December 2021 Forecasts And Discussions

[Typeing3]

https://twitter.com/50ShadesofVan/statu ... 2475967489

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[Storm]

Yes, it’s plenty cold enough.

Region wide.

[wetcoast91]

Someone posted these in my local community group. They were taken last night in Whonnock area of Maple Ridge. Is it Aurora? Someone else on the group suggested ice pillars...I don't even know what that is. Anyone have any ideas?

Sun pillars!

These can be observed in really cold conditions (below -7C)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_pillar

[Rubus_Leucodermis]

Crazy right!? Don’t know if thats happened before?

I bet it has, it’s just been a while. Cold snaps of this magnitude used to be more common.

[Typeing3]

Trout Lake last night:

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[Typeing3]

One picture in the tweet I shared in a post earlier showed a kid skating on Lost Lagoon in 1974. Looking at the stats for January 1974, we had about 10 days with lows in the -5c to -8c range with highs in the 0c to 3c range: https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_d ... 74&Month=1

With a fairly pedestrian cold snap of that duration/magnitude... was the ice really >6" thick? Way less enforcement by municipal authorities back then.

[Leighbugs]

Sun pillars!

These can be observed in really cold conditions (below -7C)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_pillar

That's so awesome. Mother Nature continues to amaze.

[SouthSardiswx]

One picture in the tweet I shared in a post earlier showed a kid skating on Lost Lagoon in 1974. Looking at the stats for January 1974, we had about 10 days with lows in the -5c to -8c range with highs in the 0c to 3c range: https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_d ... 74&Month=1

With a fairly pedestrian cold snap of that duration/magnitude... was the ice really >6" thick? Way less enforcement by municipal authorities back then.

Yeah, l recall that event l was in grade 9 going to Kitsilano high at the time.
Sunshine and cold the whole event it ended with your what seemed like typical snowfall warning of 5cm to 10cm forecast.

[Typeing3]

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[SouthSardiswx]

That's so awesome. Mother Nature continues to amaze.

What time of day do you normally seem them l wonder?

[VanCitySouth]

Does anybody have the nice 18z Euro and HRDPS maps for Thursday?

[Typeing3]

Yeah, l recall that event l was in grade 9 going to Kitsilano high at the time.
Sunshine and cold the whole event it ended with your what seemed like typical snowfall warning of 5cm to 10cm forecast.

Do you remember the arctic blast of early-mid Dec '72? That was a very notable prolonged cold snap. Happened during a strong El Nino winter no less.

Dec 1972 YVR data: https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_d ... 2&Month=12#

[Typeing3]

Nito would have loved the aftermath of that December 1972 arctic blast. Two weeks of neverending heavy rain.

[wetcoast91]

Nito would have loved the aftermath of that December 1972 arctic blast. Two weeks of neverending heavy rain.

The landslides would be horrific if that were to happen again.

[Rubus_Leucodermis]

Do you remember the arctic blast of early-mid Dec '72? That was a very notable prolonged cold snap. Happened during a strong El Nino winter no less.

Dec 1972 YVR data: https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_d ... 2&Month=12#

There was a La Niña cold snap in December 2009 that was pretty cold in Portland (several days with lows of -10˚C or less), but for some reason it doesn't seem that it was as extreme in Vancouver. Probably backdoor via the Columbia Gorge. The disappointing thing was that it was 100% dry. On the other hand, that allowed me to get into the Gorge to see the frozen waterfalls (in a typical blast, the roads through the gorge get closed by snow and ice by the time the falls get nice and frozen).