The Pot Belly Stove

[WeatherWitness]

Quiet day today huh? I guess more of us got hungover than I thought. 

Yeah, it's usually always quiet on holidays on these forums.  Guess people are either recovering, or out and about.

[Mike M]

Oof. Woke up at 2 PM today, didn't go to bed until around 3:30 in the morning.

Same

[Austin M.]

I had two glasses of champagne, one at 10 and one at midnight - the only time I ever tap into the bottles    But I went to bed at 2:30am and woke up at 7:45am. Needless to say, I felt like crap all day yesterday 

[Localonthe8s]

I used to do that during New Years , but I kept getting tipsy from it (and it tasted really strong) so the champagne was a no-no afterwards

[toxictwister00]

I cop out every year, I only drink Welch's sparkling wine.

[toxictwister00]

Tonight is gonna be a long night. The power went out not once, not twice, but three times so far roday, the last two within the past hour. The winds are frightening to say the least.

Check out the severe weather alert here, I've never seen one pertaining to power outages.

Also check out the wind gust being reported, 43 mph! That's pretty darn impressive for a cold front. Those winds kinda brought a chill to me. I really think the NWS office here needs to issue some High Wind Warnings for part of N. GA If were clocking 40+ mph winds down here I know the mountain areas are clocking no less than 50 mph which should be enough to warrant one or at least bend the rules some to allow for one.

[WeatherWitness]

Tonight is gonna be a long night. The power went out not once, not twice, but three times so far roday, the last two within the past hour. The winds are frightening to say the least.

Check out the severe weather alert here, I've never seen one pertaining to power outages.

Also check out the wind gust being reported, 43 mph! That's pretty darn impressive for a cold front. Those winds kinda brought a chill to me. I really think the NWS office here needs to issue some High Wind Warnings for part of N. GA If were clocking 40+ mph winds down here I know the mountain areas are clocking no less than 50 mph which should be enough to warrant one or at least bend the rules some to allow for one.

These same conditions happened here on New Year's Eve when the cold front moved through north Texas.  The same "power outage" message appeared on weather.com, and there were some gusts at DFW airport reported at over 50 mph!

I, however, do not recall any high wind warnings being issued, so I'm not sure what the criteria is for that.

[toxictwister00]

Tonight is gonna be a long night. The power went out not once, not twice, but three times so far roday, the last two within the past hour. The winds are frightening to say the least.

Check out the severe weather alert here, I've never seen one pertaining to power outages.

Also check out the wind gust being reported, 43 mph! That's pretty darn impressive for a cold front. Those winds kinda brought a chill to me. I really think the NWS office here needs to issue some High Wind Warnings for part of N. GA If were clocking 40+ mph winds down here I know the mountain areas are clocking no less than 50 mph which should be enough to warrant one or at least bend the rules some to allow for one.

These same conditions happened here on New Year's Eve when the cold front moved through north Texas.  The same "power outage" message appeared on weather.com, and there were some gusts at DFW airport reported at over 50 mph!

I, however, do not recall any high wind warnings being issued, so I'm not sure what the criteria is for that.

Yeah, the highest wind gust I've seen observed at Hartsfield Int'l was 52 mph and 49mph here in the downtown area. It went back down into the mid 30s as far as wind gusts and then within the past 30 minutes it's gone back up into the 43-51mph range. We've also had snow flurries tonight and my 4th power outage after I made that post (sighs) Luckily we haven't had another one since...

[Donovan]

Tonight is gonna be a long night. The power went out not once, not twice, but three times so far roday, the last two within the past hour. The winds are frightening to say the least.

Check out the severe weather alert here, I've never seen one pertaining to power outages.

Also check out the wind gust being reported, 43 mph! That's pretty darn impressive for a cold front. Those winds kinda brought a chill to me. I really think the NWS office here needs to issue some High Wind Warnings for part of N. GA If were clocking 40+ mph winds down here I know the mountain areas are clocking no less than 50 mph which should be enough to warrant one or at least bend the rules some to allow for one.

These same conditions happened here on New Year's Eve when the cold front moved through north Texas.  The same "power outage" message appeared on weather.com, and there were some gusts at DFW airport reported at over 50 mph!

I, however, do not recall any high wind warnings being issued, so I'm not sure what the criteria is for that.

Yeah, the highest wind gust I've seen observed at Hartsfield Int'l was 52 mph and 49mph here in the downtown area. It went back down into the mid 30s as far as wind gusts and then within the past 30 minutes it's gone back up into the 43-51mph range. We've also had snow flurries tonight and my 4th power outage after I made that post (sighs) Luckily we haven't had another one since...

Oh my, that sounds bad. We have a lake wind Advisory here in Berkeley County, SC. I hope with the low temps and winds that we don't have any trees to fall and cause outages in the next day or so. Good luck to you all in the Atlanta area. 

