Everyone ready for winter?
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Wind chill warning here starting tonight thru Friday will feel like temps of -35. Snow Saturday turning to freezing rain then plain rain Sunday and then back to cold. This roller coaster of up/down temps is already getting very old and 3+ more months of this crap.
The polar vortex:
Has planted it's ass over Minnesota and will be here all week Sunday's high is forecast at -5. Friday into Saturday major snow. YUCK! The Bryant forced air gas furnace is working very nicely as is the MN made Heat-N-Glo gas fireplace.
Has planted it's ass over Minnesota and will be here all week Sunday's high is forecast at -5. Friday into Saturday major snow. YUCK! The Bryant forced air gas furnace is working very nicely as is the MN made Heat-N-Glo gas fireplace.
gusherb
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Currently 13° with a low of -1° tonight. Was forecasted to be -5° tonight back a few days ago. Now Sunday is forecasted to be -16° low with a high of 1°. Was 2° last night, at that point the downstairs Trane was running continuously in first stage set to 70°. The upstairs furnace cycled on only about two hours after it setting back to 67° for the night which only happens when it's that cold.
Thanks Mike. Merry Christmas to you and all AW as well.
It snowed here last night up until the early afternoon. At times I couldn't see very far out the window. Combined with the snow we had earlier this week there was about 8-10 inches on the driveway so I had to fire up the Honda snow blower for the first time this season. The forecast high for tomorrow is still -18C (0F).
Gary
It snowed here last night up until the early afternoon. At times I couldn't see very far out the window. Combined with the snow we had earlier this week there was about 8-10 inches on the driveway so I had to fire up the Honda snow blower for the first time this season. The forecast high for tomorrow is still -18C (0F).
Gary
norgeway
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I LOVE Winter
Anything above about 60 I hate, it was a terrible summer this year so I'm ready for the cold, the Bard oil furnace is humming away, burned 270 gallons of oil last winter and will probably fill up about January.
Anything above about 60 I hate, it was a terrible summer this year so I'm ready for the cold, the Bard oil furnace is humming away, burned 270 gallons of oil last winter and will probably fill up about January.
gusherb
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Now it looks like they've canceled school for Thursday. The high is 9! Not -9! And it's sunny not snowy or icy. I'm waiting for the day when highs in the upper teens cancels school.
Here in tiny Sumas, Wa we woke up to 16 degrees! Today makes 11 days of this weather. Oh my gas bill!
gusherb
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The high was 10 today. It was sunny, it really wasn't bad. Closing schools was unnecessary. It was -1 at 6:30 AM. They could've just delayed school. I'm waiting for them to declare a state of emergency for the low of -14 coming on Sunday...
We had weeks where the high was no higher than 10 degrees Winter of 2014 and nobody thought anything of it. It was cold. End of story.
We had weeks where the high was no higher than 10 degrees Winter of 2014 and nobody thought anything of it. It was cold. End of story.
It's 4 degrees here this morning at the beach and the wind is howling. It doesn't seem as bad as yesterday afternoon and last night. The hanging light in the dining room was moving back and forth. The windows were really flexing in and out. About 4 in the afternoon heard a crack. Thought it was just the building moving about. Looked out one of the windows in the living room and it was cracked on the inside from top to bottom. Must have been more movement than it could handle. Need to get a glass company in next week to replace that window and some of the others in the unit. They have lost their vacuum and have fogged up a bit. Going to go with no gas windows, just an air pocket between the 2 panes. I have been told that they hold up better and don't fog over if they loose their seal.
Jon
Jon
vacerator
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Not much
we can do about it. We knew winter was coming. Early cabin fever. Hunker down and pay that high heating bill.
My house is fairly well insulated. I let a neighbors dog out this morning (they are on a cruise), and the cold draft was coming right through their foyer light switch.
