Saturday, February 28, 2009

I'm Glad I Didn't Ride

Friday, February 27, 2009, McAllen Texas reached 101F.  It was the highest temperature in the USA, it broke the record for the date, and was the earliest in the year that McAllen has reached triple-digit temperatures. 

Vic and I decided on Friday that Saturday would be a family day, and Sunday would be a ride day.  When I woke up on Saturday, it was a muggy 75F or so.  By 9:30A, a cool front was blowing through the Rio Grande Valley.  I was upstairs, and the wind was shaking the house.  I looked outside, and sheets of mist were blowing across the undeveloped plots across from the house.  I happened to be taking some photos for eBay listings, so I went out on the balcony and grabbed this low-res video with my still camera:




As of a few minutes ago, it was 68F, with winds of 29MPH out of the north.  What a difference a day makes.  I'm extremely glad that I wasn't out riding in the blowing wind and rain.  I'm also happy that I wasn't riding yesterday in our record-breaking heat.

1 comments:

Speedo said...

I rode. The frontal line hit me at Hwy 186, about 35 miles from home. The temperature dropped 25° in about 30 seconds and the wind picked up to 35 mph. After that it started to rain. Poor Jeff missed all the fun. I had to ride in all by myself.