Instead of our typical recap, we are faced with a unique opportunity. Since Mother Nature won't bring us real snow, you can make your own...
Take a look at this video below. Boiling water will instantly condense, form a cloud, and snow INSTANTLY at extremely cold temps. You need it to be below 10 degrees for this experiment to work, and the warmer it is, the less water you should use.
It's important to note that it's -35 in this video and we won't be that cold. We expect the low tonight around -5. We are not saying to try this experiment, but know some will. SO IF YOU ATTEMPT THIS, THE WATER MUST BE BOILING AND YOU MUST USE LESS THAN A FULL MUG. MAKE SURE YOU THROW THE WATER AWAY FROM YOU, HIGH, AND WITH THE WIND. Some of that water will come back down as not all of it will condense.
Click HERE for some good tips before attempting.
(Attempt at your own risk: Weather Logic and it's creators take no responsibility for any action that may result in injury.)
NOTE: In 1 of the experiments they use a pot of water. We won't be cold enough for that. A cup at the max.
UPDATE ON THE EXPERIMENT
Ok...we admit it...we tried it last night at 4 degrees and it worked. The best results came with 1/3 of a cup of water that had to be boiling. Now we just have to do it about 10,000 more times to cover the yard with snow!
Brrrrr....
The cold has arrived. We've mentioned it for 10 days now and it has arrived right on time. The low was -6 this morning and we'll warm to a whopping 12 today. Tonight we expect to stay above zero and it will feel like spring on saturday as we warm into the upper 20's. But you know, when we warm up, that typically means another storm is on the way. Saturday night may bring some snow showers that we're watching. At this point, it doesn't look to be much in accumulation. We should hold at 1" or less.
The extreme cold will be short lived as we expect to be back in the 20's this weekend and 30's early next week. We may even get above freezing by Wednesday!!!
Be sure to check out "The Storm in Alvin's Head" (below) as to why it's getting so cold.
NEXT SNOW CHANCES
Look to be on Saturday night. We are still waiting on what we consider a Real Storm. Something with measurable snow that requires a shovel instead of a broom to get it off the drive. We'll be on the look out and keep you updated on this weekend.
WEATHER FORECASTER
Take a look at the interactive weather forecaster. There is a weekly forecast as well as hour by hour and radar. Enjoy.
6 comments:
That video is awesome! Did you try it?
Yes...it works. It's pretty cool. We tried it at 4 degrees last night with 1/3 coffee cup of boiling water and it worked!
Leave it to Keith to try anything....
19188 12:36 1/16/09
You can thank me for those numbers. I have told lots of people just to scroll to the bottom of this site for the best section and they must have listened. I told them the top section is just what you see on TV. 100% guessing.
Yep Koesters...Nice son. I got a good laugh at that one. Maybe we'll put Koester's Corner up at the top and then let you take a crack at doing a prediction.
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