Christmas Day Forecast: Snowiest and Coldest Since 2000

[Polly Ticks]

-7/-30 here this morning, but less snow than they thought might hit.  Haven't attempted to drive anywhere to see how much ice is under it.

[DCPatriot]

-7/-30 here this morning, but less snow than they thought might hit.  Haven't attempted to drive anywhere to see how much ice is under it.

Look at the Accuweather channel radar for the East/Northeast..

Looks like the rain of the last several hours is going to 'stall' ...the subfreezing temperatures are goi,g to turn it into sleet and snow...or at the very least, an ice rink for public roads.

IOW..."We're all gonna DIE!!!"

[Free Vulcan]

We're staying above -20 tonight... and my truck is plowed out... and my water is back on... Lost something electrical on the pump which blew the breaker, which means the heat quit, and it all froze up solid...

And I hate it when my mustache and beard stick to my parka. Stupid fake fur. Trying to get at a coyote to fix that... But meh - I am looking for a new arctic parka. One that goes half way to my knees... and is trimmed in real fur.

We  got down to -12 last night. I know, lightweights. 

Wasn't alot of snow though, should belch the ground up really nice.

[Polly Ticks]

IOW..."We're all gonna DIE!!!"

My dachshund certainly thought so when I let him out to do his business this morning. His entire under-carriage was in the snow drifts when he tried to make his way down the deck steps to the yard.

[Gefn]

Got a lot of rain and wind last night.

@Polly Ticks

Dachshunds are great dogs.

[Bigun]

I woke up to 20mph winds and a balmy 11 deg this morning down here in Texas for God's sake!  Somebody close that damned gate!

[mystery-ak]

-8 degrees here -32 wind chill.....

[mountaineer]

I was awakened at 2:55 a.m. by the garbage truck picking up our neighbors' trash (we use a different service; theirs usually comes around 6 a.m. on Fridays). Clearly, they wanted to get it picked up before the front hit, which it did at 4:15 a.m. The neighbors' trash cans now are nowhere to be seen. Those 40 mph gusts have sent them to places unknown.

[DefiantMassRINO]

It's a rainy, balmy 56 degrees with slight breezes from the south east (away from the coast).

[roamer_1]

We  got down to -12 last night. I know, lightweights. 

Wasn't alot of snow though, should belch the ground up really nice.

Hey. You'll not get that from me. Anything below zero is dangerous, and anything under negative ten is plenty rough enough...

[Free Vulcan]

Hey. You'll not get that from me. Anything below zero is dangerous, and anything under negative ten is plenty rough enough...

I went out to get the mail and warm the car a bit. It was already below zero and the wind was brutal. I've got good surplus gear for going out in the cold and I was frozen in very short order.

This is one of those rare years where I wasn't working during a cold snap. So nice not to have to go be out during all the crap.

[DefiantMassRINO]

This is what I wore when I was younger to go sledding in -50F wind chills:



... it's all about wearing multiple layers of clothing, no exposed skin, and plenty of hot cocoa (made with milk, not water - marshmallows optional).

[DCPatriot]

Live on the top floor of a typical garden condominium (3 flrs).

We have 6 story tall fir trees and 5 minutes ago, a HUGE limb cracked off and crushed a 25 year old flowering crab tree...just in front of my window.

Good thing it didn't hit anyone.

[libertybele]

This is what I wore when I was younger to go sledding in -50F wind chills:



... it's all about wearing multiple layers of clothing, no exposed skin, and plenty of hot cocoa (made with milk, not water - marshmallows optional).

When I  was a kid, I looked much the same.  We bundled up and layered clothing underneath our snowsuits. Double mittens and double socks underneath our boots.  We would build snow forts and have snowball fights, and we would go sledding and tobogganing. 

I bundled up my kids the same way when we lived up north, we would build snowmen and by that time they had the snow saucers.  Before we moved to FL we had one last 'snow celebration' with lots of sledding and hot cocoa -- definitely milk and not the instant stuff.

I've been down here for 30 years and I do not miss the cold.  However, a fresh powder snow glistening with the sun shining on it is truly beautiful.

It's supposed to dip down into the 30's for the next several days -- right in time for Christmas.  That will be enough cold for me.

[Gefn]

It’s snowing here, flurries, but I’ll take it

[libertybele]

Live on the top floor of a typical garden condominium (3 flrs).

