Its that time again.... Polar Vortex

60s Mon & Tues here cold gets here next weekend Tues nov 18 is showing a HIGH of 32

begreen said:

That looks like quite a heavy dump for early Nov. So glad it's 2500 miles away.

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It was a heavy dump. And it's only going to get worse. That's what happens when you live 1 miles from an open bay that is 300 feet deep. Moisture in the air comes crashing down.

Andrew

Swedishchef said:

Well, winter has officially arrived. Here's the proof. I had to make a path to get to my woodshed/greenhouse!


Good luck with winter!

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Better you than me, bro!

LOL.

Please do not send it my way PLEASE

You had better like snow and cold if you live in canada. You get plenty of both.

The forecast now is for 15-20" of snow and then the cold comes in behind it. It's already 24 now. Yippee!

Oh I like snow and cold but it is still to early .
We start to get it at the end of November and it don't leave till April
As they say around here we have six months of excellent ski dooing
and six months of so so ski dooing

Seasoned Oak said:

You had better like snow and cold if you live in canada. You get plenty of both.

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You guys seem to have a nice polar vortex your way too

johneh said:

Oh I like snow and cold but it is still to early .
We start to get it at the end of November and it don't leave till April
As they say around here we have six months of excellent ski dooing
and six months of so so ski dooing

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I was in Labrador in July and the locals were ski-dooing on the lake. I guess every day is ski-do day.

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Swedishchef said:

It was a heavy dump. And it's only going to get worse. That's what happens when you live 1 miles from an open bay that is 300 feet deep. Moisture in the air comes crashing down.

Andrew

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That's what we get just off the great lakes. Lake effect snow bands. Drive north on 81, sun shine then wall of snow at 4" per hour, drive a mile further, sunshine. That narrow band can either stay in one place and bury you, or slither north and south like a snake and...bury everyone! Neat to drive into and out of. Fortunately most CNY folks know how to drive in the stuff or hunker down and avoid it.

WiscWoody said:

The forecast now is for 15-20" of snow and then the cold comes in behind it. It's already 24 now. Yippee!

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The primary trouble with living in such a climate is that wives feel no obligation to stay in shape for bikini season.

... or husbands, for that matter.

stoveguy2esw said:

i'd always remembered it simpoly called a "dip in the jet stream" i can recall seing this type of pattern on weather forcasts for years but until just recently i had never heard it called a "polar vortex" methinks that name is akin to "woooh its scary" to sensationalize the effect

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Exactly. I heard a meteorologist on the radio the other day saying the term is being misused by the media. Imagine that.

Knots said:

I was in Labrador in July and the locals were ski-dooing on the lake. I guess every day is ski-do day.

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LOL. They are a little extreme in Labrador.

Fsappo said:

That's what we get just off the great lakes. Lake effect snow bands. Drive north on 81, sun shine then wall of snow at 4" per hour, drive a mile further, sunshine. That narrow band can either stay in one place and bury you, or slither north and south like a snake and...bury everyone! Neat to drive into and out of. Fortunately most CNY folks know how to drive in the stuff or hunker down and avoid it.

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It would be nice if it dumped elsewhere for once.

It's not fun shovelling off a cenotaph so that people can partake in Remembrance Day ceremonies. Ack.

Andrew

semipro said:

Exactly. I heard a meteorologist on the radio the other day saying the term is being misused by the media. Imagine that.

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i wouldnt go so far as saying they Are misrepresenting it, just using different descriptives ,

i would assume that if the jet stream is pushed down by a major storm it would be more sensible to call it a polar vortex, but if no major storm is present the jet stream still does these dips anyway

We only had 127 cooling degree days last summer so yep, not many bikini clad wife's up here! Lol...
Here's what's going on in the neighborhood right now.

WiscWoody said:

We only had 127 cooling degree days last summer so yep, not many bikini clad wife's up here! Lol...
Here's what's going on in the neighborhood right now.

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Sweet ATV! Looks like you're ready for the coming weather. Beautiful stacks too! Purchased or accumulated personally?

The least we can do (Canada) is share a Polar Vortex with you all since you're good at sharing Nor'Easters (see pic from this past weekend).
They are forecasting -6F and -9F in Edmonton this week during the night. I moved from there 8 years ago: the diesel in the ski hill grooming equipment was slush....in NOVEMBER.

Stay warm out there!

Wiscwoody: you're setup seems awesome!

Andrew

Swedishchef said:

LOL. They are a little extreme in Labrador.

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Hah! It was 45 F and the wind was howling that day. The Labradorians were swimming and laying on the beach! I kept my motorcycling gear on.

When I was growing up, Maine was "up north". After I got back from Labrador, Maine seemed more like "mid-coast".

7acres said:

Sweet ATV! Looks like you're ready for the coming weather. Beautiful stacks too! Purchased or accumulated personally?

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I have 22 racks of all scrounge wood. Each rack holds about 1 1/2 face cord. Wood is easy to find up here. Just took the ATV into town to plow the apartment sidewalks. It wasn't easy to get there even on the Honda! We've gotten about 15" so far. I have the Honda and also I bought a Craftsman garden tractor with a 46" snow thrower. Pics later.

I'm happy and not many outside of this place would understand.

I did some reading and some say, don't call it a Polar Vortex, it's just air being pushed down from the Polar Vortex.

I don't have much of a reason to care other than it will be cold for at least a week.

We've got a new stove and with so many new stove owners in this place I'm betting I'm not the only one happy for the first real opportunity to let em rip.

The safety of burning wood depends more on the operator than most heat sources so, just as a reminder. Let's all remember to do our safety checks and be safe!

Nothing new about the weather at this time of year- just new buzz words. Now you all down in the mid southern states have had some strange weather events this year, but around here things are pretty normal.