German Winter

[CrashDown]

:duh:

Did you have the same fun?

[MrADeveci]

Daaamn ! No Ice in London today ..............

[Monster-Mat]

ah the freezing rain...remember it well

[MacRS200]

Daaamn ! No Ice in London today ..............

Not yet anyway...................... :duh:

[spikes]

not yet,but plenty of jack frost

[Tony-Bones]

We have to cover the car in 'bubble wrap' and heat shrink it.... looks the same as yours though!

On a curious note what temperature was that?.... and what damage could there be to the car 'paint' in particular.

[MartinC]

Probably no damage if left to thaw out, could be a different story if you tried chipping bits off

Does look pretty harsh tho, wouldn't want to come out to that in the moring, makes our weather look B)

[Rob]

if some one can find the pictures of cars in Geneva last year - u will see proper ice - the cars were covered in about 5cm of it. looked like a toy car in an ice cube!

[Ogry]

:duh:Presentation2.ppt

if some one can find the pictures of cars in Geneva last year - u will see proper ice - the cars were covered in about 5cm of it. looked like a toy car in an ice cube!

Try This :duh:

[Lex-aholic]

:duh:Presentation2.ppt

if some one can find the pictures of cars in Geneva last year - u will see proper ice - the cars were covered in about 5cm of it. looked like a toy car in an ice cube!

Try This :duh:

STREEEEEWWWTHHH !!! That does look cold.......I thought it was bad this morning seeing people scraping jack Frost off their windows.

Note to self : Stop Complaining About The Frosty Mornings !!

[lelandv]

The worst I saw was in Oklahoma, USA in 1988 while on vacation visiting family for christmas.

The weekend we arrived it was sunny and warm (around 80 deg F).. then a couple days later, woke up in the morning and went out to the car to find everything covered in 4 inches of ice with temperatures of minus 10F, much like those pics there.

L.

[Ogry]

The worst I saw was in Oklahoma, USA in 1988 while on vacation visiting family for christmas.

The weekend we arrived it was sunny and warm (around 80 deg F).. then a couple days later, woke up in the morning and went out to the car to find everything covered in 4 inches of ice with temperatures of minus 10F, much like those pics there.

L.

Place is Versoix in Switzerland close to Geneva City on the edge of Leman Lake, -36 deg as attached

The worst I saw was in Oklahoma, USA in 1988 while on vacation visiting family for christmas.

The weekend we arrived it was sunny and warm (around 80 deg F).. then a couple days later, woke up in the morning and went out to the car to find everything covered in 4 inches of ice with temperatures of minus 10F, much like those pics there.

L.

Place is Versoix in Switzerland close to Geneva City on the edge of Leman Lake, -36 deg as attached

Last week

Presentation3.ppt

[Rob]

:duh:Presentation2.ppt

if some one can find the pictures of cars in Geneva last year - u will see proper ice - the cars were covered in about 5cm of it. looked like a toy car in an ice cube!

Try This :duh:

exactly the pics i thought of - thanks!

[CrashDown]

We have to cover the car in 'bubble wrap' and heat shrink it.... looks the same as yours though!

On a curious note what temperature was that?.... and what damage could there be to the car 'paint' in particular.

firstly olny 0°C (32°F), the car was colder than the rain and the result is freezing rain. And after some hours it was minus 7°C (14°F)

No damage but a lot of work.

[lelandv]

firstly olny 0°C (32°F), the car was colder than the rain and the result is freezing rain. And after some hours it was minus 7°C (14°F)

No damage but a lot of work.

Happens quite often in Continental or arctic air masses in winter time during the passage of a warm front or warm occlusion. The cold air at ground level could be at or below freezing, but the air above is warmer so the precipitation falls as rain, freezing upon contact with a cold surface. It's actually the most dangerous kind of icing for aircraft in flight as well since it forms what is called clear ice on the wings and control surfaces which changes the flow of air over the wings and tailplane, increases weight, and leads to the aerofoil stalling at a much higher speed than it would do normally.

(Those who have pilots' licenses have learned about this kind of risk and how to mitigate it)

Leland