The next few days of weather.
This is C&P'd from the National Weather Service. We'll see how close they come to getting it right. They'd been telling us the last two days would have 30 to 36 MPH winds with 50 MPH gusts. The highest we recorded here was only 18. I'm really hoping they miss their numbers. Those wind chill figures might mean I'll need to put on more than a light jacket when I go out to feed!
Thursday
Snow. Widespread blowing snow, mainly after 11am. Temperature falling to around -8 by 5pm. Wind chill values as low as -35. Blustery, with a north northeast wind 17 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.
Thursday Night
Snow likely, mainly before 11pm. Widespread blowing snow, mainly before 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -25. Wind chill values as low as -53. Blustery, with a north northeast wind 21 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Friday
Areas of blowing snow before 8am. Partly sunny and cold, with a high near -16. Wind chill values as low as -55. Blustery, with a north wind 18 to 23 mph decreasing to 7 to 12 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around -32. North wind around 7 mph.
Saturday
Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near -14.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around -21.
Sunday
Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near -1.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around -14.
M.L.King Day
Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 5.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around -4.
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25 below now
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Woke up this morning to -35. Brrrr! Made the rounds inside and everything looks good. No pipe issues anywhere and all heat sources are working as designed.
One of the interesting things that happens when it gets this cold is the buildings adjusting to the temperature. Every now and then there'll be a loud 'POP' from some point in framing. The aluminum screen doors all fit quite a bit looser than they did.
@Gunnut358 that's no joke! It's 35 degrees warmer in my freezers than it is outside.
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@NeoBlackdog That popping sound you hear are the nails in the frame work contracting because of the cold.
Yesterday and the day before I plowed snow up around the house and the 900 foot lane up to the house. With the wind it’s all drifting back in again. I won’t be doing it again until the wind dies down, I don’t have a cab on the tractor.
Makes one wonder how the settlers done it, coming across the prairie building a cabin and surviving the winters. I’m pretty sure I would have left my asp in Boston.
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This was obviously at 6:31 this morning. About 7:00 AM we lost power and internet and just got it back. We've got an automatic generator, but at -36 it drained the battery before it did it's automatic start thing. I had to pull one of the boat batteries that I keep on a maintainer in the shop and jump the generator to get it going. Then I had to jump the tractor to get it goin' so I could feed everybody. Been a busy and nippy morning! We're clear up to -19 now! Plumb balmy...
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I don't envy you at all @NeoBlackdog or any of you folks up North... It is about 57F outside right now, but the "Artic blast" is supposed to come through later this evening and expected to be 10F by Monday before warming again to the low 40's by Wednesday... Our normal low for this time of year is usually around 30F so I won't be doing much outside for the next couple days except to check on the critters and make sure heat lamps are working in the wellhouse and coop. I know about that popping sound since my home is metal framed and it does it when the temps change, used to scare the heck out of me when I first built it 15 years or so ago, now I hardly even notice it. Stay safe out there!
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We are gonna have a few nights down in the single digits but nothin like what you are experiencing.
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NeoBlackdog: 29952969148699/comments/29952980285083
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Oh yeah!
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At -36 are those your PJs
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Couple things you can do for your tractor or pickup.
- Switch to a synthetic oil like Royal Purple, or Mobil 1
- install a KATS heater in the lower radiator hose, it will cause your thermostat to open and circulate and warm the block.
- KATS has two types of oil pan heaters, one is a magnetic, thus remove before operation, the other can be affixed to the oil pan with silicone, just need to plug and unplug.
in these temps, I always slip a chunk of cardboard in front the radiator, usually the flat from a case of soup or beer flat, Just remember to take out in the spring . Believe it will make a difference driving around at -30/40. You can even to this for your gasoline car or pickup.
Mule
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Yep, used cardboard in front of radiator many of years on the car and truck.
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dpmule: 29952969148699/comments/29953003647771
Couple things you can do for your tractor or pickup.
- Switch to a synthetic oil like Royal Purple, or Mobil 1
- install a KATS heater in the lower radiator hose, it will cause your thermostat to open and circulate and warm the block.
- KATS has two types of oil pan heaters, one is a magnetic, thus remove before operation, the other can be affixed to the oil pan with silicone, just need to plug and unplug.
in these temps, I always slip a chunk of cardboard in front the radiator, usually the flat from a case of soup or beer flat, Just remember to take out in the spring . Believe it will make a difference driving around at -30/40. You can even to this for your gasoline car or pickup.
Mule
How's Egypt? Are ya stayin' warm?
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montanajoe: 29952969148699/comments/29952955722907
Yep, used cardboard in front of radiator many of years on the car and truck.
Montgomery Ward Thermostat.
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NeoBlackdog: 29952969148699/comments/29952942212507
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How's Egypt? Are ya stayin' warm?
Made it home Friday night, just in time to enjoy this round of winter.
warmedup to zero in the night as a small system moved in and give us 4” inches of fresh.
