Apparently I have moved to Canadia

ColbyLang

It’s 20 now. Low anticipated at 9°. It was 66 two days ago 

Botch

There's an odd place just north of me, in the UT mountains, called Peter Sinks.  I've seen pics of it during the summer, looks like a slight depression with a grass meadow, nice place for a picnic, but at 8,100 ft.  It set a new cold record two nights ago, -54º F (true temp, not windchill); that's colder than I ever experienced in Grand Forks (-28º F).  
https://www.weather.gov/wrh/timeseries?site=PSINK&hours=72  
Locally it's bouncing between 11º and 19º, not bad since living in ND but the locals are freaking out.  So nice to sip hot tea while watching the 6 am news, in my bunny slippers...

GrateEggspectations

I bike to work and back. Just saying. 

WeberWho

50 degree swing from today to tomorrow here. A balmy 30 degrees. 

JohnInCarolina

GrateEggspectations said:

I bike to work and back. 

By … choice?

GrateEggspectations

JohnInCarolina said:

GrateEggspectations said:

I bike to work and back. 

By … choice?

Told my wife I could, but am now too proud to walk it back.

Braggart

Love the terminology they have these days.  Atmospheric river.  Bomb cyclone.  Polar vortex.  Here in the great white north we just know that summer is hot and winter is cold.  Snow is inevitable and welcomed (lots to do).

Here's what we do in my neck of the woods.  Temp was -20C (ish).  Sauna followed by either a cold plunge or bucket over the head, and an evening bonfire...

Canugghead

Cool! Now I know what to do with my rain barrels when summer is over, lol

Braggart

This is the finished unit...the challenge is keeping the water from freezing overnight at these temps.  

caliking

Do you fill the drums with warm water, or is it a Russian cold dunk in the lake/river mind of thing?

The weather here in Texas has been labeled "arctic" many times over. It's laughable, until you realize that nobody knows what to do about snow/ice/freezing temps here. 

Braggart

The barrels are not heated and stay out in the cold.  I throw a bucket of hot tap water in each evening before we head off into the sauna to weaken with the ice.  We are cold plunging in ice filled water...which sounds awful, but followed by a 90-100C sauna, it's actually quite the rush.

Mark_B_Good

Braggart said:

The barrels are not heated and stay out in the cold.  I throw a bucket of hot tap water in each evening before we head off into the sauna to weaken with the ice.  We are cold plunging in ice filled water...which sounds awful, but followed by a 90-100C sauna, it's actually quite the rush.

You guys can keep the ice plunge, lol. NO THANK YOU! That is torture!

What is heating your Sauna???  Is that an outside sauna or indoor??  Mine is outside, and best I get is 80C (which is hot enough for me).

fishlessman

ColtsFan said:

Ya’ll making down there? I’m enjoying this heat wave up here. Lol

lets hope it doesnt drop all the way down to -4.6 f

poster

Mark_B_Good said:

Braggart said:

The barrels are not heated and stay out in the cold.  I throw a bucket of hot tap water in each evening before we head off into the sauna to weaken with the ice.  We are cold plunging in ice filled water...which sounds awful, but followed by a 90-100C sauna, it's actually quite the rush.

You guys can keep the ice plunge, lol. NO THANK YOU! That is torture!

What is heating your Sauna???  Is that an outside sauna or indoor??  Mine is outside, and best I get is 80C (which is hot enough for me).

I'm curious too. We run wood at the sauna at camp, 100C is no problem, but too hot for me for more than 10 minutes. I don't know if your in Ontario too, but if so and you have a wood stove and insurance, do not switch companies. I know lots of people that are switching to save a few bucks, and then after the switch the new insurance company is requesting WETT certifications of the sauna stove or cutting coverage. WETT is next to impossible to get unless you have a really big sauna were you can get the proper clearances, etc. Not to mention its a huge expense.

Braggart

We find the ice plunge to be integral to the whole sauna experience.  We regularly run temps between 90 and 100C.  We have been as high as 115C before we start cracking the door, as we find that too hot.  I will concede however that 90-100C is too hot without the cold plunge.  We use the sauna almost every night, for about 90mins to 1 hour each session, using the cold plunge 4-5 times during the evening.  In/out, in/out.  Repeat.

The sauna is a home built (DIY, not a kit) unit, not connected to the main house in any way.  Solar panels and power station/battery in an electrical compartment provides the power for the internal and external lights.  The stove is wood burning.  The whole structure is built to be moveable (not that I plan to move it), so it does not affect my home insurance.  I do however have a wood burner inside my main house, so I am keenly aware of WETT and such.