[Zach]

While we don't have a wind advisory here.. we do have a Wind Chill Advisory and a Hard Freeze watch.. tomorrow's high is only 52° and tomorrow night's low is 21°!!! 

[Mr. Rainman]

Tonight is gonna be a long night. The power went out not once, not twice, but three times so far roday, the last two within the past hour. The winds are frightening to say the least.

Check out the severe weather alert here, I've never seen one pertaining to power outages.

Also check out the wind gust being reported, 43 mph! That's pretty darn impressive for a cold front. Those winds kinda brought a chill to me. I really think the NWS office here needs to issue some High Wind Warnings for part of N. GA If were clocking 40+ mph winds down here I know the mountain areas are clocking no less than 50 mph which should be enough to warrant one or at least bend the rules some to allow for one.

These same conditions happened here on New Year's Eve when the cold front moved through north Texas.  The same "power outage" message appeared on weather.com, and there were some gusts at DFW airport reported at over 50 mph!

I, however, do not recall any high wind warnings being issued, so I'm not sure what the criteria is for that.

Yeah, the highest wind gust I've seen observed at Hartsfield Int'l was 52 mph and 49mph here in the downtown area. It went back down into the mid 30s as far as wind gusts and then within the past 30 minutes it's gone back up into the 43-51mph range. We've also had snow flurries tonight and my 4th power outage after I made that post (sighs) Luckily we haven't had another one since...

Oh my, that sounds bad. We have a lake wind Advisory here in Berkeley County, SC. I hope with the low temps and winds that we don't have any trees to fall and cause outages in the next day or so. Good luck to you all in the Atlanta area. 

Yeesh! Those are some nasty winds, especially for the South! Normally in Grand Forks, we'd go "whatever" with that kinda stuff, but that does sound rough.

A high wind warning requires that 40 mph sustained winds last over a period of 60 minutes or longer, or that gusts of 58 mph or higher are expected during any time frame. You're just under those conditions right now, Tavores.

[TWCCraig]

Yeah, the highest wind gust I've seen observed at Hartsfield Int'l was 52 mph and 49mph here in the downtown area. It went back down into the mid 30s as far as wind gusts and then within the past 30 minutes it's gone back up into the 43-51mph range. We've also had snow flurries tonight and my 4th power outage after I made that post (sighs) Luckily we haven't had another one since...

Hate to brag about it but that's nothing. I'm surprised you're getting power outages at that wind speed. Here, at least, not even a hurricane (Irene) can knock out power, which still brought pretty intense winds here. I've seen that "Severe Winds May Be Causing Power Outages" screen before, in fact, only a few days ago 

While we don't have a wind advisory here.. we do have a Wind Chill Advisory and a Hard Freeze watch.. tomorrow's high is only 52° and tomorrow night's low is 21°!!!   

Wow! You sure you're in Florida? From that expected low, you probably live in a area where an excessive amount of radiational cooling takes place. Is there any undeveloped land nearby your area? I guarantee that's the cause why it gets so cold where you are.

[Zach]

I live outside of the city of Tampa in a small, podunk town called Thonotosassa, and yes a lot of radiational cooling does occur out here.. though what's amazing me is that this is our first freeze of the season down here

[toxictwister00]

Yeah, the highest wind gust I've seen observed at Hartsfield Int'l was 52 mph and 49mph here in the downtown area. It went back down into the mid 30s as far as wind gusts and then within the past 30 minutes it's gone back up into the 43-51mph range. We've also had snow flurries tonight and my 4th power outage after I made that post (sighs) Luckily we haven't had another one since...

Hate to brag about it but that's nothing. I'm surprised you're getting power outages at that wind speed. Here, at least, not even a hurricane (Irene) can knock out power, which still brought pretty intense winds here. I've seen that "Severe Winds May Be Causing Power Outages" screen before, in fact, only a few days ago 

While we don't have a wind advisory here.. we do have a Wind Chill Advisory and a Hard Freeze watch.. tomorrow's high is only 52° and tomorrow night's low is 21°!!!   

Wow! You sure you're in Florida? From that expected low, you probably live in a area where an excessive amount of radiational cooling takes place. Is there any undeveloped land nearby your area? I guarantee that's the cause why it gets so cold where you are.

It's odd because sometimes it does knock out the power and sometimes it doesn't. The several times the power has gone out it has been very brief, it automatically comes back on. Wind gusts into the 50s is rare here even during severe weather, most of the time in cases where we have been severe thunderstorm or tornado warned, wind gusts never exceeded 35-40mph. The last time I can remember winds this strong was back on April 15th last year when a line of thunderstorms moved threw late at night.

[Zach]

Now TWC is forecasting 18 to be my low tonight!!!