Time to get the wee beasties under protection in se WI. -35 F windchills tonite

[HereSince1628]

and tomorrow night. Tomorrow's high 0 F with windchills of -20 to - 25 F much of the day.

Know where your jumper cables are?

Best wishes to all folks who stand out in it waiting for a bus!

[niyad]

1. on the other hand, can we leave all the pukes and fundies out?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. The wind chill won't affect the need for jumper cables.

As far as your car and its battery are concerned it won't be -25, only 0; so if your car starts when it's 0 it won't matter what the windchill is; it will start anyhow. Windchill refers only to the perceived decrease in air temperature felt on exposed skin due to the wind, so you do need to bundle up and be sure your pets are inside. Even very furry ones can get frostbitten ears, feet and tails.

[HereSince1628]

4. True but the -8 F probably will.

and the last thing anyone probably wants is sit in a car that cold when it won't start.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Depends on the car - if the battery is in good shape

and the oil isn't too heavy it should start. I've had old cars that wouldn't start any time it got cold at all, but the newer ones seem to do a lot better. I did have a car that would start without hesitation even at -20 (actual temp, not wind chill). I don't know what its secret was.

[HereSince1628]

7. Yep, all that's true, too & lots of folks will still find out about battery life real soon

It's one of those damned things about being too broke to keep up with battery replacement.

You just keep going along taking it for granted until that one cold morning there isn't any crank left.

[ljm2002]

15. Diesel gas can also be an issue in the cold...

...a couple of winters ago I drove a big 22' moving truck up into the snow country and it was bitter cold, something like 11 below at our destination. Left it parked overnight, planned to drive it over to unload the stuff into our storage facility in the morning. Hah! The gas had gelled, apparently. Had to get it towed (with a very large tow truck) to a very large garage at a truck mechanic place, where it spent a night indoors, before we were able to get it started. Fortunately the truck company paid for that. (Penske for those who are interested -- really good truck, very well kept, and good service)

[brewens]

8. Wind chill has an effect on how quickly cars and coolant will get to maximum cold but not how cold.

So if you haven't checked your coolant, make sure it's sufficient strength. And don't do what I did a couple of weeks back. That little clear plastic hose on the cheap coolant testers, the ones with the floating beads. Make sure it is on there tight. Mine is now floating around in my radiator! I'm told by a couple mechanics, it's not likely to hurt anything though.

I had a cold snap sneak up on me in the early 80's. I was pretty sure my coolant might not be up to snuff. I had no cash or card I could use and couldn't do anything about that until morning. To be safe, I set my alarm and woke up and went out and started my truck. That really sucked!

[pinboy3niner]

3. Brrr!

Our lows are now running 36-42 in the high desert of North L.A. County, and we hit a high of 66 today. Even warmer down in L.A. But I'm sure cherokeeprogressive still has plenty of snow at Big Bear.

[HereSince1628]

5. But, It's back to shorts and sandal weather by Thurs when hi's will be in the mid-30's

[pinboy3niner]

9. Balmy, lol

Again, brrr! Stay warm!

[HereSince1628]

10. With sun and no wind it will likely be referred to by weathermen as mild

and 'well above average'.

[malaise]

11. Just for you

It's 82 in Kingston

[HereSince1628]

12. LOL, always love hot cocoa melting mini-marshmallows when it's cold outside...

[Odin2005]

13. Gonna be -25F AIR TEMP here in Fargo on Sunday morning!

-40 wind chill...

[HereSince1628]

16. That's real cold. When I lived in Bemidji I did that a few times...

I remember one cold morning around -30 and the odd phenomenon of my eyelashes freezing a little at the corner of my eyes with each blink as I walked into the wind.

[firebrand80]

14. This clearly disproves global warming nt

[HereSince1628]

17. At least until Thursday... when we go up into the mid 30's and stay around freezing

until the end of the month.

It's going to go down as a month with much above average temps, even though it's not uncommon for se WI to not go below 0 F in an entire winter.

[postulater]

18. Our Priuses always start.

They have a small battery that starts the computer. Then the hybrid battery moves the car till the gas can take over.

[HereSince1628]

19. That's great. Many folks don't, they can benefit from folks with good batteries and jumper cables.

Be Ready.

Good advice to folks with iffy internal combustion engines and people willing to do random acts of kindness.

[postulater]

20. True.

I have jumpers for the other cars and filled all fluids today.

And a battery charger in the garage.

And keep extra warm clothes in the car.

[countryjake]

21. Thanks for the warning about critters, so many don't realize til it's too late.

We're a balmy 48 degrees right now, where I'm at way up in WA state. Even so, I've spent the day fixing up a warm insulated hidey-hole box for a temporary rescue kitty that was delivered to us yesterday; she's currently in quarantine out in our wash room which is not heated. Not knowing whether or not she's acclimated to being in the cold or even if she's ever spent a night outdoors, I was up worrying about her half the night, sitting on the floor and cuddling the poor frightened little thing inside my sweater...she was purring for me by midnight .

Wisconsin.

I spent some time up there and remember a few winters with the thermometer hovering around 0 for the high.

My sympathies to anyone who has to be outside in it.

Brr!