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Minus 4 This morning and we have had some brisk winds. So brisk that yesterday afternoon the wind was rolling "Snow Roses" first time in 30 years that the snow and wind were right at the same time. Field looks like the wind fairies were having a snow ball rolling contest but they couldn't decide where to build the snow men.

Amazingly cool. Always wanted to spend a year in New England, but until someone sends me up there to drill a well, probably won't make it except during tourist season.

very nice

We've pretty much got slush

minus nine in Cambridge but we do use a rational temperature scale.

RalphW wrote:minus nine in Cambridge but we do use a rational temperature scale.

Well they both agree at -40 being colder then a witches ah erm... ah. Heart.

Nice pics! I hadn't heard of snow roses before.

Me neither. I've only heard of "the stars whispering" and "the trees singing", both of which come with frost/ice, not snow.

(heck -20 degC...positively Russian...)

RenewableCandy wrote:Me neither. I've only heard of "the stars whispering" and "the trees singing", both of which come with frost/ice, not snow.

(heck -20 degC...positively Russian...)

It is close to that here right now 7:15 PM local time and it's heading to about -30C tomorrow at dawn. If you walk out into the woods right now the snow squeaks under your boots at every step and you can hear trees pop as sections of rotten saturated wood expand as they freeze and split the trees open. You don't want to be out and about with any exposed skin showing especially in a wind but the young people will be out on their motorised sleds riding the trails at sixty miles an hour. They do wear excellent clothing and helmets when ridding those and even have electric heaters under the thumb throttle levers. For myself I'll stay close to home and put an extra log on the fire.

The wind-chill chart in my Weather Records book has a line along it near the top labelled "Above this line exposed flesh freezes in 60 seconds"

For -30 degF the necessary wind speed is only about 16 mph...

RenewableCandy wrote:The wind-chill chart in my Weather Records book has a line along it near the top labelled "Above this line exposed flesh freezes in 60 seconds"

For -30 degF the necessary wind speed is only about 16 mph...

Ayup and that wind rolling the snow the other day was a bit brisker then that. Gusts to 40 mph or better I'm told.Cuts like a razor. Calm this AM -20 F. A good day to stay inside by the fire and read a book.

So an outside privvy's out of the question then

RenewableCandy wrote:So an outside privvy's out of the question then

Well with the door shut you'd be out of the wind but you still wouldn't be wasting much time there.

Snow? This is snow: http://rt.com/news/winter-snow-russia-weather-275/

biffvernon wrote:Snow? This is snow: http://rt.com/news/winter-snow-russia-weather-275/

Yup that's snow and the Ruskies are welcome to it. Must be global warming don't you know.

Looking at the ten day forcast there isn't much snow to speak of and the temps are about normal. Wish you were here!?
http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/05038