May 2024 Forecasts and Discussions

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Re: May 2024 Forecasts and Discussions

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Also saw lots of these guys on Highway 12 between Lillooet and Lytton.
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It's called clown range for a reason.
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Re: May 2024 Forecasts and Discussions

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Rain has been wonderful today!!
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Typeing3 wrote: Tue May 21, 2024 4:25 pm Looks like 34.5mm of rain thus far measured at the gauge in northeast Coquitlam.
41.5 mm so far.

25.5 mm in 6 hours
38.5 mm in 12 hours

Both are May records [since 2014].
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John wrote: Tue May 21, 2024 7:04 pm Rain has been wonderful today!!
Careful John this post could get you in trouble with the fair weather pundits. :lol:
Current conditions in Harrison Hot Springs:
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Rubus_Leucodermis wrote: Tue May 21, 2024 5:27 pm Positive splat test on the Duffey Lake Road at noon today.
Very impressive! Did you look up in the mountains or were they obscured too much? (For snow line visual) :think: :think:
Looking forward to our first 3 day stretch of sun and 20c++ 8-)
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Hawk wrote: Tue May 21, 2024 7:17 pm Very impressive! Did you look up in the mountains or were they obscured too much? (For snow line visual) :think: :think:
Pretty obscured by the cloud deck.
It's called clown range for a reason.
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Canada Goose wrote: Tue May 21, 2024 7:08 pm 41.5 mm so far.

25.5 mm in 6 hours
38.5 mm in 12 hours

Both are May records [since 2014].
A paltry 9mm since midnight in the central valley and a high of 14c brrrr.
Current conditions in Harrison Hot Springs:
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SouthSardiswx wrote: Tue May 21, 2024 7:59 pm A paltry 9mm since midnight in the central valley and a high of 14c brrrr.
Just checked the wunderground station back at home and it says 31.5 mm so far today with a max of 12.2 c.
It's called clown range for a reason.
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Today was very much a Mayvember day :shock: :shock:
Looking forward to our first 3 day stretch of sun and 20c++ 8-)
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Rubus_Leucodermis wrote: Tue May 21, 2024 5:32 pm Also saw lots of these guys on Highway 12 between Lillooet and Lytton.
Sketchy but very scenic drive! 8-)
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32 mm here so far today.
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The wind has made its way here and it ramped up almost instantly
2025-26 season stats:
Climo :cancel: ∞ to 0.5 :14clown: GFS

Season total: 0.5 cm and TWO traces!
Peak depth: 0.5 cm (01/07/2026)
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Typeing3 wrote: Tue May 21, 2024 9:31 pm Sketchy but very scenic drive! 8-)
Is that the highway that was washed out during those bad floods and AR events a few years ago?
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Forrest Gump wrote: Tue May 21, 2024 10:08 pm Is that the highway that was washed out during those bad floods and AR events a few years ago?
1 and 8 suffered major damage but I don’t believe 12 suffered more than minor damage.
It's called clown range for a reason.
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Typeing3 wrote: Tue May 21, 2024 9:31 pm Sketchy but very scenic drive! 8-)
Scenic indeed but I have a hard time thinking of a paved highway as ‘sketchy.”
It's called clown range for a reason.
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