What Is The Weather Today II (No Mercury Jockeying)

[BradFromTO]

The sun making a rare cameo today. It's quite beautiful out already. Air feels fresh.

Currently 0 going up to 3.

[SignalHillHiker]

We still have basically no idea what's going to hit us. I don't recall a forecast this difficult.

[RHINO]

+ 14c in Kamloops yesterday and already +7c this morning. I found a stink bug in the front yard yesterday and some of the wives plants are starting to poke up already... Very odd for us here in Kamloops at this time of year. I noticed Mount Paul Golf course was open yesterday too .

[megadude]

Last time an all star game was here it was for the NBA in 2016. It was the coldest weekend in like 20 years. Going to be much, much more tolerable for the NHL this weekend. Just above zero, but more importantly... sunny!

[TownGuy]

Sunny and 5.

[zoomer]

/\ ah, looks like a great day for a walk!

Yesterday Victoria (Gonzales weather station) broke the record high for that station (records go back to 1973) at 13.1. The record low for Feb 1 was -2.3 back in 1996.

Little Ross Bay - February 1, 2024 by JohnnyJayEh, on Flickr

[SignalHillHiker]

We finally have our statement.

4:46 PM NST Friday 2 February 2024

A prolonged winter storm is expected Sunday evening to Wednesday morning.

Projected total snowfall:

Clarenville, Bonavista, and northwestern Avalon: 30 to 50 cm
St. John's and northeastern Avalon: 15 to 25 cm

Projected total rainfall: potentially up to 25 mm over parts of the northern Avalon.

Maximum wind gusts: northeasterly between 60 and 80 km/h.

Locations: the northeast coast of Newfoundland from the northern Avalon to the Bonavista Peninsula.

Remarks: Precipitation will begin as snow, but quickly transition to rain over the Avalon Peninsula. It is possible the Bonavista and Clarenville areas will receive some rain as well, but this is less certain. Snow is expected to return over all regions by Tuesday, accompanied by strong northeasterly winds that may cause significant visibility reductions in blowing snow. Snowfall is expected to taper to flurries by Wednesday morning.

There is considerable uncertainty associated with this system, especially with the total amount and location of the maximum precipitation. The public is advised to monitor for future updates on this system, especially those planning events or expecting to travel in the area.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to [email protected] or tweet reports using #NLwx.

It's going to be mostly west of us.

[Marty_Mcfly]

Several of the 5-day snowfall accumulation models for some parts of Nova Scotia are absolutely cracked.

Euro Model (ECMWF):
Sydney NS: 118cm
Antigonish NS: 92cm
Sherbrooke NS: 89cm
Halifax NS: 55cm

GFS Model:
Sydney NS: 132cm
Antigonish NS: 106cm
Sherbrooke NS: 102cm
Halifax NS: 51cm

ICON model:
Sydney NS: 110cm
Antigonish NS: 92cm
Sherbrooke NS: 65cm
Halifax NS: 27cm

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by Marty_Mcfly

Several of the 5-day snowfall accumulation models for some parts of Nova Scotia are absolutely cracked.

Euro Model (ECMWF):
Sydney NS: 118cm
Antigonish NS: 92cm
Sherbrooke NS: 89cm
Halifax NS: 55cm

GFS Model:
Sydney NS: 132cm
Antigonish NS: 106cm
Sherbrooke NS: 102cm
Halifax NS: 51cm

ICON model:
Sydney NS: 110cm
Antigonish NS: 92cm
Sherbrooke NS: 65cm
Halifax NS: 27cm

Man, this is why I take long term forecasts with a grain of salt. This wasn't even mentioned as a possibility a few days ago. IIRC, TWN was calling for something like 1-3 cm each day through the weekend.

EC's snowfall warning from this afternoon:

3:58 PM AST Friday 2 February 2024

A prolonged period of snowfall is expected.

Locations: Central and eastern Nova Scotia.

Total snowfall amounts: 30 to 40 cm for central Nova Scotia with up to 80 cm or possibly higher for eastern mainland and Cape Breton.

Time span: Tonight until Monday.

Remarks: A low pressure system southwest of Nova Scotia will slowly track eastward tonight. This low will intensify on Saturday and become quasi-stationary southeast of the province resulting in a prolonged period of snow for the region.

