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Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:01 am

I'm going flying to somewhere warmer!

Current Conditions


Bismarck, North Dakota (Airport)
Updated: 40 min 26 sec ago
-42 °F
Light Snow
Windchill: -42 °F
Wind: Calm
Pressure: 30.66 in (Falling)
Visibility: 0.8 miles
Elevation: 1660 ft

I'm outa here!
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:44 am

You might only need to climb out and extra 2-3000 feet to warm up. :) Get in that plane.

IFR...doh. I like to call that condition "The Degobah System."
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:50 am

I apologize for doing this to you but I've been hanging in San Diego where it has been in the "80's" all week. No preheat required. There is a big high ps built up in the west and you could come down with a tailwind the whole way.
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:03 pm

Wuss!! :lol:

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Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:14 pm

If you really want your feelings hurt check out the current temp in Anchorage... +47 today.
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:20 pm

highs and lows......

Last thursday I had MINUS 35 here in morning

This morning it is PLUS 42

so really it's 77 degrees here.....I'm getting my Howareyou Shirt out

Next week Who Knows ?
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:20 pm

Re: I'm going flying to somewhere warmer!

skymaule wrote:Current Conditions


Bismarck, North Dakota (Airport)
Updated: 40 min 26 sec ago
-42 °F
Light Snow
Windchill: -42 °F
Wind: Calm
Pressure: 30.66 in (Falling)
Visibility: 0.8 miles
Elevation: 1660 ft

I'm outa here!


Hey Skymaule! I hear the people from Prince Albert come south to Fargo for the winter. How bad can it be in ND? :lol:
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:32 pm

METAR KPHX 152151Z 07006KT 10SM CLR 25/M05 A3008


you gota love winter in the desert sunny and 77F. 8)
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:36 pm

kg wrote:If you really want your feelings hurt check out the current temp in Anchorage... +47 today.


u gotta be kiddin its 39 here in dallas. but by next tuesday itll be back in the 70's then itll be back in the 40's then itll be back in the 50's and then...
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:54 pm

Mark....I don't think anyone is going to show any mercy for you. :evil:
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:24 pm

Warmer sounds good to me.
It's here. I flew a 2.5 hour route this afternoon. minus -5 in Dayton, plus
+5 on the farm when I got back. 20 mph winds. 7 inches of snow that was fluffy, so it wasn't bad for T&L. Tomorrow, I have to fly an 8 hour route and it is forecasted to be minus -10 here at the farm plus 25 mph winds. ....oh boy. I think I will pay the extra charge for "full service" gas. jg

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It's winter in Ohio And the gentle breezes blow Seventy miles an hour At twenty-five below.

Oh, how I love Ohio When the snow's up to your butt You take a breath of winter And your nose gets frozen shut.

Yes, the weather here is wonderful So I guess I'll hang around I could never leave Ohio I'm frozen to the ground!
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:36 pm

I thought is was chilly here in SC when i was on the 7th fairway and had to don a sweatshirt. 52 degrees for our high, 20 for the low. I have come a long way from my Michigan roots...lol
It is chilly when its windy and not sunny. From My experience, cold is cold past a certain point. Dry cold air is cold, your frozen nose and hands, toes cant tell the difference past a certain point. Thats why its easy to get frost bite and not know it until you thaw out!

I hate the cold! I rather be hot, without a/c!
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:40 pm

And I forgot to bring the brass monkey in last night! :lol:

I only got as far south as Omaha today. It was cold there too, but not as bad as home. Airplane climbed so fast that Minneapolis centers computer couldn't track our climb progress. Under 15000 feet we saw 5-6,000 fpm sustained. :shock:
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Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:56 am

Re: I'm going flying to somewhere warmer!

skymaule wrote:Current Conditions


Bismarck, North Dakota (Airport)
Updated: 40 min 26 sec ago
-42 °F
Light Snow
Windchill: -42 °F
Wind: Calm
Pressure: 30.66 in (Falling)
Visibility: 0.8 miles
Elevation: 1660 ft

I'm outa here!


Mid 60's -low 70's for Southern Nevada today - pretty ok compared to the mid west.
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Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:50 pm

Beautiful day today.

I took off at 7:30 AM, at minus -15 and a 15 mph wind. Temp stayed there for the first two hours, while the winds increased. I put 7.8 hours on the tach, all at 500 feet AGL. maybe 30 minutes of those hours the temp was up to +5, then dropped back to minus -5.

My strip has a base of 7-8 inches of unplowed snow.... and drifts. Still getting out and in ok with wheels.
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Fri Jan 16, 2009 5:46 pm

skymaule wrote:And I forgot to bring the brass monkey in last night! :lol:

I only got as far south as Omaha today. It was cold there too, but not as bad as home. Airplane climbed so fast that Minneapolis centers computer couldn't track our climb progress. Under 15000 feet we saw 5-6,000 fpm sustained. :shock:


What the hell ya flying?

That's Lear climb rates!

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