"Icy Hell" - New Hampshire Can Reach -100°F tonight via Wind Chill. - Sensationalist Headlines

[url]https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/05/us/winter-storm-bomb-cyclone.html[/url] [QUOTE]The moment you step out into the frozen air on the way up Mount Washington — perhaps the most frigid spot in the lower 48 — the icy wind steals your breath and freezes your eyelashes. You can’t blink. The cold stabs your face and numbs your earlobes to rubber. “It’s an icy hell,” said Amy Loughlin, 50, who was visiting from Austin, Tex., and scaling the mountain, the highest in the Northeast, in the back of a SnowCoach — a van retrofitted with tanklike treads to handle the blowing snow and treacherous roads. With much of the Northeast and Midwest feeling like a block of ice, the temperature here in the high peaks of New Hampshire’s White Mountains was forecast to drop to 40 degrees below zero overnight Friday. The wind chill could make the air feel as cold as 100 below zero. That is not a typo. Negative. 100. “We should end up being the coldest location tonight in the lower 48,” said Mike Carmon, senior meteorologist at the Mount Washington Observatory, who was one of a handful of scientists and others huddled at the top of one of the most dangerous and forbidding places in the country. “We basically just start saying it’s stupid cold outside.”[/QUOTE] europeans: -73°C

I cannot even comprehend a temperature that low

I cannot even begin to imagine how that feels.

I cannot fathom to start to feel how cold that is.

I have no idea what a °F is either

Easy F/C conversion. For F to C, take 32 from the F and multiply by 5/9 For C to F, multiply by 9/5 and add 32 to the result

[QUOTE=shakey42;53029101]I have no idea what a °F is either[/QUOTE] Because we Americans have to feel super duper special and ~unique~ -100 F = -73 C

Fuuuuuck, that's cold. Chart I have says high risk of frostbite in [I]sixty seconds[/I]. If you're in NH, stay safe.

the most i've ever experienced is probably 0 or -1 C, i can't imagine what this'd be like

Can you even get to work in that weather?

[QUOTE=kijji;53029111]Because we Americans have to feel super duper special and ~unique~ -100 F = -73 C[/QUOTE] What a dumb statement. The usage of the Imperial system goes back to each states having their own systems of commerce. It was intended to switch to the metric system but it never got through due to the issues of it being widely adopted in business standards. If you're going to bitch about that then you may as well complain about how the brits use MPH, Metric and things like 'stone'.

[QUOTE=Mariobro;53029122]the most i've ever experienced is probably 0 or -1 C, i can't imagine what this'd be like[/QUOTE] It was -10C this morning, I was shivering even in two layers of coats and a pair of gloves. For -40C (plus 100kmh winds), you absolutely need cold-weather gear to survive going outdoors. NH natives will probably have that, but I would not be surprised if some idiot tourist is going to freeze to death.

[QUOTE=kijji;53029085]I cannot even comprehend a temperature that low[/QUOTE] -100°F is ~5°C hotter than dry ice, and ammonia would be liquid at that temperature. The -100°F number is bullshit though, it's going to be -48°F; there isn't such a thing as "feeling like -100°F" because that's neither how temperature works nor survivable.

I've experienced -40 degrees weather before and it fucking hurts. It was state wide advised to stay indoors unless you wanted to get frostbite within literal minutes. This is almost [I]twice[/I] what I have experienced and that terrifies me. I hope everyone stays safe out there...and that everyone has some sort of heat source that is reliable.

[QUOTE=The golden;53029146]Wind chill measurements are bogus bullshit unfortunately but that's still pretty damn cold.[/QUOTE] What? No they're not. :v: There's a HUGE difference when it's dead still 0 degrees outside and then when the wind is whipping all the snow and cold air. It can make it feel like its -20 degrees depending on how fast the wind is going. Tonight in Minnesota where I live it's -7 degrees right now, but that's because there's no wind whipping right now. If there was I wouldn't have even gone out tonight to get snacks.

Darn. I live in NH. I may have to put on a sweater. [editline]6th January 2018[/editline] Wait. This is up on Mt. Washington. FYI it's always cold and windy up there.

73 negative?! Bullshit, it can't!...

I've felt the power of -30°C in Denmark before, when I got back home I was immune to cold for years. This is unfathomable.

[QUOTE=Tobba;53029143]The -100°F number is bullshit though, it's going to be -48°F; there isn't such a thing as "feeling like -100°F" because that's neither how temperature works nor survivable.[/QUOTE] There is a standard system for accounting for wind in perceived temperature. For the US (and imperial units), it's 35.74 + T*0.6215 - V*35.75 + V^0.16*T*0.4275, where T is the temperature and V the windspeed. Canada and the UK use the same formula adapted to metric units. This formula is used not just for weather reporting, but for safety. Wind chill below -25C is where the risk of frostbite starts, and it becomes increasingly dangerous as the wind chill drops. A wind chill of -100F is survivable if you are properly equipped and prepared. It's not something to take lightly but it's doable. The newsworthy bit is that it's happening in the continental US, not Antarctica.

The title is slightly sensationalist.

[QUOTE=Tobba;53029143]The -100°F number is bullshit though, it's going to be -48°F; there isn't such a thing as "feeling like -100°F" because that's neither how temperature works nor survivable.[/QUOTE] Have you really never heard of wind chill before?

We have been dealing with the same here in NoDak. Shit is fucking brutal. [t]https://scontent.ffar1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26166441_1992857027648606_6617037277088839032_n.jpg?oh=1719e9b7f4b0bf890c35d06ffb6ccba0&oe=5AFF6626[/t] I feel bad for ya'll New Hampshire. Be prepared for hell on earth.

It's like -20c~ with windchill here right now and I thought that was a little crazy, but something as low as -73c seems literally uninhabitable to me. As in like a couple minutes and you'd be dead type of cold.

[QUOTE=Wafflemonstr;53029190]It's like -20c~ with windchill here right now and I thought that was a little crazy, but something as low as -73c seems literally uninhabitable to me. As in like a couple minutes and you'd be dead type of cold.[/QUOTE] You would be correct. Any flesh that is exposed at anything under -40c, is about three minutes before you get frostbite.

[QUOTE=kijji;53029111]Because we Americans have to feel super duper special and ~unique~ -100 F = -73 C[/QUOTE] Whine all you want. We're at least consistant. Most tabloids in the UK will switch temperature models depending on the year. :downs:

Holy shit. Can't even imagine that kind of temperature. Living in the Highlands myself and only witnessing -2 degrees C. That is cold enough. My heart goes out to all those suffering

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for the record this is only on top of a mountain, which is known to be fucking brutal and held the world record for top wind speed on earth for a very long time for most places in the state, really more like -20F to -30F with wind chill

First glance at an article thought it was - 10 F. "Oh, its probably just one of those places where cold weather is uncommon, big wow" **its minus hundred Fahrenheit** What the FUCK. Lowest registered temp in Antarctic was not that far off, this is insane. Just imagine, going out in this weather without proper clothes and equipment, your eye retina will start freezing from chill in a couple of minutes, along with hypothermia in your lungs.

-snip- Nevermind, should've read up a few posts. Fuck that's cold.