Will the Arctic Cold Front Cause Severe Weather and Damage to Crops?

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The discussion centers around varying winter weather experiences across different regions. An Arctic cold front is expected to bring severe conditions, including strong winds and potential blizzard-like conditions, leading to dangerously low wind chills in some areas. Participants share personal weather updates, with some experiencing significant snowfall while others report mild conditions. Notably, areas in the Midwest and parts of the UK are facing heavy snow, while regions like Western Washington and parts of Florida are seeing typical winter temperatures without snow. Concerns about the impact of cold weather on crops, infrastructure challenges in handling snow, and personal anecdotes about coping with the cold are prevalent. The conversation also touches on the contrasting experiences of those in warmer climates, highlighting the diverse impacts of winter weather across the globe.
  • #901
We're having a bit of a drought. I wouldn't mind a nice fluffy daytime snow to watch, but all we've got is really cold weather. :frown:

It's only 21F outside today, but tomorrow it's supposed to go up to 45F, crazy weather.
 
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  • #902
Drought? We were also having a dry year, till last week, Tuesday it rained over 2" ,Wed. over 4". It rained steady and hard from about Tuesday noon until Thrusday noon. That followed Snow on Sunday and Monday.
 
  • #903
Sigh. I have to drive 500 km tomorrow. It will be raining and snowing all the day, all the way.
 
  • #904
Evo said:
We're having a bit of a drought. I wouldn't mind a nice fluffy daytime snow to watch, but all we've got is really cold weather. :frown:

It's only 21F outside today, but tomorrow it's supposed to go up to 45F, crazy weather.

We have all your rain. Just give me your shipping address and I'll send it back. Everything has been soggy since last summer.
 
  • #905
We had -34C = -29F (not including windchill) on Thursday, and we are heading towards a predicted 7C = 45F on Tuesday.

I went for a walk at -15C = 5F this morning wearing the wrong coat - my toasty parka was too warm.
 
  • #906
Southern Ontario is having very strange weather. No snow until after Christmas... very weird. Early January was trying to be cold enough to make up for the missed days of cold we should have had. We had a bad ice storm, which half of my lovely trees have paid for.. we are not even out of January and I'm ready for winter to be over, and mother nature is teasing us with a warm spurt, but weather channel stats -13 by tomorrow. *sighs*
 
  • #907
Rain yesterday and last night, and the snow and ice has shed off the roof. I just finished cleaning off the back deck and am catching my breath before clearing the snow off the front patio. I'd like to wait, but it's not going to stay 39 deg forever, and I'll have to clear that heavy wet stuff before it re-freezes.
 
  • #908
My azaleas are already in bloom, as is my redbud, and I had to mow the lawn already. Some neighbors already have their ACs going. My oaks still have about half of last summer's green leaves on them. We had just a tiny, tiny bit of winter weather early November, just enough to nip the bananas. It has been unseasonably warm ever since.
 
  • #909
It is the evening and we are below zero. Zero Fahrenheit. Following nights will be even colder. Siberian high at action - but less than an inch of snow.

Marzena's car didn't start in the morning. Around midday, once temperature got up to around 10 F it started happily - but low oil pressure indicator didn't go off. No idea if it is frost related or not. That means we are down to one car.
 
  • #910
Ack! Sorry to hear that, Borek. I have to eventually brave the cold long enough to re-inflate all the tires on my Ridgeline. They are all below recommended pressure (not unexpected for cold weather) but the truck still handles beautifully in this ice/snow. I love symmetrical all-wheel drive with traction control! My last truck was a Nissan, and it was like a metal-wheeled roller-skate on ice.
 
  • #911
We just got over a day of -50 F, recently, surrounded by -40/-30 days. Air quality reports come up as the inversion layer keeps exhaust of all kinds (cars, buildings, fire stoves, power plant) down low to the ground. Lots of sore throats, nasal congestion, and light-headedness without being "sick".
 
  • #912
Perfect time to defrost the freezer.
 
  • #913
The car thermometer said -8oC this morning. Don't see that often here at sea.
 
  • #914
Winter remains mild. I saw a crocus today.
 
  • #915
Winter is still mild here, too. We're on track to burn less than 3 cords of wood for the winter. The last two years, we have burned a little less than 5 cords of seasoned hardwood/season. We have replaced a couple of dodgy windows, and our wood is better-seasoned than ever. That's a formula.
 
  • #916
Enough with the weird weather already! From the National Hurricane Center, http://www.nhc.noaa.gov, emphasis mine.

Gulf of Mexico...
A weak upper level low quickly moves across the Florida Straits to over the Bahamas giving low level support to a surface trough axis analyzed inland across southern Florida to a weak stationary 1013 mb low near the Yucatan channel around 22n85w.

Caribbean Sea...
A weak stationary 1013 mb low centered over the Yucatan Channel near 22n85w extends a surface trough from the low center to near 19n87w. No significant convection is near this system due to dry sw upper level flow covering the Caribbean basin. This feature is forecast to slowly drift ne across the far se Gulf of Mexico during the next 24 hours.

Atlantic Ocean...
Scattered moderate to isolated strong convection is expected to spread across the area w of 60w over the next 24 hours. Visible satellite imagery shows a thick area of Saharan dust moving off West Africa e of 20w from 12n-25n. This phenomenon can happen at any time of year but is usually more often during the summer months.

