Why \"Swampeast MO\"

Mike T., Swampeast MO

Official readings here in Cape Girardeau in Swampeast (Southeast) Missouri:

temp: 89°; humidity 65%; dewpoint 76°

My weather station readings (temp/humidity sensor on North wall of house about 15' above grade):

temp: 95.9°; humidity 55%; dewpoint 77°

Official conditions in Panama City, Panama (canal):

temp: 88°; humidity 70°; dewpoint 77°

Dewpoint is a bit high here right now even by "normal" standards, but it's still common enough...

A couple minutes after posting it started to rain--fairly hard for a couple of minutes and still showering. Temp managed to drop--to 93.4° (on my weather station)!

Mark Hunt

Thanks Mike


I will remember you the next time it goes above 85 here in NY.

I guess I shouldn't complain eh?

Stay cool dude!

Mark H

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JB_2

temps

mike- how do you survive those attic jobs? even basements? 60 - 70 % humidity levels at those temps.god bless you man!I'll think of you up here in ct. next time i thinks its bad.p.s. how did you make out with that 3/8 " cond. line? the one you got a mouthful of mud? jb

hr

Wonder where

the "official readings are taken. I fired the AC in the house yesterday for the first time, SW Missouri. I can handle heat, even high 80"s. But add that humidity and ouch!

hot rod

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Mike T., Swampeast MO

Airport at south edge of town. Just on the other side of a big levee/channel system that drained millions of acres of swamps around 1900.

Since I do a lot of admin work, I keep the A/C off until humidity builds enough to make envelopes stick shut after they go through the printer.

Mike T., Swampeast MO

I have lots of irons in the fire and avoid such work in the summer. Once the A/C is on steadily I seem very prone to heat exhaustion when the dewpoint is above 70° or so. (Dewpoint is my personal measurement of the "misery" factor.) Basements are generally reasonable (if really humid) but most everyone around here runs dehumidifiers in the basement to keep mold/mildew/smells at bay.

Just left the condensate lines but will try canned air (or something with a lot of oomph) and some fitted corks/stoppers next time!

The first speculative development of modest homes with standard A/C was in St. Louis 100 miles north of here. Company had a terrible time getting financial backing as everyone claimed the added thousand or so in price would turn everone off. They sold as fast as they could be built. [At least that's the story told in our local paper--I can't seem to find a web reference.]

S Ebels

Send some up here

We haven't had any summer weather yet here in the great white North. Current readings from my weather station are 54.6*F, 52.2* dew point, Wind chill 47* RH 85%. We need some HEAT!!

Christian Egli

You still list your wind chill factor? in July?


Heck, in my nice part of the world we're heavily into heat indexes... They mentionned 77 F, and that's not bad at all, but with your temeperatures, I could fire up the steam, in the middle of the summer, a dream come true.

Don't tell me about your winters, I'm guessing it is cold.

What's happening here in Dayton: 81 F high, 68 F low, dew point 57 F (no misery index here), humidity 60 %. No rain, but lots of clouds hidding the sun. We have been enjoying truly beautiful weather here.

So, Mike, what's the partial pressure due to the water vapor? I know, enough to make us all miserable.

It's always nice talking about the weather.

Mike T., Swampeast MO

Partial Pressure Due to Water Vapor

EEEK!!! I suppose I can calculate (you helped a LOT with that BTW), but I'm not certain what the number would "mean".

Subjectively? Anyone with any sort of respiratory problem complains that they "can't get air". Ones without respiratory problems often get headaches--seriously. Those with any sinus inflamation or mucus buildup--and even some without--turn into "mouth-breathing hicks".

Mad Dog

How close to Rush's Birthplace?

How big could Capr Grardiue??? Be? Mad Dog

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Mike T., Swampeast MO

His great-grandaddy's homestead was about 0.3 mile away on the other side of the University. (It was torn down 4? years ago for a new business building.)

Daddy's home is about 1 mile away in what is likely the nicest older neighborhood in town. (Modest size homes of very high quality.)

His brother David still lives in town. Home where I worked for him (4? miles away) was a "mainly show" spec home in the most expensive neighborhood in town at the time of its construction. He moved a couple of years ago--not sure where.

Actually Cape Girardeau is quite large physically, 26.4 square miles. LOTS of crazy offshoots in the boundaries as the official extension is 9.8 x 6.8 miles (66.64 sq miles)--larger than the city of St. Louis.

Low taxes, good schools. Good (by SE MO standards at least) wages. Utter explosion of retail and medicine in last 10 years. Little industry and most is low-skill, low wage. Proctor & Gamble has an enormous plant out in the county even though they've been moving/making most of the new jobs (and replacing others) by contracting to other sources on the same grounds.

John R. Hall

Steve

You better heat up this weekend my friend! The family is headed up to the Cherry Festival in Traverse City. I expect 80 degrees, sun and cool evenings. Got a problem with that???