This is what cold means.

[Lessinath]

This is what cold is. Some of you may be familiar with winter in a northern climate, but for those of you who don't...

Extreme cold warning from the national weather service in Fargo Grand Forks ND (fgf).

This is for -15 to -25 degrees F (-26 to -31C) tempratures with -35 to -45 (-37 to -42C) wind chills.

Of course, this is nothing exceptional for the people from this region, but everyone else may find it intresting. It's still "Throw a pot of boiling water in the air and it hits the ground as ice" cold. Yes, you can really do that.

http://forecast.weat...0cold%20warning (THIS link will break as soon as the warning as no longer active).URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND

318 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012

...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MOVING IN TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.AN ARCTIC AIRMASS ON THE HEELS OF A PASSING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE

WILL BRING VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS WIND

CHILLS TO THE REGION TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT

WILL DROP FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO AND COMBINED WITH THE WIND WILL

PRODUCE WIND CHILLS FROM 35 TO 40 BELOW ZERO.

MNZ001>003-005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ030-038-

039-049-052-053-191800-

/O.CON.KFGF.EC.W.0001.120119T0000Z-120119T1800Z/

WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-

NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-

SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-

EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-

TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...

HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...

THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...

MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...

WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...

WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...

GWINNER...WAHPETON

318 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST

THURSDAY...

* TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO

OVERNIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL APPROACH THE 40 BELOW TO 45

BELOW RANGE.

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW TEMPERATURES

ARE EXPECTED FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. FROSTBITE AND

HYPOTHERMIA ARE LIKELY IF EXPOSED TO THESE TEMPERATURES...SO MAKE

SURE A HAT...FACEMASK...AND HEAVY GLOVES OR MITTENS ARE

AVAILABLE.

[AdrenalinDragon]

I consider anything lower than 10 degrees cold.

I could really do with some hot Californian weather now.

[Lessinath]

That would be nice, wouldn't it?

Now, I'll make clear I don't live in North Dakota, but I've got to travel out there in the next few days so I was checking the forcast.

Here those wind chills are only -10 to -15.

But I'll be honest - if it's -30 with no wind, it's easy to stop the cold. The wind is what gets you.

[Flareon350]

I consider anything lower than 10 degrees cold.

I could really do with some hot Californian weather now.

It's frickin' cold here too Tom

[jblewis]

And I thought working in the -20 F freezer at Walmart was bad...

[BitBuster]

I consider anything lower than 10 degrees cold.

[geodave]

I hear the high today in Minneapolis is 1. That's right ONE. Fahrenheit. I hope my folks don't freeze solid.

Anyone remember the line from Trains, Planes and Automobiles? "What do you think the temperature is". "One". While they were riding in the back of a pickup truck.

Stupid cold will be here tonight. I hate winter.

[Hornlitz]

Where I live in Canada is only -27C about, but with wind chill it's around -50C.

Yeah. I hate winter.

[James]

This is what cold means.

−22°F / −30°C temperature (−50°F / −46°C wind chill), solidly frozen field, hardly any gear on to help with the cold, all under demands of maximum physical exertion and extreme pressure with a championship on the line.

(moral: winter , NFL )

[BigOto2]

I hear the high today in Minneapolis is 1. That's right ONE. Fahrenheit. I hope my folks don't freeze solid.

Anyone remember the line from Trains, Planes and Automobiles? "What do you think the temperature is". "One". While they were riding in the back of a pickup truck.

Stupid cold will be here tonight. I hate winter.

Here's my good opportunity to rant about how Fahrenheit bases it's absolute 0 point not at 0. It makes no sense - the lack of temperature entirely should be expressed as 0 and not a negative number. It makes me LOL at how such situations can happen in real life because we've all gotten used to such a system - at least Celcius bases it's 0 point at something that makes much more sense.