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.
  • #151
physics girl phd said:
Our boys are home from school today. The county canceled it early (last night as about 6ish). We've yet to see ANY snow (it's nearly noon). Blockhead Southerners. I can't believe I've had a baby with a Tennessee birth certificate. At least they know their grits and sweet-tea.

Thus far:
Soundly defeated M in Monopoly.
Did some work-related emailing... and now goofing off on PF.
Soon to come:
We have lunch.
P gets a trolley-ride (and hence little E gets her outdoor time).

so, when school's out, there's an EMP
 
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  • #152
Correction:

18° F
Feels Like: 4° F
Wind: From NW at 17mph gusting to 27mph

I just walked down to the river and the wind was blowing rather strongly at about 20 mph. It felt less than 4° F.
 
  • #153
Harsh weather for the birds. They can tolerate low temps when there is little wind, simply by fluffing up and lofting their feathers and keeping their feet tucked close to their bellies. Food was running a bit low, so I took our more seeds and suet for the chickadees. The 'dees are hitting the suet feeder pretty well, but they are being blocked out of the seed-feeder by the goldfinches. As soon as the goldfinches notice other birds at the seed-feeder they know that it has been re-filled and they swarm it and hog all the perches.

I guess we have already hit our high for the day (10 deg F) because it is cooling back down, and the winds are very strong. When the high has moved in, perhaps we'll be back to a more normal winter weather pattern (below zero every night, highs below freezing every day). I hope so. I don't want any more blizzards like the last two winters.
 
  • #154
Love this brisk cold, with clear sky's. The stars are going to be nice tonight.
 
  • #155
hypatia said:
Love this brisk cold, with clear sky's. The stars are going to be nice tonight.
And tonight's full moon will be the biggest and brightest of the year. This full moon coincides with the moon's closest distance to Earth (perigee), so it will be marginally larger in appearance than other full moons this year. Glad there are no off-shore storms rampaging toward our coast because with the moon at perigee, we get astronomical high tides and if there is a coincident storm-surge, we have coastal flooding.
 
  • #156
The night before last my heater broke down. It had to be replaced and that set me back 7 grand. My wife and kids sat huddled around the fireplace while the workers installed the new heater. They finished at 11 in the evening last night and left. The new heater works, but not well. It never gets above 55 in the house now. They'll be by to fix it anytime now. It's 21 F right now.
 
  • #157
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/no-power%3F-warming-center-open-in-redford

Yep that's where I live. Power came back on, now its off again. I'm so sorry that I got upset with my Hubby when he bought a second generator.:redface:
 
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  • #158
jimmysnyder said:
The night before last my heater broke down. It had to be replaced and that set me back 7 grand. My wife and kids sat huddled around the fireplace while the workers installed the new heater. They finished at 11 in the evening last night and left. The new heater works, but not well. It never gets above 55 in the house now. They'll be by to fix it anytime now. It's 21 F right now.
I hope you have some space heaters!
 
  • #159
Tell me about it.

I have had to wear long pants this winter.
 
  • #160
Evo said:
I hope you have some space heaters!
No, just the fireplace. However, they came and fixed the heater today so the place is warming up. We're up to 62 now and we keep the thermostat at 65 so we'll be toasty soon enough. Thanks for your concern.
 
  • #161
The Washington DC area is going to get 20 - 30 inches of snow this weekend.
It started at 10 am this morning and is expected to end around 10 pm Saturday night. We're going to have high winds and whiteout conditions throughout much of the night. Yeeha.
 
  • #162
Borg said:
The Washington DC area is going to get 20 - 30 inches of snow this weekend.
It started at 10 am this morning and is expected to end around 10 pm Saturday night. We're going to have high winds and whiteout conditions throughout much of the night. Yeeha.
I've read about it, I hope it's not as bad as they're predicting.

We got hit yesterday with a heavy, wet snow, but with temperature hovering around freezing, it was a delight over the snow we got with temps near zero.

It took me a few tries to pull into my parking space due to the amount of snow yesterday. We're supposed to get more snow tonight through Monday with temps much colder. :frown: I will be leaving in a bit to hit the store for necessities.
 
  • #163
It is really warm here. I don't know the exact temperature but it makes this unshredable:
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snow is too grabby and makes the pipe stick.
 
  • #164
Evo said:
I've read about it, I hope it's not as bad as they're predicting.

We got hit yesterday with a heavy, wet snow, but with temperature hovering around freezing, it was a delight over the snow we got with temps near zero.

It took me a few tries to pull into my parking space due to the amount of snow yesterday. We're supposed to get more snow tonight through Monday with temps much colder. :frown: I will be leaving in a bit to hit the store for necessities.

