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NEVERENDING ♾️ The NEVERENDING Weather Thread

The dust storm broke the kids windshield wiper. I get to go out and fix it at lunch.

That dust storm was mild, I could see like it was light fog. I wouldn't drive on the freeway though. Some of them get nasty, think white out condition, but just brown.

Edit: It's called a haboob. Say it. Haboob. It's a fun word.
 
It was 51º on my run this morning. When I stepped outside in my short sleeve shirt and tiny running shorts, I was tempted to go back in and put on a long sleeve shirt but I toughed it out.
 
I'm not ready or willing to close my windows. I think it was around 50 over night. I wore a wool sweater over my pj's and slept under a wool throw blanket. Cozy.
 
Been a very nice weather week so far here in Chicagoland and forecast to continue very nice through the rest of the week and the holiday weekend.

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It's the time of year when we mock the south and complain about humidity. It's over 100 still and the humidity is up to 40%!

Our lows are just now dipping into the 70s. Like 79.
 
It is 66º outside and 64º inside the house. This time of year I have the thermostat set to kick the heat on if the interior temperature reaches 60º. I always figure that's a safe temp to "set it and forget it" because there's no way it will ever be that chilly in the house in August. We may actually get there this evening!
 
At this point towards the end of the summer we usually start getting a bit of rain and some cooler weather but it's been very dry here and other than a few cold days a couple weeks ago, pretty warm too. I just went outside to bring up the garbage cans and there was a crew out cutting the neighbor's grass. I doubt the grass has grown much since it last got cut a couple weeks ago. All the were really accomplishing was sending up big clouds of dust and dirt.
 
It's a late Summer heat wave here in Chicagoland for today and the next forecasted week. Forecast to be a high of 90F around here tomorrow...and my son has an outdoor Marching Band competition tomorrow.

Yikes.

fail marching band GIF by Brett Eldredge
 
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