Cold Weather

[kenmdale]

I just heard ,here in Ottawa its supposed to go down to -40 degrees celcius (with windchill ). Which I think works out to -40 Farenheight. Damn I wish I was down south this year

Ken

 

[Big_John]

They are predicting -5°F temps with -29°F windchill here. That works out to -34°C windchill for reference.

I'm headed south in a week!

 

[patrick66]

I laugh at "wind chill" and "heat index", as the actual air temperature does NOT change at all, regardless of wind speed. Minus twenty is still minus twenty, whether the wind is calm or blowing at 50 knots. It'll feel colder, but "feels like" is useless, too. If i look out the window, knowing it's minus 20 degrees and the wind is blowing, I'm going to dress a little warmer versus if the winds were calm. Minus twenty is still minus twenty.

You never hear of "record wind chill temperatures"; as in "We broke today's wind chill record temperature of minus 110 degrees" or a "recorded highest heat index record of 199 degrees"...doesn't happen. You DO hear of record ambient air temperature highs and lows, though.

 

[CanCritter]

+8 to 10 celcius here all next week...don't like to play with -40 celcius anymore....

 

[Wildaugust]

I just came in from clearing snow from my driveway. According to the weather site it's -29C or -20F right now. Supposed to be up to 0C (32F) by Sunday afternoon. It's actually been a mild winter here this year. If we have a normal spring, the snow should all be gone around seven weeks from now.

 

[CanCritter]

better than couple years ago...was skidooin SE manitoba falcon lake area in that minus 50 crap couple years ago...one of the reasons l left Manitoba...

 

[Wildaugust]

Yeah, that was a cold one. Too cold!

 

[67-Fury]

This Weekend gonna Be unreal Cold. Going to huddle in the corner with a Blanket and ride the Storm out.

 

[Tink]

Hard to imagine going out to the car when it is that cold anymore. Been on the gulf coast too long. Stay warm up there.

 

[saforwardlook]

And here today it was a sunny, clear 86F in the second week of February already!? If this continues, summer will be broiling hot! These extremes are mind boggling.

 

[pgadler]

Not that cold at present in Stockholm-area in Sweden, -2 Celcius. So far this winter, we have had some days with -15/-18 Celcius.

And I can report that my Newport -68 works fine in those condition. Yes, a pure stock 2-bbl Carter and 383 does require some pumping when starting, taking perhaps 15-20 seconds to start. Yes, my non-soft M+S labelled studless tires in combo with no Sure-grip does require attention and planning while driving.

But heating is super and the wheelbase gives better stability then expected.