I imagine you must have had it too today, mp?They keep promising snow but we haven't had it yet...
We have had pleasant weather lately, but as from today the whole country is set to suffer a heatwave, as the hot air from Australia's heatwave is heading our way. As was the case for the Australians, people here in NZ have been warned not to do anything that will create sparks because of the high danger of fires round the country and to take steps to remain hydrated and as cool as possible.
Joining in prayers for Australia in the heat, and NZ that they will not suffer from it, and for Phoebe Ann and others who are suffering from the extreme cold.Furnace advice for us:
-12 degrees for a high! This has never in the history of weather records happened here.
Understand that if these temps hold true it’s very likely many homes will experience heating issues. One of the most common calls I expect to get is that something is wrong with my furnace because the house temperature is falling at the thermostat. That won’t necessarily indicate an issue. We don’t design furnaces for the load your home is going to experience this week. If your furnace was designed to maintain 70 degrees at an outside temperature of 0 then any thing below that temperature and your furnace will not be able to keep up. It will run non stop but you will continue to lose temperature. Many people should expect home temperatures to fall into the mid to lower 60’s during the 96 or so hours of extreme arctic blast. Also if you set you furnace temperature back while sleeping or at work to save energy DON’T do it this week. Put your thermostat into a “hold” mode because your furnace might be able to barely maintain in these extremes but it will not be able to catch back up!
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That's because Juneau; is way down the coast from the main part of Alaska:
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Better send that cartographer back to school --- preferably a Canadian school in BC or Alberta.
Oh; did they get some of the BC towns out of place? That's from an old bus route from the 40's-50's so I wouldn't doubt it; I was just looking for a map to show the N. American upper pacific coast.
Rooftops looked like they'd been iced. My neighbour's evergreen tree appeared to have been sprinkled with caster sugar, the cobbles on the garden seemed to be frosted and the crocus were shooting up through a blanket of white. It snowed today!
I'm like a kid when it snows, but if we have it cold and wet we might as well have it looking pretty too. However it didn't settle on the roads, so hopefully no disruption to traffic.
I imagine you must have had it too today, mp?
Joining in prayers for Australia in the heat, and NZ that they will not suffer from it, and for Phoebe Ann and others who are suffering from the extreme cold.
Furnace advice for us:
-12 degrees for a high! This has never in the history of weather records happened here.
Understand that if these temps hold true it’s very likely many homes will experience heating issues. One of the most common calls I expect to get is that something is wrong with my furnace because the house temperature is falling at the thermostat. That won’t necessarily indicate an issue. We don’t design furnaces for the load your home is going to experience this week. If your furnace was designed to maintain 70 degrees at an outside temperature of 0 then any thing below that temperature and your furnace will not be able to keep up. It will run non stop but you will continue to lose temperature. Many people should expect home temperatures to fall into the mid to lower 60’s during the 96 or so hours of extreme arctic blast. Also if you set you furnace temperature back while sleeping or at work to save energy DON’T do it this week. Put your thermostat into a “hold” mode because your furnace might be able to barely maintain in these extremes but it will not be able to catch back up!
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Love your description of the snow over there, Sue. It sounds so lovely.
Thanks, Sue and others, for prayers for us here in NZ. There are quite a few people in NZ who are saying things like, "It's just summer! Not a heat wave! This isn't news!" etc, but for many, if not most NZers, high 20s and low 30s celcius is too hot. There was a time when I found 24C too hot. Now it sounds almost cool.
30's--C? that's 86F -- I thought you meant hot; like over 100F+ 38c+!
I have seen people putting on sweaters and long sleeved shirts; when it dipped to 85F; after a couple of weeks of triple digit temps.