Lower Mainland Weather Central - Page 29

SpongeG · #1 Posted **Nov 29, 2011, 10:47 PM**

Hunker down, Vancouver, there's wild weather coming

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PHYLICIA TORREVILLAS
METRO VANCOUVER
Published: November 29, 2011 5:49 a.m.
Last modified: November 29, 2011 10:03 a.m.

B.C. is in for a stormy winter this year.

The Weather Network’s Chris Scott, meteorologist and forecast operations manager, is predicting a “fairly active” winter for the southern part of the province.

“If you’ve got some major trips planned, it’s the time of the year to be aware of what’s going on with the weather because we do think we’ll see our share of storms,” Scott said.

“We’ve had some early tastes of it, but we’ve got a few more on the way.”

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http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver/local/...wn-vancouver-there-s-wild-weather-coming

whatnext · #2 Posted **Dec 18, 2011, 8:29 PM**

Let's hear it for global warming! I saw one rhododendron blooming today on my way to the airport, on Grant McConachie Way, and another doing the same at Denman and Davie as I came back from the North Shore.

What happened to that cold and snowy winter they were predicting?

entheosfog · #3 Posted **Dec 18, 2011, 8:33 PM**

Well, winter hasn't officially started yet but I'm afraid we'll be paying for all this nice weather in January and February...

p78hub · #4 Posted **Jan 15, 2012, 9:47 AM**

just took a look at environment canada, and apparently there was a funnel cloud earlier?? vancouver weatherpage also noted thundersnow over richmond.

whatnext · #5 Posted **Jan 15, 2012, 5:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by p78hub

just took a look at environment canada, and apparently there was a funnel cloud earlier?? vancouver weatherpage also noted thundersnow over richmond.

Picture here: http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/319851--funnel-cloud-seen-over-richmond

SpongeG · #6 Posted **Jan 15, 2012, 8:16 PM**

the forecast has been changed to show snow everyday through thursday! woohoo finally

cc85 · #7 Posted **Jan 16, 2012, 12:17 AM**

I saw the funnel cloud. It was quite interesting along with the long and narrow cloud from which it emerged from. That and the hail was interesting.

SpongeG · #8 Posted **Jan 17, 2012, 7:15 PM**

sounds like abbotsford/chilliwack got hit with a big dump of snow overnight - lots of schools closed etc.

theweathernetwork.com - jan 16

vancouversun.com
Winter's grip provides a 2-5 cm. blanket of snow for pedestrians on the Granville Street Bridge Monday, January 16, 2012 in Vancouver, B.C. The weather service is warning of more snow later today.
Photograph by: Ian Lindsay, PNG

mrjauk · #9 Posted **Jul 3, 2012, 11:30 PM**

Will we get any summer this year?!? As a raised (was an infant when we moved here) Vancouverite who is used to the incessant rain, this is even too much for me.

It's crazy that most of the rest of the continent is scorching and we're here with March-like weather.

Metro-One · #10 Posted **Jul 4, 2012, 12:13 AM**

It was the worst June I can remember, but dont worry, if you simply check any forecast today may be the last day of crap for a while, with sunny hot weather arriving as soon as Thursday (tomorrow is suppose to be ok as well, and sat to mon hot!)

whatnext · #11 Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 4:07 PM**

Wow, am I the only one who forgot how much Fall & Winter can suck in Vancouver?

Pinion · #12 Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 4:48 PM**

No. I just spent all night in windy cold rain. Usually it takes me until at least November to swear that I will leave this cursed city.

Prometheus · #13 Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 5:11 PM**

The rain has reminded me of how truly awesome Vancouver is.

I love the rain as much as I love the mountains, the sea, the forests, the wildlife and all the other phenomena that are integral to the unique, raw beauty of the Pacific Northwest.

This city is blessed.

entheosfog · #14 Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 9:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by Prometheus

The rain has reminded me of how truly awesome Vancouver is.

I love the rain as much as I love the mountains, the sea, the forests, the wildlife and all the other phenomena that are integral to the unique, raw beauty of the Pacific Northwest.

This city is blessed.

Totally agree with you on this one. I guess growing up in Alberta has made me not hate the rain or something.
But people love to complain!

Klazu · #15 Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 9:51 PM**

I already missed the rain, so I don't mind the grayness. Now I am just waiting to see the first snow on the mountains.

duener · #16 Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 5:27 PM**

Here in the UK people often ask me how I can stand all the rain. They assume the weather is better elsewhere. That's when I tell them I grew up in Vancouver where it rains for months on end and is much worse.

When it starting raining yesterday I nipped into a pub for a half pint to wait it out. If I tried that in Vancouver I'd drink the place dry.

Metro-One · #17 Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 9:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by duener

Here in the UK people often ask me how I can stand all the rain. They assume the weather is better elsewhere. That's when I tell them I grew up in Vancouver where it rains for months on end and is much worse.

When it starting raining yesterday I nipped into a pub for a half pint to wait it out. If I tried that in Vancouver I'd drink the place dry.

Although unlike London Vancouver also has a serious dry season. I have several friends from the UK and Ireland that just love summer here.

Anyone bitching about the rain should shut up now, if you didn't take advantage of the 3 solid months of sunshine we just had, that is your fault!

And actually, after that extended dry period I am actually enjoying the mild rain currently. Last night was amazingly mild! Of course, living in extreme south Van, the rain comes in more of a wave pattern than the constant drizzle of the North Shore area. Yesterday is would rain hard for an hour here, then stop for an hour, then hard for an hour again, and we even got a few fleeting rays of sun around 4pm.

Pinion · #18 Posted **Oct 15, 2012, 3:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by Metro-One

Anyone bitching about the rain should shut up now, if you didn't take advantage of the 3 solid months of sunshine we just had, that is your fault!

Some of us have to work outside, so how about you don't tell us when to shut up.

You weirdos who like the rain are the anomaly. If Vancouver had better weather it'd be the biggest city in Canada.

Metro-One · #19 Posted **Oct 15, 2012, 4:14 AM**

I do a lot of work outside myself, and wtf do you expect in Vancouver in mid October?

My point is we had an unusually long and extremely dry spell, so instead of bitching about the rain now, instead feel grateful that we have not had this for months. Normally this starts in mid September, we got an entire extra month this year of great weather

Prometheus · #20 Posted **Oct 15, 2012, 4:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by Pinion

You weirdos who like the rain are the anomaly.

Not at all. It might be an anomaly among those who were born or raised somewhere else and who are foreign to (and do not comprehend) the natural essence, power and ethos of the Pacific Northwest.

The rain is the central natural force that has shaped this beautiful land, that fills it with unprecedented freshness and life and powers its dynamic ecosystem. The wild beauty of the Pacific Northwest and the rain are inexorably linked by an unbreakable causal chain.