2018 WEATHER THREAD
Dec 26th 2017, 4:26 pm
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2018 WEATHER THREAD
Feels like -20C in Toronto. 
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Jan 2nd 2018, 2:44 am
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Re: 2018 WEATHER THREAD
Cold, really really cold.
I am a wimp
I am a wimp
Jan 2nd 2018, 2:57 am
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Re: 2018 WEATHER THREAD
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
Feels like -20C in Toronto.
Jan 2nd 2018, 3:06 am
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Re: 2018 WEATHER THREAD
Originally Posted by Englishmum
Same in New Jersey
Jan 2nd 2018, 11:41 am
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Re: 2018 WEATHER THREAD
Nice solid river.
Jan 2nd 2018, 11:54 am
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Re: 2018 WEATHER THREAD
-11F with a windchill of -20F this morning when I woke up. Doesn't warm up much either.
Part of the cape froze over.
Part of the cape froze over.
Jan 2nd 2018, 11:56 am
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Re: 2018 WEATHER THREAD
Originally Posted by Nutek
We got off relatively lightly with -5 F since, unusually for here, there's little wind.
Jan 2nd 2018, 11:58 am
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Re: 2018 WEATHER THREAD
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
At least flooding won't be an issue?
Jan 2nd 2018, 12:00 pm
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Re: 2018 WEATHER THREAD
Originally Posted by Nutek
Not unless we cut it into chunks and make a big pile.
Jan 2nd 2018, 12:04 pm
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Re: 2018 WEATHER THREAD
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
Can you make cake in an igloo?
Oh... cake IN an igloo.
Jan 2nd 2018, 2:04 pm
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Re: 2018 WEATHER THREAD
What is the difference between "frigid" and "bitterly cold" - in weather terms I mean.
Wednesday is forcast for "bitterly cold" but Thursday will be "frigid". Which is coldest?
Wednesday is forcast for "bitterly cold" but Thursday will be "frigid". Which is coldest?
Jan 2nd 2018, 2:18 pm
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Re: 2018 WEATHER THREAD
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
What is the difference between "frigid" and "bitterly cold" - in weather terms I mean.
Wednesday is forcast for "bitterly cold" but Thursday will be "frigid". Which is coldest?
Wednesday is forcast for "bitterly cold" but Thursday will be "frigid". Which is coldest?
Jan 2nd 2018, 2:27 pm
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Re: 2018 WEATHER THREAD
Originally Posted by BuckinghamshireBoy
Nothing factual behind this whatsoever, but I always considered that "bitterly cold" implied a substantial wind-chill factor?
It's Chicago, so wind is almost always a factor. Maybe they get bored with just using one term and have to think up new ways to say "****ing cold".
Jan 2nd 2018, 5:43 pm
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Re: 2018 WEATHER THREAD
The weather hurts today. It didn't feel like there was much wind either. I was out of my car without gloves for five minutes and I could barely move my fingers 
Jan 2nd 2018, 6:01 pm
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Re: 2018 WEATHER THREAD
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
The weather hurts today. It didn't feel like there was much wind either. I was out of my car without gloves for five minutes and I could barely move my fingers
