Why you don't see many southern boys at Norwich

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In case you've been wondering - the answer is below in this NWS forecast for this week. To our members at Norwich- bundle up this week :wink:.

Northfield VT
Last Update on 20 Jan 12:51 pm EST
Mostly Cloudy
36°F
2°C
Afternoon
Rain/Snow
Likely
High: 45 °F

TonightSlight Chc
Snow
Low: -4 °F
M.L.King
Day
Increasing
Clouds
High: 11 °F
MondayNight
Chance
Snow
Low: -5 °F
TuesdayChance
Snow
High: 7 °F
TuesdayNight
Mostly
Cloudy
Low: -12 °F
WednesdayCold
High: 0 °F
Wednesday Night
Mostly Cloudy Low: -13 °F
ThursdayCold
High: 7 °FHazardous Weather Conditions
Wind AdvisorySpecial Weather StatementHazardous Weather Outlook7-DAY FORECAST
This Afternoon Rain and snow showers likely before 3pm, then a chance of snow showers. The rain and snow could be heavy at times. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. Breezy, with a west wind 22 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 46 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Tonight A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -4. Wind chill values as low as -12. West wind 13 to 18 mph decreasing to 7 to 12 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph. M.L.King Day Increasing clouds, with a high near 11. Wind chill values as low as -11. Light and variable wind. Monday Night A 40 percent chance of snow after 7pm. Cloudy, with a low around -5. Wind chill values as low as -17. South wind 5 to 8 mph becoming northwest after midnight. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Tuesday A 40 percent chance of snow before 9am. Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high near 7. Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Tuesday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around -12. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Wednesday Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 0. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Wednesday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around -13. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Thursday Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 7. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Thursday Night A 30 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -1. Light and variable wind. Friday A 40 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 15. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon. Friday Night A 30 percent chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a low around 6. Light and variable wind. Saturday Mostly cloudy, with a high near 17. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

ADDITIONAL FORECASTS AND INFORMATION
Zone Area Forecast for Washington County, VT

NWS Burlington, VT
Point Forecast: Northfield VT
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When we visited there 2 years ago it was -27 actual temperature.... I considered myself a northerner until that trip...there is the North,,, Then there is the NORTH!!
 
bruno said:
In case you've been wondering - the answer is below in this NWS forecast for this week. To our members at Norwich- bundle up this week :wink:.
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My southern girl will be chillin with tomorrow's high of -3 with 20 MPH wind.

Winter is here!
 
Ah, my southern boy sure will be chillin up on there on the hill this week. Especially during his pre dawn Ranger ruck runs. :thumb:
 
My younger son will be attending Winter Mountain Warfare School at the Ethan Allen Firing Range in VT starting the first week in Feb.

After 14 days in the field I imagine he will have a full understanding of what it's like to be a Snowman.

Thank goodness for him he'll be coming from a school that currently has snow and cold.....just not that cold.

You Norwich men and women have my greatest respect when it comes to weather.
 
philmont said:
Ah, my southern boy sure will be chillin up on there on the hill this week. Especially during his pre dawn Ranger ruck runs. :thumb:
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10 miles through the Vermont Mountains with 90 pounds on your back at 40 below at 4:35 AM. It builds character and determination. Makes things easier in the future!

Go Norwich & Go Norwich Ranger Team!
 
Jcleppe said:
My younger son will be attending Winter Mountain Warfare School at the Ethan Allen Firing Range in VT starting the first week in Feb.

After 14 days in the field I imagine he will have a full understanding of what it's like to be a Snowman.

Thank goodness for him he'll be coming from a school that currently has snow and cold.....just not that cold.

You Norwich men and women have my greatest respect when it comes to weather.
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Global warming may be inexorable, just not quick enough to help your son. Bring mittens.
 
NorwichDad said:
10 miles through the Vermont Mountains with 90 pounds on your back at 40 below at 4:35 AM. It builds character and determination. Makes things easier in the future!

Go Norwich & Go Norwich Ranger Team!
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Honestly they do not go out when it is really really cold. Plenty of indoor facilities at Norwich.

It is also not so easy in the South in the warm months. Ruck march through 100+ temperatures. Droning, trying to take in as much water as possible. Praying the Cadre will turn left and take the shady trail. When they turn right you are praying that you dont pass out.

To each their own.
 
cold weather test run

My son went out this weekend and ran because it was in the teens. The coldest it been here in a long time (Eastern Shore, Maryland). Just because he wanted to get a feel for what it is going to be like.
 
Sweet jesus no. I'm a southerner, born and bred, and as a graduate of The Citadel I think the coldest temperature I was exposed to on campus was in the high 20's or low 30's.

On the flip side the southern heat is pretty brutal on cadets from up north. They just don't know what to do with it. My relatives from upstate New York think that 80F is hot and 40% humidity is "muggy." They couldn't really function when they visited Charleston for my wedding.

I mean my first week (Hell Week / Indoctrination Week) was in the high 90% in humidity and cracked over 100F every single day. What's black flag weather again?

I think that much cold would have broken me. I was in D.C. during that huge snowstorm a few years ago and was pure miserable for the several days I was stuck there.

Best of luck to the poor frozen cadets.
 
same reason I went to The Citadel instead of VMI; warm weather and sunshine guy from the south
 
post graduate posting

Isn't there military rule saying Citadel grads post to Alaska and Norwich grads post to Alabama?
 
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