January 2021 Forecasts and Discussions

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Re: January 2021 Forecasts and Discussions

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40k outages now.
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Looks like wind all of the way down the coast to Oregon with this one.
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Wind still shifting out of the west now.
Wow, Temp is dropping like a rock!
It was just 12c last hour, now down to 7.7 :o
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Bonovox wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 12:58 am Looks like wind all of the way down the coast to Oregon with this one.
Washington state should be the hardest hit. We were a little too close to the center of low pressure
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Now the power outages starting to show up:
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There’s some cold air wrapped into the backside of this storm. Temp has dropped 6C in about 1.5hrs. 850s are -5 by morning
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We are leading the country in power outages at this current time:
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Hound wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 1:05 am Now the power outages starting to show up:
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Really ramping up now. Close to 65K.
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Major windstorm here. Winds 66 gusting to 88 km/h at YXX. My lights are flickering too. Wind warning for Abbotsford imminent?
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Super strong winds started here at 1 am.
Temp was 11.7
Now 8.9
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Expecting bad things here.
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Wind has died down, not sure if it will pick up again out of the NW? Monty?
Temp down to 6.5, unreal! Cut in half from an hour ago!
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Update:
Unfortunately a large tree came down a crush 3 of our Plow/salt and brine truck. Bummer! Luckily they are still functional for the upcoming weather. We will have to get a rear window replaced before hand. 🤬
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SnowGranny wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 1:20 am Update:
Unfortunately a large tree came down a crush 3 of our Plow/salt and brine truck. Bummer! Luckily they are still functional for the upcoming weather. We will have to get a rear window replaced before hand. 🤬
Sorry hear to that snowgrams better that then you.
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