August Weather News 2008
Special One Year Anniversary Edition
Isn’t it incredible? Already one year since this fantastic blog was set up by the brilliant Mrs. Blueduck. My time flies when you are bored out of your mind. Our vast readership has increased from one to perhaps ten people.
But now my fine readers let me divulge the reason behind the brain child of this fantastic weather journal. One year of weather data recording allows me to do just that. Beginning with this edition and every yearly edition we will report the average temperature for the year at The Land and at Talking Trees and Antelope Hill. One reporting station is at approximately twelve hundred feet above sea level; the other at seventy four hundred feet. These are perfect cross sections for accurate temperature variables and reporting.
So much has been discussed about global warming and climate change. The concepts and reporting are so distorted it has nothing to do with our dear mother Earth any longer. It is all wasted in politics and economic gains. BlueDuck Weather News has been committed to giving you the weather facts as we obtain them; without bias or opinion. So, year to year, we will report average temperatures and we will see how and if they fluctuate dramatically. How many years this fine publication will be in progress is anybody’s guess. And truly it would take a hundred years of record keeping to accurately make comparisons. If your fine Editor in Chief has only a few years to give you this fantastic information so be it. At least it is honest reporting without bias (except for some occasional twisted humor.)
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS ON THE LAND WAS 77.21 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT TALKING TREES AND ANTELOPE HILL WAS 48.33 DEGREES. We will visit this again in twelve months. Let’s get right to the weather new of August, 2008.
The average temperature at The Land was 87.51 degrees. The average temperature at Talking Trees and Antelope Hill was 64.83 degrees. There were no one hundred and ten degree days at The Land!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The average humidity on The Land was 41.50 percent. The average dew point was 59.90 degrees. There were only two days during the entire month the dew point was below
The average wind speed on The Land was 3.67 mph.
The Land received .98 inches of rain for the month, bringing the year to date total to 6.51 inches. The total rainfall for the year in Phoenix is 8.10 inches, approximately three inches more than normal. This monsoon, as of this writing, is the wettest since 1984.
The lake levels are as follows; Lake Mead, 44%, Lake Powell, 62% (it’s still coming up), Roosevelt, 92% and Lake Pleasant is at 61%.
8-1. Ninety five degrees new high low record for Phoenix. Twenty five hundred acre wildfire threatening homes in San Diego.
8-2. Ninety one degrees new record high low in Phoenix. Twenty homes consumed by fire in Yosemite fire. Eighty percent contained and thought to have been caused by a target shooter.
8-3. Flood advisory posted for Coconino and Yavapai Counties. Two inches of rain per hour falling in Safford. Sixty mph winds in Globe. Tropical storm Edouard forming in the Gulf of Mexico and moving northward. Avalanche in Pakistan kills eleven climbers trying to conquer second highest peak in the world. Bodies may never be recovered.
8-4. Three die in Sells, Az. trying to cross flooded wash. Eduardo two hundred miles from Galveston, Texas, ten inches of rain expected.
8-5. Hail and heavy rain near Sierra Vista, Az. Heavy past rain brings relief to farmers in south east Arizona. Lake Powell sixty five feet above level it was in March. May signal the end of the drought. Lightening causes wildfire near Denver. Violent storms spawn rare tornados in Chicago.
8-6. Flash flood warning for Mohave County near Kingman (Hayduke Lives.!). Nine firefighters killed in helicopter crash in northern California. Florida dog chases off two hundred pound black bear. A couple in Colorado find a mountain lion in their bedroom. They scare the lion off but it kills a black lab. pet as it runs off. “Officials” destroy the lion because it has no fear of humans or pets.
8-7. Flood advisory for south Tucson. Eight of the last nine years have been the warmest on record for Reno, Nevada. United States arrests man for poaching thousands of lobsters. Nuclear submarine leaked radiation for two years in Japanese port. Conditions in Myanmar from cyclone two months ago still much worse than “the local government portrayed.
8-8. Last night’s thunderstorms left twenty four hundred Buckeye residents without power. Some will not have power until tomorrow. Flooding in north central Phoenix and south Scottsdale. Flights delayed.
