[Badhobz]

https://i.postimg.cc/SQ6WTCJ9/Capture.jpg

well it was fun while it lasted

[HonestTea]

The great melt begins

[quasi]

The great melt begins

Sweet little 8 pound 6 ounce Baby Jebus willing.

[Gh0st]

hey sorry in advance and I hope I won't get flamed too hard.


I've got a rwd sports car with all seasons - terrible in these conditions.. got a friend who works for a tire shop that can sell me a new set for 700.

Is it still worth it to grab the set now and install it for this season? or is it too late for that now and we all wait for rain and warm weather to push the snow aside?

worse case i capitalize on the tires this year and install them next winter - just that i live in a condo and storage is limited..

Thanks for your thoughts!

[Dragon-88]

hey sorry in advance and I hope I won't get flamed too hard.


I've got a rwd sports car with all seasons - terrible in these conditions.. got a friend who works for a tire shop that can sell me a new set for 700.

Is it still worth it to grab the set now and install it for this season? or is it too late for that now and we all wait for rain and warm weather to push the snow aside?

worse case i capitalize on the tires this year and install them next winter - just that i live in a condo and storage is limited..

Thanks for your thoughts!

Its supposed to snow more. So I'd rock the winters.

[Nlkko]

Take the bus, cab. Not worth it for condo dwellers.

[unit]

hey sorry in advance and I hope I won't get flamed too hard.


I've got a rwd sports car with all seasons - terrible in these conditions.. got a friend who works for a tire shop that can sell me a new set for 700.

Is it still worth it to grab the set now and install it for this season? or is it too late for that now and we all wait for rain and warm weather to push the snow aside?

worse case i capitalize on the tires this year and install them next winter - just that i live in a condo and storage is limited..

Thanks for your thoughts!

there is a decent chance that the worst is over, but you never know what tomorrow will bring. at least if you buy them now, then next season you'll have them and can mount them late november instead of doing the same thing you did this year and waiting till the last moment.

[GS8]

With this melt, just a friendly reminder to watch out for snow & ice bombs from overhead trees if you're on foot.

[AstulzerRZD]

I'm rocking Chinese Snow tires ($400/set) that are better than a set of brand new all seasons. How many seasons it will last is the real question.

Are they studdable or studless?

I ran a set of 4 year old studdable Federal Himalaya WS2s that I got on rims for $550 for a season.
Since they were 'studdable', treadlife was very good.

They were brilliant compared to the top rated all seasons I had (Altimax RT43).
The Altimax RT43 had a TireRack snow rating of 6.0, DWS06 are rated of 3.67, and Michelin Premiere rated 3.78.

[Gh0st]

cool thanks for the suggestions guys - not to make this a tire thread but any thoughts on this?

https://www.toyotires.ca/tires/observe-gsi-6-hp-studless-performance-winter-tire

size: 235 40 18 on all corners.

[AstulzerRZD]

cool thanks for the suggestions guys - not to make this a tire thread but any thoughts on this?

https://www.toyotires.ca/tires/observe-gsi-6-hp-studless-performance-winter-tire

size: 235 40 18 on all corners.

AFAIK the GSI-5 and GSI-6 have crushed walnut shells in the compound that make them better than most studless tires on ice and hard pack.

[AstulzerRZD]

They came on all the economy cars (Corolla, Fit, etc......)

Can agree shitty tire. Can't even drive on wet roads all the well, nevermind snow.

They also came on Lexus 3G IS F Sport AWD......... :yuno: :suspicious:

[tofu1413]

seen a few car share cars stranded and abandoned.

looks like they come with those low rolling resistance all seasons.

[FN-2199]

seen a few car share cars stranded and abandoned.

looks like they come with those low rolling resistance all seasons.

I unfortunately had to take a car2go to the airport and was extremely disappointed. Shitty low resistance all seasons, no ice scraper, and I had no idea how to turn traction control off (I looked up instructions on the fly and it's apparently a tedious process).

[R&R]

I unfortunately had to take a car2go to the airport and was extremely disappointed. Shitty low resistance all seasons, no ice scraper, and I had no idea how to turn traction control off (I looked up instructions on the fly and it's apparently a tedious process).

Shouldve took Canada line, way better than car2go

[Hondaracer]

Driving a car that costs .35 cents a minute, expecting dem Hakkapalitas..

[pastarocket]

Some rats are enjoying the snow. :lawl:

https://youtu.be/AtJLwZkfJhs


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[jnesss]

They also came on Lexus 3G IS F Sport AWD......... :yuno: :suspicious:

I have a 14' IS350 AWD F Sport, came with Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3+. Went for a quick spin through light snow, they feel alright.

My work van's FWD with 15" all weathers. feels like they cut through the snow better.. that or i don't really care and plow it through the snow like a honey badger :lawl:

[AstulzerRZD]

I have a 14' IS350 AWD F Sport, came with Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3+.

Interesting, were those the OEM tires?

[danned]

rats wants some sledge fun

[mb_]

Interesting, were those the OEM tires?

Sounds like it was replaced before he bought it if it was pre-owned

[FN-2199]

Shouldve took Canada line, way better than car2go

I took the car2go to get to the Canada line.

The main roads were fine, it's the side streets that were terrible.

Driving a car that costs .35 cents a minute, expecting dem Hakkapalitas..

At the very least, these cars could come with ice scrapers like the Evos do...

