Paris Sizzles, London Boils As Record Heat Threatens Europe

[appalachiablue]

Source: Associated Press

PARIS (AP) -- Hot, hotter, hottest! Paris, London and points across Europe are bracing for record temperatures Thursday as the second heat wave this summer bakes the continent.

Climate scientists warn this could become the new normal in many parts of the world. But temperate Europe -- where air conditioning is rare -- isn't equipped for the temperatures frying the region this week.

So tourists frolicked in fountains to seek relief and authorities and volunteers fanned out to help the elderly, sick and homeless hit hardest by the heat. Trains were canceled in Britain and France, and French authorities urged travelers to stay home.

One by one, heat records are being broken across Europe. On Thursday, the Paris area could be as hot as 42 C (108 F) as a result of hot, dry air coming from northern Africa that's trapped between cold stormy systems. London might see 39 C (102 F). And swaths of Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland could face temperatures exceeding 40 C (104 F)...



Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/weather/paris-sizzles-london-boils-as-record-heat-threatens-europe/ar-AAEPZAr?ocid=HPCOMMDHP15

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Belgium and Germany recorded all-time high temperatures Wednesday. Germany's record of 40.5 degrees (104.9 F) will likely be very short-lived, because the German Weather Service is expecting even higher temperatures Thursday.



Commuters walk across London Bridge in the UK heatwave.

UK Sees Hottest July Day on Record, BBC, July 25, 2019..The previous record for July was 36.7C (98F), and the Met Office believes the UK could still break the all-time record of 38.5C on Thursday. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49106092

[LittleGirl]

1. I am in

Basel Switzerland and on my balcony right now 5:52 pm, it’s 110 degrees. Relief comes this Saturday!

[appalachiablue]

2. Wow, 110 F in Basel. Thanks for checking in & take care!

[LittleGirl]

18. I live in the burbs

But it was hot today! Just like a year ago according to my Facebook memory.

[trof]

25. I'm in coastal Alabama. 69 degrees this morning at 7:00 and DRY!

Screwy weather.

[LittleGirl]

31. Love coastal AL

My uncle has a house in Gulf Shores and our favorite vacation was going down there (from Indy at the time) in October for our birthdays. He's renovating the house so I may need to ask him if I can come back for another visit one of these days.

[trof]

36. October is probably THE best time to be here.

Cooler temps, summer people have gone, and snowbirds haven't arrived yet.
And Shrimp Festival!
https://alabama.travel/upcoming-events/48th-annual-national-shrimp-festival-2019

[LittleGirl]

37. Yum, shrimp fest and Jazz

I would love to. But we’ve booked our October trip but maybe next October 2020! Thanks for the link. Go for me! Lol

[FirstLight]

3. This is terrifying...

Climate Change is beyond fixable...we are so screwn...

[appalachiablue]

7. Agree, beyond disturbing. What's happened to people & our M$M news?

[appalachiablue]

15. Paris records 106.8 F, its hottest day. Germany records hottest temperatures:

PARIS





GERMANY

[WhiteTara]

24. I'm so concerned, I wrote this column

eureka.news/free-parking-77/

As we focus on the political follies of men, there is an existential crisis is that continues unabated and ignored. We are in the last stages of killing life on our planet, Earth. A recent UN report states that humans have killed 83 percent of all wildlife on this planet. (Chickens are the most plentiful bird on the planet today) and 50 percent of all natural plant life is gone. The web of life is stressed and frayed.

This report predicts dire consequences for you and me and every sentient being on this planet. Humans are committing planetary suicide by degrees through petty political fighting and by ignoring the crisis because of our competitive, consumer-driven lifestyle.

In 1972, MIT programmed a computer model of our then current American lifestyle that has spread around the globe; it predicted the total collapse of planetary civilization by 2040. The model says we are on track; but, physical evidence points to a more rapid decline.

The climate crisis rages worldwide with ever hotter, longer droughts and fires, floods surpassing the 100 year mark time and time again; the world’s population continues to burgeon having doubled since 1970 to our current 7.7 billion people.

the rest of the article at link: eureka.news/free-parking-77/

[shotten99]

4. 100 F/ 38 C in Dresden

You can't deny climate change here. A warm day used to be low 80s in Germany

[appalachiablue]

5. jawohl, I remember how it was in Freiburg, etc. when 'normal'

summer temps were high 70s maybe low 80s, same in Britain. People complained loudly if it got above 80...

[jayfish]

6. My Daughter Has Been In Europe For The Last...

couple of weeks. She arrived as the last wave subsided and has been lucky to stay just ahead of the current one. Looks like it's going to catch her for a couple days though. It's 97 and humid where she is. ...at 6:22pm.

[appalachiablue]

8. Thanks for the update, I hope her good luck holds.

[CatMor]

9. My daughter lives in London ...

she just emailed me that it is 103 degrees right now and she is not looking forward to the underground tube ride home after work.

