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Old 01-05-2014, 09:24 PM   #1
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-40 degree wind chill tomorrow...

Our high here tomorrow is projected to be -13 degrees, with a 23 mph wind.

That translates to a -40 degree wind chill using the new calculation for WC.

With the old calc it would be -60 degrees. Either way, it is going to be dangerously cold here tomorrow. Frostbite at these temps can occur within 15 minutes if bare skin is exposed.

Here is a calculator to see what your wind chill will be.
http://www.onlineconversion.com/windchill.htm

PS: This doesn't work for those in the southern regions, so don't try it, or make your comments.
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Old 01-05-2014, 09:38 PM   #2
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-60° wind chill predicted here for the morning, mighty damn cold.
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Old 01-05-2014, 09:44 PM   #3
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My wife landed in Rockford less than an hour ago. Methinks I'm hanging around here till it warms up a bit. There's a reason I moved here.
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Time to dig out the long johns and the insulated coveralls. We hit 10 today with -10 tonight. Wind chills in the -30+ range. At least we warm up after tomorrow. Just in time for my trip to Fargo.
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Old 01-05-2014, 10:05 PM   #5
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Last week we were seeing close to -30F at night with out the wind chill and day time highs in the -20's, now it is freezing rain changing to rain and going above zero tomorrow, one extreme to another.
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Old 01-05-2014, 10:06 PM   #6
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Our high here tomorrow is projected to be -13 degrees, with a 23 mph wind.

That translates to a -40 degree wind chill using the new calculation for WC.

With the old calc it would be -60 degrees. Either way, it is going to be dangerously cold here tomorrow. Frostbite at these temps can occur within 15 minutes if bare skin is exposed.

Here is a calculator to see what your wind chill will be.
http://www.onlineconversion.com/windchill.htm

PS: This doesn't work for those in the southern regions, so don't try it, or make your comments.
Wind chill is used for sensationalization by the press. What's the actual temperature? Wind isn't always the same speed and depending on where one is, the winds effects may be mitigated.
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Don't go outside.

There's no reason to...
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We were -30F windchill the other day. It will be 51 degrees at 9 AM tomorrow and the following day back down to 9 degrees. This winter can go. I've had enough of it. Ready to get the bike out and ride. Unfortunately that probably won't be possible till the end of March or early April.
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Coldest I've ever dealt with was a wind chill of -90 F.. The Bering sea in January aboard an aircraft carrier launching planes. Horribly cold.
 
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Coldest I've ever dealt with was a wind chill of -90 F.. The Bering sea in January aboard an aircraft carrier launching planes. Horribly cold.
Steel breaks more easily at -90 degrees...
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Wind chill is used for sensationalization by the press. What's the actual temperature? Wind isn't always the same speed and depending on where one is, the winds effects may be mitigated.
Stand outside when it is 0 degrees with no wind and then outside at 0 degrees with 20 mph winds and tell me you cannot tell the difference.

If you cannot, then you are not a mammal...
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I just watched the news and saw those temps you guys have out there right now. The only thing I can say is stay in the house until it's gone if you can do it. For those that work maybe a couple of sick days.
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-25 degrees here this morning, actual temperature. Cold enough to freeze an Arizona pompous ass, if only we had one!
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-26 actual here right now, with wind chill -46, with only an 8 mph wind. Kinda sucks out there.
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