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2021-02-14 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by Bobby 2021-02-14 11:45|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 16 degrees
17-20 mph N winds
'feels like' my ass is falling off.

Posted by Varmint Bonaparte1830 2021-02-14 12:26|| 2021-02-14 12:26|| Front Page Top

#2 I was promised 20" and a mammoth.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-02-14 12:36|| 2021-02-14 12:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Everyone here is very excited and freaked out. After working in the Bakken and having lived in places with yearly snow, I'm meh. I was ready last week, so have avoided the madhouse the stores have become.

Oh and my wife suggests if you are cold in bed, grab the kitty and stick it under the covers at your feet for kitty powered heat:)

Posted by Silentbrick 2021-02-14 12:54|| 2021-02-14 12:54|| Front Page Top

Now you know how the team got it's name,

Enjoy!!!

From your Yankee Friends

It's Frozen Keester Time...

Posted by Phinesing Whomolet6297 2021-02-14 13:35|| 2021-02-14 13:35|| Front Page Top

#5 #3 - Hence the basis for the band's name: Three Dog Night

Posted by Frank G 2021-02-14 13:42|| 2021-02-14 13:42|| Front Page Top

#6 ^^ You are a Hot Dog Commentator - One of the Best

Posted by Phinesing Whomolet6297 2021-02-14 13:45|| 2021-02-14 13:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around -28. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Washington's Birthday: Sunny and cold, with a high near -6. Wind chill values as low as -27. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph.

Call us when it actually gets cold, Tex.

Posted by Mercutio 2021-02-14 13:48|| 2021-02-14 13:48|| Front Page Top

#8 Now THAT is Cold, enough for this guy to loose his...

Posted by Phinesing Whomolet6297 2021-02-14 13:53|| 2021-02-14 13:53|| Front Page Top

#9 I'm not cold:p It's my silly neighbors from Nigeria and other warm climes:P

My personal cold record was in Keene, North Dakota, pop 36 not counting all the roughnecks and rig crew. It was -47 F. Top that off with 70 mph winds and it was bloody cold. My work unit floor was frozen and the heaters couldn't put out enough heat to unfreeze it. When we rigged down, I had to borrow a steam line to cut through 4" of ice to get our wire runs free. Later that month, the directional hand asked me to come help him strap a motor and since it was bright and sunny, I thought medium weight insulated gloves were enough. Nope, in 15 minutes I got a light case of frostbite. Took 2 days for my hands to quit hurting.

Posted by Silentbrick 2021-02-14 14:01|| 2021-02-14 14:01|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm from New England - I wash my balls with ice water....

/obscure?

Posted by Raj 2021-02-14 14:01|| 2021-02-14 14:01|| Front Page Top

#11 ^^ Yeah, I know how that feels, my hot water heater doesn't work well either.

Posted by Phinesing Whomolet6297 2021-02-14 14:07|| 2021-02-14 14:07|| Front Page Top

#12 OK, Silent, you win.... but I deserve some extra credit considering I spent most of the last 20 years in Hawai'i

Posted by Mercutio 2021-02-14 14:37|| 2021-02-14 14:37|| Front Page Top

#13 The only win is survival:p Remember, 3 hours without shelter. And one thing ND doesn't have is the humidity Texas gets. That makes it so much worse for cold.

My boy is a real Texan, he asked if winter could be over because he misses summer.

Posted by Silentbrick 2021-02-14 14:55|| 2021-02-14 14:55|| Front Page Top

#14 with 3- 6 inches of total snow accumulations with isolated higher amounts of 6-8 inches possible

Pikers, that's called 'some light snow' around here.

Mercutio, -28 is cold enough. We were at -11 this AM with -32 Wind Chill. We're up to -2F right now, so almost balmy compared to you.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-02-14 15:57|| 2021-02-14 15:57|| Front Page Top

#15 Looking at a snowy 7F out my window in Oklahoma. My heater works and the cold can stay out there by its lonesome.