[Gh0stRider]

https://twitter.com/NEWS1130/status/1096036247888367617

[yray]

round 4

[mb_]

WOOOOOOOOO

[320icar]

I’m at work; is it snowing in Richmond?

[BIC_BAWS]

I’m at work; is it snowing in Richmond?No it's not. Clear skies in Bridgeport area.

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[Bouncing Bettys]

I had to take Hwy 1 to work this morning - a combination of being sandblasted with rocks and white out conditions from all the vehicles who didn't clear the snow off.

I counted at least 13 vehicles with snow on them between Mt. Lehman and the Langley Airport.

[Nlkko]

This half-melt condition makes walkways, alleyways dangerous AF. Slippery ice that's hard to see. Almost slipped last night taking dogs out and I was wearing boots.

[Gerbs]

Clear skies downtown.

[kula]

Snowing in Vancouver right now by Oakridge.

[tofu1413]

snowing here in burnaby north. just starting. not sticking.. yet.

[Energy]

Snowing in downtown vancouver

[JSALES]

YES! MOAR SNOW

[320icar]

https://media.giphy.com/media/nNrkgR4Z7RHDW/giphy.gif

[HonestTea]

Raining in DT

Edit: Nvm spoke too soon. Huge flakes coming down

[Gh0stRider]

Coming down strong in South Burnaby....moar moar moar!!!

[Bender Unit]

F--K Yes~!
Moar !!!!!!!

[BIC_BAWS]

Was coming down hard in Surrey when I left an hour ago, it became lighter as I got closer to Richmond. Now it's dumping in Richmond

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[BIC_BAWS]

It wasn't sticking on 91 or main roads an hour ago - it defs is now. Drive safe everyone.

Also can't tell if it's showering snow or rain snow. It's coming down like rain.

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[fliptuner]

Coming down strong in South Burnaby....moar moar moar!!!

STAY SOUTH!!!! I've been working on a new project at SFU.

[Hondaracer]

https://media.tenor.com/images/3f03acc24d7aae2d08ae9183fe3af784/tenor.png

[GS8]

Roads are slick in Coshitlam. Witnessed lots of sketchiness during my drive. Hills are covered and people are sliding around. Some people bowling through red lights because they can't stop.

[Euro7r]

Snow coming down now.

[DavidNguyen]

Anyone take highway 1 around the sumas area?
Man it was a sheet of ice this morning.
I was doing 60kms and left literally 10 car lengths between me and the car ahead of me. Then traffic comes to a halt. I hit my brakes and my car wasnt stoppong and started swerving left then right. My headlights were pointing directly at the cars on the right lane. I was that side way. I was pumping my brakes the whole time and managed to straighten out my car and avoided other vehicles!

[cdizzle_996]

^^ I did, pure skating rink.

[DavidNguyen]

^^ I did, pure skating rink.

So scary man. Did you see the red upside down truck?
By castle fun park

[twitchyzero]

kingsway joyce sticking REAL good
took 20+ minutes backing up in the garage..admit defeat...shamefully pulled in head first instead :okay:

[yray]

y'all on crack


i was doing 70km/h no problem, abs didnt even kick in

[Mr.HappySilp]

Head to the airport now or wait till tomorrow morning.... Taking Skytrain btw.

Flight is tomorrow morning.

[twitchyzero]

first check if flight is still on/not severely delayed

i would not rely on skytrain in the snow to catch a flight even if I bet many will take a sick day/wfh tomorrow

schedule a taxi and leave a bit earlier

[Mr.HappySilp]

first check if flight is still on/not severely delayed

i would not rely on skytrain in the snow to catch a flight

schedule a taxi and leave a bit earlier

I live in Coq.... taxi fees alone is like $100 on a normal day...... with snow day most like it will be $150 or more....

[twitchyzero]

1. sleep at airport like a stranded passenger (i presume before a long haul flight)
2. roll the dice and take the skytrain, might be fine, or you might lose hundreds/thousands to book next flight
3. pay a premium for taxi, when you know traffic has been pretty smooth all week and you have only arthur lang to cross

[JSALES]

Head to the airport now or wait till tomorrow morning.... Taking Skytrain btw.

Flight is tomorrow morning.

What time in the morning?

[HonestTea]

It's not even snowing..the rain is washing this shit away

[blkgsr]

what a mushy mess

the cities better all be out today clearing drains

[stewie]

what a mushy mess

the cities better all be out today clearing drains


Yup

They're doing that today

[twitchyzero]

we just went from -8C to 8C

dont think we're quite in the clear yet for this week though

[danned]

Snowcast: Vancouver forecast calling for up to 5 cm of snowfall tomorrow
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/2019/02/18/snowcast-vancouver-weather-5-cm-snowfall/

[JDMStyo]

If you have snow tires would you still slap it on just for this week?

[Jmac]

If you have snow tires would you still slap it on just for this week?
Probably to the end of February at least based on the NOAA forecast.

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/610day/610temp.new.gif

Hard to see but we’re in the 40-45°F range (4-7°C daytime highs) into next week still and 3-6°C daytime highs this week (per Environment Canada), below freezing every night.

Snow is likely to melt during the day and freeze overnight as a result, so while it doesn’t look like we’ll get anymore significant snow accumulations, there is some minor precipitation expected this week and still black ice potential next week.