8-9. Five hundred homes in Prescott without power due to storms. Two hundred homes in
Buckeye still without power.
Isn’t it incredible? Already one year since this fantastic blog was set up by the brilliant Mrs. Blueduck. My time flies when you are bored out of your mind. Our vast readership has increased from one to perhaps ten people.
But now my fine readers let me divulge the reason behind the brain child of this fantastic weather journal. One year of weather data recording allows me to do just that. Beginning with this edition and every yearly edition we will report the average temperature for the year at The Land and at Talking Trees and Antelope Hill. One reporting station is at approximately twelve hundred feet above sea level; the other at seventy four hundred feet. These are perfect cross sections for accurate temperature variables and reporting.
So much has been discussed about global warming and climate change. The concepts and reporting are so distorted it has nothing to do with our dear mother Earth any longer. It is all wasted in politics and economic gains. BlueDuck Weather News has been committed to giving you the weather facts as we obtain them; without bias or opinion. So, year to year, we will report average temperatures and we will see how and if they fluctuate dramatically. How many years this fine publication will be in progress is anybody’s guess. And truly it would take a hundred years of record keeping to accurately make comparisons. If your fine Editor in Chief has only a few years to give you this fantastic information so be it. At least it is honest reporting without bias (except for some occasional twisted humor.)
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS ON THE LAND WAS 77.21 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT TALKING TREES AND ANTELOPE HILL WAS 48.33 DEGREES. We will visit this again in twelve months. Let’s get right to the weather new of August, 2008.
The average temperature at The Land was 87.51 degrees. The average temperature at Talking Trees and Antelope Hill was 64.83 degrees. There were no one hundred and ten degree days at The Land!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The average humidity on The Land was 41.50 percent. The average dew point was 59.90 degrees. There were only two days during the entire month the dew point was below
The average wind speed on The Land was 3.67 mph.
The Land received .98 inches of rain for the month, bringing the year to date total to 6.51 inches. The total rainfall for the year in Phoenix is 8.10 inches, approximately three inches more than normal. This monsoon, as of this writing, is the wettest since 1984.
The lake levels are as follows; Lake Mead, 44%, Lake Powell, 62% (it’s still coming up), Roosevelt, 92% and Lake Pleasant is at 61%.
8-1. Ninety five degrees new high low record for Phoenix. Twenty five hundred acre wildfire threatening homes in San Diego.
8-2. Ninety one degrees new record high low in Phoenix. Twenty homes consumed by fire in Yosemite fire. Eighty percent contained and thought to have been caused by a target shooter.
8-3. Flood advisory posted for Coconino and Yavapai Counties. Two inches of rain per hour falling in Safford. Sixty mph winds in Globe. Tropical storm Edouard forming in the Gulf of Mexico and moving northward. Avalanche in Pakistan kills eleven climbers trying to conquer second highest peak in the world. Bodies may never be recovered.
8-4. Three die in Sells, Az. trying to cross flooded wash. Eduardo two hundred miles from Galveston, Texas, ten inches of rain expected.
8-5. Hail and heavy rain near Sierra Vista, Az. Heavy past rain brings relief to farmers in south east Arizona. Lake Powell sixty five feet above level it was in March. May signal the end of the drought. Lightening causes wildfire near Denver. Violent storms spawn rare tornados in Chicago.
8-6. Flash flood warning for Mohave County near Kingman (Hayduke Lives.!). Nine firefighters killed in helicopter crash in northern California. Florida dog chases off two hundred pound black bear. A couple in Colorado find a mountain lion in their bedroom. They scare the lion off but it kills a black lab. pet as it runs off. “Officials” destroy the lion because it has no fear of humans or pets.
8-7. Flood advisory for south Tucson. Eight of the last nine years have been the warmest on record for Reno, Nevada. United States arrests man for poaching thousands of lobsters. Nuclear submarine leaked radiation for two years in Japanese port. Conditions in Myanmar from cyclone two months ago still much worse than “the local government portrayed.
