March 2023 Forecasts And Discussions

[Hawk]

Snow level appears to be around 1000 feet?
...not bad

[wetcoast91]

It's days like these which always makes me wonder why storm cells disproportionately favour Eastern Metro. Is it the surrounding geography? Is it something in the atmosphere?

Showers get shredded by Van Island mountain range leading to a rain shadow in a Westerly flow. Clouds redevelop with daytime heating Inland and then bunch up along the Coastal Mtn range.

It's why Hope will do well with snow totals tonight.

[Hawk]

Mark CatnipHill down for 10 to 15 cms by tom morning?

[Hawk]

NW sectors looking quite stormy.. dark clouds. Snow level appears to be maybe only 500 to 600 feet right now that precip intensity has increased

[Rubus_Leucodermis]

12Z Euro looking good.

For cold rain, that is. 925 mbar temperatures have trended warmer.

[Pomoman]

Mixed snow, rain, hail(?), and ice pellets falling. Chilly outside so feel I’ll do well later on. But who knows

[Rubus_Leucodermis]

Mixed snow, rain, hail(?), and ice pellets falling. Chilly outside so feel I’ll do well later on. But who knows

Sure, you’re not near sea level, you still have a good chance.

[wetcoast91]

12Z Euro looking good.

For cold rain, that is. 925 mbar temperatures have trended warmer.

Probable AR coming up soon.

[Typeing3]

Oh haha just beat me to it T3. Why you up so early?

Work!

Warning could verify for Burnaby mountain or upper Westwood plateau but I doubt the Mundy Park area (or anyone else below 300m) gets 5-10cm. We'll see though...

[wetcoast91]

The precip intensity with this storm looks insane with some very high based snow cells expected to form in the Great Lakes. This same storm has spawned tornados to the South. It will be a very quick hitting storm but will dump 20-30cm in a few hours. All that with 70km/hr winds.

[Typeing3]

The precip intensity with this storm looks insane with some very high based snow cells expected to form in the Great Lakes. This same storm has spawned tornados to the South. It will be a very quick hitting storm but will dump 20-30cm in a few hours. All that with 70km/hr winds.

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Guess Toronto will shut down tonight as it typically doesn't handle snow very well.

[Catnip]

Work!

Warning could verify for Burnaby mountain or upper Westwood plateau but I doubt the Mundy Park area (or anyone else below 300m) gets 5-10cm. We'll see though...

Yeah... that was my thought as well.

I guess we'll find out.

Currently +4.5c

[Rubus_Leucodermis]

Mixed precip shower (actually mixed precip, not Nito “rain mixed with drizzle” precip).

[Roberts Creeker]

Very brief ~ 1 minute hail storm still under dark clouds though so maybe more to come?

[Bonovox]

Temp fell here from 5.1c to 3.8c at the onset of precipitation.