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Not enough snow in my area to shovel YET and I guess the good news for the snow haters is that the snow is suppose to turn into rain on Tuesday for Metro Vancouver. Not so lucky for the folks inland.

snowing and i got school tomorrow

half cm of snow is perfect! you can still get around fine and it looks great (as long as it doesnt turn into ice).

there is barely any snow
melting so fast

uh oh, a snowfall warning is now in effect

http://weatheroffice.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?bc42

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Warnings

Metro Vancouver
4:24 PM PST Sunday 13 December 2009
Snowfall warning for
Metro Vancouver continued

Further snowfall accumulation of 2 to 4 cm near Hope expected tonight.

Major winter storm with heavy snow expected for the south coast beginning late Monday.

This is a warning that significant snowfall is expected or occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements.

A strong Arctic ridge of high pressure over the British Columbia interior will continue to bring cold dry Arctic air across the north and central coast regions. Strong outflow winds through the inlets and valleys will combine with cold temperatures to give wind chill values of minus 20 or below to the north and central coasts tonight through Monday.

Meanwhile, a moist low level westerly flow interacting with Arctic air has produced snow over the Fraser Valley. The snow is expected to taper off overnight. Further snowfall accumulations of 2 to 4 cm is forecast near Hope with lesser amounts elsewhere.

Additionally, the Arctic airmass over the south coast will finally retreat into the British Columbia interior on Tuesday as a mild, moist frontal system arrives from the pacific. Snow at times heavy will begin late Monday afternoon over Vancouver Island and Monday evening for the mainland. Total snowfall amounts of up to 15 centimetres are expected before the snow changes to rain Monday night into Tuesday. Freezing rain may occur during the transition to rain particularly over the Lower Fraser Valley on Tuesday and further warnings may be issued. Strong easterly winds 50 to 70 km/h will also develop late Monday over West Vancouver Island ahead of the frontal system.

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Originally Posted by keitaro (Post 6726149)

uh oh, a snowfall warning is now in effect

http://weatheroffice.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?bc42

Worst warning ever.

This one has more info;

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Issued at 3:36 PM PST Sunday 13 December 2009
Further snowfall accumulation of 2 to 4 cm near Hope expected tonight. Major winter storm with heavy snow expected for the south coast beginning late Monday. This is a warning that significant snowfall is expected or occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements.

A strong Arctic ridge of high pressure over the British Columbia interior will continue to bring cold dry Arctic air across the north and central coast regions. Strong outflow winds through the inlets and valleys will combine with cold temperatures to give wind chill values of minus 20 or below to the north and central coasts tonight through Monday. Meanwhile, a moist low level westerly flow interacting with Arctic air has produced snow over the Fraser Valley. The snow is expected to taper off overnight. Further snowfall accumulations of 2 to 4 cm is forecast near Hope with lesser amounts elsewhere. Additionally, the Arctic airmass over the south coast will finally retreat into the British Columbia interior on Tuesday as a mild, moist frontal system arrives from the pacific. Snow at times heavy will begin late Monday afternoon over Vancouver Island and Monday evening for the mainland. Total snowfall amounts of up to 15 centimetres are expected before the snow changes to rain Monday night into Tuesday. Freezing rain may occur during the transition to rain particularly over the Lower Fraser Valley on Tuesday and further warnings may be issued.

boo. today's snowfall was weaksauce, bring on the real snow :(

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Originally Posted by rsx (Post 6726148)

Snow's for kids

the reason why i said it's lame is because i didn't get a chance to try out my snow tires on actual snow yet. i'm not the only one who thought today's snow was weak, see below.

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Originally Posted by RabidRat (Post 6726165)

boo. today's snowfall was weaksauce, bring on the real snow :(

You snow kids need to move to alberta you'll luv it there, obviously some of you never seen real snow. Real snow = truck and 4x4 only , civics GTFO

i lived in calgary for 12 years, i know what it's like.

METAR CYVR 140100Z 10005KT 12SM SCT016 OVC078 00/M01 A2985 RMK SC3AC5
SLP109=
METAR CYVR 140000Z 09004KT 12SM BKN016 OVC080 00/M01 A2984 RMK SC6AC2
SLP106=
METAR CYVR 132300Z 08006KT 15SM BKN016 OVC035 00/M01 A2983 RMK SC7SC1
SLP101=

TAF AMD CYVR 140108Z 1401/1506 09006KT P6SM SCT015 BKN030 BKN050
TEMPO 1401/1410 5SM -SN BKN015 OVC040
FM141000 08005KT P6SM SCT020 BKN040 TEMPO 1412/1418 SCT050
BECMG 1416/1418 08010KT
FM141800 08010KT P6SM BKN050
FM150000 08010KT P6SM SCT025 OVC040 TEMPO 1500/1506 3SM -SN
OVC020
RMK NXT FCST BY 140300Z=

Suppose to snow lightly again between 6pm and midnight.

