topic Re: It's COLD Outside in BreakPoint

It's COLD Outside

crossrulz — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 14:40:36 GMT

Just checked my thermometer: -1 F. We (in Cincinnati, OH) are supposed to get down to -8 with a wind chill of -40. Spent 10 minutes trying to dig out my driveway and decided it was just too cold to be out there any longer.

And of course this all just reminds me of the CLA summit last year in Austin where it was low 60s and Stephen Mercer is wearing a coat complaining about how cold it was. Meanwhile, here comes Mark Bala and his buddies from Chicago wearing shorts.

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JÞB — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 16:58:50 GMT

-1f? and you are b!tching?

Wimp!

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PaulG. — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 17:32:04 GMT

A foot of snow and subzero here in Detroit, too. Makes me think about "snowball earth". Interesting time in earth's history when the earth was completely covered in ice. Saw a documentary on it once and it about froze my bones.

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johnsold — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 19:04:39 GMT

It looks like it will not get cold enough here (30 miles north of Tim) for me to get out my winter coat. I did notice that Fairbanks is 14 degrees warmer than SW Ohio.

Lynn

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SnowMule — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 19:11:37 GMT

I don't know what you guys are complaining about; I'm loving this stuff.

Highs in the teens in town, don't think it ever hit double-digits where we were. Wind chill definitely sub-zero.

Having the right gear makes a big difference though.

Free beer! Along with avalanche awareness info, equipment demos, and tshirts/hats for sale. http://www.tylersba.org/

Oh, and some racing.

Kids got into the action on the 120's

Buddy got roped into racing open-class drags on his 'doo (green one in front) (yes it's a badass sled)

I had a pretty good spot on an S-curve going into the rhythm section.

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altenbach — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 19:13:47 GMT

It IS cold here too! We actually dropped down to below 50 at night. Brrrr. 😮

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crossrulz — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 20:15:30 GMT

@JÞB wrote:

-1f? and you are b!tching?

Wimp!

And that's exactly the response I expected from somebody up North. If it wasn't for the wind, I would be perfectly fine (gusts over 30mph).

Altenbach, go jump in a lake!

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JÞB — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 20:29:36 GMT

@crossrulz wrote:

@JÞB wrote:

-1f? and you are b!tching?

Wimp!

And that's exactly the response I expected from somebody up North. If it wasn't for the wind, I would be perfectly fine (gusts over 30mph).

Altenbach, go jump in a lake!

at 70 you COULD jump in a lake! What are the odds of getting wet walking off the shoreline here? or in Ohio? Now we'll get some picture of Christian doing exactly what you asked- Will that make you feel any better Tim?

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Mark_Yedinak — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 21:26:06 GMT

Yep, Chicago is the same. I don't believe the wind speed though. It is quite blustery. I hear the wind whipping and howling outside. Windchills are in the -40s.

Re: It's COLD Outside

Jeffrey_Zola — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 03:52:46 GMT

If I understand what I read here:

Crossrulz says that he wouldn't mind it if it weren't windy. Kinda like people in Arizona claiming "But It's a dry heat!"
Altenbach is jumping into a lake wearing his Speedo.
Snowmule is racing his sled while wearing his.

Got news for you gentlemen: It's WINTER!!!!! If you don't like cold weather, move to Altenbach's neck of the woods!

Do you hear me complaining about rain?

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thoult — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 08:32:47 GMT

The weather in Portland seems to be about identical to my weather in the South West of the UK right now. It seems to have been raining heavily for the best part of two weeks here! Makes a change from a year ago, when we had a dump of snow the day before my wedding, meaning it was touch-and-go as to whether it went ahead.

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KoenR94 — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 09:55:18 GMT

I guess you could say the weather across the ocean is a bit better.

Though I would prefer hotter temperatures

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Ray.R — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 13:21:06 GMT

That cannot be +51oC in the Netherlands??!!?? 51oF maybe.. Which is still very nice..

