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.
  • #541
nismaratwork said:
Oh! In that case... Holy explative deleted... it's really getting quite interesting isn't it?
I'll be quite happy and relieved in the morning not to find one of my trees on top of my neighbor's cars. Their cars are downwind from my trees. I'll be taking them down soon.
 
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  • #542
Astronuc said:
I'll be quite happy and relieved in the morning not to find one of my trees on top of my neighbor's cars. Their cars are downwind from my trees. I'll be taking them down soon.

Oh yes... that's always such a joy. *groan*
 
  • #543
8 inches of snow today, now tonight its turned into freezing rain. Its one nasty mess here in Michigan!
 
  • #544
My red bud is in bloom and the ice cream man came by yesterday and today. WInter is done.
 
  • #545
I have my bedroom window open.
 
  • #546
Bet you'll close it by morning Evo. My forecast show 24F by morning. With tomorrows high @ 37F.
 
  • #547
dlgoff said:
Bet you'll close it by morning Evo. My forecast show 24F by morning. With tomorrows high @ 37F.
I know the temperature is going to drop like crazy, I'm sure I'll close it before I go to bed.
 
  • #548
12 deg and dropping like a stone here. I'll take all the cold (and heating expenses) winter can toss at me, if we can break out of the cycle of a snow-storm every 3-4 days. It's getting really sickening. Plus, the ice-storm Thursday/Friday was a real pain in the butt. I'm glad my wife didn't get hurt spinning out and plowing into a deep show-filled ditch. Secondarily, I'm glad that she only got a couple of miles from home. Driving an open tractor that far in driving freezing rain (and back) is NOT fun. I got her car out gently with no damage and saved a $100+ towing bill. Perhaps I should have had her call a towing service, and gone back to bed. :rolleyes:

It all turned out well. A neighbor followed me to the "crash site" and then went back home and brought back a really nice chain sling that allowed me to hook onto her car and pull it out gently, with even tension side-to-side. My wife made him a from-scratch chocolate-cream pie yesterday (his favorite) and when I took it down to him he said "She can run off the road anytime. I'll be there to help!" His wife doesn't cook, and they live on prepared foods and trips to restaurants. It's pretty sad.
 
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  • #549
Evo said:
I know the temperature is going to drop like crazy, I'm sure I'll close it before I go to bed.

Ooooh, famous last words before waking up in the middle of the night, freezing your tuckus off. :biggrin:
 
  • #550
nismaratwork said:
Ooooh, famous last words before waking up in the middle of the night, freezing your tuckus off. :biggrin:
It's just so nice to have fresh air after months of recirculated central heating.

You're right, I don't want to close the window, but I have the heat on. :rolleyes:
 
  • #551
Evo said:
It's just so nice to have fresh air after months of recirculated central heating.

You're right, I don't want to close the window, but I have the heat on. :rolleyes:

Ahhhh... wisdom.
 
  • #552
hypatia said:
8 inches of snow today, now tonight its turned into freezing rain. Its one nasty mess here in Michigan!

Hang in there; spring will conquer winter eventually, I promise :smile:!
 
  • #553
lisab said:
Hang in there; spring will conquer winter eventually, I promise :smile:!

Given time, Persephone has to return to Hades, Demeter weeps, and the world dies again. Fortunately she's a dear and returns for half the year, and we get summer! :wink:
 
  • #554
lisab said:
Hang in there; spring will conquer winter eventually, I promise :smile:!
Unfortunately, winter has its last flings in April here, and spring (March in some climes) comes in May, at best. If we can plant by Memorial day, it's a good year, and if we don't get blind-sided by a late frost, that's a great year!

I know gardeners who plant (and re-plant after hard frosts) peas in April and early May just for "bragging rights". I don't have that penchant for punishment. Sweet peas are high-maintenance and low-yield, and my garden space is better used for stuff that feeds us.
 
  • #555
Ah crud, the temp just fell 20 degrees in the last 10 minutes. Window closed. :frown:
 
  • #556
Evo said:
Ah crud, the temp just fell 20 degrees in the last 10 minutes. Window closed. :frown:

Ahhh... the angels are... um... crying LN2? :wink:
 
  • #557
nismaratwork said:
Ahhh... the angels are... um... crying LN2? :wink:
I'm crying. I am so sick of weather extremes that require I shut off all fresh air.
 
  • #558
It's snowing here. It more or less just started like they said - at midnight. We're supposed to have between 2-4 inches. I can live with that. Better than 12-14.

Fortunately, we had a lot of melting, so now I have more room for the snow. On the other hand, what was left was mostly ice, so I'll now have snow covered ice.

I guess our normal January thaw was postponed until last week. Then again, we haven't had 'normal' weather in the last two decades.
 
  • #559
We got back from Zwierzyniec yesterday. House was cold - as we are heating using wood burning fireplace I don't have a thermostatted control, so I just left an electric heater on - and temperatures for the last week were lower than expected. When we got up today it was around your zero outside. My feet are still freezing cold, even if the fire was on all the night
 
  • #560
I called off work, SNOW DAY! It will take me a while, to clean up 10 inches. Its the heavy, wet type snow, with crunchy layers of ice. Made my coffee extra strong this morning.
 
  • #561
Sorry to hear hypatia. It looks like we may be getting another round of snow later this week.

After the 75°F day yesterday, 33°F this afternoon is really shocking my old bones.
 
  • #562
Lovely-looking sunny day outside. However, I just got back from taking Duke for a walk and the 17 deg temp is deceptive when you figure in the 20-30 mph winds. I can bundle up for that, but Duke has to tough it out. Still, it beats the hell out of getting more snow and/or freezing rain. Canada is sending us some pretty frosty weather.
 
  • #563
It is back to warm here, but not after killing a lot of plants. There are brown palm trees all over and all the subtropicals have taken a enormous hit. In addition, many trees lost their leaves -- our neighborhood looks like somewhere up north in the winter.
 
  • #564
I woke up to 3 inches of unpredicted snow on the ground this morning.
 
  • #565
Jimmy Snyder said:
I woke up to 3 inches of unpredicted snow on the ground this morning.

I guess digging for slippers barefoot must have been painful.
 
  • #566
It is so sunnny and lovely here... cold yes, but nothing terrible. Ahhh, I love the crisp air.
 
  • #567
It's sunny here too, it feels like daggers in eyes. I've closed the blinds. Who are you people that need this thing called *light*?
 
  • #568
Evo said:
It's sunny here too, it feels like daggers in eyes. I've closed the blinds. Who are you people that need this thing called *light*?

Mammals... :wink:

...


NOSFERATU!
 
  • #569
nismaratwork said:
NOSFERATU!
I remember having to drive downtown for meetings (I worked at home) and they had a large room with desks for those of us that only came down for meetings. The whole room was windows, so it was very bright, I'd go in, turn off the lights, shut the blinds and set up my laptop. Then someone else would walk in and turn on the lights and start opening blinds and I'd have to put my sunglasses on.

People are always doing that to me, even at home, I'll be sitting there reading, and someone will walk into the room and turn the lights on saying "you can't read in the dark". AAARRGGH
 
  • #570
Evo said:
I remember having to drive downtown for meetings (I worked at home) and they had a large room with desks for those of us that only came down for meetings. The whole room was windows, so it was very bright, I'd go in, turn off the lights, shut the blinds and set up my laptop. Then someone else would walk in and turn on the lights and start opening blinds and I'd have to put my sunglasses on.

People are always doing that to me, even at home, I'll be sitting there reading, and someone will walk into the room and turn the lights on saying "you can't read in the dark". AAARRGGH

VAMPYRE!

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