Even if you don't have pets who stay home when you go out of town, you have to still set the heat at about 65 f. so the basement plumbing doesn't freeze. If the cold wind gets to any pipes, they can bust. It won't be warmer than 60 in the basement.
we can do about it. We knew winter was coming. Early cabin fever. Hunker down and pay that high heating bill.
My house is fairly well insulated. I let a neighbors dog out this morning (they are on a cruise), and the cold draft was coming right through their foyer light switch.
Even if you don't have pets who stay home when you go out of town, you have to still set the heat at about 65 f. so the basement plumbing doesn't freeze. If the cold wind gets to any pipes, they can bust. It won't be warmer than 60 in the basement.
ugh more crap
.WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING...
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OR GREATER.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL
MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE AND SNOW ON TREE
LIMBS AND POWER LINES COULD PRODUCE NUMEROUS OUTAGES. BITTER
WIND CHILLS MAY PRODUCE FROSTBITE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO
THE COLD.
* WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
.WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING...
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OR GREATER.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL
MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE AND SNOW ON TREE
LIMBS AND POWER LINES COULD PRODUCE NUMEROUS OUTAGES. BITTER
WIND CHILLS MAY PRODUCE FROSTBITE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO
THE COLD.
* WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
cfz2882
Well-known member
not quite ready...
...But surviving comfortably
-13* this morning,but no wind-so quite pleasant out actually Cat heat pads plugged in,and getting some inside work done.November was really nice around here-was out wearing shorts and doing outdoor stuff every weekend through the whole month.Did not finish my forced air heat installation,so 1951 floor furnace getting the job done along with Mr Slim unit that can be kicked on.Have been busy with furnace blower and circulation pump repair lately though-including some emergency temporary fixes until new parts come in
...But surviving comfortably
-13* this morning,but no wind-so quite pleasant out actually Cat heat pads plugged in,and getting some inside work done.November was really nice around here-was out wearing shorts and doing outdoor stuff every weekend through the whole month.Did not finish my forced air heat installation,so 1951 floor furnace getting the job done along with Mr Slim unit that can be kicked on.Have been busy with furnace blower and circulation pump repair lately though-including some emergency temporary fixes until new parts come in 
Yup, we're ready
We don't have a snow free month at this altitude, so we're always 'ready'.
We keep parts for the furnace (flame sensor) which are easy to swap out and cost a fortune to have done in an emergency.
Wood cut and chopped by the kitchen door.
Inverter and battery ready to power the blowers in the fireplace should the power go out.(I really should make up a name for that, getting tired of people thinking it's an open hearth not a high-tech sealed combustion chamber unit with 70% + efficiency).
Water lines long since insulated and all rerouted to the core of the house that could be.
We don't have a snow free month at this altitude, so we're always 'ready'.
We keep parts for the furnace (flame sensor) which are easy to swap out and cost a fortune to have done in an emergency.
Wood cut and chopped by the kitchen door.
Inverter and battery ready to power the blowers in the fireplace should the power go out.(I really should make up a name for that, getting tired of people thinking it's an open hearth not a high-tech sealed combustion chamber unit with 70% + efficiency).
Water lines long since insulated and all rerouted to the core of the house that could be.
Predicted high of 79°F today with strong winds (gale watch and low water advisory at the coast), then dropping to 34°F by 8 am Sun and 31°F Mon morn.
twintubdexter
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79 degrees one day and 31 the next! Even Pyrex would crack. No more comments from me about the current nice desert weather. Give me 6 months and I'll find plenty to complain about when the temperature hits 120. All you people that are having to endure freezing weather and storms and the accompanying heating bills deserve a badge of courage. Having lived my entire life in California I have never been in zero-degree weather, including having been in Colorado in the winter and many trips to the snow in the Sierras. I used to help defrost my parent's Amana chest freezer...does that count?
philr
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I hate winter...
That will be me tomorrow, Phil. Snowed here all day and Weather Channel just said its going to turn to freezing rain later tonight and then all rain and in the 40's tomorrow and back to lower single digits tomorrow night.
