You schlongs don't forget to hose down your ac units. Rain usually washes them for us.

Milwaukees Best Light said:

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You schlongs don't forget to hose down your ac units. Rain usually washes them for us.

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How much bleach should I use?

maroon barchetta said:

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Milwaukees Best Light said:

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You schlongs don't forget to hose down your ac units. Rain usually washes them for us.

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How much bleach should I use?

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The more the better. You want the biggest hole in the aluminum you can make so you can pull in more fresh air.

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maroon barchetta said:

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Milwaukees Best Light said:

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You schlongs don't forget to hose down your ac units. Rain usually washes them for us.

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How much bleach should I use?

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The more the better. You want the biggest hole in the aluminum you can make so you can pull in more fresh air.

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Science!!

Morning update: https://theeyewall.com/

Rain totals for next week not looking as promising but should still get something.

40 years ago today, Hurricane Alicia

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Alicia was the first hurricane to make landfall on the United States since Hurricane Allen struck South Texas in August 1980 over three years prior, ending the longest period of the twentieth century without a landfalling hurricane on the U.S. coast.

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Ag_07 said:

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Yeah...Who apparently can't handle a little Houston August heat.

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Well, the August heat started in early June this year, but fair point, I never said I was still a gangster.

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40 years ago today, Hurricane Alicia

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Alicia was the first hurricane to make landfall on the United States since Hurricane Allen struck South Texas in August 1980 over three years prior, ending the longest period of the twentieth century without a landfalling hurricane on the U.S. coast.

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Sat outside with my brother, mom and dad, aunt and uncle and cousins, and Jim Goode at the Goode Co. location on Kirby and watched the first winds blow in.

We rode out the storm at my uncle's house near Rice University. My mom and Jim Goode grew up on the same street and used to play together as little kids.

It was hard to get down any streets over there after the storm. Those big beautiful trees shed a lot of big limbs that night.

First big storm I remember going through. I left for college the next week but returned on weekends to help with removing carpet and sheet rock.

we "evacuated" from Dickinson to Missouri City and stayed with my grandparents. I just remember seeing sheets of rain coming down and the little tree in their front yard bent 90-degrees in the wind. My parents were worried about tornadoes but luckily nothing happened to our house. Couple of leaks but nothing major.

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The thing I remember about Alicia was going outside when the eye was overhead. So calm, right in the middle of the storm.

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That was like 2am for us.

I think % of relative humidity is more relevant number. The dew point is the temperature at which the temperature needs to be to reach 100% humidity (often meaning rain). Like the cold glass of water sweating, if you cool hot air, it causes the water to the air to condense. Hot air can hold more moisture than cold air, so all else equal, the relative humidity of hot air is less than cold air (for all of those with oversized HVACs, this is why your house feels humid when it cools down too fast without sucking the water out through the coil).

All that to say, a 50 degree dew point isn't going to feel dry and chapstick-y when it's 50 degrees ambient outside. I'd take 76 dew point and 104 degrees ambient over 95% humidity and 90 degree ambient any day.

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I think % of relative humidity is more relevant number. The dew point is the temperature at which the temperature needs to be to reach 100% humidity (often meaning rain). Like the cold glass of water sweating, if you cool hot air, it causes the water to the air to condense. Hot air can hold more moisture than cold air, so all else equal, the relative humidity of hot air is less than cold air (for all of those with oversized HVACs, this is why your house feels humid when it cools down too fast without sucking the water out through the coil).

All that to say, a 50 degree dew point isn't going to feel dry and chapstick-y when it's 50 degrees ambient outside. I'd take 76 dew point and 104 degrees ambient over 95% humidity and 90 degree ambient any day.

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I agree with you on that last point but aren't we both simply saying that we prefer a dew point of 76 over a dew point of 88?

With relative humidity it's really contingent on temperature.

Take a place like San Diego where RH is often 60-70% but the weather feels perfect because dew point is mid-50s.

Relative humidity can be 70% and it can feel great outside or it can feel miserable. With a dew point of 58 it's always going to feel great.

I can't find Eric's post about it on SCW but his point was that dew point is the quickest one number you can reference to understand how nice it feels outside, and I've found that to definitely be the case. YMMV though.

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Relative humidity can be 70% and it can feel great outside or it can feel miserable. With a dew point of 58 it's always going to feel great.

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If the dew point is 58 and it is 58 degrees outside, its going to feel like a foggy/rainy/cold day in Seattle (miserable). But I agree, dew point can be a good indicator..

By the way, it looks like Hilary is a going to be a rare California hurricane.

Alicia took the roof off of our house. Interior had to be about 80% gutted and rebuilt in addition to replacing the roof. PTSD kicks in every hurricane season whenever a storm threatens the gulf.

I was born 2 days after alicia came through, due to the pressure changes the storm caused.

I was at my grandparents house on bluebonnet in braes heights area during Alicia. I distinctly remember their huge nature pecan tree swaying from side to side. It was scary and awesome.

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40 years ago today, Hurricane Alicia

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Alicia was the first hurricane to make landfall on the United States since Hurricane Allen struck South Texas in August 1980 over three years prior, ending the longest period of the twentieth century without a landfalling hurricane on the U.S. coast.

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I remember one of my colleagues here in Houston spent the entire night and early morning in his closet in his apartment complex. He was from somewhere in the northeast.

Your not an OG until you start talking about Storms. Yall are old!

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Your not an OG until you start talking about Storms. Yall are old!

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Show some respect sonny!

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Maybe it is the breeze and the shade, but at my house it is freaking awesome out. I was floored when I walked out this morning

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It was the dew point.

That's the one practical takeaway I've gotten from SCW. Dew point dictates how it feels outside.

90 degree day will feel crisp and amazing if there's a 55 degree dew point

76 degree day will feel oppressive and uncomfortable with a 70 degree dew point

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It's 102 with 40% humidity outside. The only thing crisp is my yard. It feels amazingly ****ing hot. (Yea I realize humidity and dew point are not the same)

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Serotonin said:

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Sea Speed said:

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Maybe it is the breeze and the shade, but at my house it is freaking awesome out. I was floored when I walked out this morning

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It was the dew point.

That's the one practical takeaway I've gotten from SCW. Dew point dictates how it feels outside.

90 degree day will feel crisp and amazing if there's a 55 degree dew point

76 degree day will feel oppressive and uncomfortable with a 70 degree dew point

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It's 102 with 40% humidity outside. The only thing crisp is my yard. It feels amazingly ****ing hot. (Yea I realize humidity and dew point are not the same)

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Yeah, today dewpoint is 71, definitely in uncomfortable zone.

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I was born 2 days after alicia came through, due to the pressure changes the storm caused.

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I don't think people get pregnant from pressure changes.

I had a Dr Pepper the day before Alicia hit.

oh, it's August alright! pic.twitter.com/2ssZRDaThT

— Weather Geeks (@WeatherGeeks) August 17, 2023

This would happen with this POTATUS in office…