Geos Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 24 hours below 0° now. Predicted to get above 0° around 1 or 2pm tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 We are exactly where we should be. Models had us between -13 and -15 C at 10PM Winds have picked up, clouds have moved in with the precip, and dews have shot up, so naturally temps have stalled or gone up a bit. Once this band clears out, radiative cooling can work its magic. The coldest 850s haven't even made it into the region yet. Thanks for the info. Appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I once again spent the day at the Emergency Operations Center. I haven't had a chance to begin to catch up on all of the posts here, so this might have already been mentioned, but I wanted to note an interesting observation. From 9 am (when I arrived) until at least 7 pm, the temperature on our Davis station remained at -11 or -12, with wind chills between -30 to -37 for the whole 10 hour period. Quite a stretch of consistent temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 The lights just flickered on and off at my place. Tonight is not the night for a power outage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Looks like Miami wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 The lights just flickered on and off at my place. Tonight is not the night for a power outage! I've been hearing very loud frost quakes all evening, about 4 per hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 The lights just flickered on and off at my place. Tonight is not the night for a power outage! Mine haven't but if they did it would be another first for this beast. I don't want any funny business either . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Consecutive hourly (or top of the hour) readings of -10º or lower today....through 10:00pm CST/11:00pm EST FWA: 16 IND: 17 MDW: 17 (has ended at 10:00pm) MKE: 19 ORD: 19 SBN: 15 Current temps FWA: -12º IND: -14º MDW: -9º MKE: -12º ORD: -11º SBN: -11º Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 7 consecutive hours of wind chills below -30 at DTW now. Still holding at -14 air temp, wind chill at -41. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Temp still slowly rising. Up to -8 now, which is the new high for the day. Was -11 at midnight, dropped to -17 around 7am. On paper this won't look all that impressive relative to past events here. However, the winds combined with the subzero readings made for some very bad wind chills. Definitely the coldest wind chills I've seen here since we started the new scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Dropped 1° here. -14°. Wind chill up to -30° 19 hours below -10° here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Sort of off-topic I know, but look at this article. Seems really biased. I suppose the arctic outbreaks of 1920, 1934, 1945, 1977, 1982 and 1983 weren't also "weird". http://science.time.com/2014/01/06/climate-change-driving-cold-weather/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Vid I shot earlier this evening taking boiling water and throwing it into the subzero air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Vid I shot earlier this evening taking boiling water and throwing it into the subzero air. Sounded like the beginning of Thriller with the creaking door. And nice short term whiteout. KTIM taking LAF to the shed right now, which is strange. -11.4º here vs -10º at the airport. Yes, the time is off by three hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Sounded like the beginning of Thriller with the creaking door. And nice short term whiteout. KTIM taking LAF to the shed right now, which is strange. -11.4º here vs -10º at the airport. Haha, yeah sounds like my knees when it gets this cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I went out and braved the elements for you guys. Less then 1/4 mile visibility has been at my location since 5 pm this afternoon. Blizzard conditions continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I went out and braved the elements for you guys. Less then 1/4 mile visibility has been at my location since 5 pm this afternoon. Blizzard conditions continue. Very impressive video. True blizzard conditions right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Instant record low for the day at DTW, so two days in a row with record lows below -10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Missed the record min temp for Indianapolis yesterday...but it was the second coldest on record for Jan 6. -20º in 1884 -14º in 2014 -11º in 1970 Tied for the second lowest low max temp on record. 1º in 1884 5º in 1912 and 2014 11º in 1970 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I went out and braved the elements for you guys. Less then 1/4 mile visibility has been at my location since 5 pm this afternoon. Blizzard conditions continue. That's amazing. Thanks for the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Arctic cold front moving through Texas yesterday https://twitter.com/rqhart/status/420327388820434944/photo/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I went out and braved the elements for you guys. Less then 1/4 mile visibility has been at my location since 5 pm this afternoon. Blizzard conditions continue. BuffaloWeather does it right. Proper video. Jealous, looks amazing. Will look even better tomorrow. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Temps and windchill steadily plummeting right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogieman Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 All day long, my point forecast said a low of -6F. We dropped quite a ways beyond that at KFNT, to -14F. I'm hoping the next two nights are actually a bit warmer than forecast. This extreme cold is hard on everything, especially me. The creaks, moans and pops in the attic, trees and even the ground outside, for that matter, are just plain freaky. I'd love to sleep as I haven't slept well the last four days because of this storm because it's had my nerves just shot. We've had a lot of weather-induced damages at our house over the last couple years and I can't help but be concerned. Yeah, we've got homeowner's Insurance, but still. I had one frozen pipe in our laundry room, the cold water pipe to the washer and utility sink, which runs inside the outside wall and tees off to the outside spigot. I set a portable heater on the washer and aimed it toward that corner. Thawed it in about an hour. I found it when I went to open the faucets on the utility sink and there was no cold water coming out. Thankfully, the pipe didn't rupture. I must have caught it not long after it froze. And I'll tell you what, it's done me no favors as far as aches and pains are concerned. They're about off the scale. Next month's energy bill is probably gonna give me a stroke. I keep thinking of Lewis Black's bit about the Slavic people settling in MN... "This is $#!t, Vlad!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hailcore Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 We've stayed steady around -13 so far through the overnight, we ran about 5 degrees above our record low yesterday and we won't get close to the record today, but still the coldest it's been here since Jan 1999. The wind chills sure make up for it though, still around -30 to -40. My car barely wanted to start this morning, sputtered out on me a few times... hoping she'll stay good for a return trip home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogieman Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Arctic cold front moving through Texas yesterday https://twitter.com/rqhart/status/420327388820434944/photo/1 That is just plain ominous looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogieman Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 We've stayed steady around -13 so far through the overnight, we ran about 5 degrees above our record low yesterday and we won't get close to the record today, but still the coldest it's been here since Jan 1999. The wind chills sure make up for it though, still around -30 to -40. My car barely wanted to start this morning, sputtered out on me a few times... hoping she'll stay good for a return trip home... Yeah, I'm kinda concerned about our ancient minivan. I already know it'll need the battery charged. I tested the antifreeze after a blowout this past summer, it was okay down to about -15. We hit -14 tonight. Gotta really be aware of fuel line freeze ups in this cold weather too. We filled it up before the snow hit, so that should be okay. I guess I'll see when I get out later. I haven't been outside since Sunday evening, frankly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London snowsquall Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Current temp -14.3F, wind chill is -41F, Brr..... Both records for the day. Pretty extreme for this part of Ontario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Arctic cold front moving through Texas yesterday https://twitter.com/rqhart/status/420327388820434944/photo/1 Scary looking! -13° here currently. WSW winds starting to bring in "milder" air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 so sick of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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