Yeah that jet stream is doing so much twisting and turning now it's almost going backwards. Like, look at weather maps from 40 years ago vs now, and the north south meandering has gotten wild. Causing way more widespread polar vortices and chinooks as we call them in Canada.
January 18, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Yeah that jet stream is doing so much twisting and turning now it's almost going backwards. Like, look at weather maps from 40 years ago vs now, and the north south meandering has gotten wild. Causing way more widespread polar vortices and chinooks as we call them in Canada.
...but don't they get more melting than us, so the snow disappears?
Well actually, in Dec-Feb we average more 0°C & 5°C Highs than Ottawa & Montréal, and a lot more than Quebec City.
I don't know where their snow goes, but they don't get to rely on chinooks.
public.tableau.com/shared/YXM6Y...
Well actually, in Dec-Feb we average more 0°C & 5°C Highs than Ottawa & Montréal, and a lot more than Quebec City.
I don't know where their snow goes, but they don't get to rely on chinooks.
public.tableau.com/shared/YXM6Y...
January 18, 2026 at 1:29 AM
...but don't they get more melting than us, so the snow disappears?
Well actually, in Dec-Feb we average more 0°C & 5°C Highs than Ottawa & Montréal, and a lot more than Quebec City.
I don't know where their snow goes, but they don't get to rely on chinooks.
public.tableau.com/shared/YXM6Y...
Well actually, in Dec-Feb we average more 0°C & 5°C Highs than Ottawa & Montréal, and a lot more than Quebec City.
I don't know where their snow goes, but they don't get to rely on chinooks.
public.tableau.com/shared/YXM6Y...
There's also probably meteorological reasons not to try to land Chinooks on Greenland in the winter, no?
January 17, 2026 at 8:41 PM
There's also probably meteorological reasons not to try to land Chinooks on Greenland in the winter, no?
Even Calgary and Edmonton are different. We’re usually a little bit colder but then also never get chinooks to give us a break from time to time
January 17, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Even Calgary and Edmonton are different. We’re usually a little bit colder but then also never get chinooks to give us a break from time to time
#OnThisDay 17th January 1991 Operation Desert Storm began five weeks of strikes on Iraq.
The UK element, Op Granby, involved RAF Tornados, Jaguars, Buccaneers, supported by Victors, Tristars, Hercules and Nimrods as well as Chinooks and Pumas.
The UK element, Op Granby, involved RAF Tornados, Jaguars, Buccaneers, supported by Victors, Tristars, Hercules and Nimrods as well as Chinooks and Pumas.
January 17, 2026 at 3:29 PM
#OnThisDay 17th January 1991 Operation Desert Storm began five weeks of strikes on Iraq.
The UK element, Op Granby, involved RAF Tornados, Jaguars, Buccaneers, supported by Victors, Tristars, Hercules and Nimrods as well as Chinooks and Pumas.
The UK element, Op Granby, involved RAF Tornados, Jaguars, Buccaneers, supported by Victors, Tristars, Hercules and Nimrods as well as Chinooks and Pumas.
keep in mind we are 5 minute or less walk from the water front so we get that kind of "effect" or w/e too when it comes to cold easterlies coming down the tube from out west. that being said we also get semi chinooks too on a regular basis which aint half bad.
January 17, 2026 at 2:33 AM
keep in mind we are 5 minute or less walk from the water front so we get that kind of "effect" or w/e too when it comes to cold easterlies coming down the tube from out west. that being said we also get semi chinooks too on a regular basis which aint half bad.
“… people are killed as though to be killed is the only natural and rightful ordering of their existence. As though living was the aberration.
“Because it is the middle of the empire that must look upon this and say: Yes, this is tragic, but necessary, because the alternative is barbarism.”
“Because it is the middle of the empire that must look upon this and say: Yes, this is tragic, but necessary, because the alternative is barbarism.”
January 16, 2026 at 9:58 PM
“… people are killed as though to be killed is the only natural and rightful ordering of their existence. As though living was the aberration.
“Because it is the middle of the empire that must look upon this and say: Yes, this is tragic, but necessary, because the alternative is barbarism.”
“Because it is the middle of the empire that must look upon this and say: Yes, this is tragic, but necessary, because the alternative is barbarism.”
I don't think the Senate GOP has the stomach to persevere in Greenland against defenders shooting current generation weapons at Chinooks full of marines.
January 16, 2026 at 6:36 PM
I don't think the Senate GOP has the stomach to persevere in Greenland against defenders shooting current generation weapons at Chinooks full of marines.
Yeah that could very easily lead them to convince themselves they can do a bloodless takeover.
And then they'll see that how far they can get is: sending a dozen chinooks full of marines into a hail of current-generation anti-aircraft fire.
And then they'll see that how far they can get is: sending a dozen chinooks full of marines into a hail of current-generation anti-aircraft fire.
January 16, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Yeah that could very easily lead them to convince themselves they can do a bloodless takeover.
And then they'll see that how far they can get is: sending a dozen chinooks full of marines into a hail of current-generation anti-aircraft fire.
And then they'll see that how far they can get is: sending a dozen chinooks full of marines into a hail of current-generation anti-aircraft fire.
