Lower Mainland Weather Central

[go_leafs_go02]

Originally Posted by cornholio

I agree the weather in Vancouver is the one singe most important reason its not a place I want to live, but obviously there are other reasons why I do live here right now. No mater how anyone feels about it, it cant change the fact that low amount of sunshine is responsible for a whole bunch of health issues and depression, specifically low amounts for extended periods of time like Vancouver gets.

Toronto as someone pointed out gets 110 more sunshine hours per year, that is a huge difference. BUT more importantly during winter when we already have short days to begin with the difference is even larger, and thats where the problem is.

Believe it or not Vancouver gets allot more sunshine in the summer months then Toronto, but those are the months we need it the least from a health point of view. Once we get to the winter months Toronto gets 30-40% more sunshine hours, thats is huge especially when your are talking about our latitude for those months.

http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/c...province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12
http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/c...province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12

Due to Toronto being as south as Southern Oregon, the City also gets an average of 45 minutes of extra daylight in the winter months due to the latitude it it found (43 degrees north compared to 49 degrees north in Vancouver). For example, it gets light by 7:15 AM on the shortest day, and still is light at 5:00 PM in Toronto or southern Ontario.

Obviously in the summer, this turns around and Vancouver has 45 minute longer days than Toronto does, but when the sun shines all day long in both cities, it's not a large factor.

[WaxItYourself]

People complaining about the amount of rain here should also realize that the amount of rain we receive is another product of the same reason why we have such a wonderful climate year round in the area. That reason being that we are near the ocean and weather travels from west to east in Canada. We often have to take the bad along with the good. But I would much rather live here than some place where it goes down to -20C in the winter with 5 feet of snowfall and +35C in the summer.

[renthefinn]

Rain is great, get used to it. It rains here (Vancouver) more than in Victoria where I grew up, but more or less the same. Rainstorms can be awesome, one thing I loved as a kid was watching the water accumulate into puddles, pools and streams, it's fascinating to watch water flow....

[Klazu]

So great to see first snow on North Shore Mountains this morning! Also, perfectly aligned with my tire change this forenoon.

[p78hub]

Is it just me, or does it seem like there's at least one big thunderstorm every year now? I remember there being years in a row where there were no thunderstorms.

[jlousa]

It's crazy d/t right now, never seen rain this heavy for this long. The amount of lightning strikes is incredible as well. Right now there are literally a hundred people down on street level dancing in the streets getting drenched, cops and firetrucks everywhere. It's like it's out of a movie.

[Metro-One]

Having an amazing number of lighting strikes in south van, had an extremely loud one just shake the house!

[p78hub]

At one point, there was the combination of high winds, heavy rain, and lightning that made it look like a typhoon was hitting the city.

[Metro-One]

And it is also relatively warm out for heavy rain in Vancouver.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by jlousa

It's crazy d/t right now, never seen rain this heavy for this long. The amount of lightning strikes is incredible as well. Right now there are literally a hundred people down on street level dancing in the streets getting drenched, cops and firetrucks everywhere. It's like it's out of a movie.

Hey, its just another night in the DTES, right?

[whatnext]

Yet another thunder & lightening storm. Lots of cancellations/delays at YVR tonight.

[Bcasey25raptor]

I find it highly improbable but it seems we might get our first snow this weekend.

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Snow+Metro+Vancouver+Environment+Canada/9160515/story.html

[p78hub]

Hmm... the Environment Canada weather forecast is sun and a high of 8 tomorrow. Pretty sure it's not going to snow this weekend.

[p78hub]

There we go. First big snowfall of the winter, and in typical Vancouver fashion, it'll probably be rain by afternoon.

[theKB]

It's enraging and funny to watch people with all seasons and summers attempt to get around. I don't care if we only get 2 days of snow a year, it should be mandatory to have proper tires on your car at all times.

[officedweller]

I have all seasons, but just don't drive when there's snow on the ground.

[s211]

I just got to thinking... isn't it fortuitous that Vancouver is not hosting the winter olympics this year, given that our snow conditions are practically a write off this year. The alpine temps are far too high. Have you seen Whistler's freezing levels lately? The number of days the freezing level has been over a thousand metres above the mountain peaks is unbelievable.

[p78hub]

Looks like the ski season's been saved. I went to Cypress at the end of January when most of the snow was man-made and it was terrible, but look at the conditions now! There's almost 3 metres of snow now.

[Klazu]

I know, it's amazing! Just wish it sun would return next weekend to hit some runs.

[p78hub]

Isn't weather forecasting wonderful? More snow!