Minnesotans Arguing About the Weather III: Storm's a comin'

[dxmnkd316]

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Whoa, that's too soon to need a rebuild...

 

[St. Clown]

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Whoa, that's too soon to need a rebuild...

Do you think I should just try to put in some new gas, a couple shots of carburetor cleaner and see what happens?

Honestly, I'm not much of a small engine guy, but I thought that if you allow your gas to go bad that it will gum up the carburetor and thus needing the attention/re-build.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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Do you think I should just try to put in some new gas, a couple shots of carburetor cleaner and see what happens?

Honestly, I'm not much of a small engine guy, but I thought that if you allow your gas to go bad that it will gum up the carburetor and thus needing the attention/re-build.

I suppose it could. If it were mine, I would try to drain the gas, dump in new, and see if it starts. I would probably run it with Seafoam in the gas. Honestly, gas these days is so high quality that you really don't see the terrible problems that used to plague small engines.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Think it's bad in DC? Consider Chicago and Minneapolis have wind chills of -20 to -25 this morning. More info: <a href="https://t.co/tdZRrg8V59">https://t.co/tdZRrg8V59</a> <a href="https://t.co/fEBOdbsuy2">https://t.co/fEBOdbsuy2</a></p>— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) <a href="https://twitter.com/capitalweather/status/809428823922147331">December 15, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[St. Clown]

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The western vortex looks a bit like Texas.

 

[5mn_Major]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Think it's bad in DC? Consider Chicago and Minneapolis have wind chills of -20 to -25 this morning. More info: <a href="https://t.co/tdZRrg8V59">https://t.co/tdZRrg8V59</a> <a href="https://t.co/fEBOdbsuy2">https://t.co/fEBOdbsuy2</a></p>— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) <a href="https://twitter.com/capitalweather/status/809428823922147331">December 15, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This weekend we're supposed to get -20 to -25 before windchill.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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This weekend we're supposed to get -20 to -25 before windchill.

-48 wind chill on Saturday night, Sunday morning

 

[SonofSouthie]

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Green Bay is in Chicago Sun. High temp is supposed to be 0 with a -20 wind chill.

 

[St. Clown]

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Green Bay is in Chicago Sun. High temp is supposed to be 0 with a -20 wind chill.

That's why the Vikings are happy to be back under a roof, because that will be warmer there than we will be here.

 

[5mn_Major]

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-48 wind chill on Saturday night, Sunday morning

About as cold as I remember it being.

Its not all gloom and doom. It warms up tomorrow. Just long enough to dump a half a foot of snow before sending is to absolute zero.

 

[Slap Shot]

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I really do miss snow even during those occasions when it was followed by -F temps.

 

[The Sicatoka]

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This weekend we're supposed to get -20 to -25 before windchill.

< shrug >
I saw -18F on the car outside temp monitor on Tuesday morning driving in southeastern ND.
Last night KFYR-AM (Bismarck) was saying -30F in Bismarck on Saturday morning.

 

[The Sicatoka]

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It can always be worse ...

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1010 AM CST THU DEC 15 2016

...The flood warning continues for the following rivers in
Minnesota...

Mississippi River Near Fort Ripley affecting Crow Wing and Morrison
Counties

MNC035-097-161610-
/O.EXT.KDLH.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-161217T1800Z/
/FTRM5.1.ER.161214T2319Z.161215T0030Z.161217T0600Z.UU/
1010 AM CST THU DEC 15 2016

The Flood Warning continues for
The Mississippi River Near Fort Ripley.
* At 9:30 AM Thursday the stage was 10.3 feet.
* Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...The river will continue rising to near 10.4 feet by this
evening. The river will fall below flood stage early Saturday
morning.
* At 11.0 feet...This will cause minor flooding of rural areas near
Fort Ripley..
This crest compares to a previous crest of 10.3 feet on May 22 2015.

Forecast for same area:

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of snow, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature rising to around 5 by 3am. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Friday: Snow, mainly after 11am. High near 12. Light and variable wind becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Friday Night: Snow, mainly before midnight. Low around -3. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Saturday: A 20 percent chance of snow before noon. Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high near -2. North wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -23.
Sunday: Sunny and cold, with a high near -5.

 

[St. Clown]

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Good info for those of you with light or moderate frost on your windshields, this might work.

My favorite part of the video is when the the weatherman tries to explain the freezing point of isopropyl alcohol.

 

[joecct]

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About .25" of ice down here in 301 land. It will hit 50 this PM, so I am not planning to do a darn thing about it.

 

[5mn_Major]

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< shrug >
I saw -18F on the car outside temp monitor on Tuesday morning driving in southeastern ND.
Last night KFYR-AM (Bismarck) was saying -30F in Bismarck on Saturday morning.

Yeah, but people actually live here.

 

[state of hockey]

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Just looking forward to Tuesday when we get all the way up to the mid-30s. Gonna go for a swim.

 

[SonofSouthie]

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Looking at -20 wind chills Fri am and then near 50 on Sun.

Wasn't all that bad. Low was 5 when I got up, -15 wind chill. Bundled up and walked to work. Only got 4 in of snow today then turned to rain. Mid 50's tomorrow.

 

[The Rube]

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Headed over to St Paul for a get-together. The outside lanes of the highways were a little tight, the plows haven't completely cleared them yet. Some icy patches too. On the way home tonight (about 11pm) saw a few spinouts, I'm guessing black ice; it is -16 currently.

Went out for a smoke earlier in the night, it was about -3, slight breeze, but it actually wasn't that bad. Didn't feel really chilly, surprisingly.

 

[state of hockey]

Headed over to St Paul for a get-together. The outside lanes of the highways were a little tight, the plows haven't completely cleared them yet. Some icy patches too. On the way home tonight (about 11pm) saw a few spinouts, I'm guessing black ice; it is -16 currently.

Went out for a smoke earlier in the night, it was about -3, slight breeze, but it actually wasn't that bad. Didn't feel really chilly, surprisingly.

It is supposedly -13 in North MPLS right now. Same deal. It feels cold, no doubt. But I was expecting worse.