Ginx snewx Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I'll disagree. A torch winter with one exceptionally brutal day.Frigorific! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Wind chills don't effect houses and chairlifts. But it def affects people outside I would say this is definitely more brutal than days I had colder temps with no wind Windchills definitely affect houses....it chills down a house quicker by removing any heat faster that is radiating out from it. You can feel it if you stand near windows or doors during these strong CAA events vs a calm frigid night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Windchills definitely affect houses....it chills down a house quicker by removing any heat faster that is radiating out from it. You can feel it if you stand near windows or doors during these strong CAA events vs a calm frigid night. My windows that face the w/nw are just drilling in cold with gust of wind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Technically wind chill is a human feel like metric. Wind intrusion of cold air through bad insulation is not wind chill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bostonseminole Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Technically wind chill is a human feel like metric. Wind intrusion of cold air through bad insulation is not wind chill lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Technically wind chill is a human feel like metric. Wind intrusion of cold air through bad insulation is not wind chill IF we rephrase it to "a house loses heat faster during windy cold conditions vs calm cold conditions"....then we can avoid the semantical argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I think I have a pretty good shot of breaking my daily record low max for today (9° in 1987) but I don't think I'll break my all time record low max of 5° on 1/15/1994. This is certainly a memorable cold snap...even if brief. Still below zero at -4°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Not convinced at all...the core of the cold is actually slightly to our west...like over Hudson Valley/Berkshires/Catskills. Euro seems to have been more correct on this idea. Some earlier runs of the GFS had it right over us. So we barely touch -30C at 850 (if at all). I also would like the winds to be drilling a little more out of the N. At least it isn't WNW, but NNW is better than NW. It will be a close call but I could see this only producing like a -9 or something. One positive is the peak cold comes as the sun is going down and we also have a pretty fresh snow pack. I'll go short at both sites. BDL -10 BOS-5 ORH -13 I'll take the over. Seems like the core of the cold came directly over SNE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 RGEM likes double digit below zero tonight for many peeps. Just saw TWC, no snow on the ground Central Park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Seems like the core of the cold came directly over SNE Yeah it was yesterday where that little tick back east happened. The previous guidance had it actually a bit west of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 We could always just go the windchill route...these airmasses absolutely blow away the -25 radiator lows when it comes to windchills....and you often get record low maxes in these types of airmasses whereas the radiator airmasses you rarely get them. You'll go from like -25 to a high of 15 or something. No doubt. I just don't like the semantic argument that -15 is colder with wind than -26 is without wind. Both are impressive and achieved with their own specific conditions. This is an impressive air mass - no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Yeah it was yesterday where that little tick back east happened. The previous guidance had it actually a bit west of us. Colder in much of SNe than Dendrite to Dryslot area. That's crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Seems like the core of the cold came directly over SNE Nice call. An always extreme forecast will win once in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Nice call. An always extreme forecast will win once in a while. I wasn't even cold enough lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Colder in much of SNe than Dendrite to Dryslot area. That's crazy I was right there thinking records may not be easy and I took the over on BOX -7 for Boston too. The cold really worked out perfectly. The 12z runs solidifies record, but no way did I think -9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I was right there thinking records may not be easy and I took the over on BOX -7 for Boston too. The cold really worked out perfectly. The 12z runs solidifies record, but no way did I think -9. I kept seeing those record 850 temp run after run from ALB..They didn't back off at all.. When we kept seeing those..you knew this was the hairiest bear of them all and it was coming in all its glory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Up to 1F. Not much wind here so bearable. Tonight should radiate nicely here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I wasn't even cold enough lolWork on that for next time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewbeer Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I would never engineer baseboard. Forced hot air is where it's at. I heat with a ventless propane fireplace upstairs,downstairs rec room,and a vented bedroom unit downstairs. Temp 72 ,back bed room 68 I just engineered and installed a baseboard system in my house that replaced a crappy, noisy, dusty forced scratched air system. House is an even 70F with 130 degree supply water temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Congrats all on inverted balls and higher heating bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I kept seeing those record 850 temp run after run from ALB..They didn't back off at all.. When we kept seeing those..you knew this was the hairiest bear of them all and it was coming in all its glory The thing, is previous runs were sort of shunting that core from SLK to ALB to like POU before swinging east...instead it really went through like S VT and down into SNE at the last minute...really yesterday's 12z runs started showing that. There were some hints on the 00z runs the night before but not enough to be confident. But that trajectory is important. It definitely worked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewbeer Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Fancy engineered plans with exact heat loss calculations and baseboard requirements. And they're not even close. Not enough baseboard to get the temp past 66 in here. I'm freezing and absolutely livid. Low of -13.8 -15 for LCI Get your money back from that engineer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connecticut Appleman Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I think that it was the coldest day for many places except for the cheap midnight high temperature. I know places like BDL never made it above zero during the day but the midnight temperature was warmer so that's what goes in the books. I remember my mother wouldn't let us go outside with the winds and that the wind chills were really low. I'm in my 16th hour below zero...wondering how long I can go. Currently -9. I was living in Norfolk, CT then and it was 26 below when we got up that morning. It was supposed to be cold but that was much colder than expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Colder in much of SNe than Dendrite to Dryslot area. That's crazyColder than CAR and FVE is crazier. I wouldn't say "much" of SNE was colder than me either. Only the higher terrain. -15.2F is still pretty cold around here...especially for Feb. I'm glad this didn't occur a couple days later because it wouldn't even show up in the records because of 1943. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmanmitch Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 -19.3° F for the low here, which is the coldest I've experienced since we came here from SW CT in 2001. I had a -18° F back in January 2005 the night before the blizzard clobbered SE MA, but that was a radiational cooling cold and not a wind driven cold like this was. Amazing stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 This was a special nite of cold for ORH, BOS, and other non radiators of SNE May not see -9 below at Logan ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 This was a special nite of cold for ORH, BOS, and other non radiators of SNE May not see -9 below at Logan ever I remember some famous NYC poster saying NYC would never see below zero again. It will happen The advantages of age allows for understanding of never saying never. Atmosphere doesn't care what we humans think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Pictures from Southie this morning Mucka Finyardi on Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 the only thing i wonder about is that temps are recovering quickly and i bet bdl is 13-14 for a daytime high today...that always seems to happen when its forecasted to be around or just below ten for a high, esp this time of year it always seems to warm a few more degrees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 1F Logan 11AM. Impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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