February 2024 Forecasts and Discussions

[PortKells]

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Now we will have a 25% snowpack instead of a 0% snowpack!

[PortKells]

I want cold storms now to up the snowpack up there.

Looking at lots of if we get a warm and dry spring.

The fires might start earlier but snowpack seems to have no bearing on summer fire season. 2017 and 2018 featured close to record snowpacks followed by record fire seasons.

This may be partially caused by cut blocks, which expose huge swaths of snowpack to direct sunlight, increasing melt rate by many times. Thereby reducing the snowpack’s effectiveness as a fire buffer.

The only thing that will reduce fires is the fabled “cool summer”. We all know the likelihood of those ever occurring again.

[Radar]

The fires might start earlier but snowpack seems to have no bearing on summer fire season. 2017 and 2018 featured close to record snowpacks followed by record fire seasons.

This may be partially caused by cut blocks, which expose huge swaths of snowpack to direct sunlight, increasing melt rate by many times. Thereby reducing the snowpack’s effectiveness as a fire buffer.

The only thing that will reduce fires is the fabled “cool summer”. We all know the likelihood of those ever occurring again.

You can reduce fires with carbon tax!

BC has too many trees. Bring back the grasslands.

[John]

You can reduce fires with carbon tax!

BC has too many trees. Bring back the grasslands.

[John]

The fires might start earlier but snowpack seems to have no bearing on summer fire season. 2017 and 2018 featured close to record snowpacks followed by record fire seasons.

This may be partially caused by cut blocks, which expose huge swaths of snowpack to direct sunlight, increasing melt rate by many times. Thereby reducing the snowpack’s effectiveness as a fire buffer.

The only thing that will reduce fires is the fabled “cool summer”. We all know the likelihood of those ever occurring again.

It will happen again, nothing stays the same my friend

[Hawk]

Mid Feb +
We are now getting to the time of year where ridging is preferred see if we can catch a 18c sunny day
bye bye troffs..go away

[Abby_wx]

Probably going to get the snow tires taken off on the 26th unless the models lock onto something.

[Rubus_Leucodermis]

Maybe leave those tires on for another week or so, Abby_wx?

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[PortKells]

Maybe leave those tires on for another week or so, Abby_wx?

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I suspect as we get closer it'll become more of a Burnaby mountain thing if anything. It looks like more of a mountain snow pattern which is of course a good thing but it looks like the cold air stays bottled up in Alaska maybe making down to the central coast. Maybe a snow shower here if precip rates allow.

[SouthSardiswx]

John!

[SouthSardiswx]

I suspect as we get closer it'll become more of a Burnaby mountain thing if anything. It looks like more of a mountain snow pattern which is of course a good thing but it looks like the cold air stays bottled up in Alaska maybe making down to the central coast. Maybe a snow shower here if precip rates allow.

Or it will collapse in to a spring abyss.

[Hawk]

I suspect as we get closer it'll become more of a Burnaby mountain thing if anything. It looks like more of a mountain snow pattern which is of course a good thing but it looks like the cold air stays bottled up in Alaska maybe making down to the central coast. Maybe a snow shower here if precip rates allow.

Or worse yet..the dreaded overnight wet flurry..with no trace of anything falling overnight at all when you wake up

[PortKells]

Ski season is back on!!

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[Coquitlam79]

The fires might start earlier but snowpack seems to have no bearing on summer fire season. 2017 and 2018 featured close to record snowpacks followed by record fire seasons.

This may be partially caused by cut blocks, which expose huge swaths of snowpack to direct sunlight, increasing melt rate by many times. Thereby reducing the snowpack’s effectiveness as a fire buffer.

The only thing that will reduce fires is the fabled “cool summer”. We all know the likelihood of those ever occurring again.

It's really May and June that set the stage for the fire season. We get a hot and dry May/June , followed by even an "old"normal summer (which is periodically hot in the Interior with sporadic thunderstorms) that sets the stage for a bad fire season. But add what is a "new" normal summer (hot pretty much the whole summer) and its automatically going to be a brutal fire season.

[wetcoast91]

The fires might start earlier but snowpack seems to have no bearing on summer fire season. 2017 and 2018 featured close to record snowpacks followed by record fire seasons.

This may be partially caused by cut blocks, which expose huge swaths of snowpack to direct sunlight, increasing melt rate by many times. Thereby reducing the snowpack’s effectiveness as a fire buffer.

The only thing that will reduce fires is the fabled “cool summer”. We all know the likelihood of those ever occurring again.

Dry surface soils with an earlier spring could suggest potential fire activity occuring sooner. The forest floor along Burke Mountain at 900m is shockingly dry already. This is very concerning.

Major issue is up north with "zombie fires" readying to spring up. Overall a deep snowpack along with a slow melt and cooler than normal summer is definitely needed.