Well we've had an extremely mild winter so far, and the cold finally hit us this week. Tonight and tomorrow is the coldest of those days. Had a fella from B.C. who just moved here after Christmas say that we are nuts to work in this. While we are accustomed to cold days, I definitely don't know a single person who likes it all that much. At least I'll feel more comfortable venturing out on the ice after this clears in five or so days. :ticking:

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Any snow we have had this year has turned to rain within like 6-8 hours. Someone mentioned that the mild weather has been bad for the local towns that count on ski commerce. For purely selfish reasons, I have been thankful for the mild winter. Heating oil prices have skyrocketed, we have some additional wards to keep warm and safe, and my tolerance for cold seems directly tied to my mood, so it's not at its strongest this season.

Can tell the Bridie's less thrilled with winter this year too. A couple of nights, I have had to pick her up and walk her to the door. She alway has that look of betrayal.... like what kind of cruel person would make her go out in the winter chill. She's getting on in years and sleeps under blankets these days. She has discovered the magic of berber fleece and will never settle for anything less.

ATB,
Sam

Same weather down south Shaggs. We need it to build ice so that we can snowkite into May. :bigok: At least it is snowing a little too. The worst part of the cold is I can't get my GD ski boots off when it gets to -25

Looking at that graphic, I don't understand how you could have temps that low yet relative humidity above 50%. Especially considering how far from an ocean you are. Weird, possibly a computer glitch.

We've also had a mild Winter so far, and unlike you folks up North, I'm very happy not to see any snow this Winter. Just had an ocean downwinder yesterday, air temps were in the low 60s (F) and wind was side on-shore at 15-20 mph. Not bad for the middle of January.

We had wholesale frost and frozen puddles, rivers etc here recently - never seen that before. Hardly any snow though...

I'm with Canuck. I've had to resort to warming up the van and sitting in it with the floor heater on to get the boots soft enough to get out of. I ski a 140 flex shell. I think it goes to 280 flex when it gets this cold. Feels like it's made of metal.

Our dog Sirius has pretty thin fur. We got him a coat tho and he loves it so going out to drop his payload is a lot less of an issue.

Houston this morning -38C
Fort St. James, BC -52C
Dawson Creek, BC -47C
BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

30f degrees here today... But gusts into the 60mph neighborhood... Wahoo!

I went to bed last night it was 15f, woke up this morning it was 40f, now it's 34f. It never got over 15 through the weekend. Welcome to New England :D

30* here today, and fresh 5" of snow, too bad I am stuck inside at work, wind is blowing in a few spots tooo! GAAAAHHHHH!!!! I have not flown in over a month and perfect snowkite weather! Rain tomorrow thru weekend..

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Originally posted by bigkahuna Looking at that graphic, I don't understand how you could have temps that low yet relative humidity above 50%. Especially considering how far from an ocean you are. Weird, possibly a computer glitch. We've also had a mild Winter so far, and unlike you folks up North, I'm very happy not to see any snow this Winter. Just had an ocean downwinder yesterday, air temps were in the low 60s (F) and wind was side on-shore at 15-20 mph. Not bad for the middle of January.

The relative humidity is often high when it is that cold. I don't know why or how though. You can go outside and everything is covered in hoar frost. My only thought is that the air is denser and therefore the molecules are tighter together making the higher concentration of water vapor. The chart is definitely right though.

@shaggs - Could be you're right. I studied that stuff in college, but that was ages ago. I seem to remember that air can hold more moisture as the temps go higher, but then again, I might have been sleeping during that lecture.

-40 less people on lake and more room for me....lol

With air that cold there isn't' much room for moisture at all so 50% of its capacity wouldn't take much. The dewpoint would clarify the situation because I bet its quite a bit lower than the temps.