Meteorologist's dire warning as arctic bomb to blast up to 20 INCHES of snow across bulk of America:

[cato potatoe]

I turned on my heater for the first time since moving to FL.  Not quite a freeze in this neighborhood, but they are expecting one at the bottom tip of the everglades. 

Eastern NC is getting buried now, and there likely will be flooding issues on the Outer Banks as the cyclone bombs out.

[verga]

18 degrees here...slowly creeping up...damn it's cold here..

Ours has been fluctuating between 10 and 25 or so the last couple of days.

[mountaineer]

I turned on my heater for the first time since moving to FL.  Not quite a freeze in this neighborhood, but they are expecting one at the bottom tip of the everglades. 

I understand it was in the 20s this morning in Orlando, but it should get up to 32 by the time the LPGA tournament resumes at 10 a.m. 

[libertybele]

We live pretty far south in FL and have been here over 30 years -- this is as cold as I've ever seen it -- no snow flurries but the freezing temps are a concern -- strain on the heat pump. Hubby wrapped the outside pipes.

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SUNDAY...
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SUNDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM SUNDAY TO 9 AM EST MONDAY...

...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM EST
MONDAY...

* WHAT...For the Freeze Warning tonight, sub-freezing temperatures
as low as 28. For the Cold Weather Advisory tonight, very cold
wind chills as low as 22. For the Wind Advisory, northwest winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. For the Freeze Warning
Sunday night, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected. For
the Cold Weather Advisory Sunday night, very cold wind chills as
low as 24 expected.

[Bigun]

21 balmy degrees in SE Texas right now but thankfully, this is supposed to be the end of it for awhile

[corbe]

[Free Vulcan]

For all you Floridians, the Duke brothers just want to know how the cold is going to affect the orange crop.

[DCPatriot]

For all you Floridians, the Duke brothers just want to know how the cold is going to affect the orange crop.

Geez...already paying $1.50 each for a decent sized navel orange.  And don't get me started on Honey Crisp apples.   

[Elderberry]

Over in SE Texas I lost all my fruit trees except for one Loquat tree in the 2021 freeze. Now I hope my new 5 Orange trees and one Nectarine tree survive.

[Wingnut]

That damn rodent in Pennsylvania says we have 6 more weeks of winter in store for us. 

I thought he was dead when he got dropped on his head a few years ago.  Typical Rat.  They still vote when they've been deed.

[mountaineer]

Another below zero morning here today. Grrr.

[verga]

That damn rodent in Pennsylvania says we have 6 more weeks of winter in store for us. 

I thought he was dead when he got dropped on his head a few years ago.  Typical Rat.  They still vote when they've been deed.

You know they have had several over the years, it is not the same one every year.

[Wingnut]

You know they have had several over the years, it is not the same one every year.

So you're saying they have like, apprentice rodents? Rodents in training?    Well that is just wrong. Everything I ever knew was a lie!!

[Polly Ticks]

You know they have had several over the years, it is not the same one every year.

Can we request a second opinion from a more experienced groundhog?

[Wingnut]

Can we request a second opinion from a more experienced groundhog?

I want to speak to his manager!

[andy58-in-nh]

I want to speak to his manager!

That would be Punxsatawney Karen.

She says that there'll be six more weeks of complaining.

[mountaineer]

Neighboring states have their own prognosticating rodents. Ohio's and WV's said spring's on the way, while Punxy Phil said the opposite. Well, okay, they didn't actually say anything, but their handlers did.

[Polly Ticks]

Well, okay, they didn't actually say anything, but their handlers did.

Sounds like Sleepy Joe's entire presidency.

[DCPatriot]

[mountaineer]

Sounds like Sleepy Joe's entire presidency.

Maybe the groundhog is just as non compos mentis as Joe (although I would have called Joe more of a slug than a rodent).

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTS0-Tr4EQ0

[Sighlass]

That would be Punxsatawney Karen.

She says that there'll be six more weeks of complaining.

Ok, that got a good chuckle out of me.

