January 2022 Forecasts and Discussions

[Typeing3]

Fraser River update. 3/4

South Vancouver (North Arm)
https://mobile.twitter.com/rwdettman/st ... 6830033922
https://mobile.twitter.com/harrietglynn ... 3477286915

Steveston (South Arm)
https://mobile.twitter.com/KarinaReidRm ... 5949512711

NE Surrey
https://mobile.twitter.com/Kylem87/stat ... 4584692737

[Radar]

All the salt on the roads will melt that shortly.

Fraser River update. 1/4

Ice is still getting thicker in the already frozen portion of the river in NE Surrey/Langley/Pitt Meadows/Maple Ridge. Water flow looks to have stopped in other areas as well as the river begins to freeze, with higher concentrations of ice chunks/floes.

Imo, this is at least the most frozen and most ice chunks/floes on the river though the lower mainland since December 2008. I'd go as far as saying maybe since January 1993.

Richmond
https://mobile.twitter.com/RodolfoYoshi ... 5891848198

Chilliwack
https://mobile.twitter.com/DrewBrayshaw ... 9620232193

New Westminster
https://mobile.twitter.com/fredthealien ... 8997493760

I think this is in New Westminster too?
https://mobile.twitter.com/BanesLal/sta ... 7188725760

[Typeing3]

Fraser River update. 4/4

Langley
https://mobile.twitter.com/lost2gether/ ... 2804864002

I think this is South Vancouver? Completely frozen there now too.
https://mobile.twitter.com/AmberDevlin0 ... 5081147396

New Westminster/Surrey
https://mobile.twitter.com/thefrdc/stat ... 5483894786

Fort Langley
https://mobile.twitter.com/dmayhood/sta ... 0383500292

[Radar]

If the snow and ice stick around for another couple weeks, will Vancouver have another #SaltCrisis?

Salt already sold out. Bulk salt pricing getting restricted and bulk salt retail sellers have doubled the price.

[Hound]

Fraser River update. 1/4


Imo, this is at least the most frozen and most ice chunks/floes on the river though the lower mainland since December 2008. I'd go as far as saying maybe since January 1993.

Agree 100% I'm leaning towards 1993 more-so.

[Typeing3]

Boundary Bay

https://mobile.twitter.com/DeputyTMoore ... 8878897152

https://mobile.twitter.com/natureguides ... 3144665093

[Typeing3]

Agree 100% I'm leaning towards 1993 more-so.

Yeah. Very unlikely we'll surpass that year. Cold was fairly significant and persistent. Fraser was more frozen up in spots and had a higher concentration of ice chunks/floes.

Unfortunately I can't find any pictures from back then so if anyone does, please share.

[Roberts Creeker]

Stop insinuating it was me. I would have added a +12C by Monday morning.



Stop photoshopping the maps.

...and sprinkled in some pineapples too.

[Typeing3]

FWIW, here is the data from various stations for January 1993. Cold snap began in mid-late Dec '92 but persisted well into the new year. 1993 was the last cold January (monthly mean temp below 0c) for the lower mainland.

Vancouver YVR: https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_d ... 93&Month=1#
Port Moody: https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_d ... pe=navLink
Pitt Meadows: https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_d ... Name=Pitt+
Cloverdale: https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_d ... pe=navLink
Abbotsford YXX: https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_d ... Abbotsford
Agassiz: https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_d ... me=Agassiz

[Monty]

Dropped to -9C last evening before the clouds spoiled our shot at a -10C. Cloudy and -0.1C currently. Shawnigan lake was still 99% ice free when I drove by yesterday.

[Abby_wx]

FWIW, here is the data from various stations for January 1993. Cold snap began in mid-late Dec '92 but persisted well into the new year. 1993 was the last cold January (monthly mean temp below 0c) for the lower mainland.

Vancouver YVR: https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_d ... 93&Month=1#
Port Moody: https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_d ... pe=navLink
Pitt Meadows: https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_d ... Name=Pitt+
Cloverdale: https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_d ... pe=navLink
Abbotsford YXX: https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_d ... Abbotsford
Agassiz: https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_d ... me=Agassiz

That cold snap was pretty darn impressive. Lasted about 22 days, during which time there was no rain whatsoever. Nowadays, we feel lucky to go 10 days without rain.

Shame about all the missing data, but I recall peak snow depths of over 30 cm in Fraser Heights.

[Michael1]

A warm wind ?

Do you and wetcoast need a room?

[Storm]

Lattest HRRR has snow mostly North of Fraser

sn10_acc.us_nw.png

[wetcoast91]

Do you and wetcoast need a room?

[Storm]

Do you and wetcoast need a room?

Warn and Warmer.