Hi there! anyone familiar with weather science? Extreme wasn't used before a few years . word that was used was advisory at around 117f. 110f is normal and 113f common. Only 117f or higher use different language I think Danger? Is this due to the drought? Thank you for the help!
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I'm just a layman & not sure if this is apropos, but one concept I've learned via climate change in central TX is "wet bulb temperature." This is an intersection of heat & humidity where the body literally can't cool itself by sweating. Maybe "extreme" is flirting w/ that level?
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Your body cools itself via sweat evaporation; if the air is hot & already saturated, sweat can't evaporate. At or above the wet bulb temperature, you *will* die being outside, just a question of how long en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bu…
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Replying to @TroyWarr
The only other thing that I thought in regards to the language I'm seeing and apparently they're using in Texas as well is because of here 27 years of drought and you're in one as well I believe is that true? Definitely curious as to why the change here.

Jun 16, 2022 · 7:21 AM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag
Hmm, might be a factor - not sure. We are, yeah. Austin in particular isn't *too* bad, but parts of the state are getting really critical. May is historically our wettest month by far, but we've only had one significant rain in a few months drought.gov/states/texas

Texas | Drought.gov

Current state-level drought information for Texas: .

drought.gov
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It has been brutal all over the West which is at least one causal factor of awful wildfires. We've had very little rain but this winter had two days of snow? Never have seen that on the desert floor. During Big Horn fire the weather red Smoke? So smoke is now a unit of heat? LOL!
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