Nothing dries and the soles fall off your boots. Drives people to the Pub, which might have other hazards these days. 🙁
NE has been cold and wet. 52F or lower the other night, and this morning, after torrential rains for half a day yesterday, water has come up in the lake we're visiting for a week. Dock is normally 6 inches (15cm) or so above the water. Top rung of the ladder is usually above water. I've never seen anything like this.
Edit: Yet we're still in drought conditions. Groundwater is still very low.
Edit: Yet we're still in drought conditions. Groundwater is still very low.
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If you live near to the sea have you seen changes in sea level? I am thinking back to 1950. One friend argues it's not happening. He sees it as a power grab. My only answer he seems happy with is he and I will be dead about the time it might cause trouble.
> If you live near to the sea have you seen changes in sea level?
Yes. You have to look a lot because the sea is tidal. But 40 years ago here the low tide went a lot further out, and the usual high tide did not lap at the roadway of the causeway.
Yes. You have to look a lot because the sea is tidal. But 40 years ago here the low tide went a lot further out, and the usual high tide did not lap at the roadway of the causeway.
Britain has very good records of floods going back hundreds of years. Looks like the 1950's were pretty wet: (from MacDonald and Sangster: High Magnitude Across Britain).
I also remember visiting Konarak on the Bengal Coast. The guide told us that it used to be much closer to the water!
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By who?
Already causing problems in certain parts of the world.
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The power grab "who" was exactly what I thought. It's an old friend who thinks this, he was quite unpleasent about it. As luck would have it he didn't seem to want to say who the "who" might be. I didn't want to go down that road.
Thank you for the answers. One graph I saw said 1 foot in sea level since 1900. That didn't seem right. The friend says that the Thames Barrier only gets used because the people working there must prove it's value. 90% of me says not true. 10% says he might be right.
Thank you for the answers. One graph I saw said 1 foot in sea level since 1900. That didn't seem right. The friend says that the Thames Barrier only gets used because the people working there must prove it's value. 90% of me says not true. 10% says he might be right.