[320icar]

Just heading to work, Richmond is really lightly raining, my car shows 1° so not freezing

[tofu1413]

got a bit frosty about 30 mins ago in south van by knight and 41

wonder if it still is...


cold but a bit of a drizzle of rain right now in burnaby north

[Bouncing Bettys]

Wet, medium-sized flakes coming down at the Langley Airport. Not sticking.

[pastarocket]

It's coming down pretty hard in east Van now. Flurries. LUL

-some colleagues are complaining about walking in slush. :lawl:

[Liquid_o2]

Just rain here in Steveston

[Bouncing Bettys]

alternating between rain, snow, and a mix of both and now snow. Seems on the verge of sticking.

[HonestTea]

Looks like wet snow and not sticking in Richmond.

[HonestTea]

What a brutal fucking commute

[Gh0stRider]

Found a nice hill to climb in Burnaby. It was fun!!

[DavidNguyen]

Im buying snow tires next time.

[yray]

vancouver stonk

[Acura604]

i dunno ... sheesh..hwy 1 from 4:45pm to 6:00pm...30km/hr traffic crawl from hastings to the damn port mann...and all i saw were slick roads... nothing slippery at all... sheesh.. wtf

[GS8]

Burquitlam was just rain with thin slush on only the side roads. WTF, I missed out...

Maybe that's a good thing.

[BIC_BAWS]

Took me an hour and half to get from Bridgeport, Richmond to King George x 104th, Surrey. Left at 3:50, got there at 5:20 ._.



People were slipping up and sliding down 104th by Tannery Rd.

[quasi]

^^

I feel your pain, my 9 minute commute turned into a 14 minute ordeal. I was a few minutes late for Judge Judy but I made it though. :troll:

[Presto]

I almost decided not to go home for lunch!

[twitchyzero]

officially one month left of winter

throw everything you got at us

minus power outage.

[originalhypa]

Probably to the end of February at least based on the NOAA forecast.

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/610day/610temp.new.gif

Hard to see but we’re in the 40-45°F range (4-7°C daytime highs) into next week still and 3-6°C daytime highs this week (per Environment Canada), below freezing every night.

Snow is likely to melt during the day and freeze overnight as a result, so while it doesn’t look like we’ll get anymore significant snow accumulations, there is some minor precipitation expected this week and still black ice potential next week.

Thanks for sharing that. I don't even know what a NOAA is, but I trust your explanation.

Also, #FUSNOW!!
We had 3cm of accumulation in Langley last night. When you have things you need to do, it makes it so much more of a challenge to get around.

[Jmac]

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

They have an annual operating budget close to $5B USD and it’s probably the most advanced weather and climate organization in the world. Their website looks ghetto AF, but there’s really solid info and I’ve found their predictions are quite reliable (far more reliable than Environment Canada for long-term forecasting).

[320icar]

iPhone shows snow starting in Richmond around 5am, by 8ish it’s 100% but rain by noon? Either way prepare your anus for the commute home

[Zedbra]

It just started snowing in Squamish, and we have been getting much less snow than the Lower Mainland this year.

[BIC_BAWS]

Snowing in dt

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190222/cf98abcee019498fbe659a281ac3f0b1.jpg

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[originalhypa]

Snowing in Langley.
Woke up for practice at 4:45am and there was no snow. Took a leak, packed my bag and looked out the window again at 5am, and flakes the size of tercels were coming down.

Currently in North Surrey, at low elevation.
https://i.imgur.com/VAAaytB.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/zDO1MFu.jpg

[winson604]

In East Van, was out this morning in the area for a dentist appointment then had to go post office from 900-1030 and barely made it home. Got stuck in the London Drugs parking by Joyce for a little bit. All the snow and type of snow we've had so far has been 100% fine with my all seasons but this is the type of snow where they are definitely shit.

[originalhypa]

Don't sweat it too much. The is coming in from the ocean, and Victoria was hit with it earlier this morning. Talking to my customer in Victoria, and he says it's just wet snowy drizzle now. We should be through this soon. We will survive. Be strong RS, just be strong.

[jdzle69]

Don't sweat it too much. The is coming in from the ocean, and Victoria was hit with it earlier this morning. Talking to my customer in Victoria, and he says it's just wet snowy drizzle now. We should be through this soon. We will survive. Be strong RS, just be strong.

LOL! i noticed my car works fine in snow, but when it turns slushy you gotta watch out.

[CivicBlues]

Snowing in dt

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190222/cf98abcee019498fbe659a281ac3f0b1.jpg

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Broadway isn't downtown yo.

But yeah, it's dumping DT too.

[jing]

Dumping on the north shore. 1" thus far.

[Bouncing Bettys]

I have to drive from work in Langley to Abbotsford to pick up my son, to Aldergrove to load up car, then drive to catch a ferry at 8:15. If this sticks around. I am writing off all the extra time I gave myself and probably going to be cutting it close.

[320icar]

Absolutely nothing in Richmond. What is this horseshit

[quasi]

Absolutely nothing in Richmond. What is this horseshit

Come get ours, you can have it all.

[BIC_BAWS]

Absolutely nothing in Richmond. What is this horseshitYou must have missed it, it was dumping this morning at 8:45

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[quasi]

Snowing in Langley.
Woke up for practice at 4:45am and there was no snow. Took a leak, packed my bag and looked out the window again at 5am, and flakes the size of tercels were coming down.