It was. We got about 24 inches where I live and there are some places west of here that got closer to 40. We finally got a plow through here this morning but, he dumped a five foot wall of snow at the end of our driveway. Snow is predicted again on Tuesday night. Time to shovel again...
 
  • #165
Apparently the area around Dulles Airport in northern Va got 32 inches of snow! Reagan National Airport reported about 18 inches.

We didn't get any snow - just got cool weather - ~16 F.
 
  • #166
We're inching up toward 15 deg, though the north wind is brutal. I'll take the arctic high pressure instead of snow any day, though. I can always bundle up for it - heavy gloves, Air Force helmet liner to protect the ears, etc.
 
  • #167
We (N.E. OH/W. PA) caught the northern edge of the front and averaged 12" to 20" across the region.
 
  • #168
Phil (the large rodent) says 6 weeks until spring--I just checked--he speaks the tooth
 
  • #169
we're supposed to get a 4-8 inch snow tonight and tomorrow in Illinois --then its supposed to move off to the east (maybe the northeast again)
 
  • #170
Warm and sunny here no sign of snow since before christmas - unfortunately we are also trying to hold a winter olympics !
http://www.nbcolympics.com/mm/photo/sports/general/40/57/10/405710_m03.jpg
 
  • #171
mgb_phys said:
Warm and sunny here no sign of snow since before christmas - unfortunately we are also trying to hold a winter olympics !
http://www.nbcolympics.com/mm/photo/sports/general/40/57/10/405710_m03.jpg

is that snow that they're trucking in?
 
  • #172
They're bringing in snow to make the special terrains for the xtreme sports. Practice time will be strictly limited, to keep the courses in the best shape possible for actual competition.
 
  • #173
I am wellinformed guys :biggrin: I am happy to realize that I am not liveing in a desert right now. I like snow to ski on
 
  • #174
Borg said:
It was. We got about 24 inches where I live and there are some places west of here that got closer to 40. We finally got a plow through here this morning but, he dumped a five foot wall of snow at the end of our driveway. Snow is predicted again on Tuesday night. Time to shovel again...
Aaaarrgh, that reminds me of when I lived in upstate NY. I had a contract every winter for a private plower that would follow the street plow and he'd plow out the wall created by the street plow. It only took one storm for me to realize that this was an excellent idea, I lived in an area that got lake effect snow.
 
  • #175
Evo said:
Aaaarrgh, that reminds me of when I lived in upstate NY. I had a contract every winter for a private plower that would follow the street plow and he'd plow out the wall created by the street plow. It only took one storm for me to realize that this was an excellent idea, I lived in an area that got lake effect snow.
I managed to catch the plow on Sunday morning and got him to clear out what was left.
rewebster said:
we're supposed to get a 4-8 inch snow tonight and tomorrow in Illinois --then its supposed to move off to the east (maybe the northeast again)
Unfortunately, we might get another foot from this one on Tuesday night through Wednesday. I really didn't think that I needed a snow blower in DC but, I might have to rethink that.
 
  • #176
Thanks to the cold Northwesterly winds, we might be able to dodge the two systems coming east this week. Hooray for arctic air-masses!

My crabby old neighbor next door ran into me when I was walking Duke this morning and immediately started moaning about the cold and the wind. I listened a bit and then asked him if he was going to have to shovel this weather. Considering that angle slowed him up just a bit.
 
  • #177
On Saturday we were driving back home:

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Dark thing on the right is my side mirror.
 
  • #178
When I woke up yesterday morning, it was -10F (-23C) on the outside of my "bedroom", and probably close to 0F (-18C) inside.


PS: And here's a picture of the "bedroom", a few minutes before completion. :biggrin:

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  • #179
Gokul43201 said:
When I woke up yesterday morning, it was -10F (-23C) on the outside of my "bedroom", and probably close to 0F (-18C) inside.


PS: And here's a picture of the "bedroom", a few minutes before completion. :biggrin:

2urs3s4.jpg
Nice! My buddy (former Chief of the Maine Warden Service) used to spear-head back-country winter camping treks, when his boy (now a warden Sgt himself) was of an age to learn and benefit. His boy would be all breathless (even when he was a "cool" teen) telling me about how far they trekked, how they sheltered, what they ate, etc. Even as an "unflappable-age" teen, his winter treks with his dad were wonderful bonding experiences. When he was commissioned as a warden, he requested Estcourt as his first posting. It is at the very northern tip of Maine, and you have to get there through Canada. Any trouble, and back-up is a LONG time coming. I'm proud of him.
 
  • #180
Looks like we might get a big snow here sometime today and over night.
 

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