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.
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OmCheeto said:
"those"?

There are more?

Sorry. It doesn't often drop below freezing out here, so we rarely see such things.
Come to Maine. We have tons of lighthouses, and in the winter they are often frozen. Even fronting salt water with the temperature-mediation effect of the ocean, they can be forbidding places in the winter.
 
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Nikitin said:
Wow has it become that bad? That's significantly colder than even inland-Norway! You have my symphaties. Must be hard for you Americans,,, considering your lack of viking blood to resist the cold

I am based in Toronto, Canada and currently the temperature is -25 degrees Celsius with a windchill of -39 degrees Celsius (the high is expected to reach up to -17 degrees Celsius with a windchill of -25 degrees Celsius). Some other parts of Canada have temperatures closer to -50 degrees Celsius when factoring windchill.

Funny enough though, when I checked the forecast this morning, by the end of this week the temperature is supposed to rise to 4 degrees Celsius with rain! So it's a bit of a wild erratic winter!
 
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The CBS morning news showed a clip of a local weather reporter somewhere doing a field report, saying something like "Parts of my body are freezing that I didn't know could freeze!"

Here, it's a relatively balmy 10F (-12C) right now. For my one-mile walk to work, I put on my warm-up pants over my trousers, and sealed off their lower ends by tucking them into my socks. Up above, I put on my warm-up sweatshirt in addition to a sweater and jacket. On top, a ski cap and scarf, and wraparound sunglasses over my regular glasses. A thick old beat-up pair of gloves. No problems.

All the schools around here are on a two-hour delay, with school buses running accordingly later, so kids don't have to stand out in the cold.
 
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It was so cold yesterday (-16 and -44 with the wind chill) the whole area's power went out, and my bike pedal snapped off under my weight when I went for my daily ride.
 
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It's freezing here, around 66 degrees. Celsius. Or Kelvin. I always get them mixed up.
 
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It's in the mid-teens right now with very gusty winds. Not a good time to be outside, and the dogs agree.
 
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phion said:
It was so cold yesterday (-16 and -44 with the wind chill) the whole area's power went out, and my bike pedal snapped off under my weight when I went for my daily ride.

I hope you got your power back soon - that's a deadly situation. And glad your bike pedal snapped rather than your foot :smile:.
 
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lisab said:
I hope you got your power back soon - that's a deadly situation. And glad your bike pedal snapped rather than your foot :smile:.
Yea it started to get pretty cold inside, and after some failed attempts with the breaker I put my snow clothes on and went to get a bite to eat. The coldness made the plastic so brittle it just snapped right in two on my way back. Luckily everything was back to normal when I got home! I'm thinking some metal replacements would be more appropriate for the current climate.
 
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It's pretty darn cold here in Florida. This is the coldest it's been here in a long time. Normally we'll have about 10 days a year that are below 30, and those days suck. I'm so used to the hot weather that 75 degrees is chilly to me. It's supposed to warm back up for no apparent reason, but I'm happy about that. We'll probably have some warm weather and then a few more cold days before the winter is over.
 
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leroyjenkens said:
It's pretty darn cold here in Florida. This is the coldest it's been here in a long time. Normally we'll have about 10 days a year that are below 30, and those days suck. I'm so used to the hot weather that 75 degrees is chilly to me. It's supposed to warm back up for no apparent reason, but I'm happy about that. We'll probably have some warm weather and then a few more cold days before the winter is over.

Its very interesting, seeing the differences between people from different climates, I wonder how long it would take each of us to adapt to our differences, if we were switched at the most extreme of times. Last year I was in Florida during December, it was nice t-shirt weather when it was 15C(59F) but the few times it got up to 25C(77F) left me uncomfortable and sweating.
 
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When I was in Australia it was always hot even when it was cold. When I'm home, it's always cold even if it's warm.
 
