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Fall Banter, Observation and General Discussion 2018


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5 hours ago, OceanStWx said:

Also we had wind gusts on MWN to 55 knots for tonight, they are already sustained at 70. <_<

That's gotta be one of the more difficult places to forecast. I remember going hiking there a few years ago in September. When I left Boston in the early a.m., conditions at the mountain were clear and calm. I show up three hours later and it's blowing 80 sustained with an ice storm in progress on the summit. By the time I got up to Tuckerman, it was a gorgeous day and almost calm. You can easily see why so many people die there. A lot of hikers seem totally unaware of how variable the conditions can be.

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2 minutes ago, Hoth said:

That's gotta be one of the more difficult places to forecast. I remember going hiking there a few years ago in September. When I left Boston in the early a.m., conditions at the mountain were clear and calm. I show up three hours later and it's blowing 80 sustained with an ice storm in progress on the summit. By the time I got up to Tuckerman, it was a gorgeous day and almost calm. You can easily see why so many people die there. A lot of hikers seem totally unaware of how variable the conditions can be.

Yeah I mean you can leave the boundary layer and enter the free atmosphere there. With some of the inversions up there you can swing +/- 10 degrees easy as you hike up.

But I will say MOS is pretty darn good for the summit. I dumped the MET in to fix it quickly and it gave me sustained 84 knots and gusts to 102. That ended up being within 10 knots of reality.

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Any suggestions on an LP powered garage heater to use infrequently during the winter so I can do some work in the garage? I've been using one of the kerosene wick heaters, but btu-wise, it's pretty low (<30,000) and takes awhile to warm the garage. I suppose I could go with a K1 salamander, but they stink. I've got a 20lb propane BBQ tank I thought I could use hence looking at some of the propane heaters. Of course, a CO2 detector would be used.

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20 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

Any suggestions on an LP powered garage heater to use infrequently during the winter so I can do some work in the garage? I've been using one of the kerosene wick heaters, but btu-wise, it's pretty low (<30,000) and takes awhile to warm the garage. I suppose I could go with a K1 salamander, but they stink. I've got a 20lb propane BBQ tank I thought I could use hence looking at some of the propane heaters. Of course, a CO2 detector would be used.

I bought this one (Mr. Heater F232000 MH9BX Buddy 4,000-9,000-BTU Indoor-Safe Portable Propane Radiant Heater) after a 20 hour power outage in 2013.  I've only used it a few times since for a couple of hours.  There is an odor to it but for a few hours it's bearable.  They have a bigger one too which might be more what you need.

http://tinyurl.com/yc77667e 

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56 minutes ago, Ca77andra said:

I bought this one (Mr. Heater F232000 MH9BX Buddy 4,000-9,000-BTU Indoor-Safe Portable Propane Radiant Heater) after a 20 hour power outage in 2013.  I've only used it a few times since for a couple of hours.  There is an odor to it but for a few hours it's bearable.  They have a bigger one too which might be more what you need.

http://tinyurl.com/yc77667e 

That's what I would use.  I would get the larger unit and an adapter to hook up to a larger tank.  I use one of those in my sugarhouse on really cold days.

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5 hours ago, Lava Rock said:

Any suggestions on an LP powered garage heater to use infrequently during the winter so I can do some work in the garage? I've been using one of the kerosene wick heaters, but btu-wise, it's pretty low (<30,000) and takes awhile to warm the garage. I suppose I could go with a K1 salamander, but they stink. I've got a 20lb propane BBQ tank I thought I could use hence looking at some of the propane heaters. Of course, a CO2 detector would be used.

Or not if the QPF dries up. :ph34r:

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