OMG Snow?

[Where's Wellwood]

I guess the Habs brought the cold and snow with them from Ottawa. 

[-AJ-]

I hate the ice/slush, bring on the snow!

[Guest]

Finally got some snow last night; it's a super small amount though.

[-Vintage Canuck-]

It's a white Christmas!

[-Vintage Canuck-]

Environment Canada just issued a special weather statement for Metro Vancouver:

 

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Special weather statement in effect for:

• City of Vancouver - including Burnaby and New Westminster
• Metro Vancouver - northeast including Coquitlam and Maple Ridge
• Metro Vancouver - southeast including Surrey and Langley
• Metro Vancouver - southwest including Richmond and Delta
• North Shore - including West Vancouver and North Vancouver

A frontal system advancing from the Pacific will result in snow developing tonight and amounts up to 5 cm are possible into Wednesday. Meanwhile a low developing southwest of the region will allow snow to reintensify over Vancouver Island Wednesday evening reaching the Lower Mainland early Thursday. Snow is expected to change to rain through the day over Vancouver Island and parts of Metro Vancouver on Thursday. Amounts are expected to be highly variable with amounts of 2 to 5 cm near the Coast ranging to possibly as high as 10 cm or more in inland areas. Amounts will depend on how quickly the warm air advances and the timing of transition to rain. Additionally there is the possibility of freezing rain with the changeover. The public is advised that roads and walkways will become hazardous and that they should stay tuned for further updates and likely warnings.

 

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ec.tempetepacifique-pacificstorm.ec@canada.ca or tweet reports using #BCStorm.

https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?bc42

[-Vintage Canuck-]

Environment Canada issued a snowfall warning for some parts of Metro Vancouver, as well as issued a winter storm warning for other parts of Metro Vancouver:

 

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Snowfall warning in effect for:

• City of Vancouver - including Burnaby and New Westminster
• North Shore - including West Vancouver and North Vancouver

Snowfall, with total amounts of 10 to 15 cm is expected.

A frontal system advancing from the Pacific will result in snow developing this morning over Metro Vancouver with snowfall amounts up to 5 cm today.

Meanwhile a low developing southwest of the region will allow snow to reintensify this evening. Snow is expected to change to rain near the sea level late this afternoon while snow will continue over higher terrain with snowfall amounts up to 10 cm tonight. Freezing level will rise further and the snow will change to rain through the region Thursday morning.

 

Be prepared to adjust your driving with changing road conditions. Rapidly accumulating snow could make travel difficult over some locations. Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots may become difficult to navigate due to accumulating snow.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ec.tempetepacifique-pacificstorm.ec@canada.ca or tweet reports using #BCStorm.

 

Winter storm warning in effect for:

• Metro Vancouver - northeast including Coquitlam and Maple Ridge
• Metro Vancouver - southeast including Surrey and Langley

Hazardous winter conditions are expected.

A frontal system advancing towards the region will result in snow redeveloping this morning with up to 5 cm of snow today.

A strong system will move towards Vancouver Island tonight and the snowfall will intensify. Warmer air aloft will spread across the region while brisk northeast winds maintain the cool air near the surface. Amounts of snow in the range of 10 to 20 cm are possible before the snow transitions to an extended period of freezing rain on Thursday. A significant layer of ice is possible through Friday especially over Central and Eastern Fraser Valley.

 

Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots will become icy, slippery and hazardous. Ice build-up may cause tree branches to break. Poor weather conditions may contribute to transportation delays.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ec.tempetepacifique-pacificstorm.ec@canada.ca or tweet reports using #BCStorm.

https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?bc42

[DonLever]

 What a joke Environment Canada and all the weather agencies are.  Wrong again.  

 

They predicted snow for Christmas Eve/Day.  None appeared.

 

Snow for Wednesday/Thursday that was predicted did not come.  We got rain instead.  The only time snow came was on Tuesday, Dec.19 when RAIN was predicted and we got a surprise snow storm instead.

 

Makes you wonder about global warning when they can't even predict short term weather correctly.

[Ghostsof1915]

On 2017-12-19 at 6:07 PM, Lancaster said:

Good ol' 4 wheel drive plus snow tires.  

Snow tires makes a huge difference.

 

I do remember last year where there were lots of people in their BMW/Lexus/Mercedes/etc SUV all stuck going up hill or just skidding down because they keep assuming that 4WD is sufficient.  

Remember you can't stop any better because of ice and snow. Too often I see guys screaming around in 4x4's thinking they can do anything. Then you see them slammed into another car or flipped over on the side of the road. Drive for the conditions. 

[Green Building]

5 hours ago, DonLever said:

 What a joke Environment Canada and all the weather agencies are.  Wrong again.  

 

They predicted snow for Christmas Eve/Day.  None appeared.

 

Snow for Wednesday/Thursday that was predicted did not come.  We got rain instead.  The only time snow came was on Tuesday, Dec.19 when RAIN was predicted and we got a surprise snow storm instead.

 

Makes you wonder about global warning when they can't even predict short term weather correctly.