OK, it can happen "at any time of year", but seriously, tropical weather (or even the threat thereof) in the first week of February?
 
  • #917
Peaches are blooming in GA - NOT good We lost the strawberries in FL two years ago and the new planting came in at the same time as California killing both financially. they were giving strawberries away. SHEESH
 
  • #918
Warmer here - not -20, but -10 deg C in the morning.

Still too cold to try to revive the other car.
 
  • #919
a balmy 15F (-9C) here today
 
  • #920
Borek said:
Warmer here - not -20, but -10 deg C in the morning.

Still too cold to try to revive the other car.

-14C here this morning, right at the coast :rolleyes:

The Eleven Towns Tour fever is rapidly spreading to epidemic proportions.
 
  • #921
It's snowing again today. The Boy Scout "Klondike Derby" campout and race were canceled last weekend due to blizzard conditions.
 
  • #922
It's only 67 today compared to 80 yesterday. It'll probably go to 74 today. azaleas starting to bloom.
 
  • #923
It's been for more than 2 weeks here that I see -23 C on my thermometer in the morning.
Hope the spring will finally come...
 
  • #924
When you folks post geographically related stuff, it would help us "outsiders" to know where you are from.
 
  • #925
Andre said:
The car thermometer said -8oC this morning. Don't see that often here at sea.

I think you have bigger problems if you're at sea in a car. :eek:

We finally got snow last night and today. It's not that cold for February, though. About 20 F. And, the snow stopped before the roads got bad, so it's pretty perfect...enough snow to make it pretty outside without being trapped in the house all day.
 
  • #926
Still cold here - almost -20 deg C at the moment (1 a.m.), with around -10 deg C during the day. But next week should be warmer, and snowy.
 
  • #927
Going to get below zero F here tonight. Radiative cooling... Cold stretch coming tomorrow and early week.
 
  • #928
Might go to the upper 30's tonight. Quite a change from 70 last night in hurricane alley. Super windy.
 
  • #929
Maine is having a very mild winter. It's going to save me a lot of $$ heating the house, if it keeps up.
 
  • #930
It's supposed to be 5F tonight.
 
  • #931
We'll be below 0 tonight and maybe top out in the teens tomorrow and Monday. Still, that's mild compared to our normal temps.
 
  • #932
Evo said:
It's supposed to be 5F tonight.
No, it's supposed to be 82F. It's just going to be 5F.
 
  • #933
Jimmy Snyder said:
No, it's supposed to be 82F. It's just going to be 5F.
That's just Aruba talking.
 
  • #934
We are in the mid-teens and diving. No joy for the next few days, unfortunately. Dem Canucks are shipping us cold air, just to get rid of it.
 
  • #935
Baby, it's NOT cold outside. 35 degrees and raining with occasional admixture of wet snow. This is not a typical winter. Maine usually gets the kind of winter that Romania is having now, except that nobody helicopters in food, fuel, and firewood to us. We have to be prepared and stocked up before the freeze hits.
 
  • #936
We are back to just below 0 deg C, with some snow (enough to slow down traffic in the city, but nothing extraordinary). It can get worse if it will start to rain on Sudnay.
 
  • #937
The rain has stopped, the snow failed to accumulate, and the sun is peeking out with temps in the low 40s. This is NOT a normal winter for us. A few more years of this, and I'll be tempted to start planting orange trees.
 
  • #938
The grass in the pasture has grown 2-3 inches this week. It looks like spring has arrived a month early.
 
  • #939
Not good, Ivan. A late cold-snap can set that back quickly. Your temps are moderated by the pacific, but around here a Canadian arctic high can slam stuff back hard. If my apple trees have budded and we get a frost, we get precious few pollinators with few blossoms to visually clue in on, and few apples as a result. This inconsistent weather is a bear. Local orchards are falling on hard times.
 
  • #940
Flow baby, flow. We are above zero.
 
  • #941
Mid 30s and raining. This is one very odd winter.

My wife fell in the driveway this morning because that light rain had slicked up the frozen pavement. She's OK - just a bit sore.
 
  • #942
6°C here - that's about 43°F. Looks like the real winter is over. It wasn't long.
 
  • #943
Yesterday it was 60F and sunny. Today colder weather finally arrives. 59F.
 
  • #944
Jimmy Snyder said:
Yesterday it was 60F and sunny. Today colder weather finally arrives. 59F.
Better bundle up!
 
  • #945
Thank you for teaching us about meteorology. You're more awesome than a monkey wearing a tuxedo made out of bacon riding a cyborg unicorn with a lightsaber for the horn on the tip of a space shuttle closing in on Mars while engulfed in flames. - Flint
 
  • #946
20°C and a blue sky.

(That's 68°F for nonSIners).
 
  • #947
45F and climbing under sunny skies. Tomorrow could hit 60 F. Much better than yesterday - low 30s and freezing rain.
 
  • #948
Ah spring, when the flowers bloom, the birds sing, and you wake up to four inches of snow... HUH?! This is a surprise!

This is the most accumulation we've had all winter and it's still coming down.
 
  • #949
I'm afraid my fruit trees will bloom too soon, and be without pollinators or be killed of by a late frost. Far too warm here.
 
  • #950
turbo said:
I'm afraid my fruit trees will bloom too soon, and be without pollinators or be killed of by a late frost. Far too warm here.
Everything will be killed here including the pollinators. :cry:
 

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