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

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It was -15° F (-21° F with windchill) here around the 20th of last month -- at 10AM! The rest of the week was single digits. Temperatures are now in the twenties during the day. I am looking forward to warmer weather as well.
 
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Evo said:
I am so tired of this cold! Just letting my dog out to do his *thing* is downright painful. Even breathing through my nose, my lungs hurt. Thank goodness he's very fast, no messing around.
I have an old outdoor cat that I had to let in today and probably tomorrow too. She's about 12 or 13 years old and has never been "house broken" (if that's possible) and I don't own a kitty litter box. What should I expect in the morning?

I wasn't able to go to work today because of 4 foot drifts down our 1/4 mile drive. Thank god for PF. At least I won't go crazy the next couple of days.
 
rootX said:
I am glad that I am not living in Oymyakon.

Me too, because I can't pronounce it :confused:.
 
dlgoff said:
I have an old outdoor cat that I had to let in today and probably tomorrow too. She's about 12 or 13 years old and has never been "house broken" (if that's possible) and I don't own a kitty litter box. What should I expect in the morning?

I wasn't able to go to work today because of 4 foot drifts down our 1/4 mile drive. Thank god for PF. At least I won't go crazy the next couple of days.
Can you confine the cat to the kitchen or some other similar area so you can limit the bathroom options?
 
lisab said:
Me too, because I can't pronounce it :confused:.

"non-freezing water" might be a better name?
 
dlgoff said:
I have an old outdoor cat that I had to let in today and probably tomorrow too. She's about 12 or 13 years old and has never been "house broken" (if that's possible) and I don't own a kitty litter box. What should I expect in the morning?

I wasn't able to go to work today because of 4 foot drifts down our 1/4 mile drive. Thank god for PF. At least I won't go crazy the next couple of days.

Cats are naturally house broken, they will seek out a place with sand, dirt, litter, etc. Find a shallow box and put some dirt in it...if the dirt is frozen and it won't shovel, improvise. Try shredded newspaper, maybe. I'm sure PFers will have other ideas.

Good for you for taking in an old cat on such a wicked cold night o:)!
 
It was noted on the weather report that it was warmer in Fairbanks than it was in Atlanta, this morning.

Tsu is in Kuwaii right now; basking in the sun, and swimming in 80 degree water.

Edit: ...drinking a Bloody Mary, on the beach. [she just called and wanted me to add that :biggrin:]
 
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lisab said:
Cats are naturally house broken, they will seek out a place with sand, dirt, litter, etc. Find a shallow box and put some dirt in it...if the dirt is frozen and it won't shovel, improvise. Try shredded newspaper, maybe. I'm sure PFers will have other ideas.

Good for you for taking in an old cat on such a wicked cold night o:)!
I was going to suggest shredded newspaper, cats like stuff like that, although Dr Foofer loved to sharpen his claws on paper and card board.
 
Okay thanks lisab. I don't take any newspapers, but I found enough paper to shred into a flat box. Tomorrow morning will tell if she likes it.
 
Ivan Seeking said:
It was noted on the weather report that it was warmer in Fairbanks than it was in Atlanta, this morning.

Tsu is in Kuwaii right now; basking in the sun, and swimming in 80 degree water.

Edit: ...drinking a Bloody Mary, on the beach. [she just called and wanted me to add that :biggrin:]
Tell Tsu she's mean. :-p
 
Evo said:
How's your weather?

Hot! Australia is having the opposite problem, with a heat wave, and it is expected to get worse in the next couple of weeks.

Can we arrange a trade? We have a couple of degrees spare available I'd like to send for you to use...

Hang in there. The storm you guys have been dealing with looks awful. Hope everyone is okay.

Cheers -- sylas
 
This http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8447023.stm" looks like Siberia!
 
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Wowowowwo

Thats a pretty cool (no pun) picture.
 
Here in Milwaukee it is in the 20's and snowing, we should get about 4 more inches tonight.
Not too bad for us cheese heads. The 20's, that's short sleeve shirt weather here.
 
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Hose your dogs down before putting them outside. They will be very efficient.
 
sylas said:
Hot! Australia is having the opposite problem, with a heat wave, and it is expected to get worse in the next couple of weeks.

Can we arrange a trade? We have a couple of degrees spare available I'd like to send for you to use...

Hang in there. The storm you guys have been dealing with looks awful. Hope everyone is okay.

Cheers -- sylas

Whereabouts in Aust., Sylas?
 
fuzzyfelt said:
Whereabouts in Aust., Sylas?

I'm in Newcastle, just north of Sydney; which is actually coping very well. Adelaide is in the news at present for a bad weekend coming up, expected to reach temperatures above 40 on the next three days. 2009 was Australia's second hottest year on record, after 2005.

Cheers -- sylas

PS. 40C = 104F.
 
Cold? oh... I'm at the Caribbean at the moment for winter break. I was just swimming in the beach, and drinking some pina coladas.. I think tomorrow I'll go surfing again.. Anyways, enjoy the cold, and stay warm..
 
It will be -11F tonight, without the wind chill factor. This is crazy.
 
Cyclovenom said:
Cold? oh... I'm at the Caribbean at the moment for winter break. I was just swimming in the beach, and drinking some pina coladas.. I think tomorrow I'll go surfing again.. Anyways, enjoy the cold, and stay warm..

what a nice optimistic attitude!
 
Today was a bit warmer than the previous few days. Around -23 (-9.4 F) at 8:30 and -20 C (-4 F) at 15:00. Here's hoping it rises further, though I'm beginning to get used to the chill. :rolleyes:
 
rewebster said:
what a nice optimistic attitude!

It's easy to be optimistic when you're on some Caribbean beach with a pina colada :-p. Maybe we all should pay a visit to Cyclovenom!
 
lisab said:
It's easy to be optimistic when you're on some Caribbean beach with a pina colada :-p. Maybe we all should pay a visit to Cyclovenom!

OK---would Jamaica be good, or... where ?
 
Still unseasonably warm here. This weekend we'll have highs in the teens, and that's the only "cold" on the horizon. Generally (before the last 2-3 years) we'd have stretches of weather with daily highs in the single digits or lower. I fear this will be another snowy winter if we don't start getting some nice dry arctic air-masses pushing through.
 
turbo--



I think the front that is over us (midwest) is heading your direction
 
rewebster said:
turbo--



I think the front that is over us (midwest) is heading your direction
I don't think it will make it this far north.

According to Inaccu-WeatherTM, apart from some light snow this afternoon (dusting to an inch, probably), we're looking at sun and daily temps in the mid-to-upper 20s for the next week. That is unseasonably warm here.
 
We're going to have wind chills of -35F tonight. It says at a wind chill of -30F frostbite will occur in 10 minutes.

Current temperature maps.
 
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Hey!, I was at Minnesota until Dec 23rd, and that was cold enough... hahah