«We've been working through the transition from 110 - degree to 65 -
degree track temperatures over the last few hours, with pressure adjustments for each new tire set and a tire compound change,» said Corvette Racing engineering director Doug Louth.
In cool and windy conditions (64 - degree air temperature and 79 -
degree track temperature) the cars went quicker on virtually every lap.
With 85 - degree air temperature and 96 -
degree track temperature, the qualifying times were slightly slower than last year's 2:01.150 record on the historic 3.7 - mile circuit that hosts the opening round of the 2011 American Le Mans Series.
Not exact matches
If you have been
tracking your basal body
temperature, you will also see a rise in your
temperature by roughly 0.4
degrees.
It also lets you keep
track of your body
temperature — because your
temperature tends to rise a few
degrees when you are ovulating — as well as moods, OPK results, spotting and pain levels so you can talk to your doctor about it at your next visit.
If you've been using a special basal body thermometer to
track your first morning
temperature, you might notice that it rises around 1
degree when you conceive and stays elevated throughout your pregnancy.
OGS has been
tracking weather data over the past few years to plot out what care is required to keep the ice pristine, regardless of whether the
temperature is 10 below and dry or 50
degrees and humid.
And on top of all that, this thing can reach
temperatures of up to 149
degrees, helping to kill bacteria in their
tracks!
This year, the waters in Lake Superior are on
track to reach — and potentially exceed — the lake's record - high
temperature of 68
degrees Fahrenheit
Just outside Washington, D.C., three Metro cars derailed earlier this month near the West Hyattsville station when air
temperatures spiked above 95
degrees Fahrenheit, causing a «heat kink» in which the
tracks got so hot they buckled.
Without any action, the world is on
track to achieve at least 4
degrees C warming of global average
temperatures by 2100, as the world hits 450 parts - per - million of greenhouse gases in 2030 and goes on to put out enough greenhouse gas pollution to achieve as much as 1300 ppm by 2100.
At Sochi, organizers have enlisted three $ 2 million snowmaking units capable of creating snow at
temperatures up to 70
degrees Fahrenheit to ensure good
track coverage at the Nordic combined and ski jump events.
But current policies put the world on
track to overshoot the Paris goal of limiting rising
temperatures to «well below» two
degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times.
Sweltering heat meant that ambient
temperatures were well above 30
degree Celsius, and
track temperatures were in excess of 50
degree Celsius — a massive challenge for the cars» Michelin tyres.
Upon arrival at the
track, I was a bit disappointed to hear from the engineers the circuit was running 2 - 3 seconds slower than it had been, due to
temperatures being almost 40
degrees hotter than they had been earlier in the week, making for an extremely greasy
track.
Despite the greasy
track and almost 90 -
degree air
temperature, I did manage to run almost a second faster in the ZR1 than I had in the Z06, without really pushing hard.
This kit also features high - performance pads, which provide greater resistance to brake fade at
track condition rotor
temperatures over 500
degrees C. Coupled with the Z51 Brake Cooling Kit, this system will match the braking performance of the Z51 brake system.
Dodge seems to hint at the Widebody's
track - ability in a note on engine cooling, saying that «engine power will not be de-rated due to cooling demands after 20 minutes of hard driving on a road course at an ambient
temperature of 100
degrees Fahrenheit.»
With air
temperature climb at 90
degrees plus (+34 C) and the
track sizzling at more than 112 (44 C)
degrees, heat was an issue which affect almost everyone in today's race at Miller Motorsports Park, just outside Salt Lake City.
The
temperature was over
degrees and the
track was a toasty 130
degrees when GT qualifying began on the classic 13 - turn circuit.
This will be the first time the team has raced at MMP in the GT2 class and the crew and drivers are preparing for racing in 90 -
degree temperatures at the
track's 4,400 - foot elevation.
To prove they all work, Chevy torture - tested the car on -
track at
temperatures up to 100
degrees Fahrenheit.
His time came in the second of two practice sessions at the 3.27 - mile, 17 - turn road circuit on a day where air
temperatures reached 99
degrees and
track readings approached 130
degrees according to tire engineers with Michelin.
Estre began the record lap at 11:40 a.m. in ideal conditions, with 14
degree Celsius ambient and 18
degree Celsius
track temperatures.
