Chinook Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 there may be a wind chill warning for -60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 hour ago, Chinook said: there may be a wind chill warning for -60 Ferocious! I remember chills like that were more regular when I was younger. They changed the wind chill formula, but -60 would be akin to -70 - -80 range. I've been through -80 - -100 before under higher winds of 40-45 mph. Wicked stuff. Here's the old, and new charts I saved. Need them for reference from the change. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 2 cold weather tips you should teach kids. #1: NEVER, NEVER stick your tongue on a metal pole in bitter wx. ("Christmas Story" anyone ) Boys at school daring others. #2: NEVER, NEVER warm your hands when they are near frostbit/frostbit with very warm/hot water. The pain from doing this is probably the closest a man can get to what birth pain is like, and that's only for a couple minutes. It hurts something fierce. Use very lukewarm water. Experience from my kid days. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Required reading during a cold snap. ”To Build a Fire” - Jack London https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/to-build-a-fire.pdf 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Just dipped below zero to -1. Looks like we won't be back above zero until maybe Tue afternoon briefly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 6 hours ago, Brian D said: #2: NEVER, NEVER warm your hands when they are near frostbit/frostbit with very warm/hot water. The pain from doing this is probably the closest a man can get to what birth pain is like, and that's only for a couple minutes. It hurts something fierce. Use very lukewarm water. You don’t need to be anywhere near frostbite to feel that burning. Blood vessels in the extremities always constrict in response to cold and dilate in response to heat. The problem is very fast dilation from a constricted state is painful. Lots of immune response signalers collect in the cold extremities because low blood flow makes them vulnerable. Sudden return of blood activates all the accumulated immune signalers causing lots of burning, swelling, itching, and tingling. A problem I have is finding boots sized to not cut off circulation in my toes. I have super wide feet with a high arch and I’ve had problems with cold toes. Sometimes thicker socks make the problem worse by squeezing my toes even tighter. They also get very itchy after being numb for too long. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeenerWx Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Dogs already quite displeased. Going to be a long couple of days… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 1 hour ago, KeenerWx said: Dogs already quite displeased. Going to be a long couple of days… My dogs love it. -3 right now. Winds ripping. Snowing. And they’re laying in the backyard in the snow. Have to beg them to come in. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 7 hours ago, Chicago WX said: My dogs love it. -3 right now. Winds ripping. Snowing. And they’re laying in the backyard in the snow. Have to beg them to come in. Yep. My dog is the same. Loves the cold!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 11 hours ago, cyclone77 said: Just dipped below zero to -1. Looks like we won't be back above zero until maybe Tue afternoon briefly. Even this far south, KIND currently at -4F. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. wind chill of -28, nice,not! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveNay Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 6 minutes ago, bowtie` said: Even this far south, KIND currently at -4F. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. wind chill of -28, nice,not! -14.6F here at my station. I hate this shit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 -8F in Minneapolis. You can see where the deep snowpack makes a difference it’s -17F in Des Moines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 -16 here with a wind chill of -43. Should warm back up to a balmy -5 this afternoon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalfy Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 -7F in St. Louis city, feels like -25F. This is the coldest air I've ever experienced 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyweather Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Beautiful picture perfect sun dog out now for folks west of Chicago. Have been driving for about 30 miles west to east and still visible now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bowtie` Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 23 minutes ago, luckyweather said: Yours is so much better than mine. But then I just threw up the camera in the driveway as I was clearing it of the skim of snow. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Extreme cold can definitely be be beautiful - looks like I caught the sundog in the photo. TWC app says -10/-33 here, guessing on a local wunderground site. Still -11/-37 at KLOT. The cold definitely overperformed. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Where is that exactly? Mind if I share with my office? Could be posted on social media and/or the top news write-up of the cold wave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Lake effect clouds streaming eastward off the Madison lakes this morning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyweather Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Where is that exactly? Mind if I share with my office? Could be posted on social media and/or the top news write-up of the cold wave. That was a few miles northwest of Harvard looking east / southeast. For sure, you are welcome to share/use, that would be awesome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveNay Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Rural DeKalb county is basically shut down today. Road crews can't keep up with the drifting. The cold is brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjwise Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 2 hours ago, DaveNay said: Rural DeKalb county is basically shut down today. Road crews can't keep up with the drifting. The cold is brutal. I have heard reports of stranded and abandoned vehicles in rural areas and that blizzard conditions prevailed overnight. ETA: Bottomed out at -14 at the airport, still -10 as of the 2pm observation. This will be my personal coldest daytime temp since January 1994 (-12) assuming we don't gain more than 5 degrees or so. For fun, I took an snow core yesterday from a relatively undisturbed part of my front yard and I measured 2.2" of liquid in ~12" of base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rclab Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 16 hours ago, frostfern said: You don’t need to be anywhere near frostbite to feel that burning. Blood vessels in the extremities always constrict in response to cold and dilate in response to heat. The problem is very fast dilation from a constricted state is painful. Lots of immune response signalers collect in the cold extremities because low blood flow makes them vulnerable. Sudden return of blood activates all the accumulated immune signalers causing lots of burning, swelling, itching, and tingling. A problem I have is finding boots sized to not cut off circulation in my toes. I have super wide feet with a high arch and I’ve had problems with cold toes. Sometimes thicker socks make the problem worse by squeezing my toes even tighter. They also get very itchy after being numb for too long. Good afternoon frostfern. I agree and understand having a splay foot with a 7E width on one and 6E on the other. I was advised to purchase the largest width I could find, which was 6 E. I was also advised to buy one size larger than my actual. In my case I bought size 9. I have to say, for me and being in my 8th decade, it worked. The extra size gave me the additional width I needed and yet the shoe did not feel loose to the foot. Stay well and warm, as always …. . 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Temps running -1 - -2 at TH arpt, with 1-2 here near the lakeshore. TH arpt was -8 (-4 in town) this morning so temps really struggling to rise today. Snowpack helping lots with that. Mostly cloudy skies atm with 10-15 winds. If they clear, and winds go light, big temp drop coming tomorrow am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortex Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Has anyone else been hearing the Frost (Ice) quakes? I’ve been hearing them pretty regularly since yesterday evening. One at 1:30 am sounded like a tree fell on my roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Only made it to -9 this afternoon, even colder than expected. Daily high will by -8 though which occurred just after midnight. Back down to -13 already. -20 or colder looks like a lock for tonight. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 44 minutes ago, vortex said: Has anyone else been hearing the Frost (Ice) quakes? I’ve been hearing them pretty regularly since yesterday evening. One at 1:30 am sounded like a tree fell on my roof. Yep. happens regular around here. Structures/trees popping. Sometimes makes me jump, especially when my deck adjusts. Every year, need to check for loose planks from screws breaking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Rhode Island Reds are very cold tolerant but once it's below zero, I feel it necessary to provide heat. These nights I do not sleep. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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