January 2024 Forecasts and Discussions

[Typeing3]

Pics from the banana belt this evening...

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[Weather101]

EC definitely nailed this. Hard to accumulate don't see much happening tonight besides a few cm.

[VanCitySouth]

Wouldn't be too sure if I were you. East Van snow belt is doing it's thing tonight and radar looking juicy. Temps still solidly below freezing with outflow. Even if only 2-3 cm of snow, if there's 5+mm of ZR in western sections I'd say they didn't do their job.

[wetcoast91]

EC definitely nailed this. Hard to accumulate don't see much happening tonight besides a few cm.

Yup. Now freezing rain is at our door step.Fortunately I am at +0.5C but the frozen ground will make it icy regardless.

[Rubus_Leucodermis]

Been snowing for hours and not so much as a cm IMBY. HRDPS and NAM 3km nailed it again.

[moonshadow0825]

fairly steady snow, temp -0.7C and shoveled surfaces are white again.

the longer this stays and doesn't become freezing rain, the happier I will be

[AbbyJr]

Yup. Now freezing rain is at our door step.Fortunately I am at +0.5C but the frozen ground will make it icy regardless.

After a high of -0.5C, my temperature is now dropping. Down to -0.9C now with a dew point of -6C. Moisture moving in. Once it changes to freezing rain, I expect some ice build up here. Could get very slippery on the roads and sidewalks, hence EC's freezing rain warning.

[Weather101]

Wouldn't be too sure if I were you. East Van snow belt is doing it's thing tonight and radar looking juicy. Temps still solidly below freezing with outflow. Even if only 2-3 cm of snow, if there's 5+mm of ZR in western sections I'd say they didn't do their job.

[VanCitySouth]

Been snowing for hours and not so much as a cm IMBY. HRDPS and NAM 3km nailed it again.

Really? I have at least 2 cm new on the walkway between my house and the garage, and that's paved. On top of my King Snowball it's 2.5 cm.

Moderate snow now too.

[Weather101]

Wouldn't be too sure if I were you. East Van snow belt is doing it's thing tonight and radar looking juicy. Temps still solidly below freezing with outflow. Even if only 2-3 cm of snow, if there's 5+mm of ZR in western sections I'd say they didn't do their job.

They have a " risk of freezing rain" in the forecast. Everyone was asking where the snowfall warning was at 11 am. So far, the forecast was solid, and no snowfall warning was needed.

Job well done. ( at the moment )

[Canada Goose]

Schools closed tomorrow? Hat-trick?

[Rubus_Leucodermis]

Really? I have at least 2 cm new on the walkway between my house and the garage, and that's paved. On top of my King Snowball it's 2.5 cm.

Just checked and up to 1.5 cm now. It's also mixing with ice pellets, so the end is approaching.

(Remember, ice pellets count as snow for purposes of snowfall measurement.)

[Typeing3]

Light snow/ice pellet mix in east Coquitlam. Currently -0.5c.

[VanCitySouth]

They have a " risk of freezing rain" in the forecast. Everyone was asking where the snowfall warning was at 11 am. So far, the forecast was solid, and no snowfall warning was needed.

So far, Job well done.

Yenno what, I see your point. But I still think SWS was absolutely 100% necessary.

[AbbyJr]

Been snowing for hours and not so much as a cm IMBY. HRDPS and NAM 3km nailed it again.

This is why the models should be trusted in the short range over the current radar imagery. Just because it's cold with moisture on the radar doesn't mean it will snow and accumulate. I've seen many cases where the radar looks promising and yet nothing really comes of it.