Currently in North Surrey, at low elevation.
https://i.imgur.com/VAAaytB.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/zDO1MFu.jpg

I know where you are, do you work there if so we're fucking neighbours!

That's my truck in your photo haha

[CivicBlues]

AAAANNNND it's gone.

[roastpuff]

Metrotown at lunch

https://i.imgur.com/JgYsATFh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/PpPlBLeh.jpg

[danned]

https://i.redd.it/z3i1x82t66i21.jpg

[hi-revs]

Wet flurries right now in E Van

[Bouncing Bettys]

https://i.redd.it/z3i1x82t66i21.jpg
Slow and steady wins the race, until you wear the tread off your tires and you start hearing a clicking noise from the CVs.

[cdizzle_996]

Shoulda turned off traction crontrol

[Hcoreposer]

It was wet snow for a little last night around 11:30 Kingsway Boundary to 49th and Elliot. Was coming down pretty hard too

[moody]

Is the snow over? Is that it?...

[quasi]

Is the snow over? Is that it?...

Lets hope.

[yray]

someone better change to summers

[moody]

What?!?! Really? That was short lived.. a total of barely a week of snow.. what a disappointing year of snow.

[CCA-Dave]

someone better change to summers

I took the midget for a very cold and salty drive to Nanaimo and back yesterday...does that count?

[Nlkko]

Don't know why you would want snow in the city. It's a pain to get around.

Plenty of snow up in the mountains, where it is useful.

[Acura604]

switching both cars back to all seasons this weekend! its over its over!!!!! we made it..we survived!!!!!.... hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo SPRING 2019 !!!!!

[Digitalis]

Your snow tires are going to rot with that kinda mileage.

[Expresso]

What?!?! Really? That was short lived.. a total of barely a week of snow.. what a disappointing year of snow.

lol if you want snow move east!

[lowda9]

Your snow tires are going to rot with that kinda mileage.

My JDM came from Japan with snow tires that must've been over 10 yrs old. They worked fine.

[twitchyzero]

took the last 2 days of sunny weather to drive the car with summers around (not smart since high was still under 5 degrees)

now that it's safe in the garage, bring back the snow!

[danned]

no man, he wanted all year round snow
so move up ....

[hi-revs]

Hang tight before switching out winter tires.

[Harvey Specter]

Lol, there's 30% chance of snow tomorrow night with the rest for the week showing sun and temps hovering around 7c. I think he'll survive if he switches out his tires.

[yray]

its fucking cold

[Bender Unit]

Flurries and light Snow tonight
Starting at 6pm

Moar~~~~~

[Zedbra]

Been snowing since 4am here in Squamish. It is the heavy wet snow that will make the roads slick.

[thumper]

went through burnaby, new west, coquitlam, central surrey... nothing.

[BIC_BAWS]

Very lightly snowing in Richmond again. Or small hail.

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[Eatman]

Very lightly snowing in Richmond again. Or small hail.

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same with the bby to vancouver areas

[yray]

hey, who changed to summers

[fsy82]

heavy snow in surrey around the newton area

[originalhypa]

hey, who changed to summers

Driving through a ton of snow in Burnaby today, I was thinking about the guy who posted that he was going to put his summers back on last weekend.

I wonder where that guy is today?

:thumbsup:

[Gerbs]

Not sticking in East Van

[AzNightmare]

https://i.imgflip.com/1oh7h.jpg

Even without the snow, the temperature is still too cold to put on summer tires.



https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/63175400/dont-do-it-jesse.jpg

[punkwax]

Halloween = winters on. April fools = winters off.

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/96/96e7aba6e7c2c2a2898d0e57a11e770f945f1d274d33ba9443 7a3b4cb7949820.jpg

[Gh0stRider]

Westwood plateau got fucked this morning. Abandoned vehicles everywhere. People still haven't learned that they need snow tires

https://i.postimg.cc/K8K8YD0J/20190307-114313.jpg

[Liquid_o2]

Damn. A light dusting of wet snow in Vancouver when I left this morning. Steveston got NOTHING. Absolutely green here.

[originalhypa]

The lower mainland was a mess this morning with freezing rain and icey condition on all of the south slopes. The wind was coming in from the southwest, so they got hit with some cold..... I'm done with this shit. Had to drag my goalie gear through wet snow last night.....

[Bouncing Bettys]

Aldergrove looked like that Westwood Plateau pic this morning. Didn't give myself enough time for all the drivers without snow tires, so I was late to work. Its pretty much all gone now, aside from what hadn't melted from the past weeks.

[AzNightmare]

Light ice rain today in Vancouver.... there wasn't even snow on the roads...
Traffic was going like 30-40km/h

:fulloffuck:

[Traum]

Westwood plateau got fucked this morning. Abandoned vehicles everywhere. People still haven't learned that they need snow tires

You'd think people learn -- esp when they frickin live there. FailFish

[blkgsr]

crazy weather today, from light to crazy heavy, then rain what a mess

[Berzerker]

This was my February lol

https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/smithers/v0j/february-weather/52722

Berz out.

[Acura604]

...BUT>..its over now folks... rain over night... all that white stuff will be gone gone gone until next winter... we're done!!! get your summer tires ready for action!!!

[Gh0stRider]

You'd think people learn -- esp when they frickin live there. FailFish

All the usual routes were bad. Lansdowne, David, Parkway, Panorama and Plateau. Most vehicles ditched had M+S tires.

