What Is The Weather Today? (No Mercury Jockeying!)

[flar]

The vortex is gone and we're back above freezing

The cold of yesterday and the past two nights was enough to form ice on Lake Erie. It looks like Lake St Clair andthe entire western basin of Lake Erie (west of Point Pelee) is frozen. Near my place, there is broken ice hugging the shoreline, to about 100 yards out.





Last night in Windsor

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by someone123

I used to live on pogey and would supplement my income by harvesting seaweed during the good years when the sea ice got thin enough. When I lost my right arm to a tree explosion that was the last straw and I had to move somewhere more temperate.

Geezus, bud. If I had a dollar for every time I've heard that story, I could give up sellin' driftwood carvings to cruise ship tourists and have enough smokes and Keith's to supply all my buds every weekend!

Rough go, ya had. Most of us dream of that care free west coast livin', but never get to see it... you did good.

[mcminsen]

Cool and cloudy with a few sprinkles here and there off and on.

Saturday's high at Vancouver Harbour was 8 C, the low was 7 C.





West End/Downtown, Vancouver, Feb.4 '23, my pics


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[Architype]

^ I think it's so cool to see those remaining houses in the West End. There are so few of them, they are somewhat hidden and generally unnoticed unless you live there.

[SignalHillHiker]

Got ready to join a few buddies for a run, walked outside and couldn’t even make it to the other side of my car on the ice. Gave up. And then I couldn’t get back in. Door lock was frozen. Googled what to do. Hand sanitizer. Went to Sobeys - I didn’t have any cards or money on me (as I was going for a run). Added my card to Apple Pay. Took two tries but remembered the three-digit code. Got home, parked, my car slid right to the bumper of the neighbour’s van. The hand sanitizer trick worked. Then spent the last two hours digging, salting and sanding the ice under my car enough to back it up a reasonable distance from the neighbour. FFS I hate the cold.





EDIT: Walked to the store. I don’t understand how it’s still this bad ages after the snow fell lol

[Marty_Mcfly]

We've warmed back up to a more manageable temperature. Winds have died down, currently sunny and -4 at 12pm. Rain comes in tomorrow.

[MonctonRad]

The vortex has moved on. Currently -9C in Moncton at 11 AM with light snow flurry activity, going up to -5C this afternoon.

The majority of the remainder of the week will show daily highs generally a few degrees above or below the freezing mark, with no storms expected.

[TownGuy]

Our cold snap had to be one of the more bizarre weather events I've experienced. It got so brutally cold but it was over almost instantly. For some perspective, the low yesterday was -26.9, the high was 0.2. Today it is downright pleasant, 3 and overcast with some sunny breaks. Calling for drizzle later today.

[Denscity]

Looking lush and mild on the West Coast.

Victoria 9 9 9 7
Tofino 9 9 7 7
White Rock 9 8 9 6
Vancouver 9 7 9 6

Castlegar 4 4 4 4

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by mcminsen

Cool and cloudy with a few sprinkles here and there off and on.

Saturday's high at Vancouver Harbour was 8 C, the low was 7 C.





West End/Downtown, Vancouver, Feb.4 '23, my pics

Beauty shots! My personal favourite:



It will be a couple of months before we see anything like that.

[OldDartmouthMark]

From +2 to -26 and back to +2... all in 2 days, 3 hours.

[Airboy]

Had to pull the plug after 2 hours on our bike ride yesterday. The snow was getting sticky and clogging the grip of the tires. Got to my car and the temp read 8. Today not as warm but still only wearing a vest and no jacket. Shit this is Feb.

[LFC]

Originally Posted by Airboy

Had to pull the plug after 2 hours on our bike ride yesterday. The snow was getting sticky and clogging the grip of the tires. Got to my car and the temp read 8. Today not as warm but still only wearing a vest and no jacket. Shit this is Feb.

Sounds like you guys are experience Fools Spring. Enjoy it while it lasts!

[rousseau]

With the recent deep freeze I saw a few media snippets offering a choice: -20 and sunshine or 3 and grey.

It's 3 and grey today, and I just went on a bike ride after being trapped inside the house for that cold spell. I'm not saying the variation wasn't welcome, because sunshine is good for you, but if I had to choose?

I'll take southern Ontario for $1,000, Alex.

[Denscity]

No place in BC is famous for +3C. Vancouver's average high in the winter is more like +7C. And warmer in White Rock, Victoria, and Tofino.
-20C kills people. That's why your homeless move to BC.

[TownGuy]

Originally Posted by Denscity

No place in BC is famous for +3C. Vancouver's average high in the winter is more like +7C. And warmer in White Rock, Victoria, and Tofino.
-20C kills people. That's why your homeless move to BC.

Does -13 kill people? Asking for a friend.



That was only 6 weeks ago.

[SignalHillHiker]

Why do we think Rousseau is talking about BC? Did I miss something? I interpreted that as poking against the generic prairies, dry cold thing?

[Metro-One]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Why do we think Rousseau is talking about BC? Did I miss something? I interpreted that as poking against the generic prairies, dry cold thing?

In this case he is directly poking fun at the Prairies for sure, but there an overall funny element to this as well.

That is, seeing people react positively to weather that would fall on the below average scale for south coastal BC, but then instantly dismiss and speak negatively of even milder conditions as soon as those conditions are occurring in BC.

For example, people in Ontario / Eastern Canada have been overwhelming positive about the extremely mild winter they have been experiencing, but those monthly averages this winter would still rank as extremely below seasonal in Vancouver and Victoria and among some of the coldest months ever experienced in the area.

You even have some on here trying to weigh the -22 to -26 degree weather the other day seen in Halifax as on par with Vancouver’s extreme low of -13 in December… which I admit is still cold and sucks, but they are not the same. Also during that same cold snap Victoria did not go below -10. Coldest temps there ranged between -7 to -9 ish depending on location.

So it’s quite interesting to see.

Yes, I agree that the 3 and overcast in Southern Ontario is better than sunny and -20, but the current mainly cloud and 10 degrees in Victoria is better than the 3 and overcast in Ontario. In fact, So far this year Victoria has only had one day that has failed to reach that 3 degree benchmark (and that day was 2.8). But as soon as you mention that winter in Victoria / South Coastal BC is objectively better if your idea of a “win” in winter is overcast and 3, well, then all hell breaks loose…

PS, precipitation totals for this period in Victoria and Southern Ontario in general are in a near deadlock too at around 65mm.

[flar]

The difference for me is freezing or not freezing. To me, 3 is as good as 10. It's not great, but at least it's not freezing. It makes a big difference (e.g. snow melts, garage stays warm enough to work, no ice to slip on, a campfire is enough to keep warm, etc.)

[TownGuy]

For southern Ontario I think I've seen more bitching about the lack of sunlight than praise for the mild temperatures. On the ground here, there has definitely been constant bitching about the lack of sun this winter. When it is sunny it's usually cold, then people bitch about that. That pretty much sums up winter in Canada though. It's either mild and overcast or cold and sunny, generally anyway.