Weather Appreciation

[Donald G]

It is not that the weatherman is wrong.
It is that you live in the wrong place.

[Lady tehMa]

I wasn't expecting that little bit of rain we had today

[Barney Google]

^^^ an unexpected pleasure

[Queen K]

I'm gonna hunt you down...

How's it goin'?

[Barney Google]

I enjoy this cooler weather...keeps the blood sucking deer and horse flies down to a dull roar and impedes the flying vermin from attacking during the blazing hot afternoons in squadrons tryin to take off with my stock.

[Glacier]

Looks a bit showery out there...

[Barney Google]

Better showery than smokey and on fire.

[Lady tehMa]

So what about this business with funnel clouds? It wasn't an actual tornado, but what was it then? I don't recall one in the area before.

[oneh2obabe]

So what about this business with funnel clouds? It wasn't an actual tornado, but what was it then? I don't recall one in the area before.

http://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/17 ... -over-lake

[Donald G]

A grey day keeps things "cool".

[Glacier]

Funnel clouds are quite common this time of year. They aren't like the ones in Alberta though. When I was there last week 5 separated tornadoes touched down, and more are expected this week. Usually they happen out in some field somewhere so little damage occurs. BC is not hot and humid enough for tornadoes to be common. They can happen, but they are extremely rare, and when they do they are quite weak.

As for the cold weather, Castanet is out to lunch yet again with this story: Brrr... where is the heat?

Let's dissect a few of the errors:

For the first 10 days of July, average daily temperatures have been four degrees below normal.

Horse pucky!

“A normal daytime temperature is 28 C in Kelowna in July,” says Environment Canada meteorologist Lisa Coldwells.

It is IF you round to the nearest degree, though the three weather stations with data show the average of 27.2 (Kelowna East), 27.8 (Kelowna PC Burnetts Nursey), and 27.9 (Kelowna Airport).

“On average, so far, for the first 10 days of July, it has been 23.7 C – so four degrees below normal.

First of all, the average at the airport has been 23.5C. The new station at UBCO has been 23.7, so close enough, I guess. BUT no, it has NOT been 4 degrees below average because the average for early July is a lot cooler than the average for the end of July. Here is the link. The average for the first 10 days is 26.7C, or 27 if you're rounding. Therefore, July has been 3 degrees below average so.

[Glacier]

More severe weather today...

[Glacier]

Interesting fact: In 1973 the warmest temperature recorded in the Yukon for the entire year was 86F (30C), and it was recorded in the extreme north right along the Arctic Ocean (Komakuk Beach).

[Urbane]

Glacier: Is this shaping up to be one of the coolest Julys on record in the Okanagan? We're halfway through the month and yet it feels like June. I'm not complaining. I'd rather have it in the low 20's as opposed to the high 30's but it just doesn't seem like July . . . yet.

[Glacier]

Glacier: Is this shaping up to be one of the coolest Julys on record in the Okanagan? We're halfway through the month and yet it feels like June. I'm not complaining. I'd rather have it in the low 20's as opposed to the high 30's but it just doesn't seem like July . . . yet.

Below average, but not even close to being the coolest ever. Using Penticton as a reference (it has more complete records than Kelowna), 1983 and 1993 were the coldest Julys on record where the daily MAXIMUM temperature for the month averaged 24.3C. This graph compares the first 14 days of 1983 (average 22.3C) and 2016 (average 25.7C). Normal for July 1 - 14 is 27.5C.