[Acura604]

MEH...light dusting...nothing a good set of M+S with AWD couldn't handle... but i'm telling you, this is it... we are officially done with winter!

IF it snows again in downtown vancouver - i'll buy the first person who calls me out a 6pk.





https://i.imgur.com/8GbKWtO.jpg

[originalhypa]

Most vehicles ditched had M+S tires.

I'm not really surprised by this. The snow that was falling was slushy and heavy. It was the kind of west coast snow that compacts into ice, and makes for a sketchy drive.

[nabs]

Got a big dump in the Tri-Cities

[belka]

Westwood plateau got fucked this morning. Abandoned vehicles everywhere. People still haven't learned that they need snow tires

In all fairness, my 98 Forester only had Nokian all weather tires and I drove it through 3 Alberta winters without issues. This included a couple trips into Kamloops in December. Then again they wear out really fast in hot summer temps.

[320icar]

In all fairness, my 98 Forester only had Nokian all weather tires and I drove it through 3 Alberta winters without issues. This included a couple trips into Kamloops in December. Then again they wear out really fast in hot summer temps.

The Nokian wrg series has often beat out full winter tires in tests for many years. I don’t even know why they call it an all weather tire to be honest

[westopher]

Its also awful on dry, warm roads. It really is just a winter tire.

[Raid3n]

sounds like my yokohama guardex 600's i had years ago.. one march the temps spiked like 10-15 degrees and shredded my tires haha.

they were a couple seasons old at that point though

[Gh0stRider]

RCMP making driver clean snow off their vehicle.
https://youtu.be/hxaTldCkwEk

[GabAlmighty]

Hahaha, i'm bad for that. I never clear off my truck. So long as the windshield is good and I can see my side mirrors.

[BIC_BAWS]

^ uh what about the potential sheet of ice / snow that flies off and hits the car behind you on the hwy?

Glad RCMP is doing this. I know some people were so stupid / inconsiderate / careless about it that my buddy straight up gave them tickets.

[twitchyzero]

would it kill police to not stop in the middle of the road? like just 2 more feet closer to the curb would be alright

[Gh0stRider]

would it kill police to not stop in the middle of the road? like just 2 more feet closer to the curb would be alright

yes, but they are required to stop like that. It's for safety. This is to block traffic in order to shield the officer from being hit while he is speaking with the driver

I've seen on hwy 1 were they stop in the slow lane, while the offending vehicle is on the shoulder.

[twitchyzero]

drivers are already well on their brakes the second they see the cherries

i'm not convinced safety is a priority when they're pulling people on the highway's LEFT shoulder

and then you have this

https://i.imgur.com/NB7FhmZ.jpg

no assholes, don't stop people mid-span during rush hour unless it's a scene of an accident, whether the circus is in town or not

[dboy]

Prepare yourselves. Plan ahead. Winter is still here for another 9 days.

Warnings
8:19 AM PDT Monday 11 March 2019
Snowfall warning in effect for:

City of Vancouver - including Burnaby and New Westminster
Metro Vancouver - northeast including Coquitlam and Maple Ridge
North Shore - including West Vancouver and North Vancouver

Snowfall with total amounts of 10 to 15 cm is expected.

An approaching Pacific frontal system will bring precipitation to the south coast today. Rain over Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley will change to wet snow or snow mixed with rain late this afternoon into early evening.

Over the North Shore, northeast sections of Metro Vancouver and city of Vancouver, especially over higher terrain, wet snow will taper off to a few rain showers or flurries before Tuesday morning. Total accumulation of 10 to 15 cm are possible over higher terrain.

Over the Fraser Valley, Snow mixed with rain this evening will continue into Tuesday morning. Snow accumulations of 5 to 10 cm are possible before the snow changes to a few rain showers midday Tuesday.

Rapidly accumulating snow could make travel difficult over some locations. Visibility may be suddenly reduced at times in heavy snow.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to BCstorm@canada.ca or tweet reports using #BCStorm.

[Bender Unit]

IF it snows again in downtown vancouver - i'll buy the first person who calls me out a 6pk.

:troll: As soon as I spot the first drop of snowflake today in downtown :troll:

[punkwax]

^ lol isn’t Acura604 the same person who jumped the gun and updated this thread around 6 times last winter? :lol

Keep them on until you know winter is truly behind us!

[yray]

hes the guy that keeps the jinx going

[yray]

:troll: As soon as I spot the first drop of snowflake today in downtown :troll:

everyone line up to get a 6pack

[BIC_BAWS]

Dumping snow in Surrey/Langley at 11. FML.

68 x 152 ish area? I think.

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[originalhypa]

Anything at higher elevations saw some snow last night. Sea level was rainy, mid levels were mixed, and upper levels were all snow.
It was gross, and I'm done with it. Where is spring?

[GabAlmighty]

The snow is finally starting to melt here :) soon it'll be time to bomb around town in the 86

[Acura604]

didn't see ANY snow in downtown at all.. we are officially done done done ... ... NO 6PACK FOR YOU!!!

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[tegra7]

Light flurries starting here in white rock

[lowda9]

my cell phone is snowing but no snow outside.

[Jmac]

We got about 1 cm before it turned to rain

[MG1]

Light flurries starting here in white rock

I see what you did there.................. :troll:

[HonestTea]

Very light flurries in Coquitlam

[ilovebacon]

what snow?

