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dmoskaluk
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'Polar Vortex' was a weather term I'd never heard in my 36 years as an Airline pilot, based in Canada. Other new terms, as a matter of interest, since I retired 12 years ago, are 'Thundersnow' (TSSN) & 'Freezing Fog' ( FZFG). Phenomenon are real - names are charming.
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Actually I've been here for awhile - not too sure how but it says '2018'. Glad to see 'more then a few' of 'the usual suspects'.
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Coldest I ever saw in Canada when I lived & worked there was -57 F. Actually C& F crossover around there so it was about - 40 and 'loose change' in C. It was at the airport in Edmonton and what surprised me was that the 'outside air temperature' hardly changed as descended from cruise altitude. Most of North America was locked in a deep freeze and I remember listening to broadcast radio as we overflew the Dakotas hearing warnings about the use of stoves and space-heaters for supplemental heat indication that other than the hazards of gas-poisoning - if you set your house on fire the FD couldn't do more than watch as all the hydrants and underground mains were likely frozen [emoji3063]
The coldest temperature ever recorded in Canada was -62.8°C in Snag, Yukon Territory in February 1947.
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No surprises there. I visited Yellowknife once but it was late summer and 'buggy' but pleasant. Believe it or not, having spent time ( winter afternoons & overnights) in YWG, YXE, YYC, YEG & YQR,I still found the most brutally cold feeling place [emoji3063] was YOW. It was coincidentally ( forget the thermometer) also the most unbearably hot place in summer [emoji27]
And when I personally discuss weather, I never use or think 'feels like' or 'humidex' as they are human reactions subject to many variables. ( and a lust for the spectacular). Here in the Caribbean, temperature will never kill you, but hurricane winds and flood/ surge certainly can [emoji43]
And when I personally discuss weather, I never use or think 'feels like' or 'humidex' as they are human reactions subject to many variables. ( and a lust for the spectacular). Here in the Caribbean, temperature will never kill you, but hurricane winds and flood/ surge certainly can [emoji43]
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While researching something else I tripped over a website called MeteoEarth, which has a really neat associated iPhone / iPad App (Free). Have a look!! It didn't allow posting a screenshot of the display however but being free it's worth downloading to check it out.
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