# the weather report **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 6, 2001, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-report/75091 "2001-08-06T08:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Paul\_The\_Younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paul\_The\_Younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_The_Younger)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-report/75091/21 "2001-08-07T13:39:50Z")
BTW, for us metrically-challenged _Amereecains_, just do what we always did growing up – double-it-and-add-thirty. [sup]If ya’ wanna get technical, the formula is – (C + 32) x 9/5 = F[/sup] Paul The Half Canuck ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_The\_Younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paul\_The\_Younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_The_Younger)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-report/75091/22 "2001-08-07T13:44:00Z")
That’s why we double-it-and-add-thirty; the stupid formula is too hard to remember when you’re out there camping, fishing and trying to relax. The formula _really_ is – (C x 9/5) + 32 = F ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-report/75091/23 "2001-08-07T13:54:59Z")
Hurricane Barry is now Big Scattered Bands Of Drizzly Rain Barry. It’s raining here, but I have no idea where I am right now. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-report/75091/24 "2001-08-07T13:57:03Z")
1. Take the goofy little temperature. 2. Double it. 3. Subtract 1/10 of that. (Make the “tens” “ones” and subtract.) 4. Add this into the temperature. 5. Add 32 You get the real temperature. What could be simpler? Saying “screw it” and just deal with the heat. -Rue. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-report/75091/25 "2001-08-07T13:58:49Z")
No matter what he is, Barry is stupid. I hate Barry. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-report/75091/26 "2001-08-07T17:58:05Z")
Its been 90 here for about 3 weeks. In 6 weeks, we’ve only had one day of rain, and it lasted only an hour. ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-report/75091/27 "2001-08-07T18:05:39Z")
It’s hot as balls here in Boston. 93 yesterday, 94ish today, and low to mid 90s tomorrow and thursday. And humid as hell, too. Uggh. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-report/75091/28 "2001-08-07T18:09:43Z")
The sky is a giant wool blanket. The dewpoint is almost as high as the temperature itself. The heat index has been between 100 and 110°F since the beginning of last week. According to the Weather Channel (accuracy at its best…) humidity is hovering just under 50%. There’s a breeze travelling at 8mph from the south. It’s not helping. It’s disgusting out there. Scattered T-Storms in the forecast for Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![labradorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@labradorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/labradorian)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-report/75091/29 "2001-08-07T18:11:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rue DeDay \* > \*\*1) Take the goofy little temperature. > 2) Double it. > 3) Subtract 1/10 of that. (Make the “tens” “ones” and subtract.) > 4) Add this into the temperature. > 5) Add 32 > > You get the real temperature. What could be simpler? Saying “screw it” and just deal with the heat. > -Rue. \*\* Hey, it’s youse guyse south of the border that persist in using that illogical Fahrenheit system. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-report/75091/30 "2001-08-07T18:27:51Z")
Yeah, Fahrenheit sucks pretty hard. I wish we Americans would just ditch customary. It’s pretty silly when not even most Americans can tell you exactly how many units are in what unit of measure. For the record, in SW Michigan, we’ve had heat indexes in the 100’s (\>35 for your furners) for weeks now. My a/c has been running so long the mailman has to carry my electric bill in with a forklift. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-report/75091/31 "2001-08-07T18:31:58Z")
It’s 95 fucking degrees. Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-report/75091/32 "2001-08-07T18:41:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > \*\*Same in my part of Florida - say, **TroubleAgain** , how close is your part of FL to the northeast corner?? Anyway, it’s s’posed to be mid-80s today, chance of rain later, but I’m still seeing sun for now. Typical rain pattern is for me to be caught in a downpour halfway between my building and my car with no place to go… \*\* FCM–I’m in Lakeland, which is about half-way between Orlando and Tampa on I-4. Yesterday, I left work with sprinkles going on, and before I got a third of the way home, I hit a _wall_ of rain. 30-45 miles per hour the whole rest of the way home, hanging on to the steering wheel for dear life, hoping not to float or be blown off the road… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-report/75091/33 "2001-08-08T09:47:00Z")
holy heat wave, batman. 82 in philly at 5:30 in the am. the kitties will be very, very, floppy today. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-report/75091/34 "2001-08-08T10:22:46Z")
\*\* Do not under any circumstances sit on vinyl with any amount of skin showing. This I learned painfully over and over again as I young kid in a hot car with shorts on, yeouch! \*\* All fellow humans and pets must stay at least 10 feet away from your person. My long-haired cat is failing to learn this and risks being shut up in the bathroom for the night. \*\* Take yours clothes and toss them in the freezer for about 10 or 15 minutes, sheets too. Then take them out and put them on right away, it’s an amazing feeling for a couple of seconds, ahhhh. I know I wont get much sympathy but we’ve got some 89F, 31C and 66% humidity which is survivable except that I have a western facing apartment and the sun just bakes it from 3pm to 7pm. _wheeze_ and I have no fan no AC now I’m gonna go fall asleep in the bathtub. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-report/75091/35 "2001-08-08T13:09:30Z")
Yesterday we hit a new record here (Montréal), 35C, \ oh joy, oh bliss,/monotone voice\> and more of the same is expected today with potentially rain on Friday (actually thunderstorms). Can’t wait 'til Friday. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-report/75091/36 "2001-08-08T14:17:05Z")
The weather forecast predicts 98 degrees Fahrenheit (36.7 degrees Celsius) for this afternoon in Kalamazoo, MI. That’s not counting the heat index, which will probably go up to around 110 or so. I want to die. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-report/75091/37 "2001-08-08T22:11:55Z")
Its still 92 here. They say it will end Friday when it becomes 82 for the high. Yay! if they’re right… ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-report/75091/38 "2001-08-08T22:21:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Yesterday, I left work with sprinkles going on, and before I got a third of the way home, I hit a _wall_ of rain. 30-45 miles per hour the whole rest of the way home, hanging on to the steering wheel for dear life, hoping not to float or be blown off the road… :eek: \*\* Tell me about it. Once a week or so I’ll get caught on I-75 between Ocala and Gainesville. The only thing to do is put on your flashers, get behind a dark SUV that’s doing the same thing, and hope the fools going full tilt don’t rearend you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-report/75091.md?page=1)