October 2020 Forecasts and Discussions

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Radar lighting up :wave:
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wetcoast91 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:02 pm Where is the moisture? Near 100 mile house.

No idea why EC has a chance of wet snow tonight.
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Walth wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:10 pm So just as a guess, I would say we not only see 1950s 60s winter, but 1890s winter in the next 5 years.

Time will tell...
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I can actually report the first snowflakes on Oct 26th here at my work down near the Sumas border. Definitely flakes mixed with sleet I'd say. Holy smokes a sign of an awesome winter stay tuned.
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Sleet!
It's called clown range for a reason.
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Rubus_Leucodermis wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 2:48 am Sleet!
US definition or Canadian definition?
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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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VanCitySouth wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 6:46 am US definition or Canadian definition?
US definition. Rain that had refrozen into little pellets of ice. Is the Canadian definition the same as the British one, basically mixed rain and snow?

And what do you call what those of us to the south call “sleet?”
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Rubus_Leucodermis wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 7:16 am US definition. Rain that had refrozen into little pellets of ice. Is the Canadian definition the same as the British one, basically mixed rain and snow?

And what do you call what those of us to the south call “sleet?”
Ice pellets.

I think most people kind of use “sleet” to describe any type of wintery mix that includes ice pellets
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Monty wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 8:21 am Ice pellets.

I think most people kind of use “sleet” to describe any type of wintery mix that includes ice pellets
Good to know. Best to avoid ambiguous terms like that.
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Upper air circulation may bring high level smoke into the region by end of week
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wetcoast91 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:26 am Upper air circulation may bring high level smoke into the region by end of week
Just so long that it doesn’t get down to the surface.
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Rubus_Leucodermis wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:43 am Just so long that it doesn’t get down to the surface.
Pathetic rain totals on all models. 1.5 inches over next 2 weeks. GEM has a bit more but more consensus is we see dirty ridging persist until mid Nov.

We know the rain train is coming. Just wish we could get it over with early.
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Rubus_Leucodermis wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 8:40 am Good to know. Best to avoid ambiguous terms like that.
Yeah I was just curious, because sleet is just any old mess of wintry precipitation, it's a very broad term up north. It seems like in the US sleet is used to describe pure ice pellets.
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wetcoast91 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:50 am Pathetic rain totals on all models. 1.5 inches over next 2 weeks. GEM has a bit more but more consensus is we see dirty ridging persist until mid Nov.

We know the rain train is coming. Just wish we could get it over with early.
Yep. Another January start to the ski season looking good.
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Still slowly melting out of the roof valleys.
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It's called clown range for a reason.
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