OFFICIAL 2019 Extreme Weather Thread

[ZenOps]

Its definitely going to be a Netflix/PrimeVideo weekend. Stay warm peeps.

[killramos]

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I would have much preferred to have this deep freeze bullshit in Dec and Jan, since our summer/fall was cut way short anyways. We get the worst of both worlds right now with a super short summer/fall last year, mediocore warm Dec and Jan, then this shitty super late spring (or at least that's what it seems like it's going to be). It makes the winter season effectively like 7 months long.

Shit makes my golf membership pretty hard to justify.

I didn’t renew this year, will be nearly impossible for me to get the number of rounds in considering I want to take a few weeks off in July...

[Mitsu3000gt]

The Weather Network had an article saying they expect a quick transition to Spring temperatures in mid-March, and a warmer and dryer than average Spring thereafter. Looking at the 10-day forecast too that appears to be the trend.

There hasn't been much snow, which is all I care about - the cold hasn't been bothering me too much.

"It's been extremely cold across this region, but we're not done yet. We've got about two to three more weeks,'' said Scott. "But it's not going to be tulips and daffodils and clear sailing into May.''

He said the Prairie provinces can expect a shock of warmer weather, but there will be swings of wilder winter conditions at the end of March into the beginning of April.

Once spring arrives, warmer than average temperatures are expected across Alberta, with below seasonal precipitation in the south and a normal amount in the rest of the province.

[ExtraSlow]

Good looking trend.

[killramos]

I dunno. Seems the last few weeks have resulted in pretty significant snow accumulation.

[ExtraSlow]

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I dunno. Seems the last few weeks have resulted in pretty significant snow accumulation.

Yeah, but it was on a base of basically nothing, so it's still about average for this time of year.

[killramos]

All I know is my back yard and alley is fucking full of snow and ice, just like they were at this time last year.

We need a week straight of 5-10C highs to start making a dent.

[Mitsu3000gt]

Main roads have been completely clear all month except for only a couple days, that is pretty good in my books. We never really got any 5++ inch dumps of snow, let alone consecutive ones, just the odd 1-2" over long periods of time that dispersed relatively quickly. Even our residential roads that do not get plowed hardly have any snow on them at all compared to previous years. I've been pretty happy with the winter we've been having overall. I dislike smokey Summers and cold Falls far more than a cold Winter.

[taemo]

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In the winter time, any time I come to a stop I leave plenty of room between me and the car in front and I get ready to move forward, watching the rear view mirror the whole time until the person behind me comes to a stop. It has without a doubt saved me from multiple rear-end accidents over the years which instead ended up being very close calls using my "method", and would have 100% been accidents if I wasn't doing that. If they're just flat out not paying attention and not even slowing down though, not much you can do.

I do this but only because I engine brake

and for gas saving.. no need red-lining coming to an intersection then having to brake hard. if coming to an intersection that is turning yellow/red soon I rarely have my foot on the gas pedal.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

It would be preferable to be able to drive my car before the Equinox happens.

[Tik-Tok]

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All I know is my back yard and alley is fucking full of snow and ice, just like they were at this time last year.

My yard and alleyway have almost none of the snow and ice we did this time last year.

March 1st '18, my measuring stick said 16" in my yard. today is only 3".

[killramos]

I have easily a 3 foot drift in my back yard

I echo Twin Cam, would be nice to have line of sight to driving my car again...

[phreezee]

Alerts for: City of Calgary
Warnings
3:30 PM MST Friday 01 March 2019
Extreme Cold Warning in effect for:

City of Calgary
A period of very cold wind chills continues. The coldest wind chill values will be between minus 40 and minus 45.

Very cold wind chills between minus 40 and minus 45 are expected to develop tonight and into Saturday morning.

Extreme cold wind chills should moderate Saturday afternoon and return overnight for parts of southern Alberta overnight into Sunday morning.

Extreme cold puts everyone at risk.

Cover up. Frostbite can develop within minutes on exposed skin, especially with wind chill.

If it's too cold for you to stay outside, it's too cold for your pet to stay outside.

Extreme cold warnings are issued when very cold temperatures or wind chill creates an elevated risk to health such as frost bite and hypothermia.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to [email protected] or tweet reports using #ABStorm.

https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/repor...0501ww1575cwwg

[ZenOps]

Fook its cold out this morning. Its times like this that I give a little cheer each time the HE furnace has a successful heating cycle.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Highest water temp I saw in my truck yesterday was 81°C even with the winter front. Not looking forward to today.

[370Z]

Ambient temperature of -31, wife went to get groceries, came out, loaded trunk, then couldn't close truck because the trunk latch froze hahaha never seen that before in my life...

[revelations]

I've gotten very good this winter, at telling the outside temp (how far below -20) by the amount of interior condensation/ ice on our aluminum patio door (rest of the home windows were upgraded).

[adam c]

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I've gotten very good this winter, at telling the outside temp (how far below -20) by the amount of interior condensation/ ice on our aluminum patio door (rest of the home windows were upgraded).

Similar to me except my wife works at 7am so when she goes out I get many texts about how cold it is while I’m still in bed

[Tik-Tok]

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Similar to me except my wife works at 7am so when she goes out I get many texts about how cold it is while I’m still in bed

[revelations]

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Similar to me except my wife works at 7am so when she goes out I get many texts about how cold it is while I’m still in bed

LOL .... My wife just has 'winter mode' - her bed heat is on 24/7, her vehicle is pre-warmed in our garage with a small IR heater, down comforter, down jacket.