January 2021 Forecasts and Discussions

[SouthSardiswx]

I peaked at 35 cm, depth, but I had problems with the wind blowing the snow around.

We were in Mission of course and l recall we had at least 55cm. I'll never forget a week away how the models flipped and El Nito came on the old forums after being out for dinner and was absolutely stunned at what the models were showing.

[AbbyJr]

Ah Jr. that's weeks away and we'll all be blind by then.

Its also the control run. I just posted it for entertainment purposes.

[SouthSardiswx]

Its also the control run. I just posted it for entertainment purposes.

Ah the old get smart out of control run.

[Forrest Gump]

Even better.

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Superbowl Sunday is usually our lucky day for snow.

[SouthSardiswx]

Superbowl Sunday is usually our lucky day for snow.

Hand me my Vitog Gumps l'll need it by then to wash down my Ovonpucks..

[Typeing3]

Yeah I got a bit more than you then. My snow depth peaked at 45cm.

I remember Chilliwack getting hammered too.

Even after the overrunning event on the 9/10th washed away a lot of the snow, we still had quite a bit left (first few cm on the ground was still from early Dec). Here's a picture I took on Feb 12, 2017 at ~80m in elevation.

[moonshadow0825]

It has been and still is pretty windy here. Not sure of speeds but it's moved a lot of items around outside and BC Hydro outage map is showing a lot of red.

It's been blustery here all day as well, we're far enough away from the water that we haven't had any gusts above 30 but some of the garbage cans went walkabout today

[SouthSardiswx]

I remember Chilliwack getting hammered too.

Even after the overrunning event on the 9/10th washed away a lot of the snow, we still had quite a bit left (first few cm on the ground was still from early Dec). Here's a picture I took on Feb 12, 2017 at ~80m in elevation.

Nice pic, didn't Chilliwack record like 96cm l recall absolutely insane, John got his feet alright.

[Catnip]

Even better.

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Those control runs always seem to be spitting out some fantasy arctic outbreak.

[SouthSardiswx]

Those control runs always seem to be spitting out some fantasy arctic outbreak.

Would you believe 99 out of control runs.

[Catnip]

I remember Chilliwack getting hammered too.

Even after the overrunning event on the 9/10th washed away a lot of the snow, we still had quite a bit left (first few cm on the ground was still from early Dec). Here's a picture I took on Feb 12, 2017 at ~80m in elevation.

You guys have some great views in that area.

[Typeing3]

You guys have some great views in that area.

Yeah, this was up the hill from my place (near riverview elementary). I'm a lot further down the hill but still can see golden ears and burke mountain pretty clearly.

[Typeing3]

On the topic of winter '16-17, this was the scene near my place in east coquitlam (elevation ~20m) on Jan 4th, 2017. Snow had been on the ground for a month at this point.

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Frozen lafarge lake at coquitlam town centre park. Jan 8th, 2017.

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[Forrest Gump]

Extreme cold and snow go hand in hand in our region though. Without major cold, it's extremely rare to score extreme snow.

I'm struggling to think of any regionwide extreme snowfalls (30-40+cm in one day or 50-60+cm in two/three days) without extreme cold already in place, or pushing into the region.

Are you talkin extreme cold while snowing? If so what's your temp cut off ? I remember 3 days of almost non stop snowfall in 90 or 91 with temps hovering around -3°. Don't think we get much snow around here when temps are colder than -7 as skies usually clear up with a strong ridge.

[John]

Winter is canceled everyone to bad but I can’t do anything about it.

Even I am starting to believe in global warming