OT: Brrrrrr! It's cold, d**n cold!

Stormynights · Post by **Stormynights** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 9:42 pm

I seems like it is just a matter of being prepared. In colder areas you have to be prepared because you know it is going to be cold. In warmer areas you don't expect it to happen. We have been preparing for global warming.

greatunclebill · Post by **greatunclebill** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:34 pm

tuesday morning was +14 degrees in mobile alabama. this was an all-time record low. brrrrrrrrrrrrr......... i grew up in northern MN where it got very very cold. i don't miss it even a little bit.

idamtnboy · Post by **idamtnboy** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:50 pm

greatunclebill wrote:tuesday morning was +14 degrees in mobile alabama. this was an all-time record low. brrrrrrrrrrrrr......... i grew up in northern MN where it got very very cold. i don't miss it even a little bit.

It hasn't been record cold here, but it's been consistently cold, teens and colder, since early December. I'm beginning to understand why people become snowbirds in senior years! Wish I could afford to be one!

Even the Brits have taken notice of our cold weather!

US weather: all 50 states fall below freezing

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... ezing.html

All 50 of America’s states recorded temperatures below freezing at some point on Tuesday and even the polar bear at Chicago zoo spent most of the day indoors, as bitterly cold air gripped the country

chunkyfrog · Post by **chunkyfrog** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 1:10 pm

The term "global warming" is slightly misleading; it implies generally warmer AVERAGE temperatures, worldwide.
The term "climate change" is more accurate since weather patterns are affected sometimes unpredictably.
The melting of ice at the poles can be seen on satellite images, but subtle differences in harvest times, and hardiness
is harder to see, and varies from one year to another. Exceptions in weather are more common,
like unusual cold in USDA zones 8 and 9. This cold is likely to be balanced by unusual heat later in the year.
Get ready for the fun!

BlackSpinner · Post by **BlackSpinner** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 1:35 pm

chunkyfrog wrote:The term "global warming" is slightly misleading; it implies generally warmer AVERAGE temperatures, worldwide.
!

Yes and here is an explanation.

Snow and ice are disappearing from the Arctic region at unprecedented rates, leaving behind relatively warmer open water, which is much less reflective to incoming sunlight than ice. That, among other factors, is causing the northern polar region of our planet to warm at a faster rate than the rest of the northern hemisphere.

Since the difference in temperature between the Arctic and the mid-latitudes helps drive the jet stream (which, in turn, drives most US weather patterns), if that temperature difference decreases, it stands to reason that the jet stream’s winds will slow down. Why does this matter?

Well, atmospheric theory predicts that a slower jet stream will produce wavier and more sluggish weather patterns, in turn leading to more frequent extreme weather. And, turns out, that’s exactly what we’ve been seeing in recent years. Superstorm Sandy’s uncharacteristic left hook into the New Jersey coast in 2012 was one such example of an extremely anomalous jet stream blocking pattern.

When these exceptionally wavy jet stream patterns occur mid-winter, it’s a recipe for cold air to get sucked southwards. This week, that’s happening in spectacular fashion.

Due to these jet stream issues we have had more moist air coming from the coast so we already have had our normal winter's accumulation of snow back in mid December.

It is going up to -2C this afternoon. Three days ago it was -31c when I walked the dog.

Ontario CPAP · Post by **Ontario CPAP** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 7:37 pm

Stormynights wrote:I seems like it is just a matter of being prepared. In colder areas you have to be prepared because you know it is going to be cold. In warmer areas you don't expect it to happen. We have been preparing for global warming.

I suggested to a colleague we restart the coal plants in Ontario (we recently shut the last of them down -- the majority of our power is nuclear) and make a nice cozy CO2 blanket over the province. He thought that was a good idea. He had just returned from Iroquois Falls in the far north of Ontario and showed me a picture he took earlier this week of an outdoor thermometer: -45C (-49 F) without the wind. Yes, people live there. Not me though.

Kiralynx · Post by **Kiralynx** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:21 pm

We had temps in the 20s with wind chill in the teens here in New Orleans.

We are immensely glad to have our whole house generator, because (not this cold snap, gut two others) there had been two night-time power outges. One due to cold and the other due to someone running their car into a power pole.

'Course, you realize, that in another four months, we'll probably be b--ching about the heat!

idamtnboy · Post by **idamtnboy** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:53 pm

Kiralynx wrote:We had temps in the 20s with wind chill in the teens here in New Orleans.

We are immensely glad to have our whole house generator, because (not this cold snap, gut two others) there had been two night-time power outges. One due to cold and the other due to someone running their car into a power pole.

'Course, you realize, that in another four months, we'll probably be b--ching about the heat!

I lived in Hammond (50 miles NW of NOLA) for 15 years. One of my biggest worries was wearing out the thermostat switching it back and forth from heat to cool during the February to April time frame!

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