ShadowsDad
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Post by ShadowsDad on Dec 18, 2018 15:43:57 GMT -6
Very unusual weather this year and last year. We basically went from summer right into winter. This year the ground hadn't had time to freeze and we had snow that I couldn't plow away from anything, including the driveway, without rolling up the sod. Now it's 20°F (not unusual for Maine) with 40mph gusts. The wind chill is just horrendous. In a few days it'll be in the 40s-50s with heavy rain. At least I don't need to plow rain. I just hope it doesn't thaw the ground before the next snow. On a bright note, I just lit the woodstove and we much prefer that steady heat that it produces over our oil furnace which is constantly up and down. OK, seeing fire doesn't hurt either. There's a lot of truth to be found when watching a fire if one watches it long enough. So what's happening with the weather where you are? Good (I hate you! [but only for a moment] ) or bad, this is the place to gloat or gripe. On other forums I've found that the hurricane states gloat when we get blizzards, and we need to remind them that when the blizzard is over what we have for structures remain standing. Too, our one day of summer is generally dry and not humid.
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Post by Flintstone on Dec 18, 2018 19:40:25 GMT -6
The weather here in the great state of Louisiana (Baton Rouge area) today was a high in the lower 60's -- I think we hit 64. The sun was out and it was glorious. Okay, enough gloating. I miss several things in the northernmost-northeast, the weather this time of year, is not one of them. After September and before May, discussion of the weather with my family (who reside in your neck of the woods) is strictly taboo.
I do have to say that I miss having snow for Christmas, and the only live Christmas trees you can get here are Cypress -- Douglas Firs get shipped in, but if you go to a Christmas Tree Farm, you're more than likely walking away with a Cypress. They are nice trees, but they lack the scent of a Fir, and their branch structure is more like a hedge than a tree -- so heavy ornaments are a challenge.
Sorry, off-topic. The weather today was awesome. Stay warm...and enjoy a good woodstove fire!
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Post by ordinaryshaver on Dec 18, 2018 20:13:10 GMT -6
Here in South Central Texas it is a balmy 42 degrees with a wind chill of 41 degrees. A light fog developed over the area today, as a cold front pushes south towards Houston and the coast.
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Post by poppi on Dec 19, 2018 10:55:36 GMT -6
Not to bad in the New Orleans area. Today it's supposed to rain but temps in the 60's. But I have lived up where you are, was stationed in Portsmouth, N.H. back in the day. I enjoyed it too.
BTW, what kind of wood stove? I prefer a soap stone stove, radiates heat more evenly and longer. At least that's my experience.
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Post by wchnu on Dec 19, 2018 15:08:31 GMT -6
Raining here is Baton Rouge. About 57ish. I went for my normal 4 mile walk about 0200 this morning and it was comfortable in a light long sleeves shirt and jeans.
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ShadowsDad
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Post by ShadowsDad on Dec 19, 2018 17:38:02 GMT -6
The stove is a Pacific Energy steel stove (zero clearance). Our previous stove was just too small and we burnt it out by pushing it too hard. This one works fine down to -20 without pushing it. But at those temps I don't allow outside combustion air to enter our home, I duct it directly into the stove. It puts out too much heat to light it much above 20°F, but that's not a big deal cause if the night was cold it will hold coals all day. When the nighttime temps fall it's a simple matter just to stir it up and add more wood and get it going again.
On the weather note... the stove is being allowed to go out as warm temps and 2" of rain are coming for the next few days. That should turn anything that doesn't melt into a sheet of ice. Just wonderful!
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Post by ShadowsDad on Jan 9, 2019 15:38:04 GMT -6
Yesterday snow, then freezing drizzle and harder rain, also freezing. It warmed up through the night so not all of it froze giving us a few inches of slush. It changed over to snow and since the snow below is slush the snow coming down adds to that. The town plowed so I had to start the truck to plow the slush at the ends of the driveway. I'm waiting to see what we wind up with and whether or not I'll ultimately plow this crap. It I don't plow we might have traction. If I do plow I know that we'll have a skating rink, but on various slopes since we're headed into extremely cold temp's. Whatever I do with this precip' it'll be wrong.
The towns plow and sand truck got stuck on the hill just in front of our lower driveway due to the ice. They had to back up to get a running start. I suspect they have new faces at the controls because they also hit my mailbox and it's up high enough and the post is back far enough that one actually needs to go out of ones way to do that (designed specifically that way). But they'll learn. Maybe I need to redesign it and hang it with chains from up above.
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Post by wchnu on Jan 10, 2019 21:08:39 GMT -6
No snow here.... as usual... but it did get down to about 37 early this morning. That made for some chili fingers checking bags and credentials this morning at the main gate to work.
