Hoosier Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 Here's a comparison between this morning's surface map and the morning surface map from January 19, 1994. As you can see, January 1994 had much better radiational cooling conditions in some areas as the surface high was centered in the Ohio Valley. Had this occurred this time, low temps might've approached those levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 ORD is up to 0, which ends the sub-zero stretch at about 36 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 LAF has gone above 0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 -3° at UGN, -2° at RAC with some clouds, but I think they're moving out. Edit: 56° in Miami! They must be shivering there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 2f here...heatwave begins! Nice day overall...at least the wind is gone for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 My mother just sent me this photo, That's a double paned pella window, just shattered from the prolonged cold, pretty incredible stuff. She lives in a rural area outside of Champaign. She's a little ticked off to say the least, those windows are fairly new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 It was -24C this morning at YYZ. Its even more impressive when you factor in the Windchills, lol. And in regards to your statement, I disagree. Its possible we could see another cool down after Jan 20th. The extent is still unknown but the models want to reload the -EPO/+PNA pattern around Jan 16th-Jan 18th which should ensure another colder pattern settling in to end the month off. Alot of uncertainty on how the AO/NAO will evolve through the coming weeks. I shall look into that later today. Yep looks like a potential repeat in another couple weeks. January is really the only time you can really get this cold, though, so it's now or never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 It was -24C this morning at YYZ. Its even more impressive when you factor in the Windchills, lol. And in regards to your statement, I disagree. Its possible we could see another cool down after Jan 20th. The extent is still unknown but the models want to reload the -EPO/+PNA pattern around Jan 16th-Jan 18th which should ensure another colder pattern settling in to end the month off. Alot of uncertainty on how the AO/NAO will evolve through the coming weeks. I shall look into that later today. Just so there's not misunderstanding, I agree we're going to cool down after the torch this weekend, but I think today will be the coldest day of the year. This is 1/2 decade type cold so I don't think my prediction is too controversial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 MKE is up to 0. Looks like approx 41hrs below 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 Looks like the lowest wind chill at LAF was -40F, though with hours of missing data it's possible it went lower at some point. The lowest wind chill in the 1994 outbreak was -44F. These readings are based on the newer wind chill scale. They'd be more like -60F to -65F on the old scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto4 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Downtown Toronto got down to -22.2C (-8F) this morning, falling short of the record low for the 7th of -25.0C (-13F) set way back in 1866. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 This is how cold it is here. I just unloaded my snowmobile, parked it in a good spot and went in the house. No thank you, maybe tomorrow. This is at my parents rural house. Sent from my HTC6435LVW using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 It was -24C this morning at YYZ. Its even more impressive when you factor in the Windchills, lol. And in regards to your statement, I disagree. Its possible we could see another cool down after Jan 20th. The extent is still unknown but the models want to reload the -EPO/+PNA pattern around Jan 16th-Jan 18th which should ensure another colder pattern settling in to end the month off. Alot of uncertainty on how the AO/NAO will evolve through the coming weeks. I shall look into that later today. Just so there's not misunderstanding, I agree we're going to cool down after the torch this weekend, but I think today will be the coldest day of the year. This is 1/2 decade type cold so I don't think my prediction is too controversial. I wouldn't be surprised to go years without hitting -19℉ again, that's like hitting 100℉ in the summer. It took from 1988 to 2012 to repeat that temp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Chambana - I'd be ticked too. I guess Pella didn't do a cold weather test in their laboratories! +1° at UGN now. About 42 hours below 0°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I wouldn't be surprised to go years without hitting -19℉ again, that's like hitting 100℉ in the summer. It took from 1988 to 2012 to repeat that temp. I think Toronto hit 100F two years in a row (mid July of 2011 and 2012) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 New Orleans was colder than Whitehorse, Yukon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I wouldn't be surprised to go years without hitting -19℉ again, that's like hitting 100℉ in the summer. It took from 1988 to 2012 to repeat that temp. Detroit hit 100 in 1995 and 2011. Its not all that rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I wouldn't be surprised to go years without hitting -19℉ again, that's like hitting 100℉ in the summer. It took from 1988 to 2012 to repeat that temp. Detroit hit 100 in 1995 and 2011. Its not all that rare. That's just shy of the range between this cold snap and those heatwaves. I failed to locally hit 100 either of those times, but I hit -19 or worse yesterday and 1994. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 That's just shy of the range between this cold snap and those heatwaves. I failed to locally hit 100 either of those times, but I hit -19 or worse yesterday and 1994. Jonger if I leave now for Lansing you think I'll get stranded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Jonger if I leave now for Lansing you think I'll get stranded? As long as you stay all freeway you should be fine, 23 to 96. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Some dope pictures here http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/01/06/9-stunning-images-of-lake-michigan-frozen_n_4551952.html?utm_hp_ref=tw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Jonger if I leave now for Lansing you think I'll get stranded? No... The expressway is clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 My mother just sent me this photo, That's a double paned pella window, just shattered from the prolonged cold, pretty incredible stuff. She lives in a rural area outside of Champaign. She's a little ticked off to say the least, those windows are fairly new. Called a glass guy for the same reason today... Of course, I close on the sale of my house in 11 days, so a broken window was the last thing I needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 ^Wow those are some awesome pics above. Popped above zero here at 10:30 this morning. Streak was right at 39hrs below zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Some dope pictures here http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/01/06/9-stunning-images-of-lake-michigan-frozen_n_4551952.html?utm_hp_ref=tw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Still below 0 here, we maxed at -1 around 4PM, currently -3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Another example of the cold...my roommates posters all fell off their walls while they were gone over break Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 JB is hinting that the cold could reload after the thaw and is showing maps to back up his ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 An example of the cold letting up - I was able to kick the ice off my car today at 4:30pm without any trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Yep looks like a potential repeat in another couple weeks. January is really the only time you can really get this cold, though, so it's now or never. That's false, most of the all-time low records for both my area and northern Ontario have been set in February. Toronto shouldn't be any different. JB is hinting that the cold could reload after the thaw and is showing maps to back up his ideas. Ryan Maue as well, starting to post maps showing the next polar vortex in the medium-long range. I've been reading Ryan's twitter feed by far the most, the best currently. I'm in favor of another PV since that always means a lot of snow for myself (lakes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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