November 2020 Forecasts and Discussions

[Weather101]

Gem actually continues to hint at back to back windstorms. The weekend system has a little more classic trajectory from the SW.

Radar looks like there is a little spin of low pressure over southern Vancouver island.

No snow here this evening. A few mms of cold rain. 3.3C. I didn’t mind missing out on this event. I’ll save my snow for a little later in the season.

I enjoy my power.

[SouthSardiswx]

Huh, your avatar is kinda reminiscent of an erect phallus, if I may be so bold.



Anyway, no snow here at 36m amsl. Not too surprised...

Yes l give off that impression with the lady mackerel Antster. thanks for noticing my length.

[wetcoast91]

pineapplely

Going to be mild and rainy!

[SouthSardiswx]

pineapplely

Going to be mild and rainy!

Pinenippley too.

[Weather101]

Yes l give off that impression with the lady mackerel Antster. thanks for noticing my length.

I hope your "phallus" doesn't curve like your avatar

[AbbyJr]

WRF-GFS not backing off on a major wind event in the Friday-Saturday timeframe.

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[Typeing3]

850mb temps hover between -2c and 0c on the mid and long range GFS ensembles. Would roughly translate to 1,000-1,300m snow levels.

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[Monty]

I enjoy my power.

Don’t move over here then. It goes out pretty often. Pretty common to have it go out for days at a time on the west side of shawnigan lake. Though, a lot of people have generators.

[Abby_wx]

WRF-GFS not backing off on a major wind event in the Friday-Saturday timeframe.

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That's a pretty broad area of steep pressure gradients...

[SouthSardiswx]

WRF-GFS not backing off on a major wind event in the Friday-Saturday timeframe.

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Nito is Jr.

[AbbyJr]

Don’t move over here then. It goes out pretty often. Pretty common to have it go out for days at a time on the west side of shawnigan lake. Though, a lot of people have generators.

Do you have a generator? If not, what made you decide not to invest in one? Just curious

[Weather101]

Don’t move over here then. It goes out pretty often. Pretty common to have it go out for days at a time on the west side of shawnigan lake. Though, a lot of people have generators.

Days at a time ? Wow. Interesting enough the power really doesn't go out here, at least for me. I haven't really had the power go out that much maybe two times in the last 6 years.

[Weather101]

WRF-GFS not backing off on a major wind event in the Friday-Saturday timeframe.

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[Weather101]

Komo:

By Thursday, the rainy, breezy weather makes an assertive comeback, and by Friday night, we are looking at the possibility of a MAJOR wind storm here in the Pacific Northwest. A very deep area of low pressure will be tracking across the Pacific, and so far the forecasting models are bringing this storm into Vancouver Island late Friday night. This is a set-up for winds gusting 40 to 60+ mph throughout Puget Sound. Now, this storm is a ways out, so it could lose steam or change course as the week goes on, resulting in very different weather conditions. We will keep you posted along the way!

[Monty]

Do you have a generator? If not, what made you decide not to invest in one? Just curious

We don’t have one. We survive just fine when the power goes out. And we have a wood stove for heat. We live in 1 of the better neighbourhoods for power outages. They tend to last less than 24hrs even in the bad storms. I have considered getting a generator, especially now that we have kids, but I’m holding out for now (they aren’t cheap)