March 2019 Forecasts and Discussions

[Canada Goose]

Can't remember the last time we had measurable snow in March! Seems pretty unlikely no?

Huh...

1990 0,2
1991 19
1992 0
1993 0
1994 2,6
1995 1
1996 0,8
1997 7,4
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 12
2003 3,7
2004 0
2005 0
2006 6,4
2007 3,1
2008 2,4
2009 5,4
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0,4
2015 0
2016 0
2017 5,6
2018 0

[newwestguy]

Just two years ago...2017. March snow is very common.

Interesting. Completely don't remember that.

[Antares]

I am a bit tired of the anus jokes please stop that very immature. Maybe I don’t get the fun of it I don’t know

It's funny to me but maybe not for you since you live *on* the anus itself.

[newwestguy]

Huh...

1990 0,2
1991 19
1992 0
1993 0
1994 2,6
1995 1
1996 0,8
1997 7,4
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 12
2003 3,7
2004 0
2005 0
2006 6,4
2007 3,1
2008 2,4
2009 5,4
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0,4
2015 0
2016 0
2017 5,6
2018 0

So 2 out of the last 9 years. And 14 out of the last 29 years. Interesting thanks. I lived in Victoria prior to 2014, not sure if that's why I picture March as not very snowy. Are those cms? So 5 cms and 6 cms events in 2017?

[Typeing3]

So 2 out of the last 9 years. And 14 out of the last 29 years. Interesting thanks. I lived in Victoria prior to 2014, not sure if that's why I picture March as not very snowy. Are those cms? So 5 cms and 6 cms events in 2017?

Those are totals.

Canada Goose is from Quebec and in French you use a comma instead of a point for decimal places. 5,6 is the same as 5.6.

[Canada Goose]

Canada Goose is from Quebec and in French you use a comma instead of a point for decimal places. 5,6 is the same as 5.6.

I'm from France...

[Monty]

So 2 out of the last 9 years. And 14 out of the last 29 years. Interesting thanks. I lived in Victoria prior to 2014, not sure if that's why I picture March as not very snowy. Are those cms? So 5 cms and 6 cms events in 2017?

Chances are Victoria would have seen less. Especially the closer you are to the city itself. March snow is pretty common for the Malahat and places north on the island

[PortKells]

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Bring it I say! Two March snows in 3 years would be special. Technically 3 in 3 as last year I saw a dusting on the slopes beside the highway coming off of the port mann going east towards manning park. Can't remember the exact date, definitely a weekend though.

[Monty]

I’d guess Shawnigan Lake sees accumulation in March probably 75% of the time.

[Typeing3]

I’d guess Shawnigan Lake sees accumulation in March probably 75% of the time.

Yeah it's quite common. I'd say about the same here. About 50% for YVR most likely.

Lots of cold onshore flow in March generally translates to a few slushy snowfalls. Occasionally some relatively significant such as 2017, 2014, 2011, 2008 or 2002.

[Monty]

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[Abby_wx]

I only dropped to -1.8C last night, but the wind chill got down to -7.6C.

The forecast highs for Abbotsford have been very underdone the last two days. Yesterday was originally forecast to be 2C, but they bumped it up to 6C. The actual high was 6.7C. Today's high was forecast to be 3C as of the 5 am update, but once again they bumped it up to 6C in the 11 am update.

We'd probably be looking at highs near 0C if it were December or January, but this backdoor air mass is not sufficiently cold to keep afternoon highs near freezing in early March.

[Bonovox]

I’ll take the slush over the boring sunny and warm.

Plenty of time for the sun and warmth. I’ll take dynamic weather until the inevitable and unfortunate resilient ridge sets up.

[Storm]

https://twitter.com/BrettAWX/status/110 ... 48353?s=19

[Canada Goose]

1. After a harsh February, cold will linger from BC to Saskatchewan through early spring, but we anticipate a major turnaround to above-normal temperatures for much of western Canada for April and May. This may set the stage for a very warm and dry summer, especially across south-central Canada.

Oh yeah!