Sheepdog1969 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 - 8 F 4:15 am CST, Wind Chill -28 F. Wind speed picking up by 5:00am, increasing to 35 to 40mph gusts, lowering wind chills to below -40 F. Low expected tonight: -18 F with possible -45 to -55 F wind chills, or lower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 11 F at 4:36 a.m. And still dropping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 WHAT’S YOUR TEMPERATURE RIGHT NOW (a poem) What’s your temperature right now? What’s the reading on your thermometer? I’m glad I’m an indoor human and not an outdoor cow Able to understand the readings on the barometer So it’s 27 F here, or minus three Centigrade Balmier here than in Kansas Even warmer down in the Florida everglade Where the Catholics pray to St. Francis It’s bitter cold they say, up there in Minnesota Minus 8 in downtown St. Cloud Even worse of in North Dakota But all the roads are neatly snow-plowed It’s not an issue for me, until it’s time to walk the dogs There’s ice on the nearby pond you see Glad I’m not a frog We’re snuggled up inside at this moment And I’m enjoying my coffee and brandy Grateful for God’s blessing and bestowment It’s 70 degrees in here and I’m just dandy So I send all my best to you this morning Offering all my prayers and wishes That your winter hard freeze warning Doesn’t kill the birdies, frogs, and fishes Please take care my friends today, and snuggle up by the fire Save the outdoor chores for another day when the temperatures are a whole lot higher 🙂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 That was great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 At 7 am Sunday it is minus four degrees and minus 27 wind chill. Indiana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieDog Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 (edited) 2 hours ago, sparquelito said: WHAT’S YOUR TEMPERATURE RIGHT NOW (a poem) What’s your temperature right now? What’s the reading on your thermometer? I’m glad I’m an indoor human and not an outdoor cow Able to understand the readings on the barometer 🙂 Hey spaq, that was terrific. Maybe you saw the same thing I did, that the temps and windchill is in the northern tier are hitting unknown territory and they are speculating that even critters and birds adapted to subzero temps could suffer huge kill-offs. Not to mention the cattle and such that are just exposed out on the prairie with nothing to stop the wind. The -60s windchills they are projecting for NDAK, etc, is the new scale. Under the old measure this would be -90. That’s Antarctica. Btw, we’re -10 and feels like -23. Edited January 14 by PrairieDog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 39 on our back porch... 33 officially per AppleWatch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 4 hours ago, PrairieDog said: Hey spaq, that was terrific. Maybe you saw the same thing I did, that the temps and windchill is in the northern tier are hitting unknown territory and they are speculating that even critters and birds adapted to subzero temps could suffer huge kill-offs. Not to mention the cattle and such that are just exposed out on the prairie with nothing to stop the wind. The -60s windchills they are projecting for NDAK, etc, is the new scale. Under the old measure this would be -90. That’s Antarctica. Btw, we’re -10 and feels like -23. Man oh man, Guys and gals up there are made of tougher stuff! Our low this week (projected) will be Tuesday morning, and 3 degrees F. Two mornings at 9 degrees F last year killed off my winter garden, so I haven't planted one thus far this year. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieDog Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 2 hours ago, sparquelito said: Man oh man, Guys and gals up there are made of tougher stuff! Our low this week (projected) will be Tuesday morning, and 3 degrees F. Two mornings at 9 degrees F last year killed off my winter garden, so I haven't planted one thus far this year. 🙂 So far we’ve been lucky and it’s a pretty standard -20 or so with the windchill. that is really not bad with a good jacket. Sorry about the garden. We had terrible drought for a few summers and lost the gardens and even some trees. We had a super wet spring this past year so we went ahead and planted 3 new trees. By July the rain had dried up. Dang. We put on soaker hoses to minimize waste, because we had to keep them watered. But We’re on a well, but it’s not as deep as it should be, so it’s a choice between watering or making sure the house doesn’t run dry. Nerve wracking. The weather has just gone nuts. I was in shirt sleeves at the end of December, in Minnesota. Our lilac buds had even started to swell. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 On 1/13/2024 at 8:27 AM, Pinch said: On the upside, we have the highest taxes in the world and rampant gang violence. Things are looking up. Baltimore counted fewer than 300 murders in 2023. First time since like 2004. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibson Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 -17 f and -43 f windchill warming trend . Supposed to warm up here next week, I guess we’ll see.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 4 degrees F on the Ohio river at 4:07 a.m. Colder than a well diggers arse.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibson Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 -15 f with -43f windchill Polar vortex working as well as it should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 -11 as I write this. Fortunately, there’s very little wind. Yesterday we were getting steady 30mph wind, down from over 40mph the night before. From what I’m hearing, there’s a heatwave moving-in and Tuesday should be up around 3-4 degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 8F on the Ohio river at 4:56 a.m. Yea, I'm up at 4:56 a.m. checking on stuff..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHenry Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 -4° C and snowing outside my window. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 11 degrees, Lake Ariel, Pa. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 17 here in this corner of South Texas. Soon, they'll be skating across the Rio Grande.... Does Nike make ice skates ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbasher Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Ok, I'm gonna start it: Global warming, huh? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 73 (F) at 11:00 AM (EST). It's supposed to peak at 78, but they are saying we are going to get the tail end of that storm that paralyzed the Northeast tonight. It might get down to the 50s before warming up again. Here in Florida, we are not acclimated for that. Notes ♫ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibson Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 -3 f &-23f windchill. Warming trend starting here. This is no country for old men. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 5 F at 4:04 a.m. on the Ohio river. This is the longest stretch of cold we've had in decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Zero this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Notes, When we lived in Miami, we use to enjoy watching the local news crews going out to the beach to film shots of the tourists in their bathing suits laying in the sand, while the natives walked by in their winter coats. Cognitive Dissonance ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibson Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 1 F - 18 f windchill. Weeze ona warming trend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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