http://ec.gc.ca/doc/smc-msc/2008/toc_eng.html#toc
2 of them hit home...
Pre-Winter Shockers http://ec.gc.ca/doc/smc-msc/2008/s5_eng.html
The Coldest Place On Earth http://ec.gc.ca/doc/smc-msc/2008/s9_eng.html
lol
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Canadians are some of the most weather-conversant people in the world. We talk about weather more than any other subject.
How true.
now this thread is about us talking about talking about the weather...
Why do you think I updated my sig.
cool.
(http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/miniWeather2_metric_cond/language/www/global/stations/71123.gif) (http://www.wunderground.com/geo/BannerPromo/global/stations/71123.html)
VERY cool. (as in 30 degrees "cool"er than you, BC Boy :( )
Quote from: Darren Dirt on January 01, 2009, 04:22:48 PM
VERY cool. (as in 30 degrees "cool"er than you, BC Boy :( )
They have other styles on the site as well. The background changes on this small one to represent the conditions.
It is a slushy mess out there. There was a significant amount of snow fall out here but they don't have the equipment to deal with it. The main roads are bare now, but there are still mounds of snows and cars on the sides of the roads.
Quote from: Lazybones on January 01, 2009, 04:39:42 PM
It is a slushy mess out there.
Wah.
;)
It's -34 right now.
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City of Edmonton - St. Albert - Sherwood Park issued
Wind chill values minus 40 and below are forecast for these regions.
This is a warning that extreme wind chill conditions are imminent or occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements.
Air temperatures near minus 30 and northerly winds of 15 km/h are creating wind chill values near minus 40. The winds will diminish later this afternoon or this evening in all the regions and bring an end to the wind chill warning.
:(
No slush though...
Sitting in a non-heated covered ice arena is gonna feel warm today...
Ha, we have a snow fall warning in effect again. Just got another 10cm it looks like. Seriously none of the locals can drive in snow.
Video footage* or it didn't happen.
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* bonus points for it being strangely comical, like in that Futurama episode where they added wacky sound effects to the news item about the oil-covered penguins.
All news replays should be done to the score of "Yakkity Sax" (the Benny Hill music).
But yes, the weather, we have a guest staying with us from LA and man she was just not prepared for Edmonton weather haha.
It was -40 yesterday morning with ice fog when Tonnica and her friend came back from West Ed ha-hah :D
Coldest Day Ever.
I scraped the outside frost off the windows, then by the time I finished scraping the INSIDE windows, the outside was frosted again. >:(
guy on the radio today: "the low tonight is -20. What are we, in the Bahamas?" ;D
LOL that's one good thing about a deep freeze, -19 seems like half decent weather now...
Quote from: Darren Dirt on January 03, 2009, 11:15:38 PM
Video footage* or it didn't happen.
People can't drive around here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NMnF5KZaZA, sorry no music.
Attached image is my hand showing how deep the snow was on the top of my car.
Now I have seen much more snow in Edmonton, however this is a highly unusual amount for this area. I believe we were only a few cm short of the recorded record snow fall for December.
Quote from: Mr. Analog on January 04, 2009, 01:08:57 PM
But yes, the weather, we have a guest staying with us from LA and man she was just not prepared for Edmonton weather haha.
It was -40 yesterday morning with ice fog when Tonnica and her friend came back from West Ed ha-hah :D
I drove through that ice fog... I pointed out the bright object in the sky, and my kids thought it was the moon. I told them no, that was the sun!
One thing's for sure, when I first started driving yesterday the shocks were very stiff as the shock oil was thick like molasses... Every bump felt like driving over a Smart car. After a few minutes it got better, though.
Quote from: Lazybones on January 04, 2009, 04:20:34 PM
People can't drive around here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NMnF5KZaZA, sorry no music.
Okay, you gotta watch part 2...
That's one icy road!
And another part of that report: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHrL0Sc99wM&feature=related
Quote from: Thorin on January 04, 2009, 04:23:56 PMI drove through that ice fog... I pointed out the bright object in the sky, and my kids thought it was the moon. I told them no, that was the sun!
One thing's for sure, when I first started driving yesterday the shocks were very stiff as the shock oil was thick like molasses... Every bump felt like driving over a Smart car. After a few minutes it got better, though.
