Much like the U.S Pacific NW, it is very usually to have a heavy snowfall occur in coastal sections of B.C, but today it did:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/11/ ... -snow.html
Snowstorm blankets coastal B.C
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Snowstorm blankets coastal B.C
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Deffinatly a good storm.. in the Okanagan Valley.. 3 hours east of Vancouve its a complete mess. Some places have as much as 20 inches. and its still snowing. The plows arnt running today, because they are trying to keep the highway clear, which isnt an easy task!
an interesting read..
British Columbians bracing for big freeze
Updated Mon. Nov. 27 2006 3:16 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Forecasters say more cold weather is coming for British Columbians who are digging out from under as much as 50 centimetres of snow.
Snow continued to fall Monday amid forecasts that the next breath of Arctic air was expected to wreak havoc on Lotusland.
An arctic outflow warning was in effect for the Fraser Valley and Environment Canada predicted wind-chill temperatures will dip below -20 C in some places.
Environment Canada was also warning of the potential for frostbite, with a wind-chill factor approaching -27 C in Kamloops.
A snowfall warning remains in effect for parts of B.C.'s south coast and Lower Mainland after heavy snow disrupted ferry and aircraft movements and downed power lines over the weekend.
Snowfall amounts ranging from 20 to 50 centimetres have been recorded in the Vancouver area, Fraser Valley and parts of Vancouver Island since Saturday.
"I don't care where you're from ... that's a lot of snow. In many ways this part of the country is just not equipped to handle that volume of snow in such short order like in Edmonton or Moncton or even Toronto," CTV's Todd Battis reported from Vancouver on Monday.
The weight of the snow also downed trees and brought down branches onto power lines, cutting off electricity to thousands of households from Victoria to Chilliwack.
Wary commuters who left their cars at home contributed to long lineups at public transit stops and jam-packed city buses.
Conditions were so bad in Victoria Monday morning that B.C. Transit was forced to pull its buses off the roads during the rush hour.
Vancouver's SkyTrain was forced to cut back service to deal with snow on the raised track, creating a crush of people waiting on the platform.
Some passengers said it took them as long as one hour to make the same journey that took 20 minutes otherwise.
"Only about half the number of SkyTrain cars was on the rails today. Buses, trolley lines were frozen and so they could not move. A lot of other buses were simply off the road," Battis said.
"I know one bus driver -- it took him an hour just to get out of the compound."
The snow is tapering off to flurries but temperatures are also plummeting, which could make roads even more treacherous as slush turns into ice.
"It's going to be a matter of staying at it throughout the day," City of Vancouver engineer Murray Wightman told CTV Newsnet on Monday morning.
"We've been at it since Saturday morning. What we're looking at now, which is going to make things interesting, is after this snow that's coming down stops we're supposed to start getting into quite cold temperatures -- minus 6, even as low as minus 9 -- so that'll make for an interesting few days for us with everything freezing."
The bitter cold couldn't come at a worse time for more than 81,000 customers without electricity, as B.C. Hydro worked to repair power lines brought down by falling trees and branches.
About 39,000 of them are in the south Vancouver Island area, where additional crews were being sent from the Vancouver area.
Another 20,000 people in the Vancouver area are also without power, as are 15,000 customers in the Fraser Valley.
"This is certainly a challenge for us,'' B.C. Hydro spokeswoman Elisha Moreno told The Canadian Press of tapped-out resources.
"This is the second winter storm in less than a month.
"We realize that it is colder weather, which is giving us a sense of urgency in terms of things to be concerned about like freezing pipes and customers being cold in their homes so we are working as quickly and safely as we can to get that power restored.''
an interesting read..
British Columbians bracing for big freeze
Updated Mon. Nov. 27 2006 3:16 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Forecasters say more cold weather is coming for British Columbians who are digging out from under as much as 50 centimetres of snow.
Snow continued to fall Monday amid forecasts that the next breath of Arctic air was expected to wreak havoc on Lotusland.
An arctic outflow warning was in effect for the Fraser Valley and Environment Canada predicted wind-chill temperatures will dip below -20 C in some places.
Environment Canada was also warning of the potential for frostbite, with a wind-chill factor approaching -27 C in Kamloops.
A snowfall warning remains in effect for parts of B.C.'s south coast and Lower Mainland after heavy snow disrupted ferry and aircraft movements and downed power lines over the weekend.