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It was so cold here yesterday that bubbles froze before they became fully spherical:

http://imageshack.us/a/img36/910/9ugz.jpg
 
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Andy Resnick said:
It was so cold here yesterday that bubbles froze before they became fully spherical:

http://imageshack.us/a/img36/910/9ugz.jpg

I know what you mean, this bubble is also frozen forever.

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KrisOhn said:
Its very interesting, seeing the differences between people from different climates, I wonder how long it would take each of us to adapt to our differences, if we were switched at the most extreme of times. Last year I was in Florida during December, it was nice t-shirt weather when it was 15C(59F) but the few times it got up to 25C(77F) left me uncomfortable and sweating.

As I get older, I like the hot weather better. High 70's is a good temperature for me, but the low 90's aren't too bad. Once it starts nearing 100, then I get uncomfortable.

I'm pale white too, but I like the option of going outside and being able to get some decent sun exposure to get a tan whenever I want.

And yeah, December can still be considered fall for us. It doesn't start getting cold until after the winter solstice. There may be a few chilly days before then, though.
 
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-3 F and 16% humidity this morning. Crispy.
 
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Finally got my car free from the block of ice it was encased in from Friday's ice storm, just in time for the snowstorm moving in tonight with 8" of snow in the forecast.
 
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Weather forecasters are starting to talk about a potential Nor'easter on Sunday. I heard my first long range forecast saying that snowfall could be measured in feet.
 
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Borg said:
Weather forecasters are starting to talk about a potential Nor'easter on Sunday. I heard my first long range forecast saying that snowfall could be measured in feet.
Yikes. I used to live in upstate NY and got "lake effect" snow, we'd get walloped, and of course there was the occasional unforecasted "white out" which always seemed to catch me out driving. It was 8 miles to the nearest grocery store.
 
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We had an ice storm Friday and the housing manager refused to remove the inch thick coating off of the sidewalk leading to my house. The second time I called she actually lied and said it had been done, but the ice just remelted over it. If it had been done there would have been stray pellets (as there always are) and a mottled look to the ice. Now we are forecast to get 10-12" of snow today and just got an e-mail telling residents not to walk on the snow or ice. Are they serious? Dogs need to go to the bathroom. I'm keeping a shoveled potty area for mine, a teeny chihuahua, I'm lucky that my unit has a private backyard.

It's also that tiny grainy snow that packs down heavy.
 
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Evo said:
Dogs need to go to the bathroom. I'm keeping a shoveled a potty area for mine, ...
Kinda like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhcqQWc2tOc
 
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Lol, poor dog has no idea what's on his feet.
 
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Evo said:
Lol, poor dog has no idea what's on his feet.
I don't think I could get a dog to go outside right now. I just took this.

http://imageshack.com/a/img843/7326/kn7p.jpg
 
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dlgoff said:
I don't think I could get a dog to go outside right now. I just took this.

http://imageshack.com/a/img843/7326/kn7p.jpg
Our dogs have to just go out in any weather. There is no choice. Sometimes they want to come back in shortly, but when it's mild outside, they may want to stay outside for an hour or so. If it's around freezing here, the dogs can choose to stay out. They are not sissies.
 
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Snow is letting up, and for my area they say 15.5 inches, a record. Having lived in upstate NY, I'm used to snowfalls like this, but snow removal here is going to be a real challenge. They've made the mistake in my housing complex to not do anything until the snow stopped, cheap, but huge mistake not to keep up with it. They also have to deal with the fact that they did nothing to remove the thick layer of ice from Friday's storm although they received numerous complaints. Their answer? They e-mailed us and told us not to leave our homes, to not walk on the ice or snow, I kid you not.

That's at least 16-18 inches deep. And that is very dense snow, the snow was miniscule pellets, so it's tightly packed. Several inches higher than my chihuahua. :bugeye:
 

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Washington DC didn't get the expected snow last week but it's looking like we will get a decent amount tomorrow and Thursday. 6 - 10 inches expected! :biggrin:
 
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You're getting the snow that was meant for us.
 
