[Vision2020] Brrrrrr!

Tricia Nelson pnelson at moscow.com
Mon Jan 26 17:33:50 PST 2009


Sam,
Who is Sugar Pie and Honey Bun? A why were there a lot of cars at your house 
this weekend?  Do you have something to share with all of us? :-)
Tricia Nelson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sam Scripter" <moscowsam at verizon.net>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Brrrrrr!


>
> My 2007 Prius registered Minus Seventeen Fahrenheit degrees this
> morning @ 03:45 starting south of the turnoff to Genessee on US-95.
>
> On the return drive, at 7:45 a.m., it displayed -18F for a mile plus,
> starting again, at the turnoff.
>
> These are the lowest temperatures I  seen displayed on either of
> my two Prius'.
>
> Of course my Prius' thermometer is not a "scientific instrument",
> and who knows how "Mr. Toyota" calibrated it.
>
> And I didn't have my precise thermometer with me to do some
> checking.  Besides, I was too sleepy eyed, getting up so early
> to deposit a couple of Horizon Air passengers at LWS, to stop
> and take any readings..
>
> I found it highly interesting, though, how rapidly the temperatures
> changed in very short highway distances.
>
> I gather that the super cold temps are a function of the drainage
> by gravity flow of the coldest  air into locally lower elevation
> pockets, plus the continuing cooling by radiation into the very
> clear atmosphere.
>
> Sam Scripter
>
> lfalen wrote:
>> -15 here.
>> Roger
>> -----Original message-----
>> From: Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
>> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:05:26 -0800
>> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>> Subject: [Vision2020] Brrrrrr!
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