[corbe]

    Punxsatawney Karen

   I prefer these sexy idiots.




   My apologies to @sneakypete

[DCPatriot]

Wow!  Actual temperature in Hamburg, NY, outside Buffalo... -4 degrees...feels like temperature is -20

[roamer_1]

Wow!  Actual temperature in Hamburg, NY, outside Buffalo... -4 degrees...feels like temperature is -20

That 'feels like' thing is bullshit. You know that, right?

When it 'feels like' -20 is when it IS -20. Take it from me. I am a professional. 

[DCPatriot]

That 'feels like' thing is bullshit. You know that, right?

When it 'feels like' -20 is when it IS -20. Take it from me. I am a professional. 

         

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

8 degrees and feels like -20 here because of the wind.

[Idiot]

That 'feels like' thing is bullshit. You know that, right?

When it 'feels like' -20 is when it IS -20. Take it from me. I am a professional. 

I used to office with the man that invented the wind chill factor.  He'd disagree with you. 

[roamer_1]

I used to office with the man that invented the wind chill factor.  He'd disagree with you. 

Is your piss freezing before it hits the ground?
If it is, you're getting close.

[roamer_1]

8 degrees and feels like -20 here because of the wind.

No, that's 8 above and windy. Not the same.

[libertybele]

8 degrees and feels like -20 here because of the wind.

Wind does make the temps 'feel' colder, but technically, 8 degrees is still 8 degrees. Just sayin'.  All this polar vortex, wind chill, feels like, etc., etc., has  become ridiculous.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Wind does make the temps 'feel' colder, but technically, 8 degrees is still 8 degrees. Just sayin'.  All this polar vortex, wind chill, feels like, etc., etc., has  become ridiculous.

You're wrong. Exposed flesh will freeze very fast with enough wind. Just walking outside now gives me a brain freeze.

[DCPatriot]

You're wrong. Exposed flesh will freeze very fast with enough wind. Just walking outside now gives me a brain freeze.

Totally agree!

[Bigun]

Over the last 50 years or so, I have next to no experience with outside activities when the air temperature drops below 32 degrees and fully intend to sustain that record for as long as possible.

[Sighlass]

You're wrong. Exposed flesh will freeze very fast with enough wind. Just walking outside now gives me a brain freeze.

Yep, stripping that protective layer of heat next to the skin is dangerous. Thus why layers of wind break become important, but with enough wind one would have to be marshmellowed in coats to not feel the cold. 

[Cyber Liberty]

That 'feels like' thing is bullshit. You know that, right?

When it 'feels like' -20 is when it IS -20. Take it from me. I am a professional. 

I'm that way about "Heat Index."

[corbe]

   Didn't you get some Rain this week @Cyber Liberty

[verga]

Wow!  Actual temperature in Hamburg, NY, outside Buffalo... -4 degrees...feels like temperature is -20

One of my nephews bought a house near there last year.

[Cyber Liberty]

   Didn't you get some Rain this week @Cyber Liberty

No, dry as a bone....

[roamer_1]

I'm that way about "Heat Index."

Either one is a good reason to hang out at @Cyber Liberty 's house and tap a keg. 

[roamer_1]

You're wrong. Exposed flesh will freeze very fast with enough wind. Just walking outside now gives me a brain freeze.

No.

An arctic parka is required, AND all them layers you were talking about. AND insulated coveralls... and arctic muks. And arctic mitts.

THAT's 20 below.

Eight degrees above, in any condition, is not 20 below.

[roamer_1]

Yep, stripping that protective layer of heat next to the skin is dangerous. Thus why layers of wind break become important, but with enough wind one would have to be marshmellowed in coats to not feel the cold.

Woolies are still best for keeping you warm - especially when working. But one thing most folks don't understand - any kind of wind at all will wick the heat off you, wool or not. It is totally amazing what a gortex windbreaker will do at that point - It's almost magic.

The minute you have that impervious shell, all that wool starts cookin. It's a beautiful thing.