9 posts tagged “weather challenge”

High: -33ºC with a wind chill of -47ºC
Low: -35ºC with a wind chill of -51ºC
Wind: NNW 24 km/h
Conditions: Mainly sunny
Sunrise: 8:20
Sunset: 16:41

No more blizzard, to bad. Although, next week is professional development week, which is almost like vacation. There won't be any students there. It feels very, very cold. I think it has something to do with the dew point (which is -39.8ºC today), as our temperature is usually colder than the dew point. Here is Environment Canada's Definition of dew point:

Today's Weather:
High: -22ºC with a wind chill of -36ºC
Low: -31ºC with a wind chill of -48ºC
Wind: N 45 km/h gusting to 54 km/h
Conditions: Blizzard!! Blowing Snow.
Sunrise: 8:23
Sunset: 16:38
Warning:

Had to go to work this morning, the wind was pretty strong. It was really hard to see when walking home at lunch, and then the schools were closed for the afternoon. It should be cleared up by tomorrow morning.

High: -26ºC with a wind chill of -37ºC (It's warming up!)
Low: -33ºC with a wind chill of -46ºC
Wind: NNE 22 km/h (this is what it is usually like, right in our faces all the way to work)
Conditions: Ice Crystals (this means that there is more humidity than usual, but that it is too cold for the humidity, so it looks like an ice crystal fog)
Sunrise: 8:25
Sunset: 16:35

High: -34ºC with a wind chill of -40ºC
Low: -40ºC with a wind chill of -50ºC
Wind: SW 10 km/h
Conditions: sunny
Sunrise: 8:28
Sunset: 16:32

The days are deginitely getting longer! It was really daylight when we left for work this morning.

I missed yesterday's weather post. It was cold, very cold.

High: -36ºC with a wind chill of -46ºC
Low: -40ºC with a wind chill of -53ºC
Wind: WNW 13 km/h
Conditions: clear and sunny
Sunrise: 8:33
Sunset: 16:27

It's still very cold out, I think this is the longest we've had this extreme cold in the three years we've been here. Last night, my toes got cold walking home from a friends house, even though I was wearing my giant boots. Today, we took some pictures outside, and if we had been out there any longer, I would have gotten freeze burn from my camera. I've also discovered that I need to start keeping my keys in an inside pocket, I have a burn on one of my fingers because my keys were too cold, and one on another finger, that I can only figure came from my wedding rings.

High: -36ºC, windchill -46ºC
Low: -39ºC, windchill -51ºC
Wind: W10 (avg)
Conditions: Clear and sunny
Sunrise: 8:36
Sunset: 16:24

I didn't have to go anywhere today, so I haven't left the house yet. I will be heading out soon though, it should be a cold, long walk to a friend's house. Last night, I almost had frost burn from walking ten minutes to another friends house.

Weather for Arviat, NU from Environment Canada
High: -34ºC with a wind chill of -45ºC
Low: -37ºC with a wind chill of -52ºC
Wind: WNW 18 km/h (avg)
Conditions: Clear and Sunny
Sunrise: 08:38
Sunset: 16:21

Today was very cold. I find that, on days like this, it gets difficult to breath when I leave my hood down. The air is so cold, that it feels like it isn't warmed up yet by the time it reaches your lungs. Today was the first day since November that we walked to school in the almost-daylight, and when we came home from school, it was dusky instead of dark. It felt fantastic to walk out in the sun, with so many blizzards lately, it's been very cloudy. When it is sunny here, it is twice as bright, since the snow reflects everything back. It looks very beautiful, sparkly and clean, and you can see for many kilometers.
I wore: giant Sorel boots (rated to -74ºC), snow pants, an army parka, a scarf, a double-layered hat, sealskin mittens, and my RayBans.

The weather in Arviat has been a little crazy lately, and judging by the news reports, so has the weather in the rest of the country. I've set a February Challenge (for myself and anyone else who would like to join me) to post the day's weather, and daylight hours
 each evening, and how it affected me. I like using Environment Canada for my weather news.
To start off, here's a summary of the January weather:
Jan 1-5 : I was on vacation, so I didn't check too much.
Jan 6 : Blizzard prevented our flight from leaving Winnipeg
Jan 7 : Blizzard prevented our flight from leaving Winnipeg (missed work)
Jan 8 : Blizzard delayed our flight, but we finally arrived back in Arviat and had to work in the afternoon
Jan 9 - 13 : Really, really cold, but otherwise normal
Jan 14-15 : Extremely cold, I was sick, so I took the two days off of work (Monday and Tuesday)
Jan 16-20 : Blizzard, school closed Wed, Thurs, Fri, no water delivery the whole week, finally received water on Sunday evening. You can see an article about how it affected other communities here.
Jan 21 : cold, windy, almost blizzard, schools open
Jan 22 : cold, windy, blizzard, schools open in the morning, closed in the afternoon
Jan 23 : cold, windy, schools open
Jan 24 : cold, windy, schools open in the morning, students sent home at 1:45 pm due to worsening conditions
Jan 25 : cold, windy, schools open
Jan 26-27 : very cold, weekend
Jan 28-29 : very cold, almost extreme wind chill warning (wind chill below -55ºC)
Jan 30 : Wed, blizzard and extreme wind chill, schools closed
Jan 31 : today, blizzard, extreme wind chill, schools closed

So, this past month, I have worked a total of 9 days out of a possible 19. Eight of these days that I didn't have to work were due to inclement weather.
Would anyone else like to try the same experiment? If there's one thing I know, if you're not sure what to talk about, the weather is a good thing to fall back on!