December 2021 Forecasts And Discussions

[Roberts Creeker]

Earlier I cleared my path and half the driveway with just a broom! It was like sweeping dust! So nice!

Stopped snowing. I think I gained another 1cm.

Now: -7.4
DP: -7

NICE!

Brrrrrr, it's sure cold at your place. Still dropping steadily here -2.8c now. gained about 3?cm of snow/snow pellets since 5 pm, haven't gone out to measure it yet.

[HarrisonSasquatchWx]

Thank you for the cold and snow weatherpro!
Any more details on next snow amount timing?

How come you didn't believe me John? this morning you called Wpro when there was no snow.

[Radar]

Mini Nito lt can't be hail snow pellets most like likely, are you from Mars.

That’s what I was thinking too. They are 1/2 pea size so about 3mm diameter and hard.

[Roberts Creeker]

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Is that your car under there Fishman?

[VanCitySouth]

That’s what I was thinking too. They are 1/2 pea size so about 3mm diameter and hard.

Oh that must be graupel mixed in. Maybe you're pretty close to getting thundersnow.

[HarrisonSasquatchWx]

That’s what I was thinking too. They are 1/2 pea size so about 3mm diameter and hard.

Kinda like rabbit turds?

[HarrisonSasquatchWx]

Is that your car under there Fishman?

I'm not sure l cant find the cat. j.k.

[Hound]

Better keep a record of these:

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[VanCitySouth]

I'd guesstimate the better part of another cm has come down since I last measured half an hour ago. I brushed my backyard pathway clear at that time and it's fully covered again.

[WeatherPro]

Thank you for the cold and snow weatherpro!
Any more details on next snow amount timing?

Wed &Thurs Could be another repeat of today and last night or perhaps even stronger.

[Radar]

Appears there has been a snow train today towards Abbotsford and Chilliwack.

16cm on the pavement at 264St and hwy 1 now.

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[Hound]

Someone lighting fireworks off in my area.
Brrr... it's -7.8
DP: -7

I can hear the big trees in the yard making cracking noises.

[Roberts Creeker]

Oh that must be graupel mixed in. Maybe you're pretty close to getting thundersnow.

Is there a difference between graupel and snow pellets? This article considers snow pellets, graupel and soft hail the same thing:
'Graupel are soft, small pellets formed when supercooled water droplets (at a temperature below 32°F) freeze onto a snow crystal, a process called riming. If the riming is particularly intense, the rimed snow crystal can grow to an appreciable size, but remain less than 0.2 inches. Graupel is also called snow pellets or soft hail, as the graupel particles are particularly fragile and generally disintegrate when handled.'

https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svr ... ail/types/

Interesting read, defines all frozen precipitation: snow, graupel, hail and sleet.

[tyweather]

Deep freeze looks to continue in the clown range

[Rubus_Leucodermis]

Oh that must be graupel mixed in. Maybe you're pretty close to getting thundersnow.

Definitely graupel. Hail requires liquid rain, and it’s too cold for that.