Posted on 01/23/2011 9:13:14 PM PST by rdl6989
FORT KENT, Maine — An arctic blast from Canada is bringing brutally frigid air and wind chills expected to dip to 50 below zero to northern New England, prompting officials to warn residents to take precautions against the cold.
The National Weather Service in Caribou issued a statewide wind chill warning Sunday night effective through Monday.
(Excerpt) Read more at bangordailynews.com ...
-20.2 in Swanzey NH at 7:26 AM, Jan 24.
The cold is sinking way south.
I saw a notice in the grocery store yesterday by the bananas.
‘Due to the unusually cold weather in Costa Rica, Guatemala the availability will be slim.’ (paraphrased)
Here in Central NC the temp hasn’t been record breaking but consistently below average.
Smart a*s. It's going to get all the way up to 40 today.
You can't believe your own lying senses!
Believe Al Gore. He's the only one who “knows” that it's “several million degrees” 2 kilometers down.
Trust him, he has a consensus. (Not that the 30,000 plus scientists who disagree with him would think that would be wise).
I’m thinking of maybe the North Woodstock Inn.
Cozy rooms, no where near the traffic of conway.
Hotel has a cool brew pub/Restaurant.
http://www.woodstockinnnh.com/
I also like the Maine coast in the winter.
Nice and quiet with some good hotels and restaurants still open.
That looks almost exactly like the room i always book when i stay there!
The room i always try to book is called the “Nap-a-view”.
Smallish but cozy.
It warmed back up to -29 on Mt Washington after you posted. The polar vortex moved east, and that’s what determines the temperature, not the diurnal cycle. But there was one interesting weather feature this morning, the dewpoint was 62 below zero. That’s basically what you might see flying above 30,000 feet at the upper edge of the troposphere. Basically it means Mt Washington was practically sticking into the stratosphere thanks to compression of the troposphere.
Thanks for the link.
Looks nice.
I will check it out more closely tommorow when i’m not feeling so exhausted. :)
“...after -20 you don’t really notice the difference...”
Absolutely disagree. I’ve been in 35 below in Butte and Bozeman, this was in ‘02 or ‘03, and there were several days in the mid-minus-40s back when I was bartending in East Grand Forks Minnesota in the early ‘80s.
There is a magnititude if difference between, say, zero or five below and 25 below-—and yet you hear people in slightly warmer climes all the time saying, “After zero it all feels the same.”
Ditto 20 below or so compared with 35 or 40 below. The latter temps will freeze your nose, start to freeze your lungs and begin to sting your fingers and toes almost immediately. You just can’t function very well unless you have the best and warmest of clothing and equipment.
Twenty below you can run out and shovel for 20 minutes in a parka, mittens and muck boots.
Forty-five below and you are asking for trouble.
In Grand Forks that week when we had nearly -50 below they were closing everything except a couple bars, including the one I worked at. On the worst morning I went out to start my newer Honda Accord and when I slammed the door shut the latch mechanism shattered. Simply burst and fell all over on the ground.
Sorry to go on so long here....but I dig the cold and have spent lots of time experiencing/observing it. Never been to Alaska and I’d be curious to hear from those guys....
I remember the windchill charts where you skin could freeze in 60, 30 or 15 seconds. The colder it was, the faster you walked to the car.
Okay let's go with
cold 0 to -10
Cold -10 to -30 and
Cold -30 to -40 and finally
COLD below -40.
Right now where I am it is 65 degrees. Brrr.
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