Can't complain about the weather! It was +4oC (that's probably +80oF in winter degrees) yesterday.. Darn rain was melting the snow.. Don't you hate that when it happens. It's nice & warm at some places in Canada.. Well... the temperature did drop because we're getting a cold stream of air from the USA!! 😮

LOL!

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KoenR94 — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 13:29:14 GMT

That cannot be +51oC in the Netherlands??!!?? 51oF maybe.. Which is still very nice..

I did put it on Fahrenheit if you look closely, because the others did too.

Otherwise we would be melting!!

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crossrulz — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 13:34:52 GMT

Ray.R wrote:Well... the temperature did drop because we're getting a cold stream of air from the USA!! 😮

How weird is that? Our (Cincinnati) bad winter weather normally comes straight down from Canada. Though, some guys on the radio were talking yesterday how it was +7 F at the North Pole, while they were measuring -2 F at the studio. So Santa had warmer weather than us.

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tst — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 14:51:23 GMT

@KoenR94 wrote:

I did put it on Fahrenheit if you look closely, because the others did too.
Otherwise we would be melting!!

Nah, I live in a place which occasionally gets >50 C (I would say we had it for probably 2 or 3 of the last 4 years) and while it's hot, it's not THAT hot. I certainly find it more comfortable than the cold, so I'm with Mercer on this.

P.S. A couple of years ago, when the Americans were all excited about Snowmaggedon (remember that, people?), I told people on LAVA about going by the actual Armageddon and not seeing any snow. Let's say people were not as amused as you might think...

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Jeffrey_Zola — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 15:33:51 GMT

We actually had a really dry Fall this year, with temperatures colder than usual. Lots of "frozen fog", but fortunately not much frozen rain. Today looks to be the first day we see the "normal" wet winter weather we are used to in the pacific northwest.

But tst- when your temps reach 50°C, is it a "dry heat"?

(Mental math.... nine fifths plus thirty two..... 122°F? That's a typical summer evening in phoenix!)

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LV_Pro — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 15:38:28 GMT

More likely Christian will jump into the ocean, I don't recall any lakes convenient to Venice, CA.

Yeah, it is only -1 here (Central/Northern, New York, at the moment, thought the windchill is around -20. Possible 5 feet of snow north of here in the next 24hours, they are downwind of L.Ontario with this wind direction. I did have to jump start my car this morning, I guess I should have listened when I got my snows on when they said the battery was getting weak. Then again, I do carry multiple jumper battery packs.

Not much snow here yet, melted most of what we had ( about 1 1/2 feet at my house) on Sunday evening when it suddenly got into the mid-40's and rained.

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Ray.R — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 16:42:09 GMT

@crossrulz wrote:

Ray.R wrote:Well... the temperature did drop because we're getting a cold stream of air from the USA!! 😮

How weird is that? Our (Cincinnati) bad winter weather normally comes straight down from Canada. Though, some guys on the radio were talking yesterday how it was +7 F at the North Pole, while they were measuring -2 F at the studio. So Santa had warmer weather than us.

Not that weird....

Picture a huge "U-shaped" jet stream.. The bottom of the "U" is in the mid-southern USA.. We're on the right arm of the "U" where we get warmer air from the south.. We're at the right spot.. We do not get the icy cold from Manitoba / North-Dakota and miss the snow from the lakes. Although we've had plenty of snow from a warm front originating from Texas..

We're similar to Putnam's weather, but get less snow... I think.. It's cold today (+7F / -16C) but will be warming up to +39F/+4C by Saturday. So that explains the myth that we all live in igloos and drive dog sleds... as recently portrayed in France.. Although those 300 German Sheppards pull that sled pretty good.. 😄

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AnalogKid2DigitalMan — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 17:04:14 GMT

It gets to 122F in Phoenix very rarely (I think that is the record high), more typical is 112-115. It is a 'dry' heat up until July-Sept when the Monsoonal flow from the South brings up moisture.

Polar vortex is what they are calling this extreme cold, that is the first time I have heard the term. It may be used more often at higher latitudes.

-A2DM