Friday night and the EggHead Forum option of the forum choices is eerie quiet- I need to get a life!

RRP

Bumpity Bump Bump again! Though I highly doubt I personally will be able to be there I stand by my commitment to send gratis of course the size Rutland gasket to the winner!

lousubcap

Once again a bump but we are now one week out from the year-end Zoom session.  So there's that.

Regarding my pedestrian life tonight-nothing worth offering up.  A casual cruise thru LEO.

Tomorrow should hold promise as I am smoking an Oak Barn Beef brisket point (around 6.5 lbs) as an offering to a neighborhood party.  (Yes-you can be selective in the cut of brisket you want with Oak Barn).  Thanks to @dbCooper for the steer (intended). Everything I have ordered from them has been top-shelf. 

Check 'em out.  A small business and providing great service and exceptional cuts of beef. 

dbCooper

My experiences with Oak Barn Beef are the same as @lousubcap , never a disappointment.  Should any of you decide to order from OBB, you'll be ordering direct from the rancher (Hannah) that raised the cows.  Cool in its own right irregardless of the exceptional quality.

*edit to add a link... https://oakbarnbeef.com/

GrateEggspectations

lousubcap

Been awhile since engaging this thread but since it is Friday and the high drama weather guessers have quite a day planned I thought I would give it a bump. Cold raining (Temp 39*F) all day with gusty winds in the 30-40 mph range.  Rain should reduce while the winds pick up later today.  Could lead to "lights out."

Once temp drops below freezing tonight it is not expected to clear that mark for at least 10 days.  So much for my Friday excitement!

LEO is definitely gonna be in play. 

Canugghead

lousubcap said:

Been awhile since engaging this thread but since it is Friday and the high drama weather guessers have quite a day planned I thought I would give it a bump. Cold raining (Temp 39*F) all day with gusty winds in the 30-40 mph range.  Rain should reduce while the winds pick up later today.  Could lead to "lights out."

Once temp drops below freezing tonight it is not expected to clear that mark for at least 10 days.  So much for my Friday excitement!

LEO is definitely gonna be in play. 

Again, doing my part to help keep the lights on here!
When I paid $1k for the chamber sealer back in 2014/2015 my family thought I was nuts, now it's indispensible. They now think I'm paranoid for hooking up the furnace with the generator, wouldn't mind getting "lights out" for a day, lol.

dbCooper

Just finished shoveling, got a good dose of light/powdery snow and winds 25-35+, made for some 3-4' drifts to deal with.  Warming up with some Glögg.  NA because I opted in to Dryuary this year

Cold and nasty for the foreseeable future here too. 

GrateEggspectations

Canugghead said:

lousubcap said:

Been awhile since engaging this thread but since it is Friday and the high drama weather guessers have quite a day planned I thought I would give it a bump. Cold raining (Temp 39*F) all day with gusty winds in the 30-40 mph range.  Rain should reduce while the winds pick up later today.  Could lead to "lights out."

Once temp drops below freezing tonight it is not expected to clear that mark for at least 10 days.  So much for my Friday excitement!

LEO is definitely gonna be in play. 

Again, doing my part to help keep the lights on here!
When I paid $1k for the chamber sealer back in 2014/2015 my family thought I was nuts, now it's indispensible. They now think I'm paranoid for hooking up the furnace with the generator, wouldn't mind getting "lights out" for a day, lol.

This post would have been much better had the paragraph ended with chamber sealing via your generator during outages.  

Speaking of storms, supposed to be a good weather event for our respective cities. Only difference is that yours will occur 8C or so warmer. 🙃

lousubcap

Just search the history/rise of the "wind chill" as the high drama casters needed a new term. And now we have names for winter storms.  What next??  

The wind chill index, which quantifies the combined effect of wind and temperature on human flesh, was introduced into public forecasts in the late 1960s and the practice gained prominence and acceptance during the severe winters of the 1970s and ’80s. However, studies showed the reported wind chills were unrealistically low and the formula was revised in 2001. Wind chills that previously computed to the minus 80s and minus 90s now were in the minus 55 to minus 60 range.

I will address heat index when the wind chill declares appropriate. 

