Many people states about certain AC tactics but don't really understand the severity of such cover with heat. I started observing with data at around 7:30am on my property that i have several areas of the 8 foot long to 4 foot wide roofing sheeting left over from one of my barns. Now unless you are topping several sheets and i would think at least 3 to 4 on top of each other, i will go through 5 o 6 hours of temperatures on and underneath and some of you that don't know, it can be totally useless to hunt if in any direct sun. Also at the end of this post the egg that was fried on these sheets !
7:30 am> ground temp at 73, air temp at 71, metal sheet #1 under large trees > same temp as above....
metal sheet #2 in a shaded area with filtered sun coming through, on top 79, under 75....
sheet #3 with sun on for 20 min, top 80, under 78....
sheet #4 out in open covered by grass clippings, top 84, under 79....
8:30 am> metal sheets in sun at 100 to 101 on top side and 89 to 93 under with the grass clipping sheet at 106 to 107 on top....
9:30 am> ground temp at 89 to 93 in sun and ground temp in shade at 80. metal sheets in sunlight getting hot to touch at 106 and under at 99 to 102....
top temps of shaded metal sheets at 86, under at 81....
metal sheets in open with direct sun at 120 on top....the grass clippings sheet at 128 to 132 at top temp reading....
11:00 am> ground temp of 108 in sun and shaded areas ground temp at 81....
metal sheets in shade at 85, one piece of direct sun exposer in open at 149 and under at 127....with one piece in sun the longest at 154....
last reading at 2:00pm> ground temps of 114 to 116 in sun and shade reading at 90 , with sun directly over head metal sheet readings of 156 to 164 with under temps of 110 to 116....
At this time I broke 2 eggs open and put on metal sheets and in 5 minutes the yoke was cooked thoroughly with the white simmering.
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