Perth heatwave.
 

Well the weather has predicted scorching temperatures for Perth - possibly going over 40 degrees over the weekend and at least late 30's for the rest of the week, even 40 degrees.

I tend to stay out of it but perhaps go for a swim when the UV drops at about 4.30pm or later and stay holed up in the house with the air con full blast.

Today I had to go out and wore a hat and covered up pretty well, just getting more sensible in my old age I guess. For Australia Day I am tempted to stay in until 5pm, go for a swim and then enjoy the fireworks, but I have friends that plan to be out in it all day.

The warnings were on the news today, extra ambo crews will be on hand, warnings about heat stroke etc, but I guess lots of people will ignore warnings. I feel quite ill when the temps get this high so personally, I wont be out in it.

How will you be dealing with the next week and the predicted high temperatures? I so wish I had a pool in my garden.:(

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Drinks lots of water all the time (and some powerade/gatorade to replace lost electrolytes).

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Being in a rather wet Sydney, I can't remember when there was such a hot spell in the 3.5 years I've been here. I have a pool, so I use that to cool off when I overheat- it is shaded by trees for the afternoon, and I swim in a hat and sunglasses! Since I have MS I am affected by temps over 35 degrees rather badly, so I have an air con in the bedroom, and a cool pack that I wear when working.

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Last night was the first one this summer where we had the AC on all night - I think it's going to be working overtime for the rest of the week.

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My fire brigade is going into high alert over the next few days. I could be busy...

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We only have AC in the front room but we have a fan that we run all night in the bedroom.

I dont like going out in it, you walk outside and it is so hot it catches your breath, although there is a breeze out there this morning. They have predicted it to be in the 40's but I wonder if it will reach that temp or get even hotter?:eek:

We are off to the beach with the dog after 4pm today.

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I was out watering the veggies and flowers at 6am this morning. It was pleasant...then...:p

No pool, thank goodness for decent a/c though. If we were still living in the rental we had with evap, we'd all be melted.

Maybe we're acclimatized but the kids complain when I have the a/c going all day. One keeps asking me to turn it off because she's freezing and it's only set to 24C.

I haven't found it as bad yet as that week last February with the blistering hot easterlies and the plus 40s...I recall walking from the car to my daughter's school and it was the most miserable heat I'd experienced. If this week turns into that, I'll be hiding indoors until after sunset...Perth has turned us into vampires. LOL.

Renth, hope it's an uneventful weekend for you, fingers crossed. These temps and winds make me nervous.

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Hopefully it will be quiet for you guys. :fingerscrossed:

We've both taken Friday off to build our deck. It wasn't supposed to be this hot when we ordered the timber 2 weeks ago.

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High 30s here in Adelaide. We've been using the spa for hours every day. Cleaned it out again recently:

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I've also added a solar powered heating system!

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Garden hose on hot concrete with one end plugged into a jet. Dodgy as, but it works.

:lol:

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That's pretty clever. You could always sheath the hose with plastic lemonade bottles with the ends cut off and taped together. That would heat even more IMO, plus get a black hose.

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Nice idea, hadn't thought of that. I'd like to get 50m of black polypipe, coil it up on the roof, and plumb it into the circulation loop. Just not sure if it'll be too heavy.

Alternatively I could cover the top of the pergola with black shadecloth and lay the polypipe over it in parallel lines, along the beams. Probably not as good as a coil, though.

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The longer the pipe the harder the pump will have to push.

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What, no cute kid and bubbles? ;)

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Another Blue Peter Badge is on it's way.:D

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Bloody hell it is so hot outside it catches your breath:eek: I have done the housework (half heartedly but most of it) and now sitting with the air con on and the fan as well.

I wonder if it will get to 40 in Perth today, at the moment it is 39 so it wouldnt surprise me. Looking forward to later going to the beach for a swim, bet it will be packed!

They said there is a risk of the skyworks being cancelled tomorrow due to the fire danger.

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Yeah, I will probably need an extra pump.

Not this time, with two kids in the spa there were no spare hands for cameras. :)

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Ack, my daughter's turned the a/c off again. She says she's too cold. :p

I can't do the beach at these temps. Sizzling sand, frying parking lot. No fun whatsoever.

Oh and it did get to 41.1C today. Even Rotto made it to 39.5. That must be awful. We were out there at 34C back in late November and that felt too warm for roaming around the island (especially since you won't be in an a/c car).

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Went to Cottosloe Beach mid morning for a few hours. Probably due to the excessive heat the beach was busy but far from full.
Water close in a little dirty but better further out. Still refreshing in the sea but too hot to linger long on the beach but did a hours walk all the same.

Don't do a/c myself as OH has an allegy to it. A lot of cold showers and disturbed sleep this week perhaps.

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Just had a swim in the pool, it was great.

