Winter Camping And Heat Management

https://gearjunkie.com/how-to-clean-waterproof-camp-tent


Good morning all,

It's the article ABOVE the linked tent cleaning.

It's a review article focused to cold weather - lower 48 cold weather, not actual cold weather - and clothing with a few other tips like elevated fires. white gas use.

Worth glancing at.

It's slowly warm up here but this is the time to look for sales of products needed. Don't let the pandemic quarantines stop everything else !

 

Weather; winter 2020 - 2021
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Weather.com has it that it will be a mild winter in N.America



https://weather.com/forecast/nation...r-2020-2021-temperature-outlook-united-states

"The expectation that La Niña conditions will continue is one of the drivers in this winter forecast. La Niña is the cooling of sea-surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean that can affect weather patterns in the United States and other parts of the globe.

"'The typical La Niña response is for warm November, cold December, and warm January/February; however, January and February can have significant volatility depending on if high-latitude blocking occurs,' said Todd Crawford, chief meteorologist at The Weather Company.

"Atmospheric blocking can cause changes to the jet stream pattern that remain locked in a long time. When that happens, the effects of La Niña, or its counterpart El Niño, can be overridden.

"'Winter weather can be quite volatile, and much of that volatility is driven by blocking of the typical west-east flow of the jet stream,' Crawford said. 'This blocking allows cold high pressure to descend into the mid-latitudes from the Arctic, as the jet stream amplifies and becomes more wavy.'"

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Farmers' Almanac has it as a mild winter in N.America
https://www.almanac.com/winter-extended-forecast-farmers-almanac

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Northern Europe and U.K.

https://development.accuweather.com...thers-2020-2021-europe-winter-forecast/834961

"Last winter, the region saw an unusually high number of windstorms, which pummeled the Atlantic coasts with hard-hitting waves and hurricane-force winds. However, a repeat is not in the cards for this winter.

"January through early February will be the most active time of the winter in terms of windstorms, but storms during other parts of the winter cannot be completely ruled out.

"Infrequent storms across northern Europe will lead to some dryness concerns heading into the winter months.

“'Northern France into Germany, especially western Germany, have been experiencing drought, so the dry conditions we are expecting this winter will not help at all. In terms of replenishing reservoirs, getting rivers back to normal levels, this is the time to do that, and that’s not going to happen,' Roys said.

"Farmers across the region that grow winter wheat may encounter issues later in the season due to the dryness."

 

my lakes always freezes over around about November 20,
this is how i gauge the up coming weather.
It froze over again right on schedule .