Originally Posted by Caduceus (Post 1745797)

And my 82 300d started! yay...off to work. -31c in calgary but -49 with windchill. of course not even my wipers are working but it started!

Originally Posted by Caduceus (Post 1745797)

And my 82 300d started! yay...off to work. -31c in calgary but -49 with windchill. of course not even my wipers are working but it started!

Originally Posted by Bio300TDTdriver (Post 1745809)

Fortunately for you, wind-chill doesn’t affect mechanical objects, just your cold skin. I would start to be concerned about the fuel gelling though.

Originally Posted by Graplr (Post 1745965)

I've seen -25.5C on temp sensor this winter. And it has registered in the -20sC more than a few times. Right now we are in a 'heat wave'. It is 43F out. Before this, I think we had been below freezing for close to a month. But it won't last. Tomorrow has a low of -16F and Wednesday a high of -1F forecasted.

BTW, wind chill is the biggest load of bs ever. Say it is the temperatures that were stated above. -31C and -49C with the windchill. Say I stand butt naked outside. There is NO POSSIBLE way my body could ever cool past -31C down to the wind chill 'temperature' of -49C. You can't get colder than the air temperature. It can FEEL more bitter with the wind, but all that needs to be said is, it is such and such temperature and WINDY...not that the wind chill is such and such.

Wind chill was created by the media (TV meteorologists) for shock value. Typical news people.

Originally Posted by Bio300TDTdriver (Post 1745990)

"The original wind chill formula was derived from experiments conducted in 1939 by Antarctic explorers, Paul Siple and Charles Passel. These hardy scientists measured how long it took for water to freeze in a small plastic cylinder when it was placed outside in the wind. Over the years, the formula was modified somewhat, but remained based on the Antarctic experiments."


This formula was obsolete and in certain circumstances created confusion. Thus in april 2000 Environment Canada held an Internet Workshop [sic] on wind chill for it to be better adapted to reality. Rather than be based on a water cylinder, "the new index is based on a model of how fast a human face loses heat. We chose the face because it is the part of the body most often exposed to severe winter weather, assuming the rest of the body is clothed appropriately for the weather". Reading of the assumptions taken into account for this new index is relevant. Here is an example of these assumptions: "It [the wind chill] uses a calm wind threshold of 4.8 km/h; this value has been obtained by observing the speed at which people walk at intersections."

In case you want to read more: http://ptaff.ca/humidex/?lang=en_CA

Originally Posted by Graplr (Post 1746098)

Windchill is bogus. There is NO reason for the numbers other than to shock people. Otherwise not just say, the temp will be -20F and very windy. I can figure out it will feel bitter if it is cold and windy. I don't need some arbitrary number along with the ACTUAL temperature.

Originally Posted by zu! (Post 1745846)

Geez, that's bloody rough! :eek: Over here in Metro Van, -4 and chance of snow (maybe 4 cm) and they're a 'snowfall warning' is in effect! :cool: Yep, we're a bunch of whiners over here. :o

Yesterday at Port Moody I drove to Mass in the morning and because we had a visitor, used the Astro Van with regular 4-season tyres. There was a little snow on the ground before Mass, but just one hour later, I had 6 inches on my van! :eek:

Slipped and slid all the way home. Then drove out with the Benz (blizzak-equipped) and put paid to all those myths that a RWD can't handle snow :D Snow got washed away by rain by nightfall, but roads everywhere now are ice-covered! Geez.Gimme snow any day over ice :mad: