It is so cold that...

[gwillybj]

Well, VC, it's 9F here (-13C), 12:45am, only a couple hundred miles south of you. That ice cream should be pretty well solid.

D: Yes, and they can have it as far as I'm concerned. I remember those winters you recall, growing up in central Vermont. Man, that was painful.

[Solly]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
I'm just pleased it has been remarkably mild this winter. If this is global warming, bring it on

We've got global cooling at the moment.

[Odin]

Originally posted by Doddler


We've got global cooling at the moment.

Ah, I found another dimwit who, like my stepdad, gets weather and climate mixed up...

[Odin]

Sunday night's low is supposed to be -28F

[CrONoS]

@Odin

Where?

[CrONoS]

-33.3 degrees Celsius is pretty cold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Peter Triggs]

Odin is in Fargo.

You know, that warm, sunny place south of here, where Winnipegers go escape their cold winters.

As I write the temperature is -38.5c with a wind chill of -49c.

[Zoid]

Damn! Gotta love the Gulf Stream...

[Odin]

Originally posted by Peter Triggs
Odin is in Fargo.

You know, that warm, sunny place south of here, where Winnipegers go escape their cold winters.

[Zkribbler]

Odin is in Fargo.

What a wonderful movie!

"So that was Mrs. Lundegaard on the floor in there. And I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper. And those three people in Brainerd. And for what? For a little bit of money. There's more to life than a little money, you know. Don't you know that? And here ya are, and it's a beautiful day. Well, I just don't understand it."

[Darsnan]

Big lake effect event just north of Syracuse NY. Two feet of snow already, and much more expected! Oh yeah, and the temp is around -15C, not counting wind chill.

Heavy lake effect squalls coming off Lake Ontario were up near Watertown much of Sunday with accumulations of 1 to 2 feet reported. As of 9 PM Sunday the squalls had made it into northern Oswego County and will hit areas east of the lake hard tonight. Snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour will be common with whiteout conditions. Over Oswego, southern Lewis and northern Oneida Counties we are expecting 1 to 2 feet of new snow tonight with some isolated higher totals over the Tug Hill.

Link

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[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Darsnan
Big lake effect event just north of Syracuse NY. Two feet of snow already, and much more expected! Oh yeah, and the temp is around -15C, not counting wind chill.

Am I correct in this description of "lake effect" snow:

Cold dry air comes whipping out of Canada. It runs into less cold, moist air above the Great Lakes and -- presto -- turns to moisture into snow.

[gwillybj]

Yes, that's it in a nutshell.

[Addled Platypus]

This is cold

gads....need help
who knows how to embed...

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http://break.com/index/newfoundland_frozen_waves.html

[Darsnan]

Originally posted by Zkribbler


Am I correct in this description of "lake effect" snow:

Cold dry air comes whipping out of Canada. It runs into less cold, moist air above the Great Lakes and -- presto -- turns the moisture into snow.

These are complete white-out conditions in the effected areas. Interstate 81 is closed, as is Amtrak service. No unnecessary travel. And yet just a few miles away we have clear (albeit very cold) skies.