As the air
temperature climbed to 90
degrees and the
track sizzled at 112
degrees, Magnussen put the heat on the second - place BMW of Bill Auberlen.
On top of this, you have the changing conditions from the middle of the night to the heat of the afternoon that can result in a 70 -
degree swing in
track temperature.
The
track's 4,400 - foot elevation and the predicted 90 -
degree temperature on race day will make demands on the drivers, crew, and equipment.
The heat was on at Lime Rock Park with the air
temperature at 93
degrees and the
track temperature at 123
degrees when the session began.
A hot, steamy day with
temperatures approaching 90
degrees and
track temperatures of 115
degrees, made for a slick
track surface, which combined with the deep 53 car field and tight competition had drivers intensely focused for the entire six - hour race on the fast 3.4 mile, 11 turn circuit that features two sets of 140 foot elevation changes each lap.
Despite
track temperatures of 105
degrees and differing choices of Michelin tire options, the eight factory backed GTLM entries posted best race laps within a range of 0.392 of a second.
A hot, sunny weekend saw 2016
track temperatures rise from 93
degrees at the start to over 120
degrees midway through the six hour race.
The clear, sunny daytime conditions saw
track temperatures drop from a peak of 84
degrees shortly after the 2:10 pm Saturday start all the way into the mid-40s for much of the night and into Sunday morning before returning into the low 80
degree range for the finish.
«With so many different series and tire makers here this weekend, the chemical interactions of the various compounds combined with
track temperatures up to 108
degrees made the circuit slick and the racing line very narrow,» said Ken Payne, technical director motorsport, Michelin North America.
Although
temperatures began at 71
degrees ambient and 73 on
track, by the end of the session, it was up to 81 and 88, respectively.
After playing a quick game of «Real Racing 2,» the back right side of the tablet — exactly where you place your hand — was scorching hot: After three laps around the
track, we measured a
temperature of 115
degrees Fahrenheit.
A 2007 study
tracked Blue Heelers and other cattle dogs engaged in mustering sessions that lasted four hours or more in
temperatures of up to 38
degrees centigrade.
When we
track it back to your source, we find: «The world's
temperature is on course to rise by more than three
degrees Centigrade despite efforts to combat global warming, Britain's chief scientist has warned.»
There was widespread acknowledgement that, as things currently stand, we are not on
track for limiting global
temperature rise to 2
degrees centigrade above pre-industrial levels.
Because all the pledges added together fall far short of what is needed to put the world on
track to keep
temperatures below the 2
degree Celsius threshold.
The conclusion that global
temperatures are on
track to burst through the two -
degrees ceiling isn't much in dispute.
The world is on
track for
temperature rise of three to five
degrees, which would lead to a catastrophe.
If we want to stay below a 2
degrees (Celsius)
temperature increase, we should not follow this
track and need to make a rapid turnaround,» Saunois said in a report by Reuters.
Even if these INDCs are fully implemented, the average global
temperature is still on
track to increase 2.7 - 3.7
degrees C by 2100, according to a range of studies.
- In our
tracking, we keep
temperature data and correct for
degree days.
If, however, global
temperature where to
track the CO2 increase shown on the chart, it would need to increase by 2.54
degrees C. Indeed, the satellite record shows a trend in
temperature of 0.14 C per decade, for an increase of 0.43 C since the start of the satellite record.
Air
temperature at 2 meters above the surface at 80
degrees north latitude shows 2017 (red line)
temperatures tracking warmer than 2016 (yellow line), and well above the 1958 - 2015 mean
temperature (turquoise line).
This solar thermal technology — often referred to as concentrated solar power — simply uses reflectors with automated
tracking systems to concentrate sunlight on a closed vessel containing water or some other liquid, raising the
temperature as high as 750
degrees Fahrenheit to produce steam.
We have heard that we will need to reduce atmospheric CO2 to 350ppm and stabilize there, and that we are on
track for a 2
degree increase in global average
temperatures by mid-century, which will be disastrous.
Emissions of heat - trapping carbon dioxide have us on
track to raise global
temperatures 10
degrees above preindustrial levels by century's end.
While nations have pledged to keep global
temperatures from rising more than 2
degrees Celsius (3.6
degrees Fahrenheit), experts say we are currently on
track for much greater rises given a lack of political effort to tackle emissions.