wetcoast91 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 10:50 am
Freezing level tomorrow may spike up to 700mb or 10,000ft. Very impressive warmth aloft with precip.
Still on track for a very heavy round of rain tomorrow morning. Will need to dig out the 1-2ft chunks of snow/slush/ice from the side of the street to find the drain later this afternoon....
wetcoast91 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 10:29 am
All of us opened 1 present each this morning. We are doing Christmas photos today with the wintery backdrop intact.
It won't go down as a White Christmas in the record books but the kids won't know it when they grow up.
Awesome idea! What a great memory to give your kids.
AbbyJr wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 10:47 am
I'm becoming more confident that we might avoid a major ice storm. Unfortunately, we also missed out on the modelled snowstorm.
There was just so much warm air associated with this AR. Even with the outflow, my temperature is rapidly warming.
Regardless, this was an awesome winter event. Classic arctic front followed by 30cm of snow followed by a reload of arctic air. These types of setups are rare around here so even though this wasn't a 1996 or 2008 repeat, it's still more than we can expect in our climate.
Merry Christmas everyone!
That's the best news. Temps are moderating with passing light showers. A steady stream or heavy rain would have crippled us. Canadians models showed a lot more precip falling. Temps SHOULD be above 0 before the heavy rain comes in.
Roberts Creeker wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 10:57 am
6 cm overnight now with a crust on it and ice pellets falling, pretty much like a frozen mist.
-2.3c dp -3.3c in Sechelt
-2.0c dp -4c here
Surprised you haven't got freezing rain yet.
Warming rapidly it seems -2.5 now
7th Annual Over the Hill Grumpy Old Men Winter Classic
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South Sardis Stinkin Sardines 3.5cm
As the twitter post indicated above, we had freezing rain in Parksville @-3c. The nice dry snow turned into gruesome sadness. Ironically, the ploughed roads were the most slick. Off to clean downspouts..
wetcoast91 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 11:01 am
That's the best news. Temps are moderating with passing light showers. A steady stream or heavy rain would have crippled us. Canadians models showed a lot more precip falling. Temps SHOULD be above 0 before the heavy rain comes in.
The Canadian models busted big time in overdoing the precipitation rates and underestimating the warm air aloft.
∞ to 0.5 
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