Additionally, increasing northeasterly winds could result in reduced visibilities in blowing snow over exposed areas tonight and into the weekend.

Snow will taper to flurries Sunday night or Monday.

[SignalHillHiker]

A reminder this is what 90ish-cm over 72 hours looks like from our last experience of it:





The city was completely shut down for 8 days. A whole bartering economy sprung up - people putting diapers and cans of food in the snowbank for people to take. After 3-4 days the City finally accepted it went on longer than they advised people to prepare, so with the army's help some superettes and groceries opened. It was an insane experience, and great practice for us just weeks before COVID lockdowns.

And, this being St. John's, we made the best of it.

[urbandreamer]

Sunny and 40F/4C in Toronto. A shame I'm very fatigued and unable to get my meds thanks to big pharma f-ups.

[1ajs]

+2 today and now fogy

just took this inbehind the waterplant looking out on west lynn lake, lynn lake mb

[SignalHillHiker]

Wasn't me but someone must've called about the party at the drug den it's a calm night here weather-wise.

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Cloudy day with sunny breaks and an afternoon shower - all obvious in this 3 p.m. shot in Victoria today. High of 11.1 low of 7.6.



View Street - February 2, 2024. by JohnnyJayEh, on Flickr

[mcminsen]

Bright clearing skies to the south and dark threatening skies to the north.
Variable conditions around Vancouver on Friday. Downtown remained mostly
dry and calm.

Friday's high at Vancouver Harbour was 10 C, the low was 8 C.





White Rock Live Cam

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MK3E9EWDSY

Coal Harbour, Downtown Vancouver, Feb.2 '24, my pics




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[giallo]

Beautiful day in my old stomping grounds of Tainan, Taiwan. I used to live here waaaay back in the day. It was my introduction to Asia, and holds a very special place in my heart.

27c and sun.

[MonctonRad]

-6C and mostly cloudy in Moncton at 9 AM. Periods of snow later today with about 2 cm expected.

We will largely be escaping the snowmageddon in NS. This multi-day event may see 90-100 cm of snow in Cape Breton by Monday.

[Coldrsx]

Rained overnight in Canmore and valley... in Feb.

Still raining...

[OldDartmouthMark]

Wow... very blustery and snowy in Halifax this morning. I don't know how much snow is down so far, but there's quite a bit already and it's drifting and blowing around quite a bit.

EC still calling for an additional 20 - 30 cm for the Halifax region... and an additional 50 - 80 cm in Cape Breton!

Snowfall warning for Halifax:

4:53 AM AST Saturday 3 February 2024

A prolonged period of snowfall is expected.

Locations: Central Nova Scotia.

Additional snowfall: 20 to 30 cm.

Time span: continuing until Monday.

Remarks: A low pressure system south of Nova Scotia will stall southeast of the province this weekend resulting in a prolonged period of snow. There will be a brief break in heavy snow overnight Saturday, before intensifying again on Sunday afternoon. The highest accumulations are expected during the day today. Snow will be wet and heavy, which could cause strain on utility lines.

Additionally, increasing northeasterly winds could result in reduced visibilities in blowing snow this weekend.

Snow will taper to flurries on Monday.

Hopefully we keep power on through this. NS Power is currently showing 32 active outages affecting 5100 customers on their outage map.

Won't be going anywhere today, as the driving will be treacherous. Google maps is showing yellow for traffic flow on most roads, which is usually slow but reasonable, and red on highway 118 and 102 through most of the route, up to Milford, which is agonizing in a winter storm - not worth going out on the highways unless it's an absolute must. City driving should be doable, but there will still be some people stuck or hitting stuff because they have crappy tires or are driving too aggressively for conditions. Walking won't be much more pleasant with the wind blowing snow in your face.

The link below shows a view of downtown Halifax on twitter... errr... X this morning:

https://x.com/NateTWN/status/1753764419891282266?s=20

More posted on #NSStorm.

[MonctonRad]

Moncton is very definitely on the edge of the storm. I live in the west end of the city, and there are threatenings bands of cloud overhead, but also patches of blue sky. I was in Dieppe (east end) just an hour ago, and it was a very threatening overcast over there. You could tell it was probably snowing in Memramcook (about 20 km further east).