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This even more just in - the weather thread
Blue Kitty:
Got snow this morning and already it's starting to melt. In other news, you can't see my tears
Akima:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 21 Jan 2013, 12:49 ---I feel concern for people there who bicycle to work.
--- End quote ---
Riding to work isn't too bad, because the heat of the day has not built up. Riding home in the late afternoon again avoids peak temperatures, but is still hot. The key to hot-weather riding is hydration; I carry a minimum of 750ml of water on my handlebars, adding more water and hydration salts as required by the ride-distance and temperature.
Bluesummers:
Got snow here along I-95...lucky me, I had a 75-mile drive along the coast during the heaviest snowfall. In a van with absolutely NO traction.
jwhouk:
Meanwhile I think I may have pulled a rib muscle because I was breathing hard just trying to get from my car, from the garage, and into my apartment building.
Not because it was raining or snowing or anything. But because it was 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. FAHRENHEIT.
That's 26 BELOW ZERO in Celsius, which is about a 71 degree temperature difference from that Sydney suburb IICIH talked about.
Think about that for a moment. 100 degrees Celsius is the boiling point of water.
That temperature difference is over 70% of the difference between ice cubes and steam.
Bluesummers:
It's also about 1/6 less thermal energy than normal room temperature (referenced to Kelvin temp)...which means any air would lose 1/6 of its volume. Yeah, I think you're lucky to get by with a pulled muscle.
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