The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for much of California beginning Friday at noon and extending into Monday night. Forecasters are predicting dangerous triple-digit highs and warm overnight lows for much of the state’s inland regions.
Nice flat-black asphalt.
And rather shoddy construction.
Presumably the refurbished sign grabs data off the free weather.gov website. That's how I'd do it anyway.
Next it will start spalling from overheat.
I think your calculation is incorrect. I get 337A. Please show your work.
Modern experts are disputing that old record in Death Valley, saying it was in error.
Our next-door neighbor, the Bulgarian woman, is sitting on her deck sipping coffee, dressed in jeans and a parka.
I'm so old I've entered my second childhood. You lost on this one, too.
And you're welcome.
Oh, that's a good one. And so true.
Go north.
You're talking about one tiny little part of a larger region that is experiencing very serious heat conditions.
It's moderate along the coast, on the west side of California, and in the mountains to the east. It's *cold* at night in both places. The flat central valley gets hot. It has been radically altered by human activity in the past couple of hundred years, so comparing temperature records is tricky.
Relax. Design something.
There are better sources of weather data. Most of the US services get their current weather information from NCDC/NOAA:
Once the various services have the current data, they can get forecasts from ECMWF, GFS, NAM, ICON, HRRR, etc. Once they have the numbers, they produce a weather guess and presentation web site:
However, the forecast accuracy vary with location and algorithm:
Incidentally, the Baker CA 134ft thermometer is currently cooking at
116F (87C).If computers, sensors, algorithms, and models all fail, there's always The Old Farmer's Almanac:
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