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johngenx · « **on:** December 13, 2009, 12:37:52 pm »

...served me well this morning at -42C in the burbs outside Edmonton.

21Rouge · « **Reply #1 on:** December 13, 2009, 12:46:54 pm »

Quote from: johngenx on December 13, 2009, 12:37:52 pm

...served me well this morning at -42C in the burbs outside Edmonton.

And is that -42 number with or w/o wind chill? Even if it includes the wind that is crazy cold!

bridgecity · « **Reply #2 on:** December 13, 2009, 01:31:43 pm »

Ouch! We were -37 in Lloyd this morning without the wind, -51 with. Looks like this cold weather is going to break later in the week.

johngenx · « **Reply #3 on:** December 13, 2009, 01:43:57 pm »

Edmonton city center was -36C, but we got ambient temps of -42C outside the city this morning. Now it's a balmy -36C here. Putting my shorts on...

PJungnitsch · « **Reply #4 on:** December 13, 2009, 02:04:10 pm »

About time you northerners got a taste of this.

Just went over my emergency gear: skidoo suit, bush boots, mitts, balaclava. All bundled into a duffle bag that stays in the truck all winter.

Hit the ditch once at -35 and had to walk 4 miles home with a thin jacket and a pair of coveralls. Never want to do that again.

ovr50 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 13, 2009, 02:34:05 pm »

You can keep those cold temps east of the rockpile....it's -4C and snowing very slightly here this AM.

1TSX · « **Reply #6 on:** December 13, 2009, 02:38:06 pm »

Rainy around these parts, the recent snow we got is almost all gone.

airbalancer · « **Reply #7 on:** December 13, 2009, 02:38:49 pm »

+3 and rain today
What going happen out west when winter hits

davidy · « **Reply #8 on:** December 13, 2009, 02:42:48 pm »

It was -45 deg C at the Edmonton International Airport last night. That's without the WC. Was the coldest temperature in the world last night.

Was a warm -29 deg C this morning at my place.

Dave

johngenx · « **Reply #9 on:** December 13, 2009, 04:54:20 pm »

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Edmonton+coldest+place+North+America/2336460/story.html

EDMONTON — It was colder in Edmonton Sunday than anywhere else in North America.

Sunday also marked the coldest Dec. 13 in Edmonton’s history, said Environment Canada meteorologist Pierre Lessard said.

Environment Canada recorded a frigid -46.1 C, or -58.4 C with wind chill, at the Edmonton International Airport at 5 a.m., Lessard said.

The old record of -36.1 C was set last year, he said.

“To break a temperature by 10 degrees is very exceptional,” said Lessard.

The temperature record from Edmonton’s city centre was also broken Sunday, said meteorologist John McIntyre. Environment Canada recorded a temperature of -36.5 C downtown at 8 a.m. Sunday, beating the previous record for Dec. 13 of -32.8 in 1882, McIntyre said.

A ridge of frigid Arctic air has hit all the prairie provinces this weekend, causing record-low temperatures in many parts of northern Alberta, Lessard said.

jamie1 · « **Reply #10 on:** December 13, 2009, 07:32:52 pm »

Quote from: johngenx on December 13, 2009, 12:37:52 pm

...served me well this morning at -42C in the burbs outside Edmonton.

You don't park in the garage?

johngenx · « **Reply #11 on:** December 13, 2009, 07:44:35 pm »

Quote from: jamie1 on December 13, 2009, 07:32:52 pm

Quote from: johngenx on December 13, 2009, 12:37:52 pm
...served me well this morning at -42C in the burbs outside Edmonton.
You don't park in the garage?

Yes, but it's uninsulated and not heated. So, it's cold. Very cold. I just don't have to scrape frost off, which is nice.

safristi · « **Reply #12 on:** December 14, 2009, 09:13:58 am »

Quote from: johngenx on December 13, 2009, 01:43:57 pm

Edmonton city center was -36C, but we got ambient temps of -42C outside the city this morning. Now it's a balmy -36C here. Putting my shorts on...

..........

can U say CAMELTOE Johnx?

