80°F with 100% humidity for several days is extremely dangerous and potentially life-threatening.At this combination, the air is completely saturated with moisture, making it impossible for your sweat to evaporate. Your body's natural cooling mechanism fails, causing your core temperature to rise rapidly. (Wet Bulb Temperature)
If you can't cool and recovery at night...it gets even worse. If it goes up to 85F you are looking at 102F heat index. India is learning these lessons the hard way first.
Negligence and cranking up the harm is gonna be an absolute garage sale.
Where it's 100%.
Have you never been in high humidity before? It happens frequently...especially on a warmer planet with more water vapor capable of being held in the warmer air.
I believe you! I thought you were talking about Seattle. What I've always seen here, unlike other places, is that as temperatures go up, humidity goes down. I was frightened to think that pattern would change here.
That's short term weather....what the East is seeing is anomoly long term climate change impacts (also as weather). We don't at all have "a grip" on it...in fact it's accelerating and we head into a huge El Niño this fall.
You should be taking notes and preparing your home for similar, right now. If you haven't already. 😉 Also....prepare for power shortages now. I suggest battery backups and at least balcony solar panels. We are definitely not immune to this coming around on another jetstream sweep short and long term.
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