[danned]

god just shit his pants

[Ludepower]

2020 boys. Let's goooooo snow. DT has cars lightly covered but it ain't sticking to the ground. Just cold rain.

[pastarocket]

It's just wet snow so far. -raining Slurpee.

[tofu1413]

seems to be anything closer to DT core, the wetter the snow.

[HonestTea]

Still coming down pretty hard in Coquitlam

[Mr.HappySilp]

Still coming down pretty hard in Coquitlam

still snowing hard? Is it sticking?

[Gh0stRider]

Alex Fraser is fully shut down due to ice falling. and Police just shut down Nordel going towards the bridge

[Indy]

Alex Fraser is fully shut down due to ice falling. and Police just shut down Nordel going towards the bridge

looks like they opened up one lane each.

https://twitter.com/DPDTraffic/status/1215713643569938432

[Gh0stRider]

https://twitter.com/NEWS1130/status/1215718800479252480

[blkgsr]

raining in Poco

[ImportPsycho]

Stuck in LV airport, delayed because of snow in Vancouver.
Bridge, hwy, airport, ferry shutting down because 5-10cm snow is doomsday for Vancouver, what a joke

[320icar]

I live like 5 minutes from YVR, there’s maybe 1cm on the ground. What a joke

[MG1]

It's the combination of high winds and cold temperatures.

Better safe than sorry, I guess.

Speaking of LA and So Cal, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/calabasas-snow-rare-snowfall-strikes-los-angeles-two-freeways-close-due-to-weather-2019-02-21/


Freeway shut down both ways? I guess nobody has ever sold snow tires in that area, lol.

[quasi]

Stuck in LV airport, delayed because of snow in Vancouver.
Bridge, hwy, airport, ferry shutting down because 5-10cm snow is doomsday for Vancouver, what a joke

That sounds like a win to me.

[whitev70r]

What a frickin joke ... Alex Fraser closed earlier in the day. Port Mann reduced lanes ... both because of falling ice again.

[Badhobz]

Wasn’t this an issue a few years back. How the hell do they not have a fix for it ?

[StylinRed]

Wasn’t this an issue a few years back. How the hell do they not have a fix for it ?

What's stupid is they knew this would be a problem before the bridge was even built, didn't implement a solution until after its caused damage, the fix (ice scrapers) werent used today due to early morning high winds

[twitchyzero]

coastal Canadian city but didn't engineer for wind or snow SeemsGood

[punkwax]

I don’t seem to recall the Alex Fraser having those problems years ago and I crossed that bridge 5 days a week for nearly 11 years.. not until the new Port Mann was this an issue IIRC. Seems odd unless I was just oblivious back then.

Admittedly I didn’t watch the news much in my early 20’s but I can’t help but think I would’ve heard this was an issue back then over that kind of time period..

[whitev70r]

^ me too. Exact same question and thought.

[punkwax]

^ glad I’m not alone. Cant help but think perhaps climate change might be involved here. I really don’t think this was an issue for the Alex Fraser back in the day.

[Badhobz]

everything better in the "old days". Music, movies, etc etc. now add bridges to that list.

get off my lawn kids!

[vitaminG]

some transportation official was on CKNW yesterday and got asked why the falling ice had only recently become an issue after 30 years and he was pretty stumped himself

[whitev70r]

The other WTF issue is the inability of buses to get to SFU whenever there is a bit of snow. C'mon Translink, find a solution and get that fixed.

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[BIC_BAWS]

The other WTF issue is the inability of buses to get to SFU whenever there is a bit of snow. C'mon Translink, find a solution and get that fixed.

https://images.glaciermedia.ca/polopoly_fs/1.24050453.1578698582!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_804/burnaby-sfu-bus-mountain.jpgNew SFU Pres, is supposedly pushing for a gondola. They're aiming to do public consultation later in the year or next.

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[320icar]

Haven’t they been trying to do that for the last 20 years...

[whitev70r]

New SFU Pres, is supposedly pushing for a gondola. They're aiming to do public consultation later in the year or next.

We know how long that will take ... until then, they got to find a solution. They tried snow socks (something that goes over the wheels of buses for traction) ... obviously it didn't work. It's amateur hour at Translink.

TransLink testing shows tire socks not as durable as anticipated (https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/translink-testing-shows-tire-socks-not-as-durable-as-anticipated)
https://postmediavancouversun2.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/png1102-11637.jpg?quality=55&strip=all&w=690&zoom=2

How about equipping a small fleet of buses (4-6) with snow tires that when you know snow is coming, they do the SFU route so people don't get stuck up there.

Then last year (remember?) ... one or two of the lines got snow on the rails and had to be shut down. Didn't people have to get out and walk to next station? At Canada line, they had to use buses to get passengers from Bridgeport to Marine.

[Mr.HappySilp]

We know how long that will take ... until then, they got to find a solution. They tried snow socks (something that goes over the wheels of buses for traction) ... obviously it didn't work. It's amateur hour at Translink.

TransLink testing shows tire socks not as durable as anticipated (https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/translink-testing-shows-tire-socks-not-as-durable-as-anticipated)
https://postmediavancouversun2.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/png1102-11637.jpg?quality=55&strip=all&w=690&zoom=2

How about equipping a small fleet of buses (4-6) with snow tires that when you know snow is coming, they do the SFU route so people don't get stuck up there.

