March 2021 Forecasts and Discussions

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Re: March 2021 Forecasts and Discussions

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Sardisbcwx wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 1:32 am l thought the UW radar incorporated our radar up here in Aldergrove?
Maybe it does now; I will have to take another look at it. I know that in January 2020 it did not. The radar data it showed for over Whatcom County was obviously from the Camano Island radar, which gets badly shaded by the Chuckanut Mountains.
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stuffradio wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 8:33 am I never thought the low snow levels would materialize.
It did for 2 minutes near Harrison Lake 8-)
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PortKells wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:25 am It did for 2 minutes near Harrison Lake 8-)
(Sloppiest 5C snow in history)
Nice isolated score :thumbup:
Of course it could easily be 18c and bommy during this strong EN, but instead March starts out troffy and chilly! :shock: :shock: Bring on some 18c sunny days
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Re: March 2021 Forecasts and Discussions

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Kamloops Sat to Monday
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Mostly sunny. Whoa. Nice area to be this weekend :thumbup:
Of course it could easily be 18c and bommy during this strong EN, but instead March starts out troffy and chilly! :shock: :shock: Bring on some 18c sunny days
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April Snow? Better chance this year than normal!!!
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SouthHillFrosty wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:11 pm April Snow? Better chance this year than normal!!!
Yes it looks to be quite troffy at times..leading to cold wet spring. Nito called it. Yup. Thanks Bud
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Of course it could easily be 18c and bommy during this strong EN, but instead March starts out troffy and chilly! :shock: :shock: Bring on some 18c sunny days
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But mixed in with Ridges too. Not bad imo. Keeps me snowmobiling and quadding at same time hahaha
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Of course it could easily be 18c and bommy during this strong EN, but instead March starts out troffy and chilly! :shock: :shock: Bring on some 18c sunny days
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Hawk wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 4:10 pm Yes it looks to be quite troffy at times..leading to cold wet spring. Nito called it. Yup. Thanks Bud
:thumbdown:
It has been a bit chilly. But certainly not a wet spring on the south coast. Just skimming through precip data and it looks like 25-50% of normal for March.
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Ended up with 65.6mm for March kinda wimpy.
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:gramps: Wrinkle Rockers: 43cm :wtf:
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Jr. don't forget your March stats. :wave: :thumbup:
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April is now the driest month of the year based on the previous 30 years of data.
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Not a wet spring so far and unless it really ramps up in May and June the wet spring forecast might be a bust. Looking at the last few runs of the GFS it's going to be much drier than normal up until at least mid-April. When we do get a system it's very weak and the rain misses us. It's been the trend. YVR had 33mm for the month of March. 2nd driest month since last April and those are similar precip numbers as one would expect in July. I bet the showery weather does return just in time for the May long weekend and "Juneuary".
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Coquitlam79 wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 11:32 am Not a wet spring so far and unless it really ramps up in May and June the wet spring forecast might be a bust. Looking at the last few runs of the GFS it's going to be much drier than normal up until at least mid-April. When we do get a system it's very weak and the rain misses us. It's been the trend. YVR had 33mm for the month of March. 2nd driest month since last April and those are similar precip numbers as one would expect in July. I bet the showery weather does return just in time for the May long weekend and "Juneuary".
I'm picking up what you're throwing down CokeMan :thumbup:
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Hawk wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 1:06 pm There is always many sunny days in the Similkameens! :thumbup:
I see what you did!
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Thanks BlackBerryMan :thumbup:
Many snows and much sun. The similkameen is great :clap: :clap:
Of course it could easily be 18c and bommy during this strong EN, but instead March starts out troffy and chilly! :shock: :shock: Bring on some 18c sunny days
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