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Originally Posted by spoon.ek9 (Post 6726211)

i lived in calgary for 12 years, i know what it's like.

calgary isnt too bad, edmonton is worst. I lived in Grande Prairie and that was some bs , coldest days was -45 working outside, takes hours before we can defrost the tools to work. Not in Ab but dawson creek was the same. ughhh

Wet roads are turning into skating rinks out there right now as the temperature dips blow 0.

I almost slid through a 4 way stop on winter tires because there was absolutely no grip. Careful out there people.

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Originally Posted by Liquid_o2 (Post 6726355)

doesn't sound good for tomorrow's morning commute..:eek:

Come next summer and somewhere in Canada will hit 40c+.

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Dangerously cold temperatures hit Prairies, windchills reaching minus 50

EDMONTON - Dangerously cold temperatures have settled in across much of the Prairies and northern Ontario this weekend.

Environment Canada has issued warnings, saying the windchill could reach -50C.

At those temperatures, exposed skin can freeze in less than five minutes.

In both Edmonton and Calgary, police and paramedics were moving out to help get the homeless into shelters.

So far the news is good at Edmonton's Hope Mission, a Christian social agency that provides the bulk of shelter space with five facilities and 700 beds.

Communications director Peter Gerber says while they were fuller than usual on Friday night, there were still beds left.

If shelters start to overflow, the organization also has a warehouse with washroom facilities on hand, where clients would be provided with mats and blankets.

The official count of people living on the city streets was 3,000 in October 2008, but Gerber believes the real number could be 20 per cent higher.

The increased demand, combined with a forecast predicting the cold will stay in the coming days, means it's possible the makeshift facility will come into use.

Const. Brad Rutherford said police were hoping people would call 911 or the police complaint line when they spot homeless and intoxicated people struggling against the elements.

"This is the first week of the cold snap and this is going to continue for a few days so I expect there's going to be some problems," he said.

"We can come by and check on their status and get them to a safe place."

In Calgary, Philip Gray with the Drop-In Centre said the number of homeless people in need of shelter has doubled, and donations haven't been keeping up.

"We're seeing a lot of pneumonia. Of course we're seeing a lot of flu symptoms coming in, especially since it is the flu season. We're seeing a lot of bronchitis, a lot of clients with colds and such. No frostbite yet, but we've been really good about letting a lot of people in."

In Saskatchewan, SaskEnergy reported a major jump in natural gas consumption due to the frigid temperatures.

However, company officials were ready and were employing underground caverns to meet the demand.

"Those caverns come in really handy at times like this,"said Dave Burdeniuk. "On a day like today, 70 per cent of the gas being used in Saskatchewan comes from underground caverns. If we didn't have these caverns, we'd have to spend billions building massive pipelines from producing areas in the west or southeast."

The cold temperatures are expected to last through Sunday.

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Originally Posted by Liquid_o2 (Post 6726355)

+1, Same! My ABS kicked in and slid almost past a stop sign and some lady was trying to cross the street. I was like "SHIETTTT FUUUUUU".

just curious, does anyone know if translink has winter tires on their fleet of buses?

they promise snow...

http://i50.tinypic.com/otnqz6.jpg

on another note, MS Paint in windows 7 is the fucking shit

hahaha I went to a parking lot and started drifting..
(:

Its funny how you guys believe the weathernetwork bullshit.

You guys need to learn how to read METAR/TAFs that are more reliable given by air traffic controllers every hour.

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Originally Posted by dvxo (Post 6726431)

+1, Same! My ABS kicked in and slid almost past a stop sign and some lady was trying to cross the street. I was like "SHIETTTT FUUUUUU".

Yup that is what happened to me.

I pressed on the brake, abs kicked in right away. Let go, tried again, same thing. Only way I stopped the car was throwing my car almost onto the sidewalk where there was a little snow to gain some grip. I came to a stop pretty much sideways. Winter tires seem to do nothing on pure ice :(

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Originally Posted by twitchyzero (Post 6726498)

just curious, does anyone know if translink has winter tires on their fleet of buses?

nope. I have seen plenty of stuck buses last winter at the stops. Once they stop they can't go forward LOL.

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Originally Posted by jimzilla (Post 6726540)

Its funny how you guys believe the weathernetwork bullshit.

You guys need to learn how to read METAR/TAFs that are more reliable given by air traffic controllers every hour.

i wouldnt say we believe, we're simply testing their predictions, lol