Snowfall amounts ranging from 20 to 50 centimetres have been recorded in the Vancouver area, Fraser Valley and parts of Vancouver Island since Saturday.
"I don't care where you're from ... that's a lot of snow. In many ways this part of the country is just not equipped to handle that volume of snow in such short order like in Edmonton or Moncton or even Toronto," CTV's Todd Battis reported from Vancouver on Monday.
The weight of the snow also downed trees and brought down branches onto power lines, cutting off electricity to thousands of households from Victoria to Chilliwack.
Wary commuters who left their cars at home contributed to long lineups at public transit stops and jam-packed city buses.
Conditions were so bad in Victoria Monday morning that B.C. Transit was forced to pull its buses off the roads during the rush hour.
Vancouver's SkyTrain was forced to cut back service to deal with snow on the raised track, creating a crush of people waiting on the platform.
Some passengers said it took them as long as one hour to make the same journey that took 20 minutes otherwise.
"Only about half the number of SkyTrain cars was on the rails today. Buses, trolley lines were frozen and so they could not move. A lot of other buses were simply off the road," Battis said.
"I know one bus driver -- it took him an hour just to get out of the compound."
The snow is tapering off to flurries but temperatures are also plummeting, which could make roads even more treacherous as slush turns into ice.
"It's going to be a matter of staying at it throughout the day," City of Vancouver engineer Murray Wightman told CTV Newsnet on Monday morning.
"We've been at it since Saturday morning. What we're looking at now, which is going to make things interesting, is after this snow that's coming down stops we're supposed to start getting into quite cold temperatures -- minus 6, even as low as minus 9 -- so that'll make for an interesting few days for us with everything freezing."
The bitter cold couldn't come at a worse time for more than 81,000 customers without electricity, as B.C. Hydro worked to repair power lines brought down by falling trees and branches.
About 39,000 of them are in the south Vancouver Island area, where additional crews were being sent from the Vancouver area.
Another 20,000 people in the Vancouver area are also without power, as are 15,000 customers in the Fraser Valley.
"This is certainly a challenge for us,'' B.C. Hydro spokeswoman Elisha Moreno told The Canadian Press of tapped-out resources.
"This is the second winter storm in less than a month.
"We realize that it is colder weather, which is giving us a sense of urgency in terms of things to be concerned about like freezing pipes and customers being cold in their homes so we are working as quickly and safely as we can to get that power restored.''
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I did the calculation before I posted it for you everyone in the U.S. its pretty unsual for Vancouver to get that big dump. The moutains round about got hit even harder.. All in all its a nice hello to winter. With cold temps currently, looking at my thermometer. -18 C or -0.4 F.. nice crisp night!
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I live about an hour north of Seattle, i just got power back after almost 3 days without it. 14" of heavy wet snow snapped trees like twigs here. Our normal highs are in the 40's and lows of 30's for this time of the year. Today i had a high of 23 degrees and its currently 12 degrees at 7:30PM. This is quite the arctic outbreak for us!! Also all of Western WA including Seattle is under a winterstorm watch for tomorrow night. What a winter so far here, first all time record flooding and high winds early in the month. Now major arctic blast, we are making up for quiet winters of the several past years for sure!!!
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gunner1551 wrote:Aslkahuna wrote:I think the record for SLC is about 18 inches in a single storm.
Steve
Aslkahuna, may I ask what SLC stands for??
SLC is Salt Lake City.
The record for a single storm is actually 23.3 inches.
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/slc/climate/slc ... able50.php
This seems to be missing the December 2003 storm, which was close to 18 inches (officially), with another storm right on its heels.
However, I live at a higher elevation than the airport and am more exposed to the lake-effect. The airport gets about the least amount of snow of any place in the Salt Lake Valley. The most I've seen in 11 years of living here is close to 30 inches (not sure exactly how much, but it was close to that).
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R-Dub wrote:I live about an hour north of Seattle, i just got power back after almost 3 days without it. 14" of heavy wet snow snapped trees like twigs here. Our normal highs are in the 40's and lows of 30's for this time of the year. Today i had a high of 23 degrees and its currently 12 degrees at 7:30PM. This is quite the arctic outbreak for us!! Also all of Western WA including Seattle is under a winterstorm watch for tomorrow night. What a winter so far here, first all time record flooding and high winds early in the month. Now major arctic blast, we are making up for quiet winters of the several past years for sure!!!
I Really feel for you guys. It has been a real mess in the NW all month. Hope things are better in December.
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