8-8. Last night’s thunderstorms left twenty four hundred Buckeye residents without power. Some will not have power until tomorrow. Flooding in north central Phoenix and south Scottsdale. Flights delayed.
8-9. Five hundred homes in Prescott without power due to storms. Two hundred homes in
Buckeye still without power.
Five hundred pound lion attacks woman and her niece while riding a donkey in Mexico. Woman staves off the attack with a machete. Lion had escaped a private zoo owned by a “past Congressman.” The lion was tranquilized and returned to the zoo after killing a dog and eating a pig (thankfully no ducks).
8-10. Phoenix experiencing 8th wettest monsoon ever recorded. Flooding in Mohave County. Brush fire near Buckeye started by lightning and up to four hundred acres with thirty percent containment.
8-10. Phoenix experiencing 8th wettest monsoon ever recorded. Flooding in Mohave County. Brush fire near Buckeye started by lightning and up to four hundred acres with thirty percent containment.
Editor’s note; I spotted the smoke from this fire with my beady little eyes three days after the fire started. Until today there was no news coverage of the fire.
8-12. Mid West flooding did not damage crops as badly as suspected; bumper crops in corn and soy beans.
8-13. Thirty three dead in Valenzuela by rabies spread through Vampire bats.
8-14. Dust storm warning for entire Valley of the Sun. Severe thunderstorm warning in northern Maricopa County. Thirty five thousand without power in Tucson from last night’s storms. More than two inches fell.
8-15. Last night’s storms leave five thousand without power in East Phoenix. Man hurt when falling tree crushes car. Airport delays. Tornado warning issued south west of Flagstaff. Rare tornado warning issued for New York City. Tropical storm Faye forms near Puerto Rico. Could gather strength and hit Florida in three days.
8-16. Tornado spotted north of Williams, Az. Flash flood watch for Gila and northern Maricopa County. Fay could hit Florida as a hurricane; the Governor declares a state of emergency. Three bear attacks near Anchorage, Alaska. Remains show that Sonoran deserts were once green and lush.
8-17. Grand Canyon floods breach the Redlands Dam causing flooding in Supai ; hiking trails and foot bridge washed out. Eighty people evacuated. Eight inches of rain recorded over weekend. Visitors urged to leave Florida ahead of Fay. Tornado touches down near Houston, Texas.
8-18. Rescues continue in Grand Canyon. Eighty five people airlifted out today. Four hundred from Yavasupai village removed. Mule trail closed; the only way to get supplies and mail to the bottom of the canyon. Campsites destroyed. Rio Grande highway in south Texas closed from flooding. Sixty people rescued. Fay expected to pound Florida tomorrow with ten inches of rain.
8-19. All missing in the Grand Canyon accounted for. Fay is turning into a hurricane. Rare boomerang action causing multiple landfalls. Twenty inches of rain expected in Orlando. Prospects dim for a orphaned infant humpback whale that adopted a yacht as its mother in Sydney, Australia.
8-20. Fay floods hundreds of homes in central Florida and has stalled out producing more rain.
8-21. Forty cattle die mysteriously in Chino Valley, Az. Thirty two thousand without power in Florida due to Fay.
8-12. Mid West flooding did not damage crops as badly as suspected; bumper crops in corn and soy beans.
8-13. Thirty three dead in Valenzuela by rabies spread through Vampire bats.
8-14. Dust storm warning for entire Valley of the Sun. Severe thunderstorm warning in northern Maricopa County. Thirty five thousand without power in Tucson from last night’s storms. More than two inches fell.
8-15. Last night’s storms leave five thousand without power in East Phoenix. Man hurt when falling tree crushes car. Airport delays. Tornado warning issued south west of Flagstaff. Rare tornado warning issued for New York City. Tropical storm Faye forms near Puerto Rico. Could gather strength and hit Florida in three days.
8-16. Tornado spotted north of Williams, Az. Flash flood watch for Gila and northern Maricopa County. Fay could hit Florida as a hurricane; the Governor declares a state of emergency. Three bear attacks near Anchorage, Alaska. Remains show that Sonoran deserts were once green and lush.