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Took the dogs out at 6 this morning but it was hot then.We will take them out again after 7 but in the car this time so they can cool down on the way back.

We don't have the aircon on but the windows are open and there is a breeze coming through the house though it is mainly hot air:eeg:This evening I will have a dip in my daughters paddling pool.

It is hard on the dogs though one of them goes under the bed the other one is at my feet which makes a change from on my lap.He is so stupid in the heat as he will go outside and just chase the dragonfly round the pool and down the garden until I make him come in.

Might go to the cinema and make use of their aircon tomorrow!

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Sounds like my daughter she came in from the pool and asked me to close the windows as she was cold!

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Well it's disgusting in NSW at the mo.

Cold, pouring rain and grey skies.

:frown::frown::frown:

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We never went to the beach in the end, my sjogrens is really playing up - putting drops in my eyes every 10 minutes, dry lungs - horrible.

We had a friend stay a few years ago that kept turning off the A/C, in the end I gave her a duvet and hid the remote.

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Why do you want to heat the water??? :confused:

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Because the spa is under permanent shade, and unless you take the chill off it the water can be quite uncomfortable.

Doesn't need to be heated that much, just a few degrees to make it tepid.

:)

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Trains were running late because of the heat so my train was packed. Packed with stinky bodies. :sick:

Got home and thought I'd like to go for a quick swim but lazy ass 17 year old child didn't take the cover off like I told her to. Pool temperature 41°. Air temperature 39°. The water was actually hot. :thumbdown:

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Cool mid twenties here in Canberra and it's been like that most of the summer. A weird summer indeed.

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I am an SES volunteer and I have just been tasked to put together a roster of scribes for the next 7 days for the guys in FESA house. I am hoping that they don't need us and it will be all quiet especially as i have just taken over as Deputy Local Manager for my Section and the Manager has gone up north to help with the cyclone :ohmy:

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Sounds great compared to what Perth is getting.

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Good onya! let's hope it's a quiet few days.

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I can confirm Rotto was bloody bootiful this week.... Even in accomodation with no aircon, not even a fan.... Dip into ocean, cool off, dry, heat up, dip into ocean cycle... Cool showers at night...

Please dont tell me this is a heatwave... Its NORMAL summer weather... Isnt it?

Bloody hope it is....

Stunning skywork on australia day Sat and watched them from rotto... Took i. The freo fireworks too from the same spot... Slightly upstaged by the lightening which couldnt have been choreographed better than it was ... But heck... It

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Mid 30s today, then a thunderstorm broke just 30 minutes after we'd all got out of the spa. Back yard is being lashed by rain, and the temperature has dropped to 28°C!

:blink:

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Its 38 degrees where I live at the moment, I was going to take the dog for a walk but as soon as I stepped out from the coolness/air con of my house into the heat, even the dog didnt want to go out.

Over it now, I want it to cool down somewhat and tomorrow when I work at the wildlife hospital I will be wearing jeans and boots :eek:

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Quit ya whinging.

Dunno what the temp was today but played cricket in it. Captain doesnt know how to win the toss so fielded all day.... have to back it up again tomorrow :eek:

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5 days above 37C and three of them 41C to 42C is pretty harsh.

I think that cyclone has something to do with why the heat is persisting in Perth at the moment, it's forcing north easterly winds over Perth which brings in the hot desert air.

It's quite hot here as well. 31C here the past couple of days, and most of the week has been pretty hot for that matter.

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I have been struggling with the heat and try to rely on ceiling fans but sometimes it just gets too hot to make any difference. We only have one air conditioner in the living room but there is an archway through to the rest of the house so we can't properly cut the room off from the rest of the house. However, the aircon keeps the room reasonably cool but if I have it on for 24 hours it equates to roughly $20 per day with the other usual items inc TV etc (it never seems to turn itself off so I guess the room never gets to the right temperature)! The rest of the house is an oven, especially if we hang a temporary thick sheet over the archway to keep the living room as cool as possible.

At night I find it really effective to dampen a thin towel and have that on top of me instead of a sheet. It works wonders to keep me cool in conjunction with the ceiling fan.

Am looking forward to the forecast cooler temperatures for the next few days and I think the garden is too!

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Cyclone is having an effect - more rain than usual this year, and more humid. It seems that every year, a capital city gets a heatwave. Since I've been here, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and now Perth have all had heatwaves.

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The humidity today is awful, I am holed up at home with the air con on full blast. I would love a decent thunderstorm and for the temperatures to drop enough to sleep well.

:(

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It was a bit cooler last night, after that non-event of a severe weather warning for thurs night, and it's been a bit fresher today too :thumbup:

I spent the morning watching scout choppers demonstrating doing the waterbombing for the fires (forgot the sunscreen though and consequently look like a human raccoon :o ) Those guys are awesome

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Quite nice out there tonight as well, looking forward to being a bit cooler tonight.:)