[appalachiablue]

10. Hope she's ok on the underground ride tonite. Thanks for checking in!

Poor Europe, poor world..

[MarvinGardens]

11. Business opportunity for someone.

The A/C business.

But temperate Europe -- where air conditioning is rare -- isn't equipped for the temperatures frying the region this week.

[progree]

12. And sadly, once they install A/C, then many/most will be running it when it's 1 deg above perfect

Just like around here in the U.S.. I live in a townhouse complex and I'm just amazed at all the air conditioners churning away even in the early morning, when, FFS, it's in the 60's or low 70's outside. Nobody thinks of blowing in the cool air with a box fan. Or supplementing the A/C with fans.

[roamer65]

19. I run my house A/C at 77 deg F.

Keep a couple of box fans going. U can run less A/C when the air is moving
👍

[NickB79]

22. And the electricity to power all that AC?

Either a lot more solar, or a lot more gas and coal.

[Hortensis]

13. Germany with its second new record of 106.7, so far, today.

[BigmanPigman]

14. Holy shit!

[Hortensis]

20. The continental effect. Probably recorded at an airport

or some such thing, but still!

[trof]

16. Headline should have read "London Broils"

[appalachiablue]

17. That works! (What's for dinner? Lol)

[forgotmylogin]

23. +1 Was just going to say the same thing!

Earth-killing heat sucks, but, mmmm.

[roamer65]

21. Much of Germany is above 50 deg N latitude.

Farther north than James Bay in Ontario, Canada!

Just wait until 500ppm.

[trof]

26. I love Paris in the summer, when it sizzles...

Maybe not so much.

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[Kurt V.]

27. There will come a time when govts will be forced to spend wildly and inefficiently to get a handle.

[NickB79]

39. And by that point, their efforts will fail

And much of human civilization will crumble to a state of civil war, warlords and violence as infrastructure fails, crops fail, and anger boils over. Think Somalia, Sudan or Syria. The cost of such efforts will simply overwhelm nations one by one.

I give us 40 yr before this happens, tops.

[Kurt V.]

40. i think this is fairly accurate

[brooklynite]

28. Can you cook a London Broil on the sidewalk?

[a la izquierda]

29. I'm in Essex. It's atrocious.

I spend a lot of time in southern Mexico for work, but this feels worse. The trains are delayed all over the place. Nowhere has air con (except the British Library, where I’ll spend today). It’s so hard to sleep or eat.

[appalachiablue]

32. Thanks for the news & try to stay safe!

[a la izquierda]

34. The temps have broken a bit but I'm now en route...

To Rotterdam and it’s still hotter than Hades there. It’s so bad that Eurostar and other transit systems in Belgium and Holland have been having crazy delays too.
It has been a “sleep naked in front of the fan” kind of week.

[appalachiablue]

35. All the best for travelling today in this mess & regards to Rotterdam.

[Sgent]

30. I've got a newspaper headline

from either Ipswitch or London in the mid-80's (I would have to dig it up) that read's "Sizzling 70's and Egg-frying 80's"...

[appalachiablue]

33. You know it, I travelled to the UK in the 1990s and temps never rose

above 85. In the mid 1970s in England, I recall a spell of high 70s and low 80s with people complaining like it was the tropics.

[muriel_volestrangler]

38. Provisional new record for highest ever temperature in UK

Following yesterday’s exceptionally hot weather, provisional figures received by the Met Office today could challenge the UK’s highest temperature on record.

Today the Met Office observations team has received a new provisional figure of 38.7 Celsius from Cambridge University Botanic Garden. The current highest temperature on record for the UK is 38.5 Celsius, recorded in Faversham in August 2003.
...
“As the official source of meteorological statistics for the UK, we take the quality of our recordings very seriously. We are talking about a potential new record for the highest temperature recorded in the UK and we therefore need to thoroughly investigate the observation with our partners at Cambridge University Botanic Garden through statistical analysis and by visiting, to check the site and equipment and ensure there are no potential problems.”

“The Met Office observations team will carefully analyse this figure, along with any other readings submitted over the coming weeks and will keep the public, our partners and government updated."

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office/news/weather-and-climate/2019/provisional-hottest-day-on-record

101.7F, for those of you following in old money.

[muriel_volestrangler]

41. New official highest temperature in UK confirmed

A recording of 38.7°C at Cambridge Botanic Garden on Thursday 25 July has become the highest temperature officially recorded in the UK.

The provisional value was released on Friday and has been subject to quality control and analysis over the past few days. It has now been validated by the Met Office observations’ team.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office/news/weather-and-climate/2019/new-official-highest-temperature-in-uk-confirmed

[GoneOffShore]

42. We're in Aix and the last two days have been much milder.

Saturday the weather broke and it was actually cool. Rain in Marseille and the Bouches du Rhone.
Not looking forward to August though.
No AC - 2 ceiling fans, 4 small fans and a north-south facing flat, so we do get a breeze.