Calgary never plowed our residential street, it would get icy and severely rutted, people would complain and they occasionally came to scrape it
The city would expect the Chinooks to clear it up but it would usually just mean more ice
Once we did get so much snow that they had to bring dump trucks
The city would expect the Chinooks to clear it up but it would usually just mean more ice
Once we did get so much snow that they had to bring dump trucks
January 16, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Calgary never plowed our residential street, it would get icy and severely rutted, people would complain and they occasionally came to scrape it
The city would expect the Chinooks to clear it up but it would usually just mean more ice
Once we did get so much snow that they had to bring dump trucks
The city would expect the Chinooks to clear it up but it would usually just mean more ice
Once we did get so much snow that they had to bring dump trucks
Our buses OTH get stuck on icy hills all the time. But we don’t clear most of our roads. Like ever. The official snow removal plan is dependent on Chinooks…like the one we have now. The one that makes me feel like tiny men with ice picks live in my brain and my stomach feels we are on the high seas
January 16, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Our buses OTH get stuck on icy hills all the time. But we don’t clear most of our roads. Like ever. The official snow removal plan is dependent on Chinooks…like the one we have now. The one that makes me feel like tiny men with ice picks live in my brain and my stomach feels we are on the high seas
While I've thankfully not experienced the endless helicopters all day and night that Minneapolis gets regularly, living near a base that is a regular training site for both Black Hawks and Chinooks is still very tiring.
Four Black Hawks and a Chinook all out at the same time seems like a truly excessive amount of military helicopters
January 16, 2026 at 1:10 AM
While I've thankfully not experienced the endless helicopters all day and night that Minneapolis gets regularly, living near a base that is a regular training site for both Black Hawks and Chinooks is still very tiring.
More Chinooks heading south
January 16, 2026 at 12:08 AM
More Chinooks heading south
Chinooks are scary man.
January 15, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Chinooks are scary man.
I mean, chinooks aren't really a global warming thing in of themselves (we learned about them in school back in the 90s!) but this IS one of the warmer January chinook periods.
January 15, 2026 at 4:05 PM
I mean, chinooks aren't really a global warming thing in of themselves (we learned about them in school back in the 90s!) but this IS one of the warmer January chinook periods.
Chinooks don’t last forever. Enjoy it while you can !
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January 15, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Chinooks don’t last forever. Enjoy it while you can !
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Today 8 fighter jets and 3 Chinooks flew over our neighborhood from the 180th. I have never seen that many jets at one time and I never seen a Chinook until a few months ago.
Yesterday a Chinook was flying so low that it shook our walls and vibrated our windows.
Yesterday a Chinook was flying so low that it shook our walls and vibrated our windows.
January 15, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Today 8 fighter jets and 3 Chinooks flew over our neighborhood from the 180th. I have never seen that many jets at one time and I never seen a Chinook until a few months ago.
Yesterday a Chinook was flying so low that it shook our walls and vibrated our windows.
Yesterday a Chinook was flying so low that it shook our walls and vibrated our windows.
The desert camo Chinooks are flown by the Army. I'm used to gray or black being flown out of Buckley SFB. The folks in Colorado Springs are probably see thethem desert camo choppers because they have Fort Carson.
January 15, 2026 at 2:41 AM
The desert camo Chinooks are flown by the Army. I'm used to gray or black being flown out of Buckley SFB. The folks in Colorado Springs are probably see thethem desert camo choppers because they have Fort Carson.
"Oh we can just sneak in 20 Black Hawks and Chinooks with a couple of airstrikes as cover" only works if your enemy has no air defense and/or is letting you come in to remove their boss so they can take over
When the enemy knows you're coming, knows your exact kit, and has NATO stuff? Uhhhhhhhhhhhh
When the enemy knows you're coming, knows your exact kit, and has NATO stuff? Uhhhhhhhhhhhh
January 14, 2026 at 11:38 PM
"Oh we can just sneak in 20 Black Hawks and Chinooks with a couple of airstrikes as cover" only works if your enemy has no air defense and/or is letting you come in to remove their boss so they can take over
When the enemy knows you're coming, knows your exact kit, and has NATO stuff? Uhhhhhhhhhhhh
When the enemy knows you're coming, knows your exact kit, and has NATO stuff? Uhhhhhhhhhhhh
I’m sure that the multiple (at least five so far) Chinooks flying overhead towards Ft Hood is nothing to worry about*
*honestly have no idea but it is unusual and they’re giant and loud and very hard to miss
*honestly have no idea but it is unusual and they’re giant and loud and very hard to miss
January 14, 2026 at 11:19 PM
I’m sure that the multiple (at least five so far) Chinooks flying overhead towards Ft Hood is nothing to worry about*
*honestly have no idea but it is unusual and they’re giant and loud and very hard to miss
*honestly have no idea but it is unusual and they’re giant and loud and very hard to miss
Controversial opinion in Calgary but I actually really hate chinooks because what the hell do you mean it's t-shirt weather in the middle of January
January 14, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Controversial opinion in Calgary but I actually really hate chinooks because what the hell do you mean it's t-shirt weather in the middle of January
I live in the Seattle area and there's a huge military base did of here and we see lots of military planes and helicopters, but with the East things are lately, having three Chinooks fly low over the neighborhood just now was a little unsettling. Didn't show up on Flightradar and no visible insignia
January 13, 2026 at 11:58 PM
I live in the Seattle area and there's a huge military base did of here and we see lots of military planes and helicopters, but with the East things are lately, having three Chinooks fly low over the neighborhood just now was a little unsettling. Didn't show up on Flightradar and no visible insignia
Got to love these Chinooks in Alberta
January 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Got to love these Chinooks in Alberta
@anniegirl.bsky.social @luciecatnip.bsky.social I sure af hope I get to take a shower 🚿 soon. 🙄 My #Eczema does not like #Chinooks any more than I do.🤦
January 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
@anniegirl.bsky.social @luciecatnip.bsky.social I sure af hope I get to take a shower 🚿 soon. 🙄 My #Eczema does not like #Chinooks any more than I do.🤦