It starts to get tad chilly

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It starts to get tad chilly

Post by jtbo » 04 Feb 2012 04:31 am

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Might get even colder for coming hours, usually coldest hours are those around 7am here. Has been horrifying week. Was last time warmer than -20C over 4 days ago, this might become 5th day under -20C, week's average temperature is -24.4C currently. Should ease off tomorrow evening though, pleasant -10C next week then, I did read that in UK there was also -10C and army was mobilized to help, sometimes our news can be a bit misleading though.
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Re: It starts to get tad chilly

Post by Hell Driver » 04 Feb 2012 11:20 am

It was -4.5 C in Doncaster at 9 am this morning. We are set to be in the centre of the area of snow expected tonight, should be interesting. It's been cold for a few days now with daytime temps barely above 0 C and frost on the ground all day in the shadows, certainly cold enough for snow. Ovlov is ready and poised for snow fun 2moro! Not sure about the army but quite possible, mind you stupid UK media likes to hype up every ice crystal into disaster movie material. -30 C would cause us great problems as people are just not used to it, but we have had some practice with snow in the last 2 years :lol:
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Re: It starts to get tad chilly

Post by macplaxton » 04 Feb 2012 01:57 pm

It's been sub-zero at night for a few nights until last night. Had been raining at some point this morning, now drizzle damp. Currently a comparatively roasty-toasty 8C here (Dublin) :lol:

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Re: It starts to get tad chilly

Post by jtbo » 04 Feb 2012 05:29 pm

It was only 5 hours above .30C today, now already close to -32C. Average temperature of last 24 hours is below -31C.

-25C starts to be not so cold already :lol:
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Re: It starts to get tad chilly

Post by Hell Driver » 04 Feb 2012 06:11 pm

Snow at 2pm, light but nice and dry, blowing in the wind, 2 or 3 cm on level ground. Been out for a drive in the 340, starting to get a bit slippery but the dry powdery snow feels quite resistant to sliding, tyres just push it to one side and bit onto the tarmac! Actually more slippery on wet salted part of roads!
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Re: It starts to get tad chilly

Post by tim-andre » 04 Feb 2012 06:50 pm

it was -31here jesterday, quite chilly, but the 360 keeps on roaring :wink:
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Post by jtbo » 05 Feb 2012 06:44 am

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-32C now, inner door handles at my house are all frosty and hand sticks to metal quite hard.
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Post by sven360 » 05 Feb 2012 10:12 am

That is impressively cold.
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Re: It starts to get tad chilly

Post by tim-andre » 05 Feb 2012 02:58 pm

damn thats cold, goes down to -20 around here now

my mate had a bit of a problem starting his nissan 200sx, he couldnt even open the doors on it in -31
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Re: It starts to get tad chilly

Post by MCHUDD » 05 Feb 2012 04:03 pm

Hi all.
The weather in Belfast is quiet good compared to the rest
of the UK. We normally get the shittyist weather :lol:
Jani, how do you stick the cold in your part of the world?
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Re: It starts to get tad chilly

Post by thebear54 » 05 Feb 2012 10:16 pm

Not much better in my part of the world...
Here in Vermont we have averaged only -3C during the day and a bone chilling -20 overnight.

Still, no snow (far from normal for us) which makes life a little more bearable. :lol:

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Re: It starts to get tad chilly

Post by Hell Driver » 05 Feb 2012 11:07 pm

Not deep by other countries standards, but for this part of the UK a nice covering of snow! 3 winters together we've had snow now, makes up for all the years with nothing! For a bit of fun in the snow I'll take the car out on the roads, despite the salt on the main roads, once or twice a year won't do too much damage.

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Re: It starts to get tad chilly

Post by jtbo » 06 Feb 2012 04:32 am

Cold spell has left the area. well, for a while at least, less than -10C outside, need just to get my t-shirt and shorts :lol:

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Put cardboard to front of radiator, make approx 2 inches (5cm) diameter hole to it where air can flow trough. Car warms up much faster as wind does not blow to engine block cooling it.

Especially good at our countryside, not so great when driving in slow traffic. Anyway that is only way to get my french to operating temperature in cold times.
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Re: It starts to get tad chilly

Post by sven360 » 06 Feb 2012 07:20 pm

jtbo wrote:
Winter tip number #356313:
Put cardboard to front of radiator, make approx 2 inches (5cm) diameter hole to it where air can flow trough. Car warms up much faster as wind does not blow to engine block cooling it.

Anyway that is only way to get my french to operating temperature in cold times.

I'd imagine a gallon of unleaded and some matches would be faster whilst also making the world a better place :lol:
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Re: It starts to get tad chilly

Post by Speedy88 » 06 Feb 2012 09:01 pm

^^^Haha! +7C in Bristol today, pretty sub-tropical in comparison
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