Topic: "Ask" this years first winter storm here

[TorH]

Today the national mets. here are sending out an extreme storm warning in North Norway, the storm that now are just south of Greenland, going over Island towards here are called Ask, and it will be wind up to 30m/s and much rain.


Along the coast they are asked to secure all loose items, and stay inside tomorrow. It can be really heavy sometimes when loose items are flying around......

Well, i think we get to feel it here in Fauske to, it's not so far to the coast. Norway is very "thin" here were i live, so you can almost say it's in the coast. The fjord will also bring the weather in here 

Hopefully i can get some nice storm pics. 

[DanS]

Good luck and I hope some "nice storm pics" is the only thing you get from that storm. 

[killwilly]

Good luck Tor, stay safe.

Alan.

[TorH]

Yes, Dan i hope so to, storms is best on a picture 
Alan, haven't planed to go out, except maybe for some pics. so shall stay safe i hope, BTW i like a rough storm in between   
But just sorry it have do do such much damage some times, roof's flying off buildings etc.

The storm is expecting to come this evening or during the night.

[Downlinerz2]

Tor,
   Keep your head down and your eyes open so that you are as safe and prepared as possible.  Good luck.

[sam2004gp]

Post us any pics that you may end up getting in the next few days.  They are calling for another storm here, by the coming weekend.

[TorH]

Well. Ask has gone now, but it didn't hit us as hard as expected. The mets had a "storm" on the telephone the day after  Here it wasn't any harder than a normal winterstorm as we are used to (OK, it did get around 20m/s in windgust), but in Lofoten, further out in the ocean, some roofs "left" their houses and some loose items was flying away.
When an alert like that is coming here it shall be danger off life's and/or other values, and it is 4 year since last time a alert like that was given.

Today, it's a worse day.. it blows right under 20m/s right now and it's -16C outside, that's a windchill like -29C  That's freezing cold!!! I almost froze to ice when i was outside to get today's newspaper an our ago, and it shall continue like this today 

[DanS]

Happy to hear "Ask" spared you. Were there any photo opportunities during the storm? A shot of icicles hanging from your nose while retrieving the newspaper perhaps?

[TorH]

Couldn't push the buttom of the camera because my fingers were frozen stiff  hehe  

If i take a tour out today, i certainly will have the cam with me, but it's a bit icey out, so with my "new" hip I'm not sure if i fare go out today, want fall on the ice 

Happy to hear "Ask" spared you. Were there any photo opportunities during the storm? A shot of icicles hanging from your nose while retrieving the newspaper perhaps?

[killwilly]

Our winters hear in the UK are mild compared with Scandinavia, Canada and the US.

Glad you are OK Tor 

Incidentally, is your name Tor or Reg? I'm sure I saw a reference somewhere to you being called Reg.

Alan.

[TorH]

Alan, as far as i know my name is Tor and i haven't used Reg as a name or nick, so it must be someone else.

Today has been a cold day here with a lot wind brrrr, had to have a plumber here to open the hot water pipeline to the second floor....it was frozen    So if the wind continuous, i will let the hotwater drip a bit this night 

Our winters hear in the UK are mild compared with Scandinavia, Canada and the US.

Glad you are OK Tor 

Incidentally, is your name Tor or Reg? I'm sure I saw a reference somewhere to you being called Reg.

Alan.

[killwilly]

So if the wind continuous, i will let the hotwater drip a bit this night 

Tor, your pipes could still freeze, even if you allow them to drip. It would be better if you could raise the temperature of the area/room which contains the pipes. It is difficult at times to ensure that all exposed pipes are insulated, but raising the temperature will help. Perhaps using a mobile electrical heater with a frost setting.

Good luck.

Alan.