Posted by magpie 2021-02-14 16:31|| 2021-02-14 16:31|| Front Page Top

#16 So, like, is that renown astro-physicist Bill Gates still working on blocking the sun?

Posted by Clem 2021-02-14 16:34|| 2021-02-14 16:34|| Front Page Top

#17 Remember in the 1970's it was Global Ice Age by the 1980's. With over 60+ Scientific Studies proving it was happening.

It didn't in the 80's has predicted.

So 40+ years later we are back to Square 1 with some predicting a Global Ice Age.

Hollywood must be foaming at the mouth for a new $100M Climate movie with Al Gore being the PAID technical advisor. "Water World Meets Frozen"

I wonder how long before they try to tie the Scamdemic to the Man Made Climate Hoax.

Posted by NN2N1 2021-02-14 17:09|| 2021-02-14 17:09|| Front Page Top

#18 “Many human beings say that they enjoy the winter, but what they really enjoy is feeling proof against it. For them there is no winter food problem. They have fires and warm clothes." Richard Adams

I can't whine about the cold here. Half of my colleagues have spent time--some of them winterovers--at the South Pole.

Posted by james 2021-02-14 17:20|| https://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2021-02-14 17:20|| Front Page Top

#19 ^ First part - True!

Posted by Frank G 2021-02-14 17:32|| 2021-02-14 17:32|| Front Page Top

#20 WAS VISITING OUR SON IN TEXAS BACK IN 86-87 in Jan/Feb when temp dropped from 70 F AM to below 30 F in about 4 hours...bridge crossings froze dew froze on trees, cars skidding all over...Houston.

Posted by crazyhorse 2021-02-14 21:41|| 2021-02-14 21:41|| Front Page Top

#21 Yes, Greater Houston freaks out at the slightest hint of snow or ice. And they can't drive in it for anything.

Posted by Silentbrick 2021-02-14 21:58|| 2021-02-14 21:58|| Front Page Top

#22 ^ Used to think that was funny when I lived there. SoCal weather update: Had a little drizzle this morning. Demolition derby! Update your will! San Diego strong!

Posted by Maggie Hupomp2614 2021-02-14 22:34|| 2021-02-14 22:34|| Front Page Top

#23 Sleet in San Diego for twenty minutes...1967. Google it.

Posted by crazyhorse 2021-02-14 23:18|| 2021-02-14 23:18|| Front Page Top

#24 And its going to get COLDER. Like Denver Cold.

Next 24: High 9 low 4. Tmrw night overnight low -3. Snow 1-3 inches.

The biggest issue isn't the cold or snow, its that it's ongoing for nearly a week. Usually, the weather pushed through quickly after a couple of days. Last time there was this much weather was the Superbowl week back in Feb 2011, when the record low of 15 was set Feb 10.

The thing is that lows been in the teens and highs in the 20s for a couple days already, and the single digits are just about unheard of in this area ever in history (except maybe the ice age). And its not going above freezing until Friday. That will be a solid week of lows in the teens to single digits and highs below freezing, along with snow off and on. Pretty much unheard of in Dallas area. Remarkable!

NWS: McKinney TX
Pcp: Light Snow
Temp 9°F
Humidity: 76%
Wind Speed: N 15 G 28 mph
Barometer: 30.31 in (1029.1 mb)
Dewpoint: 4°F (-16°C)
Visibility: 8.00 mi
Wind Chill: -7°F (-22°C)
Last update: 14 Feb 9:53 pm CST

METAR for: KTKI (McKinney Muni, TX, US)

KTKI 150419Z AUTO 01018G25KT 10SM SCT015 BKN110 M12/M17 A3031 RMK AO2 UPB0355E11SNE0355 P0000 T11221167

Posted by Deadeye Jaiting7534 2021-02-14 23:27|| 2021-02-14 23:27|| Front Page Top

#25 Will do, crazyhorse. Place has its moments... wind a couple orf weeks back was shaking and bellying the porch window so much I actually stepped away from it and planned for it breaking.

Posted by Maggie Hupomp2614 2021-02-14 23:59|| 2021-02-14 23:59|| Front Page Top

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