Happy Friday!

DoubleEgger

The forum needs another good villain to spice it up. 

GrateEggspectations

By “another”, I am left wondering who the originals are. 

danhoo

lousubcap said:

Been awhile since engaging this thread but since it is Friday and the high drama weather guessers have quite a day planned I thought I would give it a bump. Cold raining (Temp 39*F) all day with gusty winds in the 30-40 mph range.  Rain should reduce while the winds pick up later today.  Could lead to "lights out."

Once temp drops below freezing tonight it is not expected to clear that mark for at least 10 days.  So much for my Friday excitement!

LEO is definitely gonna be in play. 

billt01

lousubcap said:

Once again-Friday night and early but the precursors are fairly quiet and they are solid indicators.

I've got nothing to juice this place up these days other than below are the generation labels assigned to your age:

"The definitions are not official. However, based on widespread consensus as well as new Gen Z analysis by the Pew Research Center, and the one generation defined by the U.S. Census Bureau (Baby Boomers), these are the birth years and ages of the generations you’ll want to use in 2023.

Note: Generation names are based on when members of that generation become adults (18-21)."

Generations	Born	Current Ages
Gen Z	1997 – 2012	11 – 26
Millennials	1981 – 1996	27 – 42
Gen X	1965 – 1980	43 – 58
Boomers II (a/k/a Generation Jones)*	1955 – 1964	59 – 68
Boomers I*	1946 – 1954	69 – 77
Post War	1928 – 1945	78 – 95
WWII	1922 – 1927	96 – 101

 

Botch

lousubcap said:

...However, studies showed the reported wind chills were unrealistically low and the formula was revised in 2001. Wind chills that previously computed to the minus 80s and minus 90s now were in the minus 55 to minus 60 range.

My worst experience with windchill was somewhere in '92-'95, when I was stationed up at Grand Forks AFB.  
It hit -72º windchill, and all crew-refresh dispatches were cancelled (which means all the two-person crews underground (standing by to launch) had to pull a 48-hour post, rather than the usual 24-hour).  All maintenance dispatches to the field were cancelled, but all Maintenance/support/tech personnel who lived in Grand Forks city still had to drive 15 miles west to report for work at the base (which didn't quite make sense to me, but whatever).  
I've been out in the elements up there where taking a tinkle, actually "tinkled" (the urine stream froze before it hit the ground and shattered) and spitting could making a "crack" sound before it hit the ground.  Having to use both hands/arms to shift my three-on-the-tree.  I guess it's good that I got to experience that, but I don't ever want to go back!    

Gulfcoastguy

It is supposed to get down to 19 degrees next Tuesday night 3 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. I don't mind if the penguins move in but I could do without the polar bears.

Botch

Gulfcoastguy said:

It is supposed to get down to 19 degrees next Tuesday night 3 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. I don't mind if the penguins move in but I could do without the polar bears.

So many responses... I'm going to bed now.  

Canugghead

Bumping it up to page 1, you're welcome cap 

lousubcap

Having fun today with the polar vortex.  Fortunately only got 3" (7.6 cm) of snow last night/this AM.  Took care of that with the temp around 22*F (-6*C) a while ago.  Supposed to climb out of this starting Monday...Gotta take care of a few things before a personal anti-freeze event commences which will lead to LEO!  Beyond that-dang quiet. 

Foghorn

lousubcap said:

Just search the history/rise of the "wind chill" as the high drama casters needed a new term. And now we have names for winter storms.  What next??  

The wind chill index, which quantifies the combined effect of wind and temperature on human flesh, was introduced into public forecasts in the late 1960s and the practice gained prominence and acceptance during the severe winters of the 1970s and ’80s. However, studies showed the reported wind chills were unrealistically low and the formula was revised in 2001. Wind chills that previously computed to the minus 80s and minus 90s now were in the minus 55 to minus 60 range.

I will address heat index when the wind chill declares appropriate. 

Happy Friday!

And many insurance policies are now written so as to exclude damage caused by "a named storm"...

HeavyG

Foghorn said:

lousubcap said:

Just search the history/rise of the "wind chill" as the high drama casters needed a new term. And now we have names for winter storms.  What next??  