8-17. Grand Canyon floods breach the Redlands Dam causing flooding in Supai ; hiking trails and foot bridge washed out. Eighty people evacuated. Eight inches of rain recorded over weekend. Visitors urged to leave Florida ahead of Fay. Tornado touches down near Houston, Texas.
8-18. Rescues continue in Grand Canyon. Eighty five people airlifted out today. Four hundred from Yavasupai village removed. Mule trail closed; the only way to get supplies and mail to the bottom of the canyon. Campsites destroyed. Rio Grande highway in south Texas closed from flooding. Sixty people rescued. Fay expected to pound Florida tomorrow with ten inches of rain.
8-19. All missing in the Grand Canyon accounted for. Fay is turning into a hurricane. Rare boomerang action causing multiple landfalls. Twenty inches of rain expected in Orlando. Prospects dim for a orphaned infant humpback whale that adopted a yacht as its mother in Sydney, Australia.
8-20. Fay floods hundreds of homes in central Florida and has stalled out producing more rain.
8-21. Forty cattle die mysteriously in Chino Valley, Az. Thirty two thousand without power in Florida due to Fay.
Heavy flooding in Houston.
Two teens trapped in snow fall in Washington State.
Bears seen making dangerous open water swim in ocean off Alaska. Northern Greenland glaciers are showing fractures and breaking up. Baby whale euthanized after days of trying to adopt boats as mother.
8-22. In five days Fay has dumped two feet of rain, thirty thousand without power and seven dead. Damages being assessed for tomato and citrus crops.
Florida cops subdue an Emu by using a taser (fucking bullies!)
(Mrs. Blueduck says use a taser on the cop!)
8-23. Border fence between Mexico and Arizona being criticized as causing flooding. (?) Fay boomerangs out of Gulf of Mexico and makes a record fourth landfall and centered along the Panhandle. Almost three feet of rain has fallen and eleven lives claimed. There are tornado warnings caused by Fay and five inches of rain per hour falling. Tropical storm Julio has formed two hundred and fifty miles south of Baja.
8-24. Julio moisture may be driven into the state with the monsoon flow. 1.22 inches of rain in Queen Creek and South Mountain. Tornado touches down near Denver.
8-25. One inch of rain in many parts of the Phoenix metro area. Small planes overturned at Chandler Airport.
8-23. Border fence between Mexico and Arizona being criticized as causing flooding. (?) Fay boomerangs out of Gulf of Mexico and makes a record fourth landfall and centered along the Panhandle. Almost three feet of rain has fallen and eleven lives claimed. There are tornado warnings caused by Fay and five inches of rain per hour falling. Tropical storm Julio has formed two hundred and fifty miles south of Baja.
8-24. Julio moisture may be driven into the state with the monsoon flow. 1.22 inches of rain in Queen Creek and South Mountain. Tornado touches down near Denver.
8-25. One inch of rain in many parts of the Phoenix metro area. Small planes overturned at Chandler Airport.
Fay still dumping rain as new tropical storm Gustav gains momentum in the Atlantic.
8-26. 4.66 inches of rain for monsoon in Phoenix official rain bucket, wettest in ten years. Gustav labeled a hurricane with ninety mph winds and bearing down on Haiti. Could affect Mexican oil drilling.
8-27. Two dead in California and Arizona from flash flooding. The high in Phoenix today was ninety two degrees; the coolest since June 5th.
8-28. Havasu Canyon will be closed for six months as eight mile trail is rebuilt.
8-26. 4.66 inches of rain for monsoon in Phoenix official rain bucket, wettest in ten years. Gustav labeled a hurricane with ninety mph winds and bearing down on Haiti. Could affect Mexican oil drilling.
8-27. Two dead in California and Arizona from flash flooding. The high in Phoenix today was ninety two degrees; the coolest since June 5th.
8-28. Havasu Canyon will be closed for six months as eight mile trail is rebuilt.
