Weather Appreciation
- Alvis
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Re: Weather Appreciation
You think Vernons had alot of rain? How about the Kootenays last year!
"With 227.7mm of rain, June 2012 is the wettest June by 350 per cent, crushing the previous record of 117.7mm from 2005. The previous greatest total monthly amount of precipitation was 195.1mm from December of 1966."
So don't complain too much.
This was Nelson inthe same period of 2012. A friend wholives there said most people see this and assume it was becasue the ground was dry but in reality, the ground was already saturated with water. It was around this time, he said, that the land slides started:
http://www.castlegarnews.com/news/161252525.html
"With 227.7mm of rain, June 2012 is the wettest June by 350 per cent, crushing the previous record of 117.7mm from 2005. The previous greatest total monthly amount of precipitation was 195.1mm from December of 1966."
So don't complain too much.
This was Nelson inthe same period of 2012. A friend wholives there said most people see this and assume it was becasue the ground was dry but in reality, the ground was already saturated with water. It was around this time, he said, that the land slides started:
http://www.castlegarnews.com/news/161252525.html
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Tommy Douglas
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Re: Weather Appreciation
You have that right! See my post last July: viewtopic.php?f=26&t=29869&p=1281011&hilit=castlegar+june#p1286096
They have updated since then to a few more spots. Notice that practically the entire province was not just wetter than average, but much wetter than average (second table below)!
Castlegar and the area around there were also one of the wettest places in the province that month:
Notice that the top 5 above normal places were in the Kootenays...
They have updated since then to a few more spots. Notice that practically the entire province was not just wetter than average, but much wetter than average (second table below)!
Castlegar and the area around there were also one of the wettest places in the province that month:
Notice that the top 5 above normal places were in the Kootenays...
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Re: Weather Appreciation
I posted this video last June http://www.castanet.net/news/BC/78039/N ... egar-flood
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- Alvis
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Re: Weather Appreciation
My Kootenay freind said it was a pretty tense time in the area: water coming over the tops of the dams along the Kootenay river, flash floods and rods being washed out or sloughing down hill sides, land slides, you name it.
Mind you I think I'd rather deal with that than forest fires.
Lived through enough of those.
Mind you I think I'd rather deal with that than forest fires.
Lived through enough of those.
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Tommy Douglas
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Re: Weather Appreciation
The weather is pretty bad on the prairies this year as well as in England. England just had their coldest March since 1883, and the prairies aren't much better where they are experiencing their coldest March-April since the 1800s as well.
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- Douglas Murray
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Re: Weather Appreciation
Winter is not that bad for sunshine the Okanagan. If it weren't for the hills and valley cloud, Kelowna would be in the top 25% in the province for most sunshine (See MCCULLOCH). Princeton also gets a lot of sunshine. Only the Cariboo-Chilcotin, Cranbook-Kimberely, Northeast, and Victoria areas get more.
red = Okanagan
green = near the Okanagan
first graph = average for all stations with at least 4 years of data.
second graph = sunniest winter
third graph = least sunny winter
(Click to expand)
red = Okanagan
green = near the Okanagan
first graph = average for all stations with at least 4 years of data.
second graph = sunniest winter
third graph = least sunny winter
(Click to expand)
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- Douglas Murray
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Re: Weather Appreciation
hey glacier if you happen to talk to spring, tell her to HURRY THE HELL UP & GET HERE!
Your bias suits you.
- Queen K
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Re: Weather Appreciation
Ya really, we're downtown and it got colder as it got later. Was warmer at 10 am? What the bleep is going on?
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- Lady tehMa
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Today is supposed to be nicer. What's the historical median temperature for this time of year?
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- Glacier
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Re: Weather Appreciation
The Penticton Airport seems to be the longest running weather station around... http://weather.gc.ca/almanac/almanac_e.html?id=1126150
[Penticton] Averages and Extremes for: April 25, 2013
For the Kelowna Airport
For the Kamloops Airport
For the Princeton Airport
For the Vernon Coldstream Ranch
Today's forecast: 23 as the high and 8 at the low!
[Penticton] Averages and Extremes for: April 25, 2013
- Average Maximum Temperature = 17.2°C
Average Minimum Temperature = 3.5°C
Frequency of Precipitation = 29.0%
Highest Temperature (1941-2012) = 26.1°C (1977)
Lowest Temperature (1941-2012) = -4.3°C (1985)
For the Kelowna Airport
- Average Maximum Temperature = 17.0 °C
Average Minimum Temperature = 2.0 °C
Monthly Frequency of Precipitation = 33 %
Highest Temperature (1969-2004) = 27.4 °C (1977)
Lowest Temperature (1969-2004) = -5.9 °C (1984)
For the Kamloops Airport
- Average Maximum Temperature = 18.2 °C
Average Minimum Temperature = 4.2 °C
Monthly Frequency of Precipitation = 21 %
Highest Temperature (1951-2012) = 31.3 °C (1977)
Lowest Temperature (1951-2012) = -6.1 °C (1955)
For the Princeton Airport
- Average Maximum Temperature = 15.9 °C
Average Minimum Temperature = 0.5 °C
Monthly Frequency of Precipitation = 30 %
Highest Temperature (1937-2012) = 27.8 °C (1946)
Lowest Temperature (1937-2012) = -6.8 °C (1982)
For the Vernon Coldstream Ranch
- Average Maximum Temperature = 16.4 °C
Average Minimum Temperature = 3.3 °C
Monthly Frequency of Precipitation = 35 %
Highest Temperature (1900-1996) = 28.9 °C (1910)
Lowest Temperature (1900-1996) = -4.0 °C (1984)
Today's forecast: 23 as the high and 8 at the low!
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- Douglas Murray
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Re: Weather Appreciation
At 4:55 yesterday afternoon the wind was gusting at 43.5 km/h. This is the highest recorded wind speed so far this year. This is not too surprising since our area of the world has very little wind in the winter, but more as we get toward summer.
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- grammafreddy
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Re: Weather Appreciation
There was a huge white ring around the moon last night which my dad used to say meant a change in the weather coming. The forecast is predicting warmer temps ... 20 on Wednesday. That'll be nice.
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Re: Weather Appreciation
huh, I hadn't heard that one. My gram always called that a "frost ring". I'm really hoping it isn't forecasting more frost, I'm quite done with that!
Thx Glacier, really appreciate all your info.
Thx Glacier, really appreciate all your info.
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- Glacier
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Re: Weather Appreciation
At 4:29 this afternoon the wind topped out at 50 km/h.
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- Douglas Murray
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Re: Weather Appreciation
The forecast shows that temperature is going to hit up to 33 degrees by Monday in the Fraser Canyon (Lytton), the South Thompson (Kamloops), the Boundary (Grand Forks), the Chilcotin (Puntzi Mountain), Port Alberni, and the Pemberton valley.
I suspect that Osoyoos will also hit 30 by monday, but the Okanagan along with the Nicola and the West Kootenays are forecast to hit 30 by Tuesday.
All the forecast regions in canada can bee seen here: http://weather.gc.ca/warnings/index_e.html
WARNING: The UV index is going to be high (forecast to be 6 today). Yesterday it maxed out at 6.7 in the Okanagan.
I suspect that Osoyoos will also hit 30 by monday, but the Okanagan along with the Nicola and the West Kootenays are forecast to hit 30 by Tuesday.
All the forecast regions in canada can bee seen here: http://weather.gc.ca/warnings/index_e.html
WARNING: The UV index is going to be high (forecast to be 6 today). Yesterday it maxed out at 6.7 in the Okanagan.
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