Ryan
Court Jester
Given that we're looking at record lows across much of the US, I'd say that nobody is used to this.
Here are some records for the biggest temperature drops. The biggest 24 hour drop, as mentioned is 100 degrees, at Browning, MT on January 23-24, 1916.The NWS probably has records for 24-hour temperature drops around the country.
I just got off the phone with my uncle, who lives near Champaign, and he says it's near whiteout conditions there. He will probably hunker down and not get out at all the next few days.
1) The fans are used to cold weather, but more importantlyI'm watching the Idiots, er Fans in Green Bay @ the Freezer Bowl and Some of those Fools even have their Shirts Off!
... and if it's closed, you buy lunch at work tomorrow, right?I have a bet with a co-worker that we'll be closed. If we're open, I have to buy him lunch tomorrow. ^_^
Not that it's any surprise, but schools across southern Michigan are closed tomorrow because of the snow and windchill, and many northern Michigan schools are closing due to the windchill alone. Even MSU and EMU have announced closures, which is surprising since our universities never close due to snow. I'm thinking it's in anticipation of the windchill. MSU in particular is very spread out, so you can't just duck-and-run between buildings when it's that cold. The University of Toledo is closed too, but their medical center will remain open, so my friend (a med student) still has to show up.
I'm still waiting to hear about my office and WMU. My office's weather line keeps repeating, "All facilities are open and operating as normal, but we are monitoring the current weather conditions across the Midwest." I have a bet with a co-worker that we'll be closed. If we're open, I have to buy him lunch tomorrow. ^_^
We've received approximately 10" of snow in the past 24 hours and are supposed to get another 5-10" by 8:00 PM Monday. I'm stoked. Brent's thinking about working from home tomorrow, so I told him we should go sledding if I don't have to work. This is the weather we used to get every winter when we lived in our respective hometowns; we've missed it so much.
Naive question from someone who grew up on the more logical Celsius scale of temperature- when you guys say "above freezing" or "below freezing", whose freezing point is being referred? Are temperatures below 32 F called "below freezing" since that's where water freezes, or when the temperature actually drops below 0F its called "below freezing"? Because the latter does not make any sense, after all 0F is defined as the lowest temperature an arbitrary guy was once able to achieve using brine :unsure: It is not the freezing point of anything common :help:It was actually one degree above freezing here in Saint Paul at about 4 AM with no wind. Now it's 2F with wind chill -13F and expecting at least 15 degrees downward by morning. Then 3 days of really cold.
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