Winter is upon us

[linaewen]

Oooo, this is exciting!  Here's what the severe weather alert for our area is telling us....

A SERIES OF STRONG COLD FRONTS WILL MOVE THROUGH WISCONSIN BEGINNING 
FRIDAY...ALLOWING SEVERAL SURGES OF BITTERLY COLD AIR TO OVERSPREAD
WISCONSIN. THIS ARCTIC AIRMASS IS THEN EXPECTED TO RESIDE OVER
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
THESE FRIGID CONDITIONS WILL BE THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE
SEASON...AND PERHAPS THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES IN THE PAST DECADE.

AT THIS TIME...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY...WHEN LOW TEMPERATURES MAY
FALL FROM 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES
STRUGGLING TO GET OUT OF THE SINGLE DIGITS.

IN ADDITION TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS
OF 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES.

BEFORE THIS BITTERLY COLD AIR ARRIVES LATE FRIDAY...ANY PERSONS
OR INTERESTS SUSCEPTIBLE TO VERY COLD TEMPERATURES SHOULD BEGIN
PREPARING NOW. ENSURE THAT YOUR FURNACE AND AUTOMOBILES ARE IN GOOD
WORKING CONDITION...AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS
FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THESE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.

The nice thing about this kind of cold is that it's too cold to snow and then you don't have to go out in it to shovel!  Let's hope that's how it works, anyway.  ;-)

I might be offline tomorrow, my dears, but not to worry.  I'll be back on Friday, and you'll be in my thoughts whether you see me or not.

Comments

[meneleth.livejournal.com]

Just like our winters in North Dakota - one thing I DON'T miss! We've been in the teens and single digit temps here and that's more than enough for me! Oh, by the way, it doesn't get "too cold to snow", it's just that snow usually comes when a slightly warmer air mass meets the colder.

Now, for some frigidly cold weather fun: When it's in the 10 below zero temps, bundle up well, boil a pan of water and while it's still boiling run (carefully of course) outside and fling the water in the air away from you. The shock of boiling water hitting such cold air causes it to explode into little ice crystals. Bang! We did that in ND when Meg was little and it was so neat. Try some food coloring in the water too, if it works you can get blue or red or whatever ice crystals.

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

What a fun thing to do when it's cold, we'll try that. It is currently 0 degrees, and feels like -17. ;-)

I expect you are right about it never being too cold to snow. We are actually supposed to get flurries tomorrow, when it is predicted to be even colder. One thing is, that when it's really cold and it does snow, the snow is pretty dry and easy to sweep away.