What Is The Weather Today II (No Mercury Jockeying)

[giallo]

Oh man. Vancouver is going to be a disaster at rush hour. Heavy, heavy snow right now.

[madog222]

The arctic outflow has arrived in Vancouver, dropped bellow freezing around noon and expected to reach -11° tomorrow morning. Forecast only called for scattered flurries but it seems we will get a few cm at least.

[ciudad_del_norte]

Originally Posted by Airboy

I think last year we got close to -40 but I remember getting there more often in the 60-80s.

Last winter bottomored out at -34.1 in December.

Last time Edmonton has seen temperatures in this range was -37.6 in Jan 2020, -37.8 in Jan 1996. -40 hasn't been recorded in Edmonton since 1972. The next few nights will likely be the coldest temperatures I've experienced in my lifetime. The last time Calgary or Edmonton had daily highs that didn't get above -30 was 2004.

[urbandreamer]

How do you cope? I guess if I moved there I'd need an engine block heater, heated hoodie & foot & hand warmers. Huge heating bills?

[Metro-One]

Long term prediction was a mild above seasonal January for western Canada!

El Niño baby!

Oh wait, now I remember why I never pay attention to long term models.

This week might be record smashing cold from Edmonton to Victoria to Dallas to Memphis.

[giallo]

^ -15c in Nashville next Tuesday. That's got to be some kind of record.

These photos were taken just before/right as the snow storm started. We've got a few centimetres since then.

[MonkeyRonin]

Originally Posted by giallo

The coastal mountain range in the North Shore got dumped on. Lots of fresh snow up there. I'll try to get a couple of pictures this afternoon.

Damn, I was counting on you to get some photos of that! Forgot my phone on my morning walk.


There's been a slight bit of snow in the city now:




Traffic chaos & mass panic has ensued.

[ciudad_del_norte]

Originally Posted by urbandreamer

How do you cope? I guess if I moved there I'd need an engine block heater, heated hoodie & foot & hand warmers. Huge heating bills?

This extreme of weather is unusual enough that's it's not an extended coping issue really. The vast majority of people won't be spending much time outside for a few days, and most people will avoid going out if they don't need to, but in many ways it's not unlike a string of uncooperative weather in any season. I'm probably not going on any long walks this weekend and life shifts indoors as much as possible. Most work that needs to happen outdoors gets postponed for a a few days. Some things are irritating and more difficult than usual, things get put off if they can and you adjust your routine accordingly.

It will be bright and sunny, amplified by our first real snowfall of the season. There is a beauty and stillness to a extreme cold snap as well (from a heated location). I wouldn't say it's fun, but it is one of the strange crazy collective experiences and makes for great small talk.

It would be one thing if we stayed below -30 from November to March, but this weather is notable because it's unusual. Even in Edmonton, the average is 12 days in January get above 0.

But yes, a block heater is absolutely requried if you want reliable car in the winter, that's just the norm here.

[Xelebes]

Originally Posted by urbandreamer

How do you cope? I guess if I moved there I'd need an engine block heater, heated hoodie & foot & hand warmers. Huge heating bills?

I've got safeties (work clothes) that I use to tough out these kind of cold. It will be enough to get groceries and that kind of stuff. Was working outside in -32°C weather earlier this week so. . . it's not that bad. The bigger worry should be among those in the tent cities.

[SpongeG]

Originally Posted by giallo

Oh man. Vancouver is going to be a disaster at rush hour. Heavy, heavy snow right now.

it took me just over 2.5 hours to drive from Sperling Burnaby Lake station on Lougheed Highway to Lougheed Town Centre, Lougheed from that station was a sea of red lights so I thought maybe Government Street will save something, but no. I left East Vancouver, stopped for gas at the RCSS on Grandview and the google maps originally advised I take Hwy 1, than changed it to Lougheed Hwy, Radio confirmed that Hwy 1 was a mess. So I chose Lougheed, it was ok throught Brentwood, than just from Sperling on was a thick blanket of snow and it was awful.
My BF said Surrey was fine, light snow nothing bad. Radio kept saying the south of the Fraser was fine, bare, no weather issues. North of the Fraser was the worst, they kept saying Burquitlam was a disaster. Anyway I finally get to my street which is near Austin and if you know that one its a steep climb and many vehicles were abandoned and many were spinning out trying to get up. I'm taking transit tomorrow, even though the snow is not forecast they got this possible "flurries" wrong. Had I known how bad it would get I would have left my car at work but Vancouver was like nothing going on around 2 pm.
I passed a Costco and the parking lot was nearly empty, I've never seen that before.

[harls]

Originally Posted by giallo

^ -15c in Nashville next Tuesday. That's got to be some kind of record.

I have friends in TN and they are freaking out at the forecast.

[flar]

The Great Lakes are almost ice free, so they are are going to block a bunch of the cold air. But a little bit sneaks around the bottom of Lake Michigan

[TownGuy]

^ That's actually pretty neat. Isn’t shallow Lake Erie the only one that freezes anyway?

[Metro-One]

Some forecasts have Abbotsford potentially flirting with it's coldest temperature ever...

Portland, Oregon also has two nights forecast in the negative double digits now too...

Dallas, TX has a -12 in their forecast and potentially 3 days remaining below freezing.

oh boy, El Nino, the weather network, environment Canada, your all fired!

PS, nice pics, Giallo!

[Nicko999]

-4C with a wind chill of -10 and mainly cloudy. A bit of sun earlier in the day.

Low of -6C (wind chill of -13) this morning.

The warmspot was Ingonish Beach, NS at 8.5C.

Warmest low was Sable Island, NS at 4.3C.

[Metro-One]

Umm, Red Deer has forecasted lows of -47 tomorrow night and the night after…

[giallo]

Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

Damn, I was counting on you to get some photos of that! Forgot my phone on my morning walk.

I was hoping to get some too, but the clouds had rolled in by the time I had my camera.

Originally Posted by Metro-One

Some forecasts have Abbotsford potentially flirting with it's coldest temperature ever...

Portland, Oregon also has two nights forecast in the negative double digits now too...

Dallas, TX has a -12 in their forecast and potentially 3 days remaining below freezing.

oh boy, El Nino, the weather network, environment Canada, your all fired!

PS, nice pics, Giallo!

Thanks!

[mcminsen]

Meanwhile in Lotusland...

The buses couldn't make it up the hill on Davie Street in Vancouver's West End.
A couple centimetres of snow and freezing temperatures and we just grind to a near halt.





Davie Street, Vancouver, Jan.11 '24, my pics

[Metro-One]

Was there any freezing rain or black ice on the road though?

[Zepfancouver]

Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

Traffic chaos & mass panic has ensued.
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I made it home just before the madness.
And starting streaming the chaos.

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