Serious ARCTIC blast

[zoomzoom]

In the northern hemisphere, we call it "arctic" blasts. In the southern hemisphere, do they call it "antarctic" blasts?

 

[Amish Heart]

I think we get two degrees above freezing tomorrow for an hr. That's it. Maybe the geese can get some fresh bathing water. So far their pools are still iceblocks.

 

[elkhound]

 

[Cabin Fever]

This is one of my favorite videos about southerners and cold/snow.

 

[Magus]

Nobody here knows how to react to more than an inch of snow, they act like it's Armageddon and drive like retarded kids on meth!

 

[sonya123]

well, it's snowing again here, got probably a few inches in the last hour or so, glad we got home before it started

 

[Morgan101]

We got about 2 more inches of snow today, and temps are still below freezing. I broke my own rule and shoveled the driveway because we are supposed to have friends over tomorrow night. Hoping it will warm up some so more will melt. Worst part is the barricade the snow plows leave in front of your driveway as they clean the streets. It is O.K. but I will have to fight with it again tomorrow so it is safer for guests.

 

[Mountain trapper]

It started snowing on the way home from town. Only a couple inches so far. We need the storms that drop a foot or two.

 

[Pearl]

So next week we will get back in the 50's, then mid 60's! THEN, around the 19th is another blast of artic cold coming on down!! No word on precipitation yet, just some horrible cold!! Not sure how much of the country will be affected!!

Looks like winter precip here again the 20th and 21st!! Time will tell!

 

[Amish Heart]

Around the 19th and 20th possibly for us, but it's too soon to tell. Showing 3 degrees and snow then. We hit above freezing around 4pm today for maybe an hr. First time in a long time.

 

[Cabin Fever]

We're forecast to get a total of 3 to 5" of snow throughout today and tonight.

 

[zoomzoom]

I got up this morning and saw several more inches of snow. It was 12° (warmest morning in the last several days) but I said my outside chores could wait until it got up to at least 20°.

When I did come out, tractor wouldn't start. After about 45 minutes of finessing it, I coaxed it to start/run. Just spent the last couple hours clearing snow.

Our USPS driver is very good but saw her bypassing deliveries since she couldn't get to the mailboxes due to the massive snow/slush piled high near the boxes from the town plow. I decided to go up and down the road with my tractor and clear everything out in front of mailboxes.

I noticed that a family nearby who has a very steep driveway didn't plow his driveway. Odd since he's normally on top of it. I thought his plow setup broke. I pulled in and spent about 45 minutes clearing out his driveway. Come to find out he's really sick. He texted me with his appreciation.

OK - I just stood at my computer doing 5 minutes of warm-up. Back to outside to get firewood.

 

[M0del_31]

For a few hours in east Texas, we were at risk of our mud drying out but we got a few inches of cold rain Thursday and now 50F so winter is in full swing, then 1st Spring will drop in a week or so.

 

[zoomzoom]

For a few hours in east Texas, we were at risk of our mud drying out but we got a few inches of cold rain Thursday and now 50F so winter is in full swing, then 1st Spring will drop in a week or so.

I don't know what that means. Please elaborate. Around here, we hate mud and look forward to it drying out.

 

[M0del_31]

I don't know what that means. Please elaborate. Around here, we hate mud and look forward to it drying out.

sarcasm....we have drought during the summer when stuff would grow...the ground literally cracks from dryness, burn bans, water conservation...ect. It mostly rains here in the winter its too cool to grow anything on purpose but occasionally our mud dries out.

 

[Patchouli]

@zoomzoom
In Texas we say this:
Texas has 12 seasons
Winter
Fool's Spring
Second Winter
Spring of Deception
Third Winter
The Pollening
Actual Spring
Summer
Hell's Front Porch
False Fall
Second Summer
Actual Fall

I sort of disagree with one portion of this since spring is fraught with hail storms and tornadoes.

 

[Pearl]

Even colder air coming starting this weekend!! Will there be precipitation??

 

[Cabin Fever]

@zoomzoom
In Texas we say this:
Texas has 12 seasons
Winter
Fool's Spring
Second Winter
Spring of Deception
Third Winter
The Pollening
Actual Spring
Summer
Hell's Front Porch
False Fall
Second Summer
Actual Fall

I sort of disagree with one portion of this since spring is fraught with hail storms and tornadoes.

I'm going out on a limb here, but I;m going to say that Texas doesn;t have a winter. If it does, it lasts, at the most, for a couple days.

 

[Tirediron]

I'm going out on a limb here, but I;m going to say that Texas doesn;t have a winter. If it does, it lasts, at the most, for a couple days.

not a winter like you or I experience , but then it is all what you are used to.

 

[OldSchool]

The weatherman sure wasn't kidding when below normal temps were predicted, over two weeks ago, with snowstorm after snowstorm in areas that rarely see it.

Thanks for being right, Mr. Weatherman.

 

[Patchouli]

I'm going out on a limb here, but I;m going to say that Texas doesn;t have a winter. If it does, it lasts, at the most, for a couple days.

We’re a big state so…Amarillo to Corpus or Brownsville or El Paso to Texarkana. Wide variance to us. Ice storms cripple Dallas.

 

[Cabin Fever]

We’re a big state so…Amarillo to Corpus or Brownsville or El Paso to Texarkana. Wide variance to us. Ice storms cripple Dallas.

When you have snow on the ground that lasts longer than 3 months combined with subzero temps that last for days on end and lakes that you can drive on, then you'll have winter.

Since we here in northern Minnesota rarely have a day or two that is above 90ºF, I won't call what we have from June to August summer just to be fair.

 

[Pearl]

Anyhow....... Looks like several days next week will stay below freezing here! The northeast is really going to get horrible cold!! Two big artic fronts in a row, wonder how far south and east this one will go?!

 

[Patchouli]

Dude, it’s not a competition.
This is absolute:

not a winter like you or I experience , but then it is all what you are used to.

I appreciate your humor @Cabin Fever

 

[Amish Heart]

We have another one coming in Saturday/Sunday and staying for many days. I do not like waking up to zero degrees, but it's coming. We still have alot of snow on the ground, glad the neighbor cleared wagon toting paths for me.

 

[dademoss]

Cold enough here the community cats have started sleeping in the shelters instead of on top of the car

 

[kd4ulw]

Tomorrow will be the 10th day of having the same snow on the ground. That doesn’t happen too often here. Supposed to get near 50 degrees this coming weekend with rain so that will put an end to it… for now.

 

[Binky]

Polar vortex forecasted to cover most of North America east of the Rockies (including the south) starting early next week.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/weather/t...a-and-the-u-s-with-dangerous-cold/ar-AA1xcWf1

 

[Pearl]

@Binky , watching it closely! Coming in ahead of schedule, Friday for north central Texas now! Wintery precipitation Monday night into Tuesday! I have a back up schedule. They are also calling for 'extreme cold warnings' for Sunday night!