February 2025 Forecasts And Discussions

[Monty]

Lightning detected

I mentioned convection and thunder snow possibilities a few days ago. Sucks if it’s hail and graupel and not snow though.

[AbbyJr]

Pitt Meadows?

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[Typeing3]

Those cells will start progressing westward with the arctic front. Just a guess

Those heavy bands modeled on the HRDPS almost certainly look juicier due to convergence with the arctic front. It's a near impossible forecast.

[Typeing3]

Models have been handling it really well. The earliest the arctic air was modeled, that I saw , was the WRF and it was showing mid morning today. It’s absolutely always too fast with cold in these situations.

Agreed. I think the eastern Island will end up getting more snow than most of the Lower Mainland when this is all set an done. Will be easy to best my paltry 4cm total at the very least.

[Cloverdale]

Snowing here now. Temp fell a touch.

[Storm]

SWS

Snow, blowing snow and Arctic outflow conditions

Where: Vancouver Island and Southern Gulf Islands, Sunshine Coast, Howe Sound, Whistler, Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley.

When: Now into next week.

Remarks: A wintry mix of weather conditions is expected to impact the South Coast of BC over the next several days.

This weekend:
Heavy flurries and cold temperatures are expected this weekend as arctic air invades the region and an upper low brings the moisture. Be advised for sudden reduction in visibility in convective flurries if travelling around the South Coast. Accumulations are uncertain at this time as it will depend where the flurries develop but accumulating snow is likely in many areas this weekend. Snowfall warnings have been issued for regions with heavier snowfall.

Next week:
Very cold and dry air is expected over the South Coast with outflow conditions from an arctic ridge of high pressure settling over the region. Temperatures will be 5 to 8 degrees Celsius below seasonal. Blowing snow is possible through the Fraser Valley with recent snowfall. Watch for accumulating snow over eastern Vancouver Island from Qualicum Beach to the Saanich Peninsula early next week. Strong outflow winds will result in cold wind chills.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to BCstorm@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports using #BCStorm.

[Hawk]

The North shore is the big winner so far, western areas second.

The Euro is still bullish on heavy bands coming through, probably starting early afternoon:

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Heavy snow in Willoughby rn

[Typeing3]

Front fully through the mountains and the inlets of the central coast. Currently -7.1c, dp -15.3c right at sea level at Bella Bella. Further inland at Bella Coola it's currently -11.9c, dp -24.4c.

[tyweather]

Coming down hard in Newton with grauple

[PortKells]

I keep getting donuted despite promising looking radar. Starting to feel that impatience kick in... Let's go here!

[Flakey]

Driving from Newton to Guildford,crazy heavy grapple.

[Weather101]

Ended up with 14 cm here before it stopped around 11 am

Oh wow!! Bust !!! :

[PortKells]

Ok HRRR's got us.

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[Bc_trucker]

Can see some blue skies here at the moment, some light snow on and off...wind is picking up

[ClaytonWx]

Experiencing heavy graupel and reduced visibility as this cell moves across the farm lands south of Cloverdale