LOL that is classic man, classic.
Lazy, that video was crazy...
Big hills, Big snow + bad tires, bad drivers make things a little crazy around here.
They also don't seem to have any snow REMOVAL equipment, the roads just keep getting more narrow as the plows pile up the snow on the shoulders. It warmed up and melted a little but now it is snowing some more.
Even the sky train has had trouble with ice falling into the automated switches and trees falling on the line from the burden of the snow. Nothing like being trapped in a train car for over 45min.
Still I am happy it isn't -40 here, I know that presents its own challenges.
Hah, Vancouverites have to shovel their own streets!
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/women/Cost+inconvenience+considerations+plowing+side+streets/1141379/story.html
Quote from: Thorin on January 04, 2009, 08:00:47 PM
Hah, Vancouverites have to shovel their own streets!
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/women/Cost+inconvenience+considerations+plowing+side+streets/1141379/story.html
It is funny until you have to drive up or down a side street that is nothing but an icy RUT with big snow mounds on the sides.
I am lucky and live in a townhouse so the loop here has been cleared and we are just off of the buss rout so that road also has been cleared.
Quote from: Lazybones on January 05, 2009, 08:15:11 AM
Quote from: Thorin on January 04, 2009, 08:00:47 PM
Hah, Vancouverites have to shovel their own streets!
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/women/Cost+inconvenience+considerations+plowing+side+streets/1141379/story.html
It is funny until you have to drive up or down a side street that is nothing but an icy RUT with big snow mounds on the sides.
Like Edmonton in winter in 07? Or 06? Or 05? The last three years I went to visit my mom I either drove through eight inches of ice-encrusted hard snow or had to park three feet from the sidewalk because of the giant windrows of snow that had been plowed (once per season!) from the center of the road to the side. Remember, Edmonton doesn't put a lot of money in its budget for plowing sidestreets either, and the snow doesn't melt away after a week or two. The only plus is that we don't have very many hilly sidestreets, living on the flat plains 'n all.
LOL this is just too funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHADUT5_4Ug&NR=1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHADUT5_4Ug&NR=1) - have to watch to the end!
Quote from: Melbosa on January 05, 2009, 10:03:51 AM
LOL this is just too funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHADUT5_4Ug&NR=1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHADUT5_4Ug&NR=1) - have to watch to the end!
WOW, thanks for that! Great find! Made me think, though, apparently common sense is lost when a metropolis is in balmier climate? Cuz you'd think the guy pulling that car would see that pulling the car THROUGH the snowbank = more effort required. How about he turns the wheels a bit, puts it in neutral, and he and a buddy rock it from the hood? At least as a first attempt...
Oh, btw, wow a lotta snow for such warm weather -- notice the roads are clear just from the melting snow, musta been a great time for the kids for building forts and having snowball fights!
Quote from: Thorin on January 05, 2009, 09:30:42 AM
Like Edmonton in winter in 07? Or 06? Or 05? The last three years I went to visit my mom I either drove through eight inches of ice-encrusted hard snow or had to park three feet from the sidewalk because of the giant windrows of snow that had been plowed (once per season!) from the center of the road to the side. Remember, Edmonton doesn't put a lot of money in its budget for plowing sidestreets either, and the snow doesn't melt away after a week or two. The only plus is that we don't have very many hilly sidestreets, living on the flat plains 'n all.
Yep, Edmonton is flat. Try doing nothing but drive up and down the river valley in those conditions. I lived in the Edmonton area all my life prior to moving here, no one is equipped to handle the weather here and the hill make it worse.
Quote from: Melbosa on January 05, 2009, 10:03:51 AM
LOL this is just too funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHADUT5_4Ug&NR=1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHADUT5_4Ug&NR=1) - have to watch to the end!
That clip was from 2007, I saw it on the news.. That was when there was only like a day or two of snow that melted the same week.
Quote from: Darren Dirt on January 05, 2009, 10:14:47 AM
Oh, btw, wow a lotta snow for such warm weather -- notice the roads are clear just from the melting snow, musta been a great time for the kids for building forts and having snowball fights!
They don't melt clear until later in the day, in the morning they are shear ice or slick greasy slush if it just snowed.