wetcoast91 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:39 am
Cold temps are out of the picture unless the airmass below decouples with clear skies as well. Persistant winds and cloudcover means very low DP and temps near freezing.
Different story had the PV resided over BC instead of being near Thunder Bay. This is a homegrown arctic airmass thats very dry.
Still impressive that its remaining cold. I'm amazed temps haven't warmed up with the channeling and near-downsloping we are seeing.
Thats why when we first started tracking this winter event, it was looking a lot more memorable. Some model runs had the PV right over BC and the PNW. Those solutions quickly vanished and we ended up with a typical run of the mill dry continental arctic trickle.
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wetcoast91 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:39 am
Cold temps are out of the picture unless the airmass below decouples with clear skies as well. Persistant winds and cloudcover means very low DP and temps near freezing.
Different story had the PV resided over BC instead of being near Thunder Bay. This is a homegrown arctic airmass thats very dry.
Still impressive that its remaining cold. I'm amazed temps haven't warmed up with the channeling and near-downsloping we are seeing.
Seems to be the theme recently.
*Maps are posted for discussion/entertainment purposes only, and not because I necessarily believe them to be true.
Pumpkin Seed wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:29 am
That’s why I don’t like any epic or extreme cold which means all the good stuff always go south and we end up getting nothing, maybe just a few cm of slushy snow at the end of the event as consolation prize or even worse just cold rain.
The thing is... this kind of setup doesn't deliver extreme cold to the south coast.
More often than not when we get the extreme cold it's either preceded by a snowfall or ends in a big overrunning event.
I think it is damn cold!!! -8 this morning with winds ripping through! I find it hard to believe we won't get any snow? But I aint no weather lady so still cold as crap even in sun with these winds! Squamish does tend to take longer to warm up sooooo hope we get snow at some point!
Really feels like Saturday is the one that got away. Fairly strong system dropping down from the WNW is a great track for a snowstorm around these parts.
It's just too bad it looks to be suppressed and completely split which really helps the moisture get shredded by the outflow.
Wintergirl wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 11:23 am
I think it is damn cold!!! -8 this morning with winds ripping through! I find it hard to believe we won't get any snow? But I aint no weather lady so still cold as crap even in sun with these winds! Squamish does tend to take longer to warm up sooooo hope we get snow at some point!
Nice to see you're finally getting those outflow winds.
wetcoast91 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:39 am
Cold temps are out of the picture unless the airmass below decouples with clear skies as well. Persistant winds and cloudcover means very low DP and temps near freezing.
Different story had the PV resided over BC instead of being near Thunder Bay. This is a homegrown arctic airmass thats very dry.
Still impressive that its remaining cold. I'm amazed temps haven't warmed up with the channeling and near-downsloping we are seeing.
What i meant was IF we had a PG High, AND it stayed put...like 1996 iirc?? Anyone..it was friggin freezing before that massive dump correct?
Looking forward to our first 3 day stretch of sun and 20c++
Willoughby Langley at ~320ft / Similkameeeens ~3400ft
Typeing3 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 11:24 am
Really feels like Saturday is the one that got away. Fairly strong system dropping down from the WNW is a great track for a snowstorm around these parts.
It's just too bad it looks to be suppressed and completely split which really helps the moisture get shredded by the outflow.
still cold as crap even in sun with these winds! Squamish does tend to take longer to warm up sooooo hope we get snow at some point!