??

jamie1 · « **Reply #13 on:** December 14, 2009, 08:54:42 pm »

Quote from: johngenx on December 13, 2009, 07:44:35 pm

Quote from: jamie1 on December 13, 2009, 07:32:52 pm
Quote from: johngenx on December 13, 2009, 12:37:52 pm
...served me well this morning at -42C in the burbs outside Edmonton.
You don't park in the garage?

Yes, but it's uninsulated and not heated. So, it's cold. Very cold. I just don't have to scrape frost off, which is nice.

I have a detached garage,but it is insulated. The temp in my garage was -15c yesterday. The normal temp in my garage in the winter is -10c. I have not plugged any of my cars in in about 12 years.

rrocket · « **Reply #14 on:** December 14, 2009, 09:03:56 pm »

Quote from: PJungnitsch on December 13, 2009, 02:04:10 pm

About time you northerners got a taste of this.

Just went over my emergency gear: skidoo suit, bush boots, mitts, balaclava. All bundled into a duffle bag that stays in the truck all winter.

Hit the ditch once at -35 and had to walk 4 miles home with a thin jacket and a pair of coveralls. Never want to do that again.

Well keep it on the road then!!

Pleem · « **Reply #15 on:** December 15, 2009, 12:46:17 pm »

I truly wish the climate change get-together was occurring in a prairie city, not Copenhagen, right now. Perhaps the delegates would have a more realistic perspective on things if they experienced brutal record setting cold and a touch of frost bite. It might inject a healthy shot of realism to the proceedings.

ovr50 · « **Reply #16 on:** December 15, 2009, 01:14:16 pm »

Quote from: Pleem on December 15, 2009, 12:46:17 pm

I truly wish the climate change get-together was occurring in a prairie city, not Copenhagen, right now. Perhaps the delegates would have a more realistic perspective on things if they experienced brutal record setting cold and a touch of frost bite. It might inject a healthy shot of realism to the proceedings.

The recent cold on the Cdn Prairies is "weather", not "climate". Ppl mistake the two all the time. Climate is long term, weather is short (day, month, season even).

safristi · « **Reply #17 on:** December 15, 2009, 01:30:24 pm »

add up all the weather and it is Climate........................'sp when the AGW's

want IT TO BE............

Pleem · « **Reply #18 on:** December 15, 2009, 02:17:53 pm »

Quote from: ovr50 on December 15, 2009, 01:14:16 pm

The recent cold on the Cdn Prairies is "weather", not "climate". Ppl mistake the two all the time. Climate is long term, weather is short (day, month, season even).

Quote from: ovr50 on December 15, 2009, 01:14:16 pm

Quote from: Pleem on December 15, 2009, 12:46:17 pm
I truly wish the climate change get-together was occurring in a prairie city, not Copenhagen, right now. Perhaps the delegates would have a more realistic perspective on things if they experienced brutal record setting cold and a touch of frost bite. It might inject a healthy shot of realism to the proceedings.

The recent cold on the Cdn Prairies is "weather", not "climate". Ppl mistake the two all the time. Climate is long term, weather is short (day, month, season even).

I forgot...a severe cold snap is just a weather anomaly but a heat wave is further proof of AGW. My apologies.

ovr50 · « **Reply #19 on:** December 15, 2009, 02:28:57 pm »

Quote from: Pleem on December 15, 2009, 02:17:53 pm

Quote from: ovr50 on December 15, 2009, 01:14:16 pm
The recent cold on the Cdn Prairies is "weather", not "climate". Ppl mistake the two all the time. Climate is long term, weather is short (day, month, season even).

Quote from: ovr50 on December 15, 2009, 01:14:16 pm
Quote from: Pleem on December 15, 2009, 12:46:17 pm
I truly wish the climate change get-together was occurring in a prairie city, not Copenhagen, right now. Perhaps the delegates would have a more realistic perspective on things if they experienced brutal record setting cold and a touch of frost bite. It might inject a healthy shot of realism to the proceedings.

The recent cold on the Cdn Prairies is "weather", not "climate". Ppl mistake the two all the time. Climate is long term, weather is short (day, month, season even).

I forgot...a severe cold snap is just a weather anomaly but a heat wave is further proof of AGW. My apologies.

No, a heat wave is also weather, not proof of AGW. Somehow I don't think the apology was sincere tho....