Gustav bearing down on Cuba. Expected to turn into category three hurricane. Twenty three dead in the Carribean from landslides and flooding. New Orleans placed on notice for evacuations.
Three year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in three days. Mississippi oil rigs being shut down.
8-29. Strongest thunderstorms in twelve years hit central and east Phoenix last night. Winds recorded in excess of eighty mph. Hurricane force winds are seventy four mph. Eight million dollar sports facility destroyed at ASU.
8-29. Strongest thunderstorms in twelve years hit central and east Phoenix last night. Winds recorded in excess of eighty mph. Hurricane force winds are seventy four mph. Eight million dollar sports facility destroyed at ASU.
Three quarter inch hail and two inches of rain in many places. Downed power poles and trees close intersections.
Encanto Park closed with one hundred trees down. Judge orders protection for desert Bald Eagles.
Gustav plows toward the Caymens, Cuba and the Gulf Coast.
8-30. Gustav hits Cuba with one hundred and forty mph winds. More than a million flee the Gulf Coast as Gustav approaches category five status. New Orleans evacuations are mandatory.
8-31. Eight hundred still without power in Phoenix from 8-29. Gustav went from a tropical storm to a category four hurricane in twenty four hours. Appears to be on a direct course to New Orleans.
8-30. Gustav hits Cuba with one hundred and forty mph winds. More than a million flee the Gulf Coast as Gustav approaches category five status. New Orleans evacuations are mandatory.
8-31. Eight hundred still without power in Phoenix from 8-29. Gustav went from a tropical storm to a category four hurricane in twenty four hours. Appears to be on a direct course to New Orleans.
One and a half million people homeless in India since the monsoon swollen Kosi River burst banks, spilling billions of gallons of water onto the plains of northern India. French Police found the bodies of eight hikers killed by an avalanche on Europe’s highest peak. Bodies are buried beneath one hundred and sixty five feet of ice in a deep crevice. There will be no attempt to recover their bodies.
There you have it my fine feathered readers. Another wild weather month; a tornado in Arizona, Colorado and a warning for Chicago and New York City. Gustav changed from an infant to a monster in just a few days. Fay wouldn’t die and hit landfall four times. This is shaping up to be an active and dangerous hurricane season. The reason reported is the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean are very warm causing tropical storms to draw and gain strength. Keep your duck feet crossed and your beaks toward the sky.
The quote from the Mighty Broaduck this month sounds like something from a two bit Western. “Death doesn’t scare me, it’s livin’ that has me worried.” Perhaps the Broaduck should be a storm chaser and delve into the devil’s eye of the hurricane.
His other profound, if not slightly perverse contribution this month is “The remote control is similar to the male duck’s tool. Unfortunately the misses only wants to hold one of them. (sick bastard.)
The song for the month is “Looking For The Summer” by Chris Rea. A melancholy tune that reflects the change of the light as the sun casts its shadow further south every day.
Remember, Pioneers took bullets, Settlers took land. Until next month,
Editor in Chief
MRBlueduck
There you have it my fine feathered readers. Another wild weather month; a tornado in Arizona, Colorado and a warning for Chicago and New York City. Gustav changed from an infant to a monster in just a few days. Fay wouldn’t die and hit landfall four times. This is shaping up to be an active and dangerous hurricane season. The reason reported is the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean are very warm causing tropical storms to draw and gain strength. Keep your duck feet crossed and your beaks toward the sky.
The quote from the Mighty Broaduck this month sounds like something from a two bit Western. “Death doesn’t scare me, it’s livin’ that has me worried.” Perhaps the Broaduck should be a storm chaser and delve into the devil’s eye of the hurricane.
His other profound, if not slightly perverse contribution this month is “The remote control is similar to the male duck’s tool. Unfortunately the misses only wants to hold one of them. (sick bastard.)
The song for the month is “Looking For The Summer” by Chris Rea. A melancholy tune that reflects the change of the light as the sun casts its shadow further south every day.
Remember, Pioneers took bullets, Settlers took land. Until next month,
Editor in Chief
MRBlueduck
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