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Uh oh. Now they're calling for 8 - 12 with the 12 - 18 line just west of my home. :rolleyes:
 
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Borg said:
Uh oh. Now they're calling for 8 - 12 with the 12 - 18 line just west of my home. :rolleyes:
Sorry to hear that, hope it's all snow and no ice.
 
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Borg said:
Uh oh. Now they're calling for 8 - 12 with the 12 - 18 line just west of my home. :rolleyes:
Got 14 inches on that storm. That snow is mostly gone with a few large leftover piles. The prediction for this coming Monday is another 8 - 12 inches again! Yikes.
 
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They're predicting 10" here with windchills -20F. I hope that we do not get the over one inch of ice first that they predicted. Snow, I don't mind.
 
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Evo said:
They're predicting 10" here with windchills -20F. I hope that we do not get the over one inch of ice first that they predicted. Snow, I don't mind.
Good luck with yours Evo. Our forcasts keep jumping all over the place. This morning's forcast is now 5 to 8 inches. Last week it was 'icy' with some snow. Either way, I guess I'm working from home tomorrow.
 
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Evo said:
They're predicting 10" here with windchills -20F. I hope that we do not get the over one inch of ice first that they predicted. Snow, I don't mind.
So far so good on NOT getting the big snow, but baby it's cold.
 
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It's snowing like crazy here, started a couple of hours ago, but up until then it was just sleet. :( We're not going to get the snow totals they predicted though because the sleet was supposed to change to snow around midnight, now we have 1-2 inches of SLEET under the snow, much worse than the snow. :cry:
 
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All the snow has disappeared from here, you definitely got our share of the white to boot :/ I want to go skiing, come on..
 
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The storm fizzled out, it was mostly sleet. I hate sleet.
 
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I think the high number of snow days might be getting some parents just a wee bit frustrated.

Good Night Snow Days
 
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What, you cancel school because of a little snow? :o
 
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What about a lot of snow?
 
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They also close schools for low temps, the buses use deisel that turns into gel, they found out too late that buses don't run on gel. Also, if they can get the buses to run, they can't have children standing outside in 20 below zero F temps waiting to be picked up. So clear skies and cold temps mean no school.
 
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Evo said:
they can't have children standing outside in 20 below zero F temps waiting to be picked up..

You need to start them young.
Last year we had a couple of days with a temperature of -20C. On those days we brought the prams inside some of the time the children were sleeping, but most of their sleep they spent outdoors.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21537988
 
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AlephZero said:
You need to start them young.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21537988
I think day care workers in the US that let babies stay out in -4F weather would be arrested.

Also, you won't see mothers leaving their babies left unattended out on a sidewalk while they go inside a cafe to have lunch.

I can't even relate to their way of thinking. I guess that's a sad statement about the US. Evo Child is 26 and I still wouldn't leave her outside on the sidewalk, if I tried, she'd probably slug me.
 
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I'm sick of the snow, but not of this:

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I am here also

lisab said:
Western Washington state weather is well within the normal range...drizzly rain, in the 40s. Gray, gray, gray sky.

I actually like it :biggrin:.

I am here as well
 
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Aaarrrggg make it stop :-( Winter continues to be brutal.
 
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Another 4 to 6 inch snowstorm coming for DC tonight?? It's March 16! The average is supposed to be nearly 60 this time of year. I like snow but I'm ready for Spring already.
 
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Borg said:
Another 4 to 6 inch snowstorm coming for DC tonight?? It's March 16! The average is supposed to be nearly 60 this time of year. I like snow but I'm ready for Spring already.
Last year here in Kansas, I was picking these popping up through the snow in May.

https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=4369391&postcount=4890

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/8489/morels.jpg
 
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Did you get snow this morning too dl?
 
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Evo said:
Did you get snow this morning too dl?
Yes, but only a trace. How did you like the cold "March winds" last night? :bugeye:
 
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there was no snow for weeks and then overnight, a blizzard. Fml, I was shocked in the morning. I didn't see my car from the window, thought it was stolen, but then something else registered - everything was white XD
 

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