As to the sand, morning temps of the last week in mid/ high 30’s, local boys freezing and everyone’s pickups gelling up but mine, because I add 1.5 liters of gasoline to my tank each time before I fill up. The fuel we get is more like bunker fuel for ships. Anything below 40 and it starts to thicken.
Mule
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montanajoe: 29952969148699/comments/29952955722907
Yep, used cardboard in front of radiator many of years on the car and truck.
The year we were stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood we hit a below zero snap. Van was having issues. I suggested the cardboard trick to my spouse. He thought I was nuts but tried it. It worked. Farm girl knowledge to the rescue.
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We are getting that cold weather. Only teens and 20’s and 30’s for high temps this week
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-24 when I got up. Clear up to -17 now under bright sunny skies.
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Never got very cold here. Our lowest was -22 F and it's warm today at -10 F. We are supposed to get about 12 inches of snow tomorrow night though, but it will be really warm at about 22 above. And then it's supposed to hit near 40 above come Saturday. I guess winter is over.
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I tip my hat to you tough people, I couldn't handle those temps. Currently down here in the Southern half of Georgia it's sunny, 65* (short sleeve weather) and I worked up a sweat breaking & fertilizing our garden spot early this morning.
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I tip my hat to you tough people, I couldn't handle those temps. Currently down here in the Southern half of Georgia it's sunny, 65* (short sleeve weather) and I worked up a sweat breaking & fertilizing our garden spot early this morning.
Do ya always go around tryin' to pick fights, JunkBaller?
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Definitely not, I'm a pacifist 😃 & a spoken admirer of strong willed people who live in tough environments. 👍️
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Now we wait and see if we get a “Chinook “ in last part of January early February.
Mule
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Junkballer: 29952969148699/comments/29952981679003
I tip my hat to you tough people, I couldn't handle those temps. Currently down here in the Southern half of Georgia it's sunny, 65* (short sleeve weather) and I worked up a sweat breaking & fertilizing our garden spot early this morning.
I went out this morning when it was about 3° and only 4 inches of snow. Wore my insulated bibs and coat. Got all the chickens and goats fed and watered. Let the dogs out of the pen/doghouse combo on the deck so they could do their business. Spread some chicken scratch (seeds and grains) for the wild birds.
Should have worn my hoodie and not my coat. Was sweating by the time I came inside. At least I'm done for the day until time to gather eggs and shut the windows on the coops.
I told the ducks and chickens they were staying inside today. Not going to play egg hide and seek or be out there raking the fluff butts tonight.
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Best part of below zero is no mosquitos.
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dunbarboyz: 29952969148699/comments/29953004195355
Best part of below zero is no mosquitos.
Agreed, but it's driving all the scorpions inside the house...🤔
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susie: 29952969148699/comments/29953004164635
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I went out this morning when it was about 3° and only 4 inches of snow. Wore my insulated bibs and coat. Got all the chickens and goats fed and watered. Let the dogs out of the pen/doghouse combo on the deck so they could do their business. Spread some chicken scratch (seeds and grains) for the wild birds.
Should have worn my hoodie and not my coat. Was sweating by the time I came inside. At least I'm done for the day until time to gather eggs and shut the windows on the coops.
I told the ducks and chickens they were staying inside today. Not going to play egg hide and seek or be out there raking the fluff butts tonight.
I don't even bother with insulated bibs unless I am snowmobiling and then it's gotta be well into the single digits before I will don them.
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susie: 29952969148699/comments/29953004164635
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I went out this morning when it was about 3° and only 4 inches of snow. Wore my insulated bibs and coat. Got all the chickens and goats fed and watered. Let the dogs out of the pen/doghouse combo on the deck so they could do their business. Spread some chicken scratch (seeds and grains) for the wild birds.
Should have worn my hoodie and not my coat. Was sweating by the time I came inside. At least I'm done for the day until time to gather eggs and shut the windows on the coops.
I told the ducks and chickens they were staying inside today. Not going to play egg hide and seek or be out there raking the fluff butts tonight.
Love my insulated Carhartt bib overalls for working out in the cold. I cleaned off the truck and cleared the driveway this morning
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Personally I’d rather be in the Caribbean.
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Personally I’d rather be in the Caribbean.
Amen brother. I heard that with my bad ear
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This was obviously at 6:31 this morning. About 7:00 AM we lost power and internet and just got it back. We've got an automatic generator, but at -36 it drained the battery before it did it's automatic start thing. I had to pull one of the boat batteries that I keep on a maintainer in the shop and jump the generator to get it going. Then I had to jump the tractor to get it goin' so I could feed everybody. Been a busy and nippy morning! We're clear up to -19 now! Plumb balmy...
We lost power at 1:40am Saturday and it was cold and blowing 50mph gusts.
Was nice to hear that genny kick on.
Not sure of your setup but Generac makes battery and oil heater wraps that work if cold enough. Mine also has trickle charging on the battery.
If it doesn't have built in charging, I've heard of guys putting a battery tender on.
I cussed the install this past summer, but man it was nice to have heat the 13 hours the power was out.
Stay warm.
GTR
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