Runway melts at London Luton airport as temperatures in UK near 40°C

Re:Runway melts at London Luton airport as temperatures in U... by bregma on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @01:49PM (#32155402)

Be thankful they're giving out a temperature within 10 F of the actual observation. Where I live the TV news has stopped giving out temperature at all and just reports the "feels like" humidex index, a made-up number that makes everyone feel smug about how well they're bearing the load of global warming.

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Re:Runway melts at London Luton airport as temperatures in U... by pixl97 on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @01:56PM (#32155511)

The humidex is more important for people.

100F with 10% humidity is hot.

100F with 90% humidity is deadly.

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Re:Runway melts at London Luton airport as temperatures in U... by msrenee on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @06:53AM (#32163899)

I've never heard it called a humidex index, just heat index. It's pretty invaluable here where the humidity gets high enough that your sweat doesn't evaporate. In the desert, I just had to wear sunscreen and keep drinking water. In the Midwest, it can be 10 degrees cooler and you have to stop and find somewhere to cool down regularly. Your body just can't dump heat with that much moisture in the air.

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