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ShadowsDad
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Post by ShadowsDad on Jan 10, 2019 23:26:46 GMT -6
Fuzzy, you can keep your humid cold! I experienced it down at Ft. Benning and it's just horrible. I prefer our dry -20° over a humid cold. It just can't be dressed for if it's humid. I was so cold there (Ft. Benning) that I considered breaking into what I was guarding to warm up. If the OD showed up I knew I was going to drop him into the front leaning rest position. We had no winter issue and were put into that situation. It wasn't the battle of the bulge for GODs sake, it was Ft. Benning and there was no need of it. Plowing my bailiwick today was a major PITA, but not as time consuming as after a blizzard. I plow a lot of area so that the dogs can play and it took me at least 2 hours. The bottom layer was 2" of almost frozen slush (due to rain) and the top was 5" of wet snow. Shoveling it was horrible, but the truck handled it just fine, I just needed a bit more power to get it done. But when I need power I plow in 4x4 low range 1st gear. When I need to fling the snow I put it in 2nd gear. But either way the RPMs keep my battery charged since my plow is electric/hydraulic. I sure wish I could afford a hydraulic snow thrower for it and just clear what I need to clear ($12k and hard to justify unless I want to go into business and I don't). Arctic air is coming for the next few days. High winds and temps maybe below 0°F at night, not much warmer during the day. So anything not cleared is definitely going to freeze solid. The wood stove is definitely running and will be for the next few days. We prefer it over the oil heat. Wood heat is constant, oil heat cycles up and down. But unless it's 20°F or lower and going to be there for an extended time I don't light it. Last I checked it was 15° with 6 more hours before dawn sunlight which won't do much due to the arctic cold. One good thing, no major storms in sight. I expect to be on wood heat for the next few days. 2 more months until our weather turns the corner. 4 more months until competition starts.
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Post by ordinaryshaver on Jan 11, 2019 8:46:36 GMT -6
The weather man said no more rain until Saturday, then it will be COLD ( relatively speaking for us Southerners.) Nice clear skies so far, but way off to the northwest, I can see the front coming in.
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Post by Petrvs on Jan 11, 2019 13:16:16 GMT -6
Quite cold here in Milan: today the minimum temperature registered was -4°C inside the city and -6°C just outside. Nevertheless, the day was very sunny and cloudless, as have been the past weeks, which is a rarety for this time of the year. Pictures are from last weekend
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ShadowsDad
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Post by ShadowsDad on Jan 11, 2019 16:14:49 GMT -6
This is going to be the coldest night of 2019 thus far. Today we got up to 15°F and now the temp is dropping like a rock. It's currently 5.9°F and will definitely go below 0°. Yes, we're burning wood and I expect to configure the stove for maximum output. Why does the temp' drop so fast? Nothing is in the atmosphere to stop whatever heat we got from the sun today from escaping; no clouds, no humidity, no aerosols, pollution, or smog, nothing. It's called radiational cooling. OK, plus we have a cold arctic airmass above us for the next few days. If I was still doing astronomy it might be a really good night if it wasn't so windy. But the wind will keep us warmer. We live in a valley and the cold air sinking from the hills causes us to be a cold spot. The wind stirs the cold air around and keeps the actual temp' higher than it normally would be. So wind, within reason, helps us.
Edit: 1825 and it's down to 3°. It's definitely going below 0. The forecast is -6°F 10 miles away, we'll be colder if this rate of cooling holds.
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Post by ordinaryshaver on Jan 11, 2019 22:40:58 GMT -6
This is going to be the coldest night of 2019 thus far. Today we got up to 15°F and now the temp is dropping like a rock. It's currently 5.9°F and will definitely go below 0°. Yes, we're burning wood and I expect to configure the stove for maximum output. Why does the temp' drop so fast? Nothing is in the atmosphere to stop whatever heat we got from the sun today from escaping; no clouds, no humidity, no aerosols, pollution, or smog, nothing. It's called radiational cooling. OK, plus we have a cold arctic airmass above us for the next few days. If I was still doing astronomy it might be a really good night if it wasn't so windy. But the wind will keep us warmer. We live in a valley and the cold air sinking from the hills causes us to be a cold spot. The wind stirs the cold air around and keeps the actual temp' higher than it normally would be. So wind, within reason, helps us. Edit: 1825 and it's down to 3°. It's definitely going below 0. The forecast is -6°F 10 miles away, we'll be colder if this rate of cooling holds. And here I was thinking that 42 was cold. I suppose to a certain point cold is relative.
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Post by ordinaryshaver on Jan 11, 2019 22:42:02 GMT -6
Quite cold here in Milan: today the minimum temperature registered was -4°C inside the city and -6°C just outside. Nevertheless, the day was very sunny and cloudless, as have been the past weeks, which is a rarety for this time of the year. Pictures are from last weekend Any idea as to why it is colder in the city, than outside? InwoulI think that would be opposite.
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Post by Petrvs on Jan 12, 2019 5:38:45 GMT -6
Quite cold here in Milan: today the minimum temperature registered was -4°C inside the city and -6°C just outside. Nevertheless, the day was very sunny and cloudless, as have been the past weeks, which is a rarety for this time of the year. Pictures are from last weekend Any idea as to why it is colder in the city, than outside? InwoulI think that would be opposite. It is indeed 2 degrees colder outside the city, my friend. The temps I indicated are below 0°C
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