December 2022 Forecasts And Discussions

[Canada Goose]

Incoming...

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[HarrisonSasquatchWx]

Still snowing at -8.2 . I estimate 10-15 cm has fallen overnight.

Nice, East Whack neighbor hope you got all your Christmas shopping done?

[Hawk]

One of the biggest busts of the last 5 years easily.

The warm air had to go somewhere..its def not at the lower levels, so ended up shooting over the top. Tell em Nito!
Was a mix of snow and IP most of the early morning..then mostly IP..now looks like ZR

[VanCitySouth]

Still very insistently snow grains/ice pellets here. Very dense in the air now too. Moderate ice pellets? Heavy ice pellets?

[Radar]

Hey Raindar..your wish for no snow was so smart. Enjoy the 24-36 hours of zr

Not my wish. Freezing rain is pretty and preserves the snow for Xmas. Hopefully Xmas is 15C and rain.

[Bonovox]

Ice pellets here since about 0300am. Such a disappointment. I would definitely call this a bust.

More importantly, really worried about power outages and damage to infrastructure later with the freezing rain. Yikes.

[Hawk]

Yup. We def have a VERY #problematic situation. Dec 23/24

[Radar]

Euro was showing a faster transition.

Canadian models got this all wrong.

Ya I think many here were not really paying attention to what other models were saying when it wasn’t snow. Too much wishcasting for some not used to cold air and rain like the valley often sees east of 264th St.

[Radar]

Imagine all the stuck vehicles later of those who went to do Christmas stuff last minute.

[Nimbus2]

2.5 cm mixture of snow and ice pellets overnight. Currently ice pellets with some freezing rain, temp -2.8

I've attached the current skew-t overhead, the warm air aloft is gradually increasing but there is still some cold air trapped underneath.

[VanCitySouth]

Ya I think many here were not really paying attention to what other models were saying when it wasn’t snow. Too much wishcasting for some not used to cold air and rain like the valley often sees east of 264th St.

I really don't think we weren't paying attention. We knew a transition was coming and that it could involve PL/ZR. The problem is it happened way earlier than even the Euro was showing. Now surface temps are running more or less where they should be but clearly the cold layer is also thinner.

Welp, people always say Western Metro doesn't get ice storms often, so if they wanted to see one, here we are.

[Bc_trucker]

Still snowing at a decent rate here, at least 10cm new accumulated since last night. Outflow winds have died down a fair bit.

Temp -9°C
Wind 10 KPH

[wetcoast91]

And as expected....people are not listening to the warnings. Costco down the road is a zoo and there's a 3 car pile up on Cariboo.

[Radar]

I really don't think we weren't paying attention. We knew a transition was coming and that it could involve PL/ZR. The problem is it happened way earlier than even the Euro was showing. Now surface temps are running more or less where they should be but clearly the cold layer is also thinner.

Welp, people always say Western Metro doesn't get ice storms often, so if they wanted to see one, here we are.

Too much attention to the larger models with terrain bleed and less accuracy. The short term local models I find are more reliable within 12-16 hours.

[Radar]

And as expected....people are not listening to the warnings. Costco down the road is a zoo and there's a 3 car pile up on Cariboo.

Costco people don’t listen to radio and tv. They only know what their friend message them or their Pinterest feeds.