January 2024 Forecasts and Discussions

[Cloverdale]

WRF doesn’t get the party started till 4am Wednesday and looks light

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[Hound]

I think that even within this little micro climate, up top this little hill I’m on is absolutely killer. It just dumps. I think Hawk is the same. That also applies to rain as well.

We need some kind of 3D/Elevation map to start with.

[PortKells]

We are pretty Pro, but for this situation, we are not.
(Why we are in a mini snow belt)

It’s funny, a couple of my coworkers think I’m some pro weather dude and I play it up but I’m not even in the same universe as some people on here let alone an actual meteorologist. I’m a joe blow with colourful weather maps.

The problem is people have lost faith in EC so if you get something right and they’re wrong you look like a genius. But I’d rather the actual experts look like the experts lmao.

Hopefully EC upgrades this thing ASAP. The fact is people are going to bed thinking “oh no snowfall warning it’s all good”. Well it’s not.

[Catnip]

We need some kind of 3D/Elevation map to start with.

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[PortKells]

We need some kind of 3D/Elevation map to start with.

There is one out there I’ve forgotten what it’s called.

[PortKells]

WRF doesn’t get the party started till 4am Wednesday and looks light

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Look at better models

[Hound]

This was the best I could do..

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[Bc_trucker]

I guess I'll ask my colleague to bring a bobcat tomorrow, just in case....driveway to the main road is 100 meters

[Hound]

Perhaps Hawk theory has some truth to it.
Looking at terrain, it still doesn't make sense.
The cooler air might be riding the Fraser River Westbound? Lifting up over Surrey? Cutting off Pitt Meadows? Creating some type of sucking force to bring warm air east up the Fraser from Richmond into Pitt Meadows?

[Catnip]

Tyler put out a video about the upcoming storm:

https://t.co/9Ji6KPXk10

[Bc_trucker]

Perhaps Hawk theory has some truth to it.
Looking at terrain, it still doesn't make sense.

Here's my 2 cents...main winds are coming east to west in those events, secondary wind coming down Pitt Lake (relatively warmer waterbody I'm guessing), creating a Venturi effect and a localized inversion??? I dunno...just throwing something out there?

[ClaytonWx]

It’s funny, a couple of my coworkers think I’m some pro weather dude and I play it up but I’m not even in the same universe as some people on here let alone an actual meteorologist. I’m a joe blow with colourful weather maps.

The problem is people have lost faith in EC so if you get something right and they’re wrong you look like a genius. But I’d rather the actual experts look like the experts lmao.

Hopefully EC upgrades this thing ASAP. The fact is people are going to bed thinking “oh no snowfall warning it’s all good”. Well it’s not.

99% of the people I talk to only use Apple Weather and are baffled when I laugh and tell them about EC

[Weather101]

Hmmm very conservative

[WeatherPro]

[Weather101]

It’s funny, a couple of my coworkers think I’m some pro weather dude and I play it up but I’m not even in the same universe as some people on here let alone an actual meteorologist. I’m a joe blow with colourful weather maps.

The problem is people have lost faith in EC so if you get something right and they’re wrong you look like a genius. But I’d rather the actual experts look like the experts lmao.

Hopefully EC upgrades this thing ASAP. The fact is people are going to bed thinking “oh no snowfall warning it’s all good”. Well it’s not.

People don't even take the snowfall warnings seriously anyways. This generation doesn't go on EC they check the phone weather app and still go out on the roads. lol, they don't care.