Hows winter been at your side of the world?

[Hiroshi Awazu]

Is that your very own Rally Car circuit:

Currently +4 degrees and sunny here in Vancouver

 

[GAIAjohan]

I have a mountain in front of my house... 10 feet maybe ?

In Canada that may be normal . Not here..

Is that your very own Rally Car circuit:

Currently +4 degrees and sunny here in Vancouver

I could use it like that, as it's the road the house is along..

 

[William Levesque]

Still to come, well, I think... It's not as bad as usual to be honest !

 

[Eric Estes]

Unusually warm here. No snow at all this year. 23C yesterday, 16C today and for the weekend. Normal would be 8 or 9 for high temperature at this point.

 

[Pauline Collins]

It didn't snow enough here in Vancouver .

 

[Scott Malcolm]

Scottish Thermometer

40 degrees - Californians shiver uncontrollably.
People in Scotland sunbathe.

35 degrees - Italian cars won't start.
People in Scotland drive with the windows down.

20 degrees - Floridians wear coats, gloves, and wool hats.
People in Scotland throw on a T-shirt.

15 degrees - Californians begin to evacuate the state.
People in Scotland go swimming in the sea.

0 degrees - New York landlords turn the heat on.
People in Scotland have a last barby before it gets cold.

-10 degrees - People in Miami are extinct.
People in Scotland lick flagpoles.

-20 degrees - Californians all now live in Mexico.
People in Scotland throw on a light jacket.

-80 degrees - Polar bears begin to evacuate the Artic.
Scottish Boy Scouts postpone winter survival exercise until it gets
cold enough.

-100 degrees - Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
People in Scotland wear a vest and pull down their ear flaps.

-173 degrees - Ethyl alcohol freezes.
People in Scotland are angry 'cos they can't thaw their whisky kegs.

-297 degrees - Microbial life starts to grind to a halt.
Scottish cows complain of farmers with cold hands.

-460 degrees - ALL atomic motion stops.
People in Scotland start saying " bit chilly the day ... eh? "

-500 degrees - Hell freezes over.
Scottish people support England in the World Cup​

 

[GAIAjohan]

That must be Fahrenheit right? And not Celsius, since atomic movements stop @ -273C..
fahrenheit makes it a tad harder to understand. I only know 32F is 0C and 100F = 37C..

 

[Jari Vinnari]

- 31.4C. Hell has definately frozen over.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Translated:
Seriously, **** Norway! And **** the North Atlantic Current!
Regards, A frozen Swede!


Must admit, I loved that pic!

 

[ufunacaoenn]

Epic!

 

[Eric Estes]

Rumor has it there may be Elfstedentocht in the Netherlands this year? Any word from the locals?

 

[GAIAjohan]

Rumor has it there may be Elfstedentocht in the Netherlands this year? Any word from the locals?

It might be, but the weather ain't looking good, and each computer model later makes it higher unlikely.
Currently it MUST be held on Sunday, else it's impossible.

Too many places are not frozen enough.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Elfstedentocht-Plaatsnamen.png

The routes in the north are nearly ready. From Bolsward to Harlingen to Dokkum to Leeuwarden is nearly ready. Just at harlingen there are some problems...
From Leeuwarden to Sneek and IJlst seems fine.

Than from IJlst to Sloten we have the Slotermeer. This part of the lake is reasonable.
From Sloten to Stavoren usually is done by passing the lake on the southwest side, but this part is very very bad. Just 4cm of ice and snow on top! Also the river following this lake is in bad condition. There's already a bypass for this, by following the same course back to IJlst, but than go onto an other lake (Fluessen) towards Stavoren. This lake seems okay.

From Stavoren to Hindeloopen may become a little different than usual, by using the lakes instead of the normal routes.
From Hindeloopen to Workum can be done over the IJsselmeer or some narrower route than usual, both options seem to be reasonable.

From Workum to Bolsward it's the nature, but it's not the worst part of the route..

So, IF it's going through the route may become longer than usual, but at least it's going on..

And IF it's going, than it will happen on Sunday, looking at the weather models.


Some pics made today by several people:
Dokkum:

Harlingen (Ice transplantation)

people trying to make the river (which was a problem in the story above) as good as possible for freezing:

 

[GAIAjohan]

Oh, and the opinion of the 1994 Olympic champion 10,000m, Norwegian Johann Olav Koss about the Elfstedentocht.
He participated in 1997

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