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Feels cold man, windchill could push temperature to -17 degrees

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by milquetoast, Feb 24, 2011.

  1. milquetoast

    milquetoast Senior Member

    METRO VANCOUVER - A wind-chill factor note added to tonight's forecast for Metro Vancouver warns that temperatures could drop much lower than the minus 8 degrees already predicted, with lows of minus 17.

    That has raised concerns for homeless people in the region, and the Vancouver Extreme Weather Response Program has been activated, with officials warning people to get off the street and into emergency shelters.

    Although the snow forecast for overnight failed to materialize, Environment Canada's forecast for Metro Vancouver does include a 40-per-cent chance of flurries this morning.
    And while Friday is expected to be clear, temperatures are not expected to rise above freezing.
    Snow returns to the forecast for Saturday, with a low of minus five degrees.

    Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Wi...inus+tonight/4339127/story.html#ixzz1EtigOtkz
     
  2. lwza

    lwza Junior Member

    it's never gonna snow. yay.
     
  3. Vivek Golikeri

    Vivek Golikeri Active Member

    Decades into the future we will have giant reflector mirrors in space. I choose to call them Oberth Mirrors after Hermann Oberth, the German scientist who first postulated the concept. These will reflect solar energy down to the Earth's surface from outer space, weakening the force of the wind chill factor. We dare not attempt to abolish winter totally, for that would create climatic havoc. But merely modulating the extreme edge of winter's bite could make life more bearable.
     

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