powderfreak

The Dunkin of the North.

Oh I just love it as you all know I love large diurnal ranges. May pull a 45F swing today? Warm afternoon and cold nights. I got that desire from growing up always checking the Colorado weather stations. I used to solely look at like Crested Butte, Steamboat Springs, etc. See those warm to hot afternoons and cold nights. Same in winter, -20F to +25F and back again. My favorite type of climate.

That’s absolutely awesome. What a set up. So impressive.

All we get is fake weather… mixed out valley in warm season when it’s 90F in May with a dew of 40F and DIT is raging that it’s not hot. Its the transient of a lot of it, whether it’s fluffy snow, radiational cooling, real low RH heat that drops 30F the minute the sun goes down… transient stuff gets the moniker of fake.

It goes bad quickly at -20F to -30F when pipes start bursting . I totally get it, but man it's cold this morning. Rare levels, which is a novelty.

AAA is busy this morning around these parts with cars that won’t start. One guy told me they said it’d be two hours at least before they can get to him… he was funny, said his pampered car sits in a garage all year down south, gets left out in a hotel parking lot at -25F and nope, not gonna start. I get that it’s fake cold but pipes bursting, water lines freezing, cars not starting, this cold is a lot more impactful than -10F with wind. You start pushing the temps where diesel won’t start.

Definitely did not have this cold last year. The funny thing is how normal it's becoming all the sudden. You wake up and it's like well it's well below zero again. This morning was the coldest yet though.

lol that's solid. Car did not like turning over. Been holding around -24F to -26F on the local stations. MVL looks to have dipped to -27F.

Car did not like turning over. Been holding around -24F to -26F on the local stations. MVL looks to have dipped to -27F. It's when you realize it can warm up 25 degrees and just make 0F that's impressive.

-33F Island Pond -30F SLK -27F BML Sites still falling too.

Good lord. -25F here. MVL ASOS -26/-31 on last 5-minute update.

-17/-22

It does for sure when these arctic air masses sink to the lowest levels under high pressure. The cold comes out of the flats of Canada to the NW of the region... just seeps into the nooks and crannies after an initial push over the rocks. It likes to be low level as a default.

-15F with a dew of -20F at the ASOS. It is absolutely frigid outside... tree and deck popping cold. These temperatures hit a different way. 0F is one thing, the -15F to -20F and colder stuff is fairly brutal. Especially at 9:30pm letting the dog out for the last time this evening. She went out, did the business, and came inside even as starting to lift paws due to cold. It's the type of cold you die in if you ended up stranded outside in.

-15F with a dew of -20F at the ASOS. It is absolutely frigid outside... tree and deck popping cold. These temperatures hit a different way. 0F is one thing, the -15F to -20F and colder stuff is fairly brutal. Especially at 9:30pm letting the dog out for the last time this evening. She went out, did the business, and came inside even as starting to lift paws due to cold. It's the type of cold you die if you ended up stranded outside in.

Seems like the real cold nights on the whole have been becoming less likely, but maybe it's just a brief interlude of a better mixed atmosphere over the years... but of course some solid arctic air masses will make their way into NNE. With normal conditions and an arctic air mass, we'll get these occasional 2-4 year cold mins. Be interesting when we see the next 10 year cold temps.

I love that stuff too, ha. The sharp gradients are awe-inspiring no matter where you are.

Frigid. 313 PM EST Fri Jan 21 2022 ...Bitterly cold temperatures are forecast for the North Country tonight... Another round of cold temperatures are expected tonight with low temperatures generally dipping to between 10 and 30 below zero. Although winds will be light to calm, protect against hypothermia and expect to need multiple layers of clothing if heading outdoors. Running or even a brisk walk in these conditions could result in frost bite on exposed skin.

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... As of 618 AM EST Friday...And just like that, multiple records have been broken this morning. The air mass is much colder and drier than any model had (sans the 10th percentile NBM) so we have been playing catchup a little bit this morning. The biggest surprising is Ellenburg in Clinton County in NY where they have maintained a 5-8 mph wind with temperatures falling to 25 below. Wind chills in this one location have fallen to 44 below zero. Given the localized nature, we have decided to keep the wind advisory out with no upgrade to a warning. Overall, these are the coldest ambient temperatures for many locations dating back to January of 2018 when a similar arctic outbreak occurred across the North Country. Here is a list of broken/tied temperature records as of 6 AM. Location New Record Old Record ----------------------------------------------------- Saranac Lake -30 -27 (2005) Massena -29 -27 (2005) Plattsburgh -19 -16 (1984)

Maybe, but it’s been cold. BTV doesn’t see fake cold and they are progged to see sun-zero temps like 2003-2004 this month when all is said and done. The next 10 days look cold. January of yore?

Still dropping in town. The station at the bottom of the golf course closest to home has hit -20F now for first time this season.

-28/-35 at SLK .

Car says -17F on start up along the River. Slow to turn over this morning.

The first couple seasons Eyewall was up here were poor... but then he got himself some big systems and a 30"+ event in BTV. Upslope land more. Hopefully Phin follows the same path.

It's true, but 10 of 19 days at MVL have seen temperatures below 2F. It'll be 7 of the last 9 days at MPV with temperatures witnessed below 0F. Some high diurnal ranges but the mins have been cold.