Author Topic: Bit snowy this morning! (Read 6302 times)

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #50 on:** March 03, 2014, 07:28:02 AM »

You guys may take this crap back up north and out west, because we (your southern neighbors) don't want it.

charby · « **Reply #51 on:** March 03, 2014, 09:32:36 AM »

-10F (actual temp) my fuel injected vehicle started, no problem.

Tallpine · « **Reply #52 on:** March 03, 2014, 10:46:28 AM »

Quote from: charby on March 03, 2014, 09:32:36 AM

-10F (actual temp) my fuel injected vehicle started, no problem.

Yeah, but what about when it gets cold

My old 1971, 1973, 1980, and 1965 Chevy pickups started without heaters down around -30 or -40 or sometimes colder.

The 1976 GMC is a bit cranky because it doesn't have a choke. The automatic choke would stick, and I never could get the manual choke conversion to work right on that 4bl carb. It worked great on the 1977 Suburban that had a 2bl (I wish I had that old 2wd clunker back - it was cold and noisy and hard to steer but it ran great and got 18mpg).

charby · « **Reply #53 on:** March 03, 2014, 12:02:27 PM »

Quote from: Tallpine on March 03, 2014, 10:46:28 AM

Yeah, but what about when it gets cold

My old 1971, 1973, 1980, and 1965 Chevy pickups started without heaters down around -30 or -40 or sometimes colder.

The 1976 GMC is a bit cranky because it doesn't have a choke. The automatic choke would stick, and I never could get the manual choke conversion to work right on that 4bl carb. It worked great on the 1977 Suburban that had a 2bl (I wish I had that old 2wd clunker back - it was cold and noisy and hard to steer but it ran great and got 18mpg).

Coldest morning this year was -21 and it started with no problem.

Tallpine · « **Reply #54 on:** March 03, 2014, 12:55:09 PM »

I remember the day we moved to town ...

It was -54 that morning and I had to put the muffler back on one of my pickups before going out into "civilization."

41magsnub · « **Reply #55 on:** March 03, 2014, 04:35:46 PM »

Update on the avalanche: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/woman-buried-by-mount-jumbo-avalanche-dies-danger-at-site/article_3efd361d-4c35-5ee9-b3d4-2b2e502422d3.html

The woman has died of her injuries. Her husband is still in serious condition. The 8 year old boy has been released from the hospital.

The additional snow and a little freezing rain have ramped up the danger again and all the volunteers have been pulled out.

Tallpine · « **Reply #56 on:** March 03, 2014, 06:46:04 PM »

Today is 65 degrees warmer than 36 hours ago.

dm1333 · « **Reply #57 on:** March 03, 2014, 09:26:33 PM »

Don't rub it in. This morning was -6, a high of 12 today and a low of -10 tonight. I happened to read the NWS ice forecast this morning.

Quote

THE 15 TO 30 DAY ICE OUTLOOK INDICATES THE ICE FIELDS WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH ACROSS LAKES ERIE AND HURON WITH LARGE OPEN AREAS BY THE
END OF THE MONTH OF MARCH. LAKE MICHIGAN SHOULD BE RELATIVELY ICE
FREE BY THE END OF THE MONTH ACROSS THE ENTIRE BODY OF WATER. LAKE
SUPERIOR IS EXPECTED TO SEE SIGNIFICANT ICE COVER THROUGH THE END OF
MARCH.

http://www.weather.gov/dmawds/prod_get.php?page=ice

Scuttlebutt says there may still be ice on Lake Superior in early May.

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #58 on:** March 03, 2014, 11:59:52 PM »

The forecasters who called on Saturday for sunny and 70 today were off by about 35 degrees, and didn't factor in the rain. Or maybe they were thinking Argentina when they wrote the Alabama forecast.

bedlamite · « **Reply #59 on:** March 04, 2014, 07:34:04 AM »

TechMan · « **Reply #60 on:** March 04, 2014, 10:09:34 AM »

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #61 on:** March 04, 2014, 10:29:04 AM »

Did Tallpine plow that?

Tallpine · « **Reply #62 on:** March 04, 2014, 10:31:54 AM »

Quote from: Monkeyleg on March 04, 2014, 10:29:04 AM

Did Tallpine plow that?

No, shoveled by hand

Ben · « **Reply #63 on:** March 04, 2014, 10:42:48 AM »

Quote from: Tallpine on March 04, 2014, 10:31:54 AM

No, shoveled by hand

Barefoot, with a broken shovel.

Gewehr98 · « **Reply #64 on:** March 04, 2014, 11:04:40 AM »

His shovel won't start at those temps.

Tallpine · « **Reply #65 on:** March 04, 2014, 11:07:00 AM »

Quote from: Ben on March 04, 2014, 10:42:48 AM

Barefoot, with a broken shovel.

Uphill, both ways.

In other news, the interstate is closed from west of Missoula to the Idaho line because of avalanches, and the neighborhood in Missoula where the house was destroyed (2 injured, 1 dead) has been evacuated.

Cliffh · « **Reply #66 on:** March 04, 2014, 07:04:00 PM »

Well, it's still winter. We went from ~80* to ~19* in less than 36 hours. A bit of sleet (1/4" - 1/2") turned into a solid cover of ice on the roads. The normal 1/2 hour drive to work took over 1 1/2 hours.

Yet another time when I've been glad to have experience racing on dirt tracks.

dm1333 · « **Reply #67 on:** March 05, 2014, 06:30:23 AM »

Quote

The normal 1/2 hour drive to work took over 1 1/2 hours.

Yet another time when I've been glad to have experience racing on dirt tracks.

What kind of a race is that?

Scout26 · « **Reply #68 on:** March 05, 2014, 09:06:56 AM »

Well there's more white *expletive deleted*it falling from the sky today. Hopefully we'll get enough for Robert to go earn some money doing driveways.

Cliffh · « **Reply #69 on:** March 06, 2014, 10:09:17 PM »

Quote from: dm1333 on March 05, 2014, 06:30:23 AM

What kind of a race is that?

This was more of a "show off your finesse" instead of "how fast can you go". Or, in other words, "how fast can you go & still keep it off the wall".

Gewehr98 · « **Reply #70 on:** March 06, 2014, 10:18:31 PM »

We had a bunch of stuff falling through the sky this morning.

It was the hoar frost descending from the trees after a thick layer accumulated on them overnight.

Kinda weird, and neat, to watch the sunlight catch the shards as they fell.

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #71 on:** March 07, 2014, 04:04:01 AM »

Last Monday we had a morning low of 7. Next Monday forecast for a high of 77.

makattak · « **Reply #72 on:** March 07, 2014, 10:37:23 AM »

So, it's March 7. In the South.

It's forecast to be in the mid-60's tomorrow and was in the 60's last weekend.

Today? Oh, yes, a beautiful blanket of snow greeted me as I woke up. (Mind you, I'm not complaining, I enjoy winter. I just find the sudden swings in weather amusing.)

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