The wind chill index, which quantifies the combined effect of wind and temperature on human flesh, was introduced into public forecasts in the late 1960s and the practice gained prominence and acceptance during the severe winters of the 1970s and ’80s. However, studies showed the reported wind chills were unrealistically low and the formula was revised in 2001. Wind chills that previously computed to the minus 80s and minus 90s now were in the minus 55 to minus 60 range.

I will address heat index when the wind chill declares appropriate. 

Happy Friday!

And many insurance policies are now written so as to exclude damage caused by "a named storm"...

Surely that just applies to official NWS named storms right????

alaskanassasin

1.5" @lousubcap, anti-climatic, the weatherman said 3-4" but I think he misread 3/4".

dbCooper

We had a "snow squall" come thru last evening, evidently the first time ever for the area (SE Nebr).  I did not know they even existed, it's a short duration blizzard. 

danhoo

54F and light rain. Had to put a jacket on to run an errand. BRRRRRR. 

Canugghead

8F right now without windchill.

Botch

dbCooper said:

We had a "snow squall" come thru last evening, evidently the first time ever for the area (SE Nebr).  I did not know they even existed, it's a short duration blizzard. 

The planet's weather patterns are changing, in extreme amounts, worldwide due to climate change in the last 20 years or so.  I know there's a few folks here who claim it's nothing, or cyclical, but when insurance companies (who base their profits on real data, not beliefs) pull out of entire regions (flood ins. in the southeast, fire ins. in the west) everyone should be paying more attention.  
I grew up in South Dakota, and tornadoes were a threat in July/August every summer.  Now they're hitting all over in the SE, the South, even UT (I missed a direct hit by two blocks 5 years ago), and year-round!!!  
 
But it's nothing, or cyclical; right?  

GrateEggspectations

0F here, though purely for Frank’s benefit, I will specify that the weather app states it’s -11.2F with windchill. 

JohnInCarolina

alaskanassasin

Botch said:

dbCooper said:

We had a "snow squall" come thru last evening, evidently the first time ever for the area (SE Nebr).  I did not know they even existed, it's a short duration blizzard. 

The planet's weather patterns are changing, in extreme amounts, worldwide due to climate change in the last 20 years or so.  I know there's a few folks here who claim it's nothing, or cyclical, but when insurance companies (who base their profits on real data, not beliefs) pull out of entire regions (flood ins. in the southeast, fire ins. in the west) everyone should be paying more attention.  
I grew up in South Dakota, and tornadoes were a threat in July/August every summer.  Now they're hitting all over in the SE, the South, even UT (I missed a direct hit by two blocks 5 years ago), and year-round!!!  
 
But it's nothing, or cyclical; right?  

I am only going to argue that yes climate change is cyclical. Are we influencing it or speeding it up, yes, but it happened many times before.

lousubcap

Balmy +2*F (-17*C) here.  Likely go negative *F tonight/tomorrow AM before topping out in the low's 20's*F Sunday and then this breaks.  Into the 40's-50's*F starting Monday for at least a week. 

JohnInCarolina

alaskanassasin said:

Botch said:

dbCooper said:

We had a "snow squall" come thru last evening, evidently the first time ever for the area (SE Nebr).  I did not know they even existed, it's a short duration blizzard. 

The planet's weather patterns are changing, in extreme amounts, worldwide due to climate change in the last 20 years or so.  I know there's a few folks here who claim it's nothing, or cyclical, but when insurance companies (who base their profits on real data, not beliefs) pull out of entire regions (flood ins. in the southeast, fire ins. in the west) everyone should be paying more attention.  
I grew up in South Dakota, and tornadoes were a threat in July/August every summer.  Now they're hitting all over in the SE, the South, even UT (I missed a direct hit by two blocks 5 years ago), and year-round!!!  
 
But it's nothing, or cyclical; right?  

I am only going to argue that yes climate change is cyclical. Are we influencing it or speeding it up, yes, but it happened many times before.

The real question is whether or not there’s anything we can do about it.  If you accept that CO2 is a greenhouse gas (and this is a scientific fact), then it stands to reason we can.