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    Default Is your shed hot today.

    My work area is under a split level house, very pleasent today,24 cel , (74) outside Geelong temp 43.9 (110.5 ) . John.

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    Cool

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    44 outside according to my thermometer but the official local temp at Traralgon airport is only 41

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    It's a balmy 34 here. Almost turned the air conditioner on at one point.
    Not sure about the shed, I've been inside all day at the computer.

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    On Saturday inside my shed it was 47 degrees and when I put the thermometer out in the full sun it went off the scale to about 70 degrees, so one was gettig cooked.
    Experienced in removing the tree from the furniture

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    Just under the roof of the shed, 59.9 degrees this afternoon at 2:41. In the shed itself 43 degrees at about the same time.

    Still 39 degrees at the moment.

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    47 degrees in the shed with the exhaust fans on to help circulate the air to stop heat buildup from the sun on the roof. (4,30 this arvo)

    Of course I am not in the shed. I am in the airconditioned house. another week of my holidays without shed time it appears.
    I got sick of sitting around doing nothing - so I took up meditation.

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    39 in the shed since about lunch time but reached 47 in "Siberia" and yes, I was working in there.

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    26 in the workshop at 2.00 pm which was fine but as I had to go to the timber shed to get some wood I was affected by the heat so I knocked of.

    The joy of being retired is that I can chose when to do things.



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    Two weekends ago my three walled shed was at 43.9 C. I had to leave: Not as tough as !

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    Nah
    Spent the day in ac comfort doing the clubs financial report.
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    According to the BOM it reached 45.1 deg outside today at 1:55pm.
    I would hate to think what it would have been in the garage. It was batten down the hatches today in preparation of the heat with internal and external blinds drawn to prevent the heat build up. Seemed to work ok as the air conditioner stayed off until the Stinkette came home from work ........ soft
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    Default The wole country badly needs rain and buckets of it!!!

    Yes, you mob in the southern states have been copping it big time while Sydney & its surrounding areas have not had the consistent 40's only high 30's.....
    I too have a shed under the house which helps when I can get there......
    What I don't like is the high overnight temperatures, you can't sleep!!!
    As my old mum said to me many a time......Keep cool, drink plenty of water and keep out of the sun.....

    PS - I hope no-one off the forum lost homes in the west's awful fires.....

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    Poor mans air con works well

    Hessian bag or bath towel, soak in water, hang over back of chair, sit fan on chair seat, nice cool breeze, replenish wet bag or towel every 1/2 hr

    Thats what we did when I was a kid
    The person who never made a mistake never made anything

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    Some of you may be interested in how official temperatures are measured, and why they are sometimes different to those you measure in your back yard or workshop.
    The thermometer may be a mercury thermometer read once or more times a day, or an electronic thermometer linked to a data logger recording continuously and transmitting regularly. In the past, continuous data was collected on chart recorders and digitised manually. These are probably extinct at official stations now.
    Thermometers and other meteorological instruments are housed in a Stevenson Screen. This is a white-painted box with a solid top and bottom four slatted sides, which shade the instruments, and allow a free flow of air through the screen while preventing wind from blowing onto the instruments, which would change the indicated temperature. The base of the screen is 1.2m above ground level, and the ground should be a natural surface, such as grass, not concrete or other hard surface. These specifications are designed to ensure that the temperature of the thermometer is the same as that of the surrounding air. There are specified clearance distances that the instruments must be from walls and other obstructions, as these can affect temperature readings by shading or providing heat sources. Other instruments such as rain gauges also have clearance requirements.
    Remember that what is being read or recorded is the temperature of the thermometer. If you are using an exposed thermometer in your backyard, radiant energy from the sun may mean that the thermometer is much hotter than the ambient atmosphere. If a strong wind is blowing, the thermometer may be cooler than ambient. Near walls, localised temperatures may be hotter or cooler than ambient.

    How these recorded temperatures relate to how you feel is complex and subjective, involving not only temperature, but humidity, whether or not you are in the sun, whether there is a breeze and your personal preference. I am more comfortable working at 40deg in low humidity than at 30 deg at high humidity.

    More information available here.

    I hope this is of interest, and helps explain why there are differences between official figures and how you feel.
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