shayne
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Post by shayne on Jan 9, 2012 15:27:12 GMT 10
It is 40c in the shed at the moment, never been that hot in here before.
Must be building for rain I reckon.
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Mattjin
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Post by Mattjin on Jan 9, 2012 16:09:29 GMT 10
We regularly get 45+ here. Go 10km east or west from here and the temps plummet. But yeah, anything over 40 is enough to stop you thinking straight.
On the dyno it gets to a little under 60C inside the cars. At the same time you need to do maths on the fly while concentrating for unusual sounds and trying not to screw up and blow a motor worth half a years pay. Do all this with years of experience while people whinge about the bill.... OK. Stepping off the soap box now ;D
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Post by Neil2480 on Jan 9, 2012 16:26:22 GMT 10
Had a big storm roll through here about an hour ago. was out in the car with lightning around me everywhere. Fun.....not
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Post by spitfire on Jan 9, 2012 17:56:39 GMT 10
We regularly get 45+ here. Go 10km east or west from here and the temps plummet. But yeah, anything over 40 is enough to stop you thinking straight. I know what your saying i used to live at blacktown as a kid & I can remember the super hot summers, however as Shayne can atest to the 40deg up in Qld is accompanied with anything from 75%-90% humidity which just makes it more exhausting & sticky |
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shayne
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Post by shayne on Jan 10, 2012 8:08:18 GMT 10
Yep, it was nasty yesterday, and still hot now, so looks like we are in for another one.
Humidity is the key up to a point. Once she goes over 40C then it is hot anyway.
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Post by madadz on Jan 10, 2012 8:53:59 GMT 10
40+ is gay anywhere you are and even worse if your in Ipswich when its 40 and above  God knows why people live there  |
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Post by colinlinz on Jan 10, 2012 9:44:36 GMT 10
It used to often get to 40ºC at Richmond. I had to stand my guys down from workshop duties a few times while there. We would do sport instead, down at the base swimming pool  |
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Post by colinlinz on Jan 10, 2012 9:49:38 GMT 10
Mind you, there is a difference to the heat in Sydney and Melbourne. While they often get hotter than up here, they don't get the same level of humidity that we get. At about midnight last night, the humidity level was 85%.
I had a swim before going to bed, then a cold shower about 3:30am. At that time the tiled walls were still giving off a lot of heat and quite warm to touch.
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Post by madadz on Jan 10, 2012 10:01:38 GMT 10
When i installed a machine in Ipswich, there was not a day under 40 and the humidity was wrong.
You only showered to get the dirt off as you were dripping wet all the time.
Im glad that plant has closed down ;D
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Post by colinlinz on Jan 10, 2012 11:15:20 GMT 10
I seem to recall that Wagga wasn't a lot of fun in summer. I spent 10 weeks there doing an aircon and refrigeration course over summer one time.
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Post by Fozzy Bear on Jan 10, 2012 20:25:13 GMT 10
I seem to recall that Wagga wasn't a lot of fun in summer. I spent 10 weeks there doing an aircon and refrigeration course over summer one time. It's not too bad here. 42 or 43 a couple a days per summer. The hottest I have ever experienced was 47 at Oak Flats (in the Gong) back in 1981 |
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Post by shayne on Jan 11, 2012 6:58:19 GMT 10
I have been in 48 in the shade, in western Qld. I put the thermometer in the sun on the grass and it went off the scale. I was sleeeping outside one night, and I had not moved a muscle for over 3 hours. At 12.30am I was still sweating. It was damn hot!  |
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Post by colinlinz on Jan 11, 2012 13:11:29 GMT 10
I seem to recall that Wagga wasn't a lot of fun in summer. I spent 10 weeks there doing an aircon and refrigeration course over summer one time. It's not too bad here. 42 or 43 a couple a days per summer. The hottest I have ever experienced was 47 at Oak Flats (in the Gong) back in 1981 My discomfort was probably helped by having to live in some old disused single living in quarters. They were just small rooms with little in the way of ventilation. Most weekends I escaped on my RZ350 back home to Lemon Tree Passage (Port Stephens). I'd head off straight after class, about 3pm on Friday and then leave home to come back Sunday afternoon. |
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Post by colinlinz on Jan 11, 2012 13:12:25 GMT 10
The water in my pool was 31.4ºc yesterday!
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Post by fireystorm on Jan 11, 2012 13:29:45 GMT 10
that's practically spa temp!
it's 16c in Melb atm with a 50kph southerly, wearing winter gear in the middle of summer just doesn't seem right.......
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Post by timbo on Jan 12, 2012 21:37:16 GMT 10
I was up early this morning to get out for a ride, and it was 1.6 degrees! This is the worst summer we have seen in Canberra for years!
Send some of the heat our way!
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shayne
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Post by shayne on Jan 13, 2012 15:23:02 GMT 10
Heard about that on the radio actually. Hard to believe we are in the same country sometimes.
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