March 2020 Forecasts and Discussions

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Re: March 2020 Forecasts and Discussions

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EC has snow tonight and tomorrow morning :shock: ..Possibly.. Mixed with rain. Exciting times if you want that last great snowfall.

Beautifully bright moon out there this morning, almost bright enough to read by!
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Very cold air on the 6z next weekend, down to-14c!
Why not try cycling to work, grocery store, anywhere!
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Sardisbcwx wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2020 4:56 am Oh wow :o is anyone paying attention to what may happen later this week possible historic cold with snow possibility's 2002 maybe. I just looked at the models and oh my.
Umm. I posted a snow map for later this week and you responded to it. So apparently someone is paying attention
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-3ËšC and heavy frost this morning here.
It's called clown range for a reason.
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Monty wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2020 8:07 am Umm. I posted a snow map for later this week and you responded to it. So apparently someone is paying attention
Why get excited about some mixing at the end of the week.

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Monty wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2020 8:07 am Umm. I posted a snow map for later this week and you responded to it. So apparently someone is paying attention
Keep us up to date Monty it’s appreciated
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Storm wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2020 9:57 am Why get excited about some mixing at the end of the week.

Nice day today!
I would be excited IF a historic snowstorm happened like the euro was showing. Realistically it probably will be watered down substantially but it continues to be very close to something special for the island. (Un)fortunately not much more than a mix for the mainland. 12z euro looks like 5-25cm for southern Vancouver Island
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Monty wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2020 11:55 am I would be excited IF a historic snowstorm happened like the euro was showing. Realistically it probably will be watered down substantially but it continues to be very close to something special for the island. Unfortunately not much more than a mix for the mainland. 12z euro looks like 5-25cm for southern Vancouver Island
2002 had at least about a foot of snow in Abbotsford in March.
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Monty wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2020 11:55 am I would be excited IF a historic snowstorm happened like the euro was showing. Realistically it probably will be watered down substantially but it continues to be very close to something special for the island. (Un)fortunately not much more than a mix for the mainland. 12z euro looks like 5-25cm for southern Vancouver Island
You should get your shovel ready.
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stuffradio wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2020 11:56 am 2002 had at least about a foot of snow in Abbotsford in March.
Yes 2002 was very snowy here as well. Close to 2 feet on the month. Last nights euro showed 1 storm delivering 2ft, again it probably will not play out that way.
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Storm wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2020 11:58 am You should get your shovel ready.
Snowblower is still at the ready :D
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If it’s not going to be warm and springlike it might as well be interestingly cold. Both the gfs and gem ensembles end up getting close to -10C
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Monty wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2020 12:32 pm If it’s not going to be warm and springlike it might as well be interestingly cold. Both the gfs and gem ensembles end up getting close to -10C
Anywhere close to record lows I wonder?
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PortKells wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2020 1:08 pm Anywhere close to record lows I wonder?
Could be close if things worked out.

Record lows for Shawnigan lake on the 14-16th are -4.4C, -6.1C and -5.0C respectively. “IF” we got the snow Friday and the skies cleared, some lows in that range would be likely
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Next weekend could get very interesting to say the least. :shock: :o :shock:

As of now, cold and strong fraser outflow winds with a few cm of snow possible.
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