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[-] protist@mander.xyz 71 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm going to guess it has to do with how quickly the temperature change occurs, or other environmental factors prior to the freeze. It seems to be a somewhat rare occurrence, even in places where it gets very cold

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 29 points 4 months ago

In Alberta a chinook can make the temp go from -20 to 20 in a matter of hours, the same backwards.

[-] buffing_lecturer@leminal.space 23 points 4 months ago

Huh TIL

The maximum daily temperature anomaly associated with the wind ranges from +13°C in the northwest to +25°C in the southeast. The temperature rise at the onset of the event is abrupt and steep; an increase of 27°C in 2 minutes has been observed.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

They also create clippers on their way to the states, hence the term Alberta Clipper.

The chinook, which in part originates the Alberta clipper, usually brings relatively warm weather (often approaching 10 °C (50 °F) in the depths of winter) to southern Alberta itself, and the term is therefore not used in Alberta.

We uhh…. Just had a chinook last week, sorry.

[-] buffing_lecturer@leminal.space 4 points 4 months ago

I feel so uneducated on weather lol. I had no idea what a Chinook or Clipper were before now.

[-] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago

Chinook is a helicopter and a Clipper is a basketball player.

🌈 The more you know 🌈

[-] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

Does wind chill make water freeze faster?

[-] Bluewing@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Yes. It pulls the surface heat out faster. But, the lakes have been frozen over for weeks now, (18" on the lake I live next to-- we are driving pickup trucks on it to go ice fishing).