We have 6 story tall fir trees and 5 minutes ago, a HUGE limb cracked off and crushed a 25 year old flowering crab tree...just in front of my window.

Good thing it didn't hit anyone.

Yikes. 

[berdie]

I woke up to 20mph winds and a balmy 11 deg this morning down here in Texas for God's sake!  Somebody close that damned gate!

Same here @Bigun . A little better now but not enough to make me un-cranky, lol.

I have been sitting here this afternoon fantasizing about putting a dome, like the stadiums, over my house  and keeping it a balmy 75 to 80 degrees year round. That's the first thing I'm gonna do as soon as I become a multi-billionaire.

Until that happens, I guess I'll just wait until next week when things get back to normal. There is no way I could live where this is a months long event. It's just too hard on my bones.

[berdie]

When I  was a kid, I looked much the same.  We bundled up and layered clothing underneath our snowsuits. Double mittens and double socks underneath our boots.  We would build snow forts and have snowball fights, and we would go sledding and tobogganing. 

I bundled up my kids the same way when we lived up north, we would build snowmen and by that time they had the snow saucers.  Before we moved to FL we had one last 'snow celebration' with lots of sledding and hot cocoa -- definitely milk and not the instant stuff.

I've been down here for 30 years and I do not miss the cold.  However, a fresh powder snow glistening with the sun shining on it is truly beautiful.

It's supposed to dip down into the 30's for the next several days -- right in time for Christmas.  That will be enough cold for me.

Same here. When I was a kid, my Dad got ants in his britches and we moved for a while to Chicago...and then northwest Indiana. That really was cold and snowy. There are a lot of fun activities for that kind of weather.

But I'm sure glad we came home.

[Bigun]

Same here @Bigun . A little better now but not enough to make me un-cranky, lol.

I have been sitting here this afternoon fantasizing about putting a dome, like the stadiums, over my house  and keeping it a balmy 75 to 80 degrees year round. That's the first thing I'm gonna do as soon as I become a multi-billionaire.

Until that happens, I guess I'll just wait until next week when things get back to normal. There is no way I could live where this is a months long event. It's just too hard on my bones.

I hear you loud and clear @berdie    

[Sighlass]

Ok, freaking 12 degrees here and still some sun light... We may see zero tonight (in freaking Alabama).... Talking about Rolling blackouts to conserve electricity... a first for us (got a mostly done nuclear plant and they closed down the coal plant .... Uggg



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltcu5Cx8A7I

[libertybele]

Our temps are still dropping. Right now it's 65 with 15 mph wind -- tonight we're supposed to see a low of 37. Christmas Eve and Christmas day we will have a low of 36 and a high of 52.  Just too darn cold for SWFL!

[jmyrlefuller]

@jmyrlefuller


Should we start a separate thread for this storm?

We should be okay using this thread. These weather events are all tied together. (Unlike the mostly discrete hurricanes, hence why you will see meteorologists up in arms when The Weather Channel tries to give names to winter storms.)

[Gefn]

US bomb cyclone - live updates: State of emergency in New York; airport runways close; millions without power

https://news.sky.com/story/us-bomb-cyclone-live-updates-millions-without-power-three-dead-on-kentucky-roads-airports-close-12773857

[roamer_1]

I went out to get the mail and warm the car a bit. It was already below zero and the wind was brutal. I've got good surplus gear for going out in the cold and I was frozen in very short order.

This is one of those rare years where I wasn't working during a cold snap. So nice not to have to go be out during all the crap.

As I get older, and considerably less capable, going 'out in it' has become more optional... When the pump went out yesterday, it was the neighbor and my kid that went down in there... No one even asked me... Everybody knows my fat ass don't bend enough to get down in that hole.

Now, I could have had the courtesy to stand out there with em -  there's a kinda equal-opportunity-misery clause on your MAN card - It's kinda required to gather around the problem - I don't know why - Maybe as a wind-break or something...

But everybody knows I am on my stick right now, and it's tough for me to navigate snow... So it turns out no-fault, no-foul, and all I really did the whole time was stick my head out the back door and say "Y'all need more coffee?" or some such thing.

And the part that tells the tale... I'm alright with that. 

[roamer_1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltcu5Cx8A7I