Lower Mainland Weather Central - Page 35

Metro-One · #**681** Posted **Dec 6, 2016, 3:13 AM**

Metrotown, due to being 200 meters in elevation, and a bit from the water, tends to get more snow than many other parts Metro-Van (especially those west and south of it)

SpongeG · #**682** Posted **Dec 6, 2016, 8:52 PM**

apparently thursday is going to be snowmageddon down there

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trofirhen · #**683** Posted **Dec 6, 2016, 10:40 PM**

[QUOTE=SpongeG;7643659]apparently thursday is going to be snowmageddon down there

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Is he a weatherman in Halifax? Does he get paid for this?

Klazu · #**684** Posted **Dec 7, 2016, 1:30 AM**

Oh shit! If Frankie is predicting it to be bad, it's going to be one for the books!

Today roads in Metrotown were open and salted. No problems for the buses and man it was beautiful with snow-top mountains and blue skies!

csbvan · #**685** Posted **Dec 7, 2016, 1:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

Oh shit! If Frankie is predicting it to be bad, it's going to be one for the books!

Today roads in Metrotown were open and salted. No problems for the buses and man it was beautiful with snow-top mountains and blue skies!

It's looking like 6 straight days with snow and temperatures barely cracking above 0

Klazu · #**686** Posted **Dec 7, 2016, 1:43 AM**

Since I am from Finland, people always think that I must LOVE winter and snow. Yeah, I can deal with the cold, but even one day of coldness like today is a good reminder how much I like the normal Vancouver weather. I like my meter of snow on the mountains, but nothing beats having no ice or slush on the valley ground.

SpongeG · #**687** Posted **Dec 7, 2016, 2:17 AM**

[QUOTE=trofirhen;7643781]

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

apparently thursday is going to be snowmageddon down there

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Is he a weatherman in Halifax? Does he get paid for this?

i don`t think so, but he is a little internet famous, he predicted the last big earthquake in new zealand just a few weeks ago

bluefox · #**688** Posted **Dec 9, 2016, 4:59 PM**

It appears crews are doing a much better job today compared to last week in keeping on top of road conditions (at least here in the CoV). Any other municipalities falling behind this morning?

SpongeG · #**689** Posted **Dec 9, 2016, 6:43 PM**

so it did snow?

my facebook was full of posts by people whining that the snow didn't come as expected

trofirhen · #**690** Posted **Dec 9, 2016, 6:43 PM**

[QUOTE=SpongeG;7643968]

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Originally Posted by trofirhen

i don`t think so, but he is a little internet famous, he predicted the last big earthquake in new zealand just a few weeks ago

Yikes!!!!!

He predicted the earthquake in NZ !!????? I'm heading down there in 9 days. Christmas in midsummer!!

whatnext · #**691** Posted **Dec 9, 2016, 6:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

so it did snow?

my facebook was full of posts by people whining that the snow didn't come as expected

Not much, it was media snowverkill.

Klazu · #**692** Posted **Dec 9, 2016, 10:28 PM**

Don't discount it yet. Today's snowfall seems to be very regional, but here in Metrotown it has been snowing pretty heavily at times and accumulation is already 5+ centimeters and it keeps falling.

csbvan · #**693** Posted **Dec 9, 2016, 10:40 PM**

It's dumping downtown. I think the storm was delayed not cancelled!

Stingray2004 · #**694** Posted **Dec 9, 2016, 11:00 PM**

Light snow out here in WR.

Brought this up earlier this week in the CA weather thread... but puts things into context... Snowmageddon 1996... snowed Christmas Eve... sunny Christmas Day... then on the afternoon of Boxing Day it started and continued to snow and snow and snow and snow... until about December 30 before it changed over:

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1996: B.C. digs out from huge blizzard

CBC News

Over four long days in late December "The Blizzard of '96" dumped an improbable 150 cm of snow (nearly five feet) on the traditionally temperate lower B.C. area, crippling public transit and paralyzing day-to-day life.

In this clip, CBC Television reporter Terry Milewski checks in with bewildered west coast residents as they deal with their biggest bout of winter in nearly 80 years.B.C.'s snowstorm began on the evening of Dec. 26, coating Victoria, Vancouver and parts of the lower Fraser Valley with nearly a metre of snow.

The province's capital received the biggest wallop, with 65 cm of snow in just 24 hours, smashing a record set in 1916. But the worst was far from over for the region. With more snow in the forecast, the records would continue to
break as the temperature continued to drop.

CBC News clip from Dec. 27, 1996 on just the first days snowfall with many more snowfall days to come:

http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1719444359

Spork · #**695** Posted **Dec 10, 2016, 5:06 AM**

Rain started to fall downtown at about 3pm, and was falling when I left downtown at 7. When I arrived home near Central Park, it was still snowing at the higher elevation, and just stopped about 15 minutes ago - probably about 10cm all day. Kingsway and Joyce both look to be in bad (but not terrible) shape.

nname · #**696** Posted **Dec 10, 2016, 5:53 AM**

Still snowing hard in Coquitlam Centre area. Currently about 17cm so far for today.

Travelling back home on SkyTrain.. the snow seems to be falling really hard at the Lougheed-Burquitlam area...

Klazu · #**697** Posted **Dec 10, 2016, 6:29 AM**

Yeah, definitely some 15+ centimeters fell today in Metrotown and we have some 30cm on our patio. Enough to make a human-size snowman.

Snow will be turning to rain overnight. We might be back to green grass again in few days.

nname · #**698** Posted **Dec 10, 2016, 6:51 AM**

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Snow will be turning to rain overnight. We might be back to green grass again in few days.

Not according to the forecast... It will be raining at 2 or 3 degrees over the weekend, and then the temperature will drop and stay below freezing all week next week, going as low as -11

RichmondOval · #**699** Posted **Dec 10, 2016, 7:12 AM**

Richmond was really bad around 7pm to 8pm. Water on the ground mixed with the fresh snow caused many cars to lose traction (combination of hydroplaning, incorrect tires, underestimating the severity, and Richmond drivers). Even the city centre (No.3 and Westminister) was not ready, as all the streets accumulated a layer of snow atleast 1-2cm thick.

GeeCee · #**700** Posted **Dec 10, 2016, 7:26 AM**

The roads around Surrey Memorial were sure pretty lousy to drive on at about 9pm tonight. I drove home at about 25km/h but only lost traction a couple times.