March 2019 Forecasts and Discussions

[Forrest Gump]

And Gump has nodded off watching the snow and Leafs fall was abit much for him today.

Am I not allowed to take a bathroom break?
The mind is strong but the bladder is weak.

[Typeing3]

96/97 was probably the best most recent winter. I'd even say better than 08/09 as the arctic air was much deeper. Colder and much higher snow depth. In fact, Abbotsford had a significantly higher snow depth in the Dec 96 event then the 08 one despite snow totals being slightly higher in 08. Just much higher snow ratios in 96 because it was so much colder.

Snow depths were higher in Metro Vancouver in 2008. I'd probably give the edge to that winter. Not to take anything away from '96 though; 40-60cm over two days is nothing to scoff at.

[AbbyJr]

Snow depths were higher in Metro Vancouver in 2008. I'd probably give the edge to that winter. Not to take anything away from '96 though; 40-60cm over two days is nothing to scoff at.

Snow depths in 2008 were higher in Metro Van than the Fraser Valley though, at least Abbotsford. I believe the max depth at YXX in 2008 was 49 cm. In 1996, the max depth was 69 cm at YXX.

[Monty]

Snow depths were higher in Metro Vancouver in 2008. I'd probably give the edge to that winter. Not to take anything away from '96 though; 40-60cm over two days is nothing to scoff at.

1996 was incredible, the snow was nearly 1m deep here but I found 2008 more enjoyable.

[Harveyb]

I was just out putting the horses in the barn and it seems like I got about 2 inches of snow here.

[Roberts Creeker]

wow, socked in here still with snow and 0c.

The stars are sure pretty, Bet you all wish you could see them?

[Roberts Creeker]

I was just out putting the horses in the barn and it seems like I got about 2 inches of snow here.

My horses are nice and dry, standing outside under the stars.

Nice score!

[AbbyJr]

So I was just going over the terms and conditions on WeatherModels:

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Personally, I find it a bit disappointing that they technically only allow you to share between 5-10 images per day, depending on whether you have a personal or commercial licence. Neither licence technically allows sharing the Euro, though thats not WeatherModels fault, rather the terms and conditions of ECMWF itself. I guess WeatherModels prides itself in its beautiful graphics and wants to promote its subscriptions rather than people sharing them all the time.

Honestly, I think its silly to have these rules in place to begin with because they are essentially unenforceable. Does WeatherModels really monitor every social media account and hobbyist website/forum and calculate how many images per day and which ones are posted?
I suppose they just hope people follow the rules but probably good amount of people are not even aware of or could care less about the rules.

[Monty]

Snow depths in 2008 were higher in Metro Van than the Fraser Valley though, at least Abbotsford. I believe the max depth at YXX in 2008 was 49 cm. In 1996, the max depth was 69 cm at YXX.

That 69cm was all but gone in 3 days in 1996.

[AbbyJr]

That 69cm was all but gone in 3 days in 1996.

Valid point. So 2008/2009 wins in duration.

[Typeing3]

1996 was incredible, the snow was nearly 1m deep here but I found 2008 more enjoyable.

The snow in 2008 lasted much, much longer. Well into March. Whereas in 1996 it was pretty much gone by the middle of January.

[Abby_wx]

That 69cm was all but gone in 3 days in 1996.

I don't know, those measurements seem pretty iffy to me. How was there 1 cm on the ground for an entire week despite the temperature being above freezing for 95% of that time?

[Abby_wx]

I got 3.4 cm of snow today.

Currently 0.4C

[Typeing3]

FWIW, 1990-91 and 1992-93 both had longer lasting snowpacks than 1996-97.

[Monty]

I don't know, those measurements seem pretty iffy to me. How was there 1 cm on the ground for an entire week despite the temperature being above freezing for 95% of that time?

It does seem odd. Did you live there then?

My memory of 1996 was snowcover lasting about a month here. But the snow was unusable and almost unseen. We had a violent windstorm a couple days after the snow stopped and the snowpack was mostly buried under fir needles and branches.