March 2024 Forecasts and Discussions

[VanCitySouth]

For reference, this would have been the 2022-23 scoreboard:
Climo 75
GFS 102

I backtested it one more year to 2021-22 (I'm procrastinating with this today ):
Climo 75
GFS 82

I think this system officially works well. Climo scores very consistently, which it should.
won by a bit in 2021-22, which I think we can agree was a solid and slightly above average year
won by a lot in 2022-23, which we probably agree was a very good year
won by a lot in 2023-24, as it should in a fairly typical El Nino year with just one standout event

[PortKells]

Nito!! Get your snow mower ready!!

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[Typeing3]

Hope we see clearing on Monday night. Tuesday morning could be very cold!

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[John]

Heavy snow in the valley right now!

[Catnip]

Nito!! Get your snow mower ready!!

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That looks like one of those convergence type setups.

Typer, you remember that time we had one in the area and it dumped quite a bit of snow? Sunny in Vancouver at the same time.

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[Storm]

That looks like one of those convergence type setups.

Typer, you remember that time we had one in the area and it dumped quite a bit of snow? Sunny in Vancouver at the same time.

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Yeah, remember that one clearly. The highway was a mess between between Kensington exit and Port Mann Bridge. Very heavy snow for a couple of hours.

[SouthSardiswx]

Snowing @ the pond in south Sardis for the last hour.

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[SouthSardiswx]

Abbotsford to the central valley is currently getting dumped on per latest radar imagery and eyeball reports.

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[SouthSardiswx]

Grassy knowles turning white in the central valley now.

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[Rubus_Leucodermis]

That looks like one of those convergence type setups.

Typer, you remember that time we had one in the area and it dumped quite a bit of snow? Sunny in Vancouver at the same time.

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5 km further west, please.

[Forrest Gump]

Campbell River-Comox throwing EC a curve ball or two, snowfall warning ,then warning ended,now another snowfall warning, all in last 6 hrs.

[Typeing3]

That looks like one of those convergence type setups.

Typer, you remember that time we had one in the area and it dumped quite a bit of snow? Sunny in Vancouver at the same time.

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Yep, that big one was in late January 2008! 10-20cm here in just a few hours while it was sunny in downtown.

[SouthSardiswx]

Campbell River-Comox throwing EC a curve ball or two, snowfall warning ,then warning ended,now another snowfall warning, all in last 6 hrs.

Goal no goal, goal! skipper Grumps.

[SouthSardiswx]

John's hill in Chilliwack snow covered afew hundred feet up.

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[Hawk]

Would have been a crazy few days if the trough axis had shifted East and not dug so much. Models suggest one last shower late tomorrow into early Monday as the trough disintegrates.

North Shore mountains has seen 20-30cm in the past day.

Troff usually digs too far