Then last year (remember?) ... one or two of the lines got snow on the rails and had to be shut down. Didn't people have to get out and walk to next station? At Canada line, they had to use buses to get passengers from Bridgeport to Marine.

Or they could have snow trucks on stand by when there is a snow warning ready to plow the snow and salt the roads up SFU?

[UnknownJinX]

How about equipping a small fleet of buses (4-6) with snow tires that when you know snow is coming, they do the SFU route so people don't get stuck up there.

Then last year (remember?) ... one or two of the lines got snow on the rails and had to be shut down. Didn't people have to get out and walk to next station? At Canada line, they had to use buses to get passengers from Bridgeport to Marine.

According to Calgary and Halifax transit, snow tires also don't work, and those places get snow much more frequently.

https://livewirecalgary.com/2018/10/11/calgary-transit-snow-tires/

I have a roommate from Ontario that also told me buses there don't use winters because the buses are always jam packed to full, so the weight makes the traction good anyway since traction is a function of normal force(which equals to weight on flat ground, less on inclines) and the frictional index.

To add, generally on West Coast, attendance to work/school will be cancelled in this kind of weather versus, say, Fort McMurray where I work now. Even with more snow on the ground, I still need to show up to work, company shuttles still run, as well as city buses. Makes the extra cost a bit less justifiable IMO.

You can argue that work/buses gets cancelled because buses get cancelled, but IMO the limitation comes more from road clearing capacity on West Coast. In Fort McMurray, roads get cleared somewhat quickly and I sometimes even see the graders and loaders that clear the road when I wait for my company shuttle(before 7AM). If the road is packed with snow/slush, you will still get stuck unless you jack up the buses to have higher ground clearance.

[whitev70r]

^ this is it, if you and I can reasonably rule out some options that don't work in other places and come up with plausible ones that might just in a post or two ... what are the 6 figure directors of Translink doing? Having meetings and writing up policies?

Great idea, have a couple of snowplows designated for SFU route.

Like the snow sock idea ?! Was that the winner of a grade 7 science fair or something? How much did Translink spend on that?

[GLOW]

if you have a pickup you could sit at the bottom of SFU and charge a fee to ferry people up the hill Kappa

[blkgsr]

how come whistler figures it out with their busses?

[yray]

or just do chains for a couple buses like burnaby fire department

[Ch28]

or just do chains for a couple buses like burnaby fire department

Don't chains really fuck up the road?

[danned]

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[mickz]

Don't chains really fuck up the road?

https://i.imgur.com/vkQu3zw.png

[Mr.HappySilp]

No snow at all near Coquitlam center.

[Klondike]

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[StylinRed]

It was snowing pretty heavily late last night in Van, but was just rain everywhere else

Deep freeze incoming

[DavidNguyen]

Gonna be hella icy on highways

[MG1]

Imperial and Kingsway area was pretty nuts yesterday. All wheel drive and Michelin X-Ice........ win!

[The_AK]

I went to Whistler and back last night, rwd and snow tires worked no problem

[Badhobz]

itsssaaaa coming down in richmond!!!!!!!!

[BIC_BAWS]

itsssaaaa coming down in richmond!!!!!!!!

it aint going to stick tho :(

[yray]

it aint going to stick tho :(

bruh its neg 4 tonight

[Badhobz]

i need a valid excuse to not go to work tomorrow. SNOW DAY!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gh0stRider]

Coquitlam is fucked lol.

[dachinesedude]

stay away from southbound boundary/kingsway at all cost

[BIC_BAWS]

it aint going to stick tho :(It's sticking.. time to take a "break" from cooking

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[Gh0stRider]

https://twitter.com/dollystevens70/status/1216581638022291456

[Bouncing Bettys]

Roads in the the valley are inconsistent. Just going from Clearbrook to Mt. Lehman there was clear and wet, slush, compact snow, powder, and ice. Glad I had my fog lights on to see the ice and slow down. Didn't see any evidence of plows or sanding.

[hud 91gt]

Driving tonight was frustrating. Because our snow tires rock and everyone must have been running on slicks. Lol

[yray]

we did it guys

snow day tomorrow

[Ludepower]

4 inches of snow in DT. It's a snow day for sure.

[Euro7r]

Was coming back from Granville Island area to South Vancouver. 8/10 cars don't have the proper tires/shouldn't be driving. Then there's me, RWD + winters just driving by everyone like a champ lol.

[Badhobz]

thats it!!!! monday off monday off monday off!!!

[danned]

just drive turtle speed to work
and arrive work at off-work time
yeah, monday off

[BIC_BAWS]

Fuck Richmond. Fuck Richmond and snow.

I'm on full snowflake/mountain snow tires, guy late left turns in front of me, I panic brake and spin into a curb. Anyone know how ICBC claim works without dashcam/plate. Other car (took off) was an 07-ish beige sienna.

Fucking Richmond drivers.

[Nvasion]

Fuck Richmond. Fuck Richmond and snow.

I'm on full snowflake/mountain snow tires, guy late turns in front of me, I panic brake and spin into a curb. Anyone know how ICBC claim works without dashcam/plate. Other car (took off) was an 07-ish beige sienna.

Fucking Richmond drivers.


Yup you pay deductible and your rates increase

[punkwax]

Fuck Richmond. Fuck Richmond and snow.

