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The next two weeks: cold, Cold, COLD!

Greg

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Some are saying some of the coldest weather this decade. Others are saying the coldest arctic outbreak in the last 25 years! :-o
 

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[Insert obligatory, snide reference to global warming here.]
 

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[insert snide comment about climate change caused by overall global warning here]

Buuuuuuuut! The good news is there's a potential hefty storm coming Tue-Wed when that cold blast comes in.
 

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Can it get too cold to make snow?

Not technically I don't think, but you eventually run the risk of freezing pipes, and that's a bad thing.
 

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Yep predictions up here are for sub- zero evenings and at best single digit days

No way that's the coldest of the decade or 25 years. Back in January '04 we had a stretch where up in the ADK's, Placid and Saranac area, it was -20 to -30 at night and -10 at best during the day. I know because I was hiking and camping then. :D
 

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Not technically I don't think, but you eventually run the risk of freezing pipes, and that's a bad thing.

I dunno. Armchair ski operators might say if it gets too cold, you could end up with granular iceballs coming out of the guns. Guess it would depend, I know some of the guns actually have heated nozzles...
 

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No way that's the coldest of the decade or 25 years. Back in January '04 we had a stretch where up in the ADK's, Placid and Saranac area, it was -20 to -30 at night and -10 at best during the day. I know because I was hiking and camping then. :D

I remember that. It was our first winter up here and that weather was a shock. It's one of the reasons we upgraded our heating systems; we were having a hard team keeping the rooms warm in those temps.

We had a group come up from North Carolina that week and all they had were light jackets and gloves.
 

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I remember that. It was our first winter up here and that weather was a shock. It's one of the reasons we upgraded our heating systems; we were having a hard team keeping the rooms warm in those temps.

We had a group come up from North Carolina that week and all they had were light jackets and gloves.

I remember that stretch because I was still on with Auburn Fire Dept. We had a kid crash his car over an 8' bank one night that it was -15F in central Mass and blowing probably 15 kts. I had a pair of nitirle gloves in the pocket of my turnout coat on. We pulled up on scene, I was driving the engine. I hopped out of the truck pulled out the power unit for our hydraulic tools and started it. I then grabbed the nitrile gloves from my pocket to help with extraction and by the time I got them from my pocket to my hands they were already stiff. The kid was in real bad shape too, car on the roof, multiple severe trauma. That was a scoop and screw if I've ever seen one.
 

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I'm nervous,,,are any lakes up north frozen yet??? It will be a good winter for hockey on natural ponds..

I'm psyched for pond hockey. I welcome the cold with open arms.

Speaking of pond hockey, I was having lunch yesterday with one of the local orthodontists I refer patients to and he and some of his regular weekly league hockey buddies are going out to play in the US Pond Hockey Championships in Minnesota later this month.

http://www.uspondhockey.com/

Looks like a cool thing!
 

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Some are saying some of the coldest weather this decade. Others are saying the coldest arctic outbreak in the last 25 years! :-o

of course.. every winter we go away skiing with a family in our neighborhood. it always seems to be the harshest weather of the winter whichever weekend we pick (guess we should give up on January).
 

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It's pretty friggin cold in K right now. I actually went with 3 layers under my shell and 2 layers under my pants. I was pretty good most of the day, but some of the chair rides were brutal.
 

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No way that's the coldest of the decade or 25 years. Back in January '04 we had a stretch where up in the ADK's, Placid and Saranac area, it was -20 to -30 at night and -10 at best during the day. I know because I was hiking and camping then. :D

That was the year I had quarter-half mile walks to class at 8AM, some across the top of a fairly windy hill with no tree cover. That was a cold year. At -20F, if you go outside while your hair is still we from taking a shower, it will still freeze under a decent wool hat. I think snot was actually frozen in my nostrils at some points.
 

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That was the year I had quarter-half mile walks to class at 8AM, some across the top of a fairly windy hill with no tree cover. That was a cold year. At -20F, if you go outside while your hair is still we from taking a shower, it will still freeze under a decent wool hat. I think snot was actually frozen in my nostrils at some points.

Got some perspective on NORTH New York weather frankly it was a helluva lot colder here in the late 60's up to the mid 1970s . I vividly remember annual 7-10 day snaps up here at 30-35 below zero raw twmps no windchill factored in . It's a VERY DRY cold that often makes your nostrils almost stick together . Face masks are required

Rooter EVEN today it's NOT uncommon to wear 2 fleece layers under our ski pants/bibs and-3 technical layers under our shells, with a full balaclava and i use a moisture guard mask under my helmet and goggles almost everyday we ski here . Tremblant and the Northern Dacks can get COLD . Gotta be comfy !!


Relatives from Downstate and MA always remark on just how cold it really is and take several warming breaks during the course of a day . Bilski can tell you all boutr this kinda cold and anyone who went to Clarkson , SLU or Potsdam knows it well
 
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