Super User A-Jay Posted January 16, 2019 Super User Posted January 16, 2019 Looks like it's going to be a little nippy this weekend. -20 will get your attention. A-Jay 1 3 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted January 16, 2019 Author Global Moderator Posted January 16, 2019 Brrrrrrrrr Quote
Super User Gundog Posted January 17, 2019 Super User Posted January 17, 2019 Notice the 8-12 inches of snow we may get on Saturday. So glad I'm off work that day. 44 more days till spring. That's usually when we get the worst snow storms. 1 Quote
Russ E Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 10 hours ago, A-Jay said: Looks like it's going to be a little nippy this weekend. -20 will get your attention. A-Jay I have only been in -20 degrees weather once. It was when I lived in eastern Iowa. It was the most miserable weather I have ever seen. Any exposed skin, felt like it was burning, and it hurt to breathe. Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted January 17, 2019 Author Global Moderator Posted January 17, 2019 Y’alls weather is more consistent than mine.......... consistently colder!!!! I went to my girlfriends parents just after New Years last year in extreme northwest Ohio for 5 dAys. It’s never got above 7 or 8 and was usually -15 and windy. What in the world is that all about???!!!!! I don’t know how you people can stand that. Kudos to those who live in the tundra, that takes a special amount of mental fortitude 1 Quote
Russ E Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 while we will not hit -20, at possibly below zero, the AFC championship game could be the coldest game ever played at Arrowhead stadium. Definitely another game I will be watching in my living room. 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted January 17, 2019 Super User Posted January 17, 2019 February is often our 'coldest' month. Sort of glad it's also the shortest. A-Jay Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted January 17, 2019 Author Global Moderator Posted January 17, 2019 That will be fun to watch! I remember that Seahawks Vikings playoff game a few years ago when it was well below zero and windy. Blair Walsh missed a gimme field goal to lose the game, problem is I can’t remeber what team he played for. I know he played college ball at Georgia...... 3 minutes ago, A-Jay said: February is often our 'coldest' month. Sort of glad it's also the shortest. A-Jay I actually recall 2015 being pretty cold because I was renting a log cabin with only a wood stove for heat. It was a fisher “mama bear” though and it would hold some giant logs 1 Quote
Super User NorcalBassin Posted January 17, 2019 Super User Posted January 17, 2019 Just crazy how cold it gets for some of you guys. I'm up in the mountains and we get a ton of snow up around our passes (up to 5 additional feet expected in the next 24 hours), but it's rare for us to get anywhere near 0* let alone in the negative range. 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted January 17, 2019 Super User Posted January 17, 2019 20 minutes ago, NorcalBassin said: Just crazy how cold it gets for some of you guys. I'm up in the mountains and we get a ton of snow up around our passes (up to 5 additional feet expected in the next 24 hours), but it's rare for us to get anywhere near 0* let alone in the negative range. Fair enough but just because you're used to it - 5 & 6 FEET of snow at a time ~ is crazy too. A-Jay Quote
Super User Sam Posted January 17, 2019 Super User Posted January 17, 2019 With the Polar Vortex splitting, we will probably have cold temperatures through January. So......are you ready for some ice fishing???? 1 Quote
Super User TOXIC Posted January 17, 2019 Super User Posted January 17, 2019 Growing up in Nebraska, I was used to the cold and as a kid remember going sledding and playing outside when it was below zero on a regular basis. You do get used to it. I was in North Dakota for a while with work and it was -30 air temp. Everywhere you went there were plugs to plug your engine heaters in so your car would start, even the rental cars had plug in heaters. What really made me laugh was that one of the "locals" came into the office with a lined windbreaker on and told me it's not really that cold yet. I spent 2 years in Florida and when I came back to my home in Virginia, it took me 3 years to bet re-acclimated to any kind of cold weather. Since I will be retiring this year, I will start my quest to find a place to hide from old man winter for good. I also lived in Massachusetts for a while and while I was in the middle of relocating, staying in a Residence Inn, I remember getting up one morning after a snow and seeing nothing but car antennas sticking out of the snowbanks. After we bought our house which was on 5 acres out in the woods, we had a snowfall where when I got up in the morning and went to open the garage door to "dig out" and there was 1 foot of clearance between the snow and the roof. I climbed up on the snow and my knees were even with the gutters. 1 Quote
Brad Reid Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 Here in north and east Texas, we do have the occasional cold fronts. Last year, it hit 6 degrees on Lake Athens. This is likely a temperature many of you experience off and on every year, and even colder. Our issues relate to how very fast weather can change, that and wind. Texas is windy. A "funny" attached showing something us Texans are all familiar with. Check the foreground, check the mirror! Brad 2 Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted January 17, 2019 Super User Posted January 17, 2019 More bread and milk! We are looking at heavy rain and the possibility of a couple of inches of snow. That's the equivalent of 3' up north. 2 Quote
Super User Tennessee Boy Posted January 17, 2019 Super User Posted January 17, 2019 15 minutes ago, roadwarrior said: More bread and milk! We are looking at heavy rain and the possibility of a couple of inches of snow. That's the equivalent of 3' up north. Yeah. A couple of inches of snow and brutally cold lows in the 20s. It's gonna be bad in Tennessee this weekend! Quote
Super User NYWayfarer Posted January 17, 2019 Super User Posted January 17, 2019 Looking at a foot of snow falling between Saturday and Sunday in my parts. Then -6 degree temps with gusty winds 10-20mph Quote
Super User J Francho Posted January 17, 2019 Super User Posted January 17, 2019 You down staters are soft. They are calling for almost 2' up here. We will get nailed by lake effect from both Erie and Ontario. 1 Quote
Super User Darren. Posted January 17, 2019 Super User Posted January 17, 2019 I have no plans to ever live up north again. Kudos to all y'all that love it, do the ski thing, snow mobiles, dog sledding, etc. Living in the Rochester, NY area in the 70s, early 80s and mid- late 90s was enough for me. Not a wus, just prefer to be in weather that is more friendly. And I like year-round fishing that doesn't involve drilling holes in ice. Quote
Super User J Francho Posted January 17, 2019 Super User Posted January 17, 2019 My winter sports is limited to getting wood for the fire. 1 Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted January 17, 2019 Super User Posted January 17, 2019 The Russians have used Siberia for both criminal and political incarceration. What are you guys living up north charged with? 1 2 Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted January 17, 2019 Super User Posted January 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, roadwarrior said: The Russians have used Siberia for both criminal and political incarceration. What are you guys living up north charged with? Enjoying the change of seasons and not melting during summer. Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted January 17, 2019 Author Global Moderator Posted January 17, 2019 31 minutes ago, MN Fisher said: Enjoying the change of seasons and not melting during summer. I think I will experience 3 seasons just this weekend. 60 degrees to a thunderstorm to snow then clear and 17 Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted January 17, 2019 Super User Posted January 17, 2019 Well if the ponds here are going to freeze solid I wish they would hurry up and do it. I want to walk out to that stump and get my crankbait back. 1 Quote
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