I'm on full snowflake/mountain snow tires, guy late turns in front of me, I panic brake and spin into a curb. Anyone know how ICBC claim works without dashcam/plate. Other car (took off) was an 07-ish beige sienna.

Fucking Richmond drivers.

Beige Toyota to blame in Richmond.. story checks out.

[320icar]

Just spent the last 2 hours blasting around Richmond in my car and the wife’s car.

Lots of stalled cars, abandoned cars, people driving 10kmh. What a buzzkill. But I still had my dose of carcain

[whitev70r]

Bad on Hwy 1 and Coquahalla

https://twitter.com/meteo_matt/status/1216544680508149761?s=20

https://twitter.com/i/status/1216549766265372673

[Ch28]

Fuck Richmond. Fuck Richmond and snow.

I'm on full snowflake/mountain snow tires, guy late turns in front of me, I panic brake and spin into a curb. Anyone know how ICBC claim works without dashcam/plate. Other car (took off) was an 07-ish beige sienna.

Fucking Richmond drivers.

No third party witnesses willing to corroborate your story = single car accident = enjoy your rate hike

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[320icar]

as long as your not an idiot, richmond is fine

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[BIC_BAWS]

^ or surrounded by idiots LOL

[AzNightmare]

Drove home around 11pm tonight. So many cars stuck and stranded over a small hill...

People, Get winter tires.. omg.

FailFishFailFishFailFish

And if you do have winter tires but drive at 15km/h, you suck at driving. Don't even come out.

/rant

[SpeedStars]

When you're the only one able to accelerate without sliding back on a hill

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[ilovebacon]

Drove home around 11pm tonight. So many cars stuck and stranded over a small hill...

People, Get winter tires.. omg.

FailFishFailFishFailFish

And if you do have winter tires but drive at 15km/h, you suck at driving. Don't even come out.

/rant

it's usually this, that I am afraid of lol

[mr00jimbo]

My elderly female neighbour decided she would do something nice by clearing my car off....the one I wasn't driving...using a plastic shovel. I have no idea how bad the scratches are. Fuck. Before I got there the majority of it was already cleared off.

[stewie]

I realize now that I was a total douche when I was younger haha

There's a mall across the street from me with a wide open parking lot with no medians at all in it and it's a playground for trucks and cars to do donuts in the snow with loud ass exhausts. Had to listen to the sound of it for over 4 hours last night while trying to sleep.


10 years ago I used to be one of those people doing donuts with no consideration of the noise I'm making for people trying to sleep. Ooooooh how I've kinda grown up..

[blkgsr]

6" in coquitlam

came down hard last night

[quasi]

Icy out there, my 10-12 minute commute took 55 minutes due to traffic.

[stewie]

Icy out there, my 10-12 minute commute took 55 minutes due to traffic.

I've a 40 min commute with no traffic :(
Left extra early and still barely made it to work on time

[SumAznGuy]

Heads up, it's -6C in Coquitlam and will be -13C with windchill. any water or wet snow will freeze into ice if it hasn't done so already. Going to a skating rink tonight when we get off work.

[mb_]

Surrey to Tri-Cities was a shit show. The roads were just straight up like driving on ice rinks. 20-25 minute commute turned into 1.5hrs lol

[Badhobz]

So I tried to make an excuse of not going in, but with a lousy ass half a friggin inch, I gave up and went in. Only took about an extra 10-15 minutes commuting to the core. Arthur Lang wasn’t so bad

[HonestTea]

Starting to snow again in Coquitlam

[Jgresch]

Fuck Richmond. Fuck Richmond and snow.

I'm on full snowflake/mountain snow tires, guy late turns in front of me, I panic brake and spin into a curb. Anyone know how ICBC claim works without dashcam/plate. Other car (took off) was an 07-ish beige sienna.

Fucking Richmond drivers.

Similar scenario for me a couple years ago, rain though, not snow. The person pulled over and apologized, gave me their insurance papers and license. ICBC still ruled me to be at fault.

[nismodrifter]

sitting in my office watching cars slide down a pure ice hill and either spin 180, or nearly slam into our building.

Surrey, Fleetwood area.

[fliptuner]

So cold, I had to wear a hoody and pants.

[H.Specter]

Fuck Richmond. Fuck Richmond and snow.

I'm on full snowflake/mountain snow tires, guy late turns in front of me, I panic brake and spin into a curb. Anyone know how ICBC claim works without dashcam/plate. Other car (took off) was an 07-ish beige sienna.

Fucking Richmond drivers.

so you didn't leave enough stopping distance as the following vehicle, while knowing the driving conditions, and lost control while doing so and now blaming the car in front of you?

What am I missing here...

[Jgresch]

so you didn't leave enough stopping distance as the following vehicle, while knowing the driving conditions, and lost control while doing so and now blaming the car in front of you?

What am I missing here...

From my understanding I thought the person was an oncoming left turner. But could be wrong!

[quasi]

Ice is way worse than snow, at least with snow you get some traction.

[CCA-Dave]

What am I missing here...

Nothing, besides the fundamental reasons we have insurance adjusters.


:P

[Badhobz]

so you didn't leave enough stopping distance as the following vehicle, while knowing the driving conditions, and lost control while doing so and now blaming the car in front of you?

What am I missing here...

The guy turns in front of him without warning. How can you leave enough distance when these clowns decide to do that in front of you ?! FailFish