26 Below Zero

[dave1949]

I grew up in Bow NH and sure enough one year the drifts were so high up on top of Wood Hill where my cousin lives that you could just see the tops of the poles. I was warned more than once to stay a way or I could get fried.

I do think winter came sooner, lasted longer, and dropped more snow. Must be that global warming stuff...-10 here ( North Conway NH) this morning and headed lower. But hey at least it's a dry cold!

An eye witness, thanks.

Worst drifts I have seen were the blizzard of 1978 in NW Ohio. I saw a four lane overpass drifted shut from the road surface to the underside of the bridge deck. The Ohio Nat'l Guard dug it out with big front-end loaders. A semi tipped over along US Route 6 and was drifted over. You couldn't tell there was a truck in the drift even. A county plow driver's truck got stuck and he froze to death trying to get to the nearest farm house. Schools were closed for two weeks. It's the only winter weather I have ever experienced that makes a person think - this storm could kill me.
Dave.

 

[300UGUY]

That's just brutal.

 

[bp fick]

Well, the is sun is out and it's "warmed" right up 9F. Heat wave. Not!!

Here's to hoping this is winter's bottom and it's all uphill from here.
Going to get the eggs 4 times a day, and taking water 3 times a day is getting old. Other than that, I don't really mind. Only supposed to be -1 tonight.

I remember the winter of 1992-93 and we went 12 days without breaking zero, night or day. Now THAT was rough.

This is just a speed bump compared to that.

 

[Jstpssng]

An eye witness, thanks.

Worst drifts I have seen were the blizzard of 1978 in NW Ohio. I saw a four lane overpass drifted shut from the road surface to the underside of the bridge deck. The Ohio Nat'l Guard dug it out with big front-end loaders. A semi tipped over along US Route 6 and was drifted over. You couldn't tell there was a truck in the drift even. A county plow driver's truck got stuck and he froze to death trying to get to the nearest farm house. Schools were closed for two weeks. It's the only winter weather I have ever experienced that makes a person think - this storm could kill me.
Dave.

The last 2 weeks do remind me of "the way things were when I was young" back in the '60s& 70s. Ice skating on Thanksgiving; sliding & snowmobiling from Dec. through March. We actually got frost in the ground before it started snowing! The blizzard of 1969, when we were snowed in for 10 days and my father would run his snowsled down to check on the greenhouses several times a night. Back then we were told the continent was coming out of a "mini ice age" which peaked in the 19th century. (i.e.; Donner's Pass).

 

[dave1949]

Well, the is sun is out and it's "warmed" right up 9F. Heat wave. Not!!

Here's to hoping this is winter's bottom and it's all uphill from here.
Going to get the eggs 4 times a day, and taking water 3 times a day is getting old. Other than that, I don't really mind. Only supposed to be -1 tonight.

I remember the winter of 1992-93 and we went 12 days without breaking zero, night or day. Now THAT was rough.

This is just a speed bump compared to that.

Isn't it amazing how mild 20* feels after that?

The Arctic air must be here, we topped out at 15* but as soon as the sun got into the western sky, it started dropping fast. 1* now at dusk. Oh well, it was sunny at least.

I predict a lot cars aren't going to start tomorrow morning
Dave.

 

[zzvyb6]

It's Sunday morning, January 23, and my gage is reading -26. Clicked the weather dashboard button on my computer to check it against the weather station a few miles away. Ugh. It reads -27

Best go check on my hens in the barn. Well, I think I'll wait a few hours until first light.

So who's gonna call the station about the 1 degree error? :laughing:

 

[SPYDERLK]

Accordong to the weather prognosticators, that air should arrive here in NH today.... TV station in Burlington, VT is saying some areas --that are normally colder-- may reach -40 tonight.

Haven't seen temps like that for quite a few years.

.. Fahrenheit or Celsius?
larry

 

[doelake]

I'm guessing you guys are talking Fahrenheit, right? We're enjoying temps of -30* C, makes me think I shouldn't complain

 

[bp fick]

Read it and weep, as long as the link is good.
9&10 News - Northern Michigan's Weather Leader

 

[patrick_g]

So far my personal lowest temp to be out in (thermometer NOT windchill) was -47F in Minot,ND while in USAF SAC.

At about -40F the vapor pressure of LPG goes to zero and nothing comes out of the tank when you open the valve. Residents of the Minot area have been known to start a little fire under their propane tank to get enough vapor pressure to get fuel to their cook stove to be able to get a hot meal.

A very important thing to remember in severe cold is to never breathe deep as you can frost bite your lungs and YOU WILL DIE irrespective of available medical assistance. Take it slow and easy outside in severe cold. Do not work up a sweat. Hopefully you will not go out in it but if you do it is good to have a proper parka with hood that will let your exhalations preheat the air you are inhaling. Military surplus ECWS (Extreme Cold Weather System) is a good cost effective measure.

Be careful out there...

Pat

 

[Arky217]

Cold is relative.

There was a song I heard once that had a line in it that went, 'When it's springtime in Alaska, it's 40 below'.
Well, actually that's nearly true.

When I lived in the Alaska interior, there would come a day in spring when it would suddenly warm up to about -20F.
I would go out in my shirtsleeves, marveling at how warm it felt !

(And even in the mid of winter, when it warmed up from -60F to -50F, I could really tell it.)

 

[dave1949]

.. Fahrenheit or Celsius?
larry

Not sure you are kidding, but -40 F or C is the same temperature. The scales cross at that point.

If you are kidding, please ignore the pedantic reply
Dave.

 

[Egon]

Military surplus ECWS (Extreme Cold Weather System) is a good cost effective measure.

Trim your hood with Wolverine fur. It doesn't frost up.:thumbsup:

Not sure you are kidding, but -40 F or C is the same temperature.

Probably about 233 degrees k but not sure what it would be in Rankin.

 

[mjarrels]

I'm still visiting the Philippines, probably going to hit 90 degrees again today, was a cool 75 degrees a few days ago, had to put on a insulated sweat shirt.

mark

 

[jinman]

Not sure you are kidding, but -40 F or C is the same temperature. The scales cross at that point.

If you are kidding, please ignore the pedantic reply
Dave.

Dang it Dave! You spoiled my fun.:laughing:

 

[dave1949]

Dang it Dave! You spoiled my fun.:laughing:

I'm sorry Jim. I saw your post a couple days back and knew what you were up to. Shoulda kept my mouth shut.
Dave.

 

[irvingj]

Well, winds must have been light last night... they say it's -21 down in the valley, but we've got a balmy -16 up here on the hill....

 

[tcartwri]

A very important thing to remember in severe cold is to never breathe deep as you can frost bite your lungs and YOU WILL DIE irrespective of available medical assistance.

That will not happen. But it's a good script.

 

[Dogballs]

28 below here this morning. I went outside and breathed as deeply as I could. Against all odds I survived to talk about it.

 

[jinman]

I'm sorry Jim. I saw your post a couple days back and knew what you were up to. Shoulda kept my mouth shut.
Dave.

Of course, I'm kidding about spoilin' my joke too.:dance1: I remember many years ago I was proofreading some aircraft technical writing and saw something that referred to -40F or -40C. I struck out the -40F as a typo, but the tech writer (a woman) got the last laugh at me when she pointed out they were the same. If only I had done the math instead of the knee-jerk edit, I would have known they were the same. That was okay though because that same woman tech writer had seen references to pitot tubes on the airplane and did a complete search and replace of all the pitot tube references in the manual, changing them to "pilot" tube.:shocked::laughing: