Freezing temps, report in. It's Cold out there!

31.5° here, snowing
forecast for mid 20s tonight.
Kinda liking it

 

That new system coming in will put up some record temps, I just read that parts of Ohio could have wind chill readings of -50 to -60, ouch!

From TWC.

With strong low pressure in Quebec and high pressure centered over the Plains, this bitter cold air will be accompanied by brisk west to northwest winds from 15-25 mph, sending wind chills into the -50s or even -60s in some areas from Ohio to North Dakota. Any exposed skin would suffer frostbite in 5-10 minutes in these conditions!

 

We just got the Beta Ideal Steel stove top up to 620 on this last big load, hottest stove top temps so far since I installed it. Hot spot in front of stove above door at 720. Outside temp is 4 but everyone is complaining its too hot in here now (75). I've got a fan blowing towards the stove room from the back room on the first floor to heat the back room up but also to cool off the rest of the first floor. Natural gas furnace has been off all day. This stove is cranking out a tremendous amount of heat.

We're expecting coldest temps here in over twenty years on Monday and Tuesday.

 

Perfect time for the new stove. This next few days will give it a good test.
Feed it the good stuff & keep it cranking.

Was outside today playing around in the balmy 31° weather.

Turn on the news & they sound in the panic mode
Real Cold air is hitting the northern US
& you stay home & hunker down,
if you got outside your gonna freeze to death .

Then one channel shows kids, no school today, outside sledding at 15° in 20 mph winds & having fun.

 

I have several stove loads of locust set aside to try out with a high burn during next weeks coldest temps. We haven't seen a forecast for temps like this in over twenty years.

 

Water pipes are the biggest issue when getting below zero.
Even here with the 8" frost valves on the outside facets, covering them is a good idea.
Even a rag helps.
Cold can conduct thru the metal & freeze & bust the pipe
in the wall, sometimes you don't know until you turn on the facet come spring.

Air leaks around the footer where a water pipe is close, another bad spot.

These temps make plumbers lots of money !
Especially when you havent' had them around for a while

You forget to remove the garden hoses, close up under house air vents , outside pet water freezes etc .....

 

-18 F and dropping here ...

 

-18.6, wind chill makes it feel like -41.

 

Brutal cold there now.
Forecast to be +35° for you on Sunday
Crazy weather

 

When it gets back up to 20, I might come out of my den

 

to get down to 24° tonight. up to 31° tomorrow


rare event for me to tease those with colder temps for more than a day or 2.

Football below zero, been a while, better clothing now ?

 

Currently 0 deg here and im headed back to work. Gotta clear out the drifts that filled in overnight. Of course ive got a head cold and woke up with no voice . Can't wait to come back home and hug the stove.

 

A rare Mass temp, -4 this morn. Had a high of 12 yesterday and went through a half ring of oak to keep up. I think the Oslo wanted to kick me in the shin the next time I came close to it

 

Well I don't know what the windchill was last night but the temperature hit -22 here, when I went out to tend the birds it was -17. Mess on the way.

 

Boy oh boy we are going to get hit with a bunch of winter weather here in mi, next few days, maybe 10" Edit: 8 to 12" of snow and cold temps

Winter Storm Warning
in effect from Saturday, January 4, 7:00 PM until Monday, January 6, 1:00 AM



...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM
EST MONDAY...

...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
1 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO LOCALLY 10 INCHES EXPECTED FROM
SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY EVENING.
* WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY COULD CREATE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 BELOW POSSIBLE STARTING MONDAY
MORNING.
IMPACTS...
* DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING WITH SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW.
* UNSAFE TO BE OUTDOORS MONDAY AND TUESDAY FOR PROLONGED PERIODS
OF TIME DUE TO THE EXTREME COLD CONDITIONS.
* POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLE MONDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REMINDS MOTORISTS
TO ADJUST SPEEDS BASED ON THE CONDITIONS... AND TO TAKE IT
SLOW IN ICE AND SNOW.
* WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT
WWW.READY.GOV5OG.
* THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE DANGEROUSLY
LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.
in effect from Saturday, January 4, 7:00 PM until Monday, January 6, 1:00 AM

 

It's woodstove weather! Not many woodstove folks complain about how many extra splits they burned today because it was -5 outdoors, whereas the thermostat folks walking the halls at 62 with 2 sweaters on worry about the end of the month.
As long as the Oslo takes what I feed it I can't complain

 

It's in the mid 20's here, we'll get two days of this then jump right back into the chitter again come Monday.

The good news is we'll get warmer again for mid week so we'll bring Cherry in tomorrow.

 

Crazy cold in the Midwest.

 

33° ,

Forecast for 34° tomorrow too.

You all can keep that cold down there for a while,
I'm enjoying this balmy weather cycle.

Watching the satellite pic of the weather moving North thru here pushing the cold air East & South
Was -38°f in Fairbanks now it's 12°f.
Lots of arctic air still headed your way.

Sat pic right now showing the northerly leading fist pushing toward the N Pole.
This weather is really moving north fast. That middle cloud cover with the leading edge over southern AK is moving N fast
Forcing the sub zero arctic air East & south thru Canada
Link here, takes about 6 seconds to load up to view the loop:
http://www.arh.noaa.gov/satloop.php?sat=goes&sector=3gaf

 

thewood,
your map shows -70° wind chills in N Dakota & Minn.
I guess snow machine riding is out for Sunday.