We are long overdue for a multi-week ridgefest with lots of fog and dirty ridging in between.VanCitySouth wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 1:56 pm I bet after a few years of being spoiled we're back to maybe 2 dry cold snaps and 15 cm at most for the season at YVR.
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Re: September 2023 Forecasts and Discussions
I wonder if 15cm is too generous. I'm ready for a '91/'92 repeat: a bit of snow late October into early November followed by dry, inversion hell. I remember our family biking around town on a sunny Christmas day that year around Kelowna; however, in the Okanagan I remember that as a very dull, cloudy, dry winter. I think December had only 4 mm of precip that year.VanCitySouth wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 1:56 pm I bet after a few years of being spoiled we're back to maybe 2 dry cold snaps and 15 cm at most for the season at YVR.
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Regenerated from last winter and the year before and so on yes El Mildo is back.wetcoast91 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 3:06 pm We are long overdue for a multi-week ridgefest with lots of fog and dirty ridging in between.
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You mentioned Langley Lots but your signature says you live in Maple ridge. Where do you actually live?
Looking forward to our first 3 day stretch of sun and 20c++ 
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And the correct answer was no.1 Rubes.Rubus_Leucodermis wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 8:25 am They are probably looking for the first answer, but the fourth is a consequence of the first and also a cause of lower temperatures.
The second answer is the opposite of the truth (yes, the Earth is closer to the Sun during the Northern Hemisphere winter) and the third is just plain incorrect.
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The last I looked at the stats for YVR, snowfalls in the 20+ cm range are quite rare. There’s really not that many on record, considering how long the period of record is. We have done very well to have three of them in the past two winters.
It's called clown range for a reason.
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Re: September 2023 Forecasts and Discussions
We will definitely know the answer by mid March 
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Ya but your area is much snowier than YVRRubus_Leucodermis wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 8:35 pm The last I looked at the stats for YVR, snowfalls in the 20+ cm range are quite rare. There’s really not that many on record, considering how long the period of record is. We have done very well to have three of them in the past two winters.
YVR is kinda like Pitt Meadows..
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Re: September 2023 Forecasts and Discussions
YVR is right on the coast, so makes sense. While still uncommon in comparison to other places in Canada, 20+ cm snowfalls are much more common at YXX than YVR. Hoping for at least one this winter.Rubus_Leucodermis wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 8:35 pm The last I looked at the stats for YVR, snowfalls in the 20+ cm range are quite rare. There’s really not that many on record, considering how long the period of record is. We have done very well to have three of them in the past two winters.
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Happy Sunday. Looks pretty soggy next several days. Mushroom season is in full effect now 
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Rubus_Leucodermis wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 8:35 pm The last I looked at the stats for YVR, snowfalls in the 20+ cm range are quite rare. There’s really not that many on record, considering how long the period of record is. We have done very well to have three of them in the past two winters.
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10 to 20 cm for YVR this winter is my guessRubus_Leucodermis wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 8:27 am I don’t expect to get more than 30 cm total IMBY. If I do, I will be pleasantly surprised.
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Maybe I should start saying I live in the Similkameeens!
I do live in Langley right now though
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Re: September 2023 Forecasts and Discussions
20 in 125 years, on average about one every 6 years. I’m sure there’s a lot more in the 20–24 cm range, so maybe one 20+ cm snowfall every two or three years?
Like I said earlier, we have done very well to get three major snowfalls in the past two winters.
It's called clown range for a reason.
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One in the last 15 years unfortunately...Rubus_Leucodermis wrote: ↑Sun Sep 24, 2023 8:12 am 20 in 125 years, on average about one every 6 years. I’m sure there’s a lot more in the 20–24 cm range, so maybe one 20+ cm snowfall every two or three years?
Like I said earlier, we have done very well to get three major snowfalls in the past two winters.
YVR has only recorded one daily 20cm+ snowfall since 2008.
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