On a side note, regarding the question of getting the sauna to temps exceeding 80C, the biggest mistake people often make when building saunas is installing a stove pipe stack that is too small/short.  The stack is really the engine of the whole system.  Proper sized stacks (read "higher") will generate the heat needed (assuming you don't have an undersized stove).  Smaller stacks often do not generate the necessary draft to do an adequate job.

For my sauna, which is 6x8x8ft roughly, it takes 45-60 mins to go from -20C to 90C.  To go from 90C to 100C all I need to do is stoke the firebox with a few more splits to get flame, and we're cooking!   I went to great lengths to ensure the structure was well insulated, with reflective moisture barrier top to bottom, with no drafts (save for my venting system).  When we add water to the rocks to generate the Loyly, the steam is so thick it's almost unbearable, which is why the cold plunge is so important.  The last pic looks out of focus, but it's more a function of the the steam being so thick! 

To be honest, I built the sauna on a whim really.  All in all, I can see why it is part of Finnish culture for 1000's of years now.  We have embraced the culture and have incorporated it into our daily routine.  We feel better, sleep better and enjoy the time away from our devices and other electronics each and EVERY evening.

unoriginalusername

No snow here in canada lol. Almost warmer than where I was in Texas last week 

Botch

Weather girl here just said NOLA got more snow this week than Salt Lake City got all winter long! (valleys only)  10" vs 6.4"  

Ozzie_Isaac

Teefus

It's been pretty frosty in South Bend. The closer you are to the Lake the more snow there is. It's winter. We knew this was coming.

ColbyLang

The great thaw should happen today in Louisiana. Roads now iced instead of snowy like they were yesterday. Fun short commute to work in it. I still stick by my guns, y’all can keep this ****. Gimme a hurricane any day

fishlessman

ColbyLang said:

The great thaw should happen today in Louisiana. Roads now iced instead of snowy like they were yesterday. Fun short commute to work in it. I still stick by my guns, y’all can keep this ****. Gimme a hurricane any day

dont they have salt down there 3 inches of snow with 2 inches salt laid down

RRP

kl8ton said:

-2 here

Well it is a BLISTERING HOT 25º here in central IL this morning! Guess what you Southerners don't know is 25º means it is warming up in order to SNOW!!! You see, sometimes COLD is your friend.

Legume

ColbyLang said:

The great thaw should happen today in Louisiana. Roads now iced instead of snowy like they were yesterday. Fun short commute to work in it. I still stick by my guns, y’all can keep this ****. Gimme a hurricane any day

It's so much easier when everyone from the roads crews to city gov, to utilities, etc. and the homes and infrastructure are built for it.

I am happy without heavy humidity, the bugs that come with humidity and your climate, and of course hurricanes.

kl8ton

We are over 20° here. I'm driving with my window cracked. Balmy. Time to start plowing. Again.

ColbyLang

fishlessman said:

ColbyLang said:

The great thaw should happen today in Louisiana. Roads now iced instead of snowy like they were yesterday. Fun short commute to work in it. I still stick by my guns, y’all can keep this ****. Gimme a hurricane any day

dont they have salt down there 3 inches of snow with 2 inches salt laid down

This the closest thing we got fish

Mark_B_Good

poster said:

Mark_B_Good said:

Braggart said:

The barrels are not heated and stay out in the cold.  I throw a bucket of hot tap water in each evening before we head off into the sauna to weaken with the ice.  We are cold plunging in ice filled water...which sounds awful, but followed by a 90-100C sauna, it's actually quite the rush.

You guys can keep the ice plunge, lol. NO THANK YOU! That is torture!

What is heating your Sauna???  Is that an outside sauna or indoor??  Mine is outside, and best I get is 80C (which is hot enough for me).

I'm curious too. We run wood at the sauna at camp, 100C is no problem, but too hot for me for more than 10 minutes. I don't know if your in Ontario too, but if so and you have a wood stove and insurance, do not switch companies. I know lots of people that are switching to save a few bucks, and then after the switch the new insurance company is requesting WETT certifications of the sauna stove or cutting coverage. WETT is next to impossible to get unless you have a really big sauna were you can get the proper clearances, etc. Not to mention its a huge expense.

I have an electric stove ... didn't have the patience to wait for wood to heat up, and then all the clean up. So, I think with electric, the thermostat temperature is likely limited to around 80C, 85C tops.