Strut10 Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 .....tell me something. How does ice form above 32 degrees F??? Yesterday morning when I left to go hunting (shortly before 6:00 AM) the temp. was 38.5 degrees. That was also the overnight low. But when I started the Jeep and hit the wipers, each blade pushed a gob of slush.......prolly 1/4 cup each side......down to the bottom of the windshield. How do that happen????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. Windchill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowtechTurkeyHunter Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. the windshield can be 32 degrees or less ... and the moisture in the air can freeze onto the windhield ... Im no scientist but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night!!!! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. [ QUOTE ] Windchill! [/ QUOTE ] thats all i can think of! don't know whatelse would cause it. are you down in a valley where the temps might have been cooler than the news said? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted October 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. Nope. Wind chill is an arbitrary quantity. Does not affect this.....even if there was any wind, which there wasn't. Don't know how my windshield coulda been 5.5 degrees colder than the ambient air temp. That defies physics. The 38.5 reading was from a precision thermometer approximately 40 feet from where the vehicle was parked. Anybody else?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowtechTurkeyHunter Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. Global warming ... I would freek out and maybe go join green peace if I were you ROFLMBO ... Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil hunter Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. a flock of snow geese flew by and pooped all over your windshield. Since they were snow geese, the poop was very icy cold, and froze and other moisture that hit the windshield. What do i get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted October 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. [ QUOTE ] a flock of snow geese flew by and pooped all over your windshield. Since they were snow geese, the poop was very icy cold, and froze and other moisture that hit the windshield. What do i get? [/ QUOTE ] Ummmmmm...............the Forrest Gump Excellence in Meteorology Award for the day. Knucklehead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. aliens I tell ya -- it's aliens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. maybe you where dreaming??????? LMBO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WI2506 Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. Its a jeep they were born to be cold and ruff, what did you expect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. Witchcraft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. Maybe it was below freezing during the night when it formed, and didn't have enough time to melt before you got in your truck. Either that or your thermometer is reading wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. I put it there...sorry I confused ya ...I won't do it again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. i thought buckee had something to do with it!!!!!!!! lmbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. you must have left your air conditioning switch on from the day before. it was pre-cooling the latiflux, which caused the sno-cone effect on your windshield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. [ QUOTE ] you must have left your air conditioning switch on from the day before. it was pre-cooling the latiflux, which caused the sno-cone effect on your windshield. [/ QUOTE ] now thats funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted October 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. [ QUOTE ] you must have left your air conditioning switch on from the day before. it was pre-cooling the latiflux, which caused the sno-cone effect on your windshield. [/ QUOTE ] Good theory Steve..........if my A/C hadn't been discharged for like......3 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exturkinator Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. it was colonel Mustard in the library with a pipe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted October 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. FYI...........happened again this morning. This time there was hard ice on the windshield. Overnight low was 40.1 degrees F. The thermometer is right. Now, tell me.................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowtechTurkeyHunter Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. It cant be ... I would get a second thermometer .... is that the current temp. or was that the lowest it got last night ... could be that it got down to 30 degrees and your windshield just stayed cooler then the ambient air Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. Kind of got me wondering too so I did a search and apparently roads can freeze at 40 degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted October 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. That was the overnight low. I'm tellin' ya............I have 2 precision thermometers and a regular big old round one with a deer picture on it. They all collaborate........within a 1-2 degree variance (way less for the 2 electronic ones). The thermo's also jive with my ma-in-law's which is approximately 300 yards away. They are right. This is freaky!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. The only thing I can think would be condensation forming on the windshield from the internal air of the vehicle being much warmer than the outside air after you've driven the vehicle. As far as the Wind Chill being a factor... The physical basis for the calculation of wind chill is the relationship between the temperature, volume and pressure of a fluid. Moving air reduces air pressure and increases the cooling effect. Wind Chill Temperature is the accurate terminology that takes into account the above factors. For example if it was even a 35° day with a wind speed of 5 miles per hour will feel equivalent to a 31° day. That coupled with the possiblity of Condensation would be enough to form Ice. ...or it could be the Aliens previously mentioned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowJoe Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: O.K. scientists................. I would go with GWSmith's story. Not because I understand it but because it sounded the most scientific and he's smarter than any of us including sluggo, buckee, DogDoc, and doc. COMBINED. Plus, he knows how to google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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