re: Average high temp in BR over the next week 103 degrees

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is this map wrong? Aren’t alot of us experiencing a real drought?

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Please, I beg of you, to pay attention to what I said.

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Andetotal

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Bullseye

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Breaking: This summer is hotter than normal in south Louisiana

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How this has 2 downvotes is astonishing to me

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I have read everything you said.

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No, you clearly didn't.

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genuineLSUtiger

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You zoomers are soft. Back in the day when I saw consecutive 100+ days, I knew 2 a days were just around the corner.

Needs to rain and bring down these average temps a little. Those afternoon summer showers aren’t really happening as much.

Unfortunately the next time we get one of those, it will probably be severe and knock out electricity for thousands. But since we are saddled with Entergy, that was probably going to happen anyway without any storms.

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It’s drier than normal this summer here. Period

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Never said it wasn't. BR is 2.14" below normal YTD.

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But like myself, you posted a bunch of shite that’s really pointless so people downvote you even though you are correct

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What was "pointless" that I posted? Everything I posted has a point. People said there is a drought. I compared this year to last. People were doom and gloom about the rain chances, I posted a legitimate precip outlook from the CPC.

All of that IS ON POINT.

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That's pretty much a useless approach, particularly when such declarations get extrapolated out into general weather or climate conversation.

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I don't disagree but people tend to comment on their personal condition. When it comes to drought not significant enough to threaten food stocks/prices most people see it through their lawn and landscape, just a natural way to look at it.

One of the issue with these threads is you have people, knowingly or unknowingly, arguing about climate, weather and very localized conditions. As far as drought goes this time of year afternoon thundershowers can make a huge difference in localized areas. The drought chart you posted doesn't offer very granular data and in a thread on tOT most people are reacting to their mentally collected localized data like their lawn/garden. People not trying to mentally joist about some larger picture are generally concerned about their personal experience. It has been unusually hot and dry at my own little slice of SELA and in just a casual discussion of weather I don't care of downtown St Amant is 20 inches up for the year or 5 degrees on average cooler because I ain't there.

The fact is it has been an unusually hot (not unprecedented for all of time) year in much of the SE. Many people that years ago could have just had a casual conversation about it is hotter than the last few years can't do it because of the overarching climate change issues that tag along with discussions of weather now.

As far as useless approaches go Stout posting temperature averages for CONUS and references to the 1930s has nothing to do with the heat in the SE this year. Within this thread it is punching at the air of a climate change boogeyman that hasn't been mentioned as being supported by the unusual heat. People talking about this summer isn't bad because of what the temps were in May and June seem to forget summer started on June 21st though I do get SELA tends to be a 1.5 season area.