Yeah, weird. It's almost as though weather patterns in the Pacific Northwest are loaded with variables that are difficult to project.

[Lancaster]

3 hours ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

Remember you can't stop any better because of ice and snow. Too often I see guys screaming around in 4x4's thinking they can do anything. Then you see them slammed into another car or flipped over on the side of the road. Drive for the conditions. 

When I'm driving up to Whistler when there's snow and there are cars just flying by way above the speed limit.  I'm surprised the Sea-to-Sky isn't littered with cars and bodies everywhere.  

[Gurn]

7 hours ago, DonLever said:

 What a joke Environment Canada and all the weather agencies are.  Wrong again.  

 

They predicted snow for Christmas Eve/Day.  None appeared.

 

Snow for Wednesday/Thursday that was predicted did not come.  We got rain instead.  The only time snow came was on Tuesday, Dec.19 when RAIN was predicted and we got a surprise snow storm instead.

 

Makes you wonder about global warning when they can't even predict short term weather correctly.

If there is any doubt they go with the worst possible outcome so at least people are ready for bad stuff.

[Gurn]

5 minutes ago, Lancaster said:

When I'm driving up to Whistler when there's snow and there are cars just flying by way above the speed limit.  I'm surprised the Sea-to-Sky isn't littered with cars and bodies everywhere.  

I lived in Squamish for about a decade, we never went to Vancouver on a Friday or Sunday, so as to avoid those idiot skiers and their gotta get to the slope driving techniques.

BC highways must have made a study on the accident rates of weekends versus mid week, I believe the rate goes up drastically, more than just for the extra traffic amount.

[riffraff]

10 hours ago, Lancaster said:

When I'm driving up to Whistler when there's snow and there are cars just flying by way above the speed limit.  I'm surprised the Sea-to-Sky isn't littered with cars and bodies everywhere.  

It does happen all year round.  I lived in Squamish  for six years and commuted for about half of that time and there were lots of accidents.  Quite often in winter the temp/elevation hovers around freezing so you may be zipping along, get to the top of the hill after Britannia and boom - hydroplaning in slush/snow at 100kmh.  Snow that wasn't at the bottom of the hill.

 

spring and the start of motorcycle season was also hectic. Inexperienced fairweather riders on crotch rockets driving like morons, often with a passenger on the back.

[riffraff]

18 hours ago, DonLever said:

 What a joke Environment Canada and all the weather agencies are.  Wrong again.  

 

They predicted snow for Christmas Eve/Day.  None appeared.

 

Snow for Wednesday/Thursday that was predicted did not come.  We got rain instead.  The only time snow came was on Tuesday, Dec.19 when RAIN was predicted and we got a surprise snow storm instead.

 

Makes you wonder about global warning when they can't even predict short term weather correctly.

Depends where you're at.....coastal/island weather is challenging to predict.

 

when I worked in Saskatoon, environment Canada was consistently on point.

[jking]

13 hours ago, Green Building said:

Yeah, weird. It's almost as though weather patterns in the Pacific Northwest are loaded with variables that are difficult to project.

Right, just like the earth's climate, that's what he said. But the sun has gone to sleep. Not a single sunspot this month. Greenland ice cap grew last year. The little ice age talk is back.

 

https://principia-scientific.org/drop-sunspot-activity-warning-global-cooling/

 

Here's hoping for a nice hot rebound. Melt baby melt.

 

 

[inane]

20 hours ago, DonLever said:

 What a joke Environment Canada and all the weather agencies are.  Wrong again.  

 

They predicted snow for Christmas Eve/Day.  None appeared.

 

Snow for Wednesday/Thursday that was predicted did not come.  We got rain instead.  The only time snow came was on Tuesday, Dec.19 when RAIN was predicted and we got a surprise snow storm instead.

 

Makes you wonder about global warning when they can't even predict short term weather correctly.

Really? Do you actually draw that conclusion?

[-Vintage Canuck-]

It's snowing?!

[trek]

Snowing in Shaughnessy here Bring it on!

[CanucksFan415]

OP here. Glad to see this thread is still alive. 

Snowing here in Newton but its not sticking. 

[-Vintage Canuck-]

And just like that, a snowfall warning has been issued for Metro Vancouver:

 

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Snowfall warning in effect for:

• City of Vancouver - including Burnaby and New Westminster
• Metro Vancouver - northeast including Coquitlam and Maple Ridge
• Metro Vancouver - southeast including Surrey and Langley
• North Shore - including West Vancouver and North Vancouver

Snowfall, with total amounts of 10 to 15 cm is expected.

 

A moist Pacific front will move across the south coast tonight. Precipitation will be a mixture of rain and snow over lower elevations of Metro Vancouver while higher elevations and areas further inland will see accumulations near 10 cm with local amounts up to 15 cm. The snow will end by early Wednesday morning as the front moves to the south.

 

Be prepared to adjust your driving with changing road conditions. Visibility may be suddenly reduced at times in heavy snow.

Snowfall warnings are issued when significant snowfall is expected.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ec.tempetepacifique-pacificstorm.ec@canada.ca or tweet reports using #BCStorm.

https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?bc42