Weather Appreciation

[seewood]

Chatting with an avalanche technician yesterday. I asked what the long term snow forecast might be.
His reply....if you don't have good snow tires get some..
This, evidently, is the second year of La Nina and he mentioned can create more cold precipitation.

Now saying that, just went to a site ( unofficial projection) that said we could have a "normal" year or even a slight influence from a weak El Nino
http://www.globalweatheroscillations.com/el-nio-la-nina

So, sounds like it is a crap shoot as to what's coming this winter...

[rustled]

Lower temps = more precip?

[Glacier]

Lower temps = more precip?

No, but more snow... usually. Last winter is a prime example. Drier than average, but snowier than average.

[rustled]

Lower temps = more precip?

No, but more snow... usually. Last winter is a prime example. Drier than average, but snowier than average.

Hey, I'm confused now!

Oh, I get it: less rainfall, but more of it comes down as snow.

[Glacier]

New record lows set yesterday one the coast. What's amazing is that these record lows were set even though it rained.

Bonilla Island = 9.6
Cathedral Point = 7.6
Cumshewa Island = 7.9
Kindakun Rocks = 8.7
Port Alberni = 5.6
Race Rocks Lightstation = 9.9
Rose Spit = 6.1
Saturna Capmon = 8

Oh, and here is some important info on when you should expect a first frost...

[Glacier]

Baldur, Manitoba only had 96.9 mm of rain yesterday.

Closer to home, here's a list of record cold temperatures set in BC yesterday:

• Bonilla Island = 9.3
• Cathedral Point = 7.4
• Clinton = -8.0
• Creston = 4.7
• Cumshewa Island = 8.4
• Entrance Island = 10.0
• Kindakun Rocks = 9.5
• Lillooet = 5.4
• Nakusp = 2.8
• Nelson = 4.5
• Osoyoos = 4.9
• Race Rocks Lightstation = 10.1
• Salmon Arm = 0.8
• Sand Heads Lightstation = 9.2
• Sartine Island = 9.3
• Saturna Capmon = 7.8
• Sisters Islets = 10.4
• Tatlayoko Lake = -5.1
• Warfield = 3.2

[Glacier]

The lying skumbag pedophiles will tell you that Kelowna has the lowest windspeed in Canada, but that's not quite true. It is one of the least windy places in Canada, but definitely not 1st place.

14 least Least windy places in Canada (all locations with an average under 6km/h):

1) Blue River, BC = average wind speed of 2.2km/h

2) Dawson, YT = 3.8 km/h

3) Princeton, BC = 4.5 km/h
4) Lindburg Landing, NWT = 4.5 km/h
5) Pemberton, BC = 4.8 km/h
6) Puntzi Mountain, BC = 4.9 km/h

7) Port Alberni, BC = 5.1 km/h
8) Burns Lake, BC = 5.2 km/h
9) Salmon Arm, BC = 5.5 km/h
10) West Vancouver, BC = 5.5 km/h
11) Nakusp, BC = 5.6 km/h
12) St. Jovite, QC = 5.7 km/h
13) Kelowna, BC = 5.7 km/h
14) Pitt Meadows, BC = 5.8 km/h

[Queen K]

Has May always been this hot? Not appreciating the heat, we should have this in July not May.

[Glacier]

Has May always been this hot? Not appreciating the heat, we should have this in July not May.

Definitely one of the hottest Mays I can remember. I'll look into it later as to how hot. Gotta get stuff down now...

[seewood]

Has May always been this hot? Not appreciating the heat, we should have this in July not May.

Lets hope June has some precip.

In 2003 the last significant rainfall was in mid May and then dried out. Fire behavior in July and August was exacerbated from the dry conditions and wind.
Last year was also dry as the fires in the interior claimed massive tracks of land and timber.

Yes warm out. I get home in the afternoon, have a cider and that is about it. No fence building until it gets cooler.

[Queen K]

It was so hot in the Dry Falls/Soap Lake, WA area we came home a day earlier than planned.

Last year we went to Jasper and Lake Lousie in May and it was hotter still. What the

[Glacier]

Crazy how Kamloops is just as likely to be the hotspot in BC as Osoyoos!

https://questioningthedata.wordpress.co ... a-in-2017/

[Queen K]

Today was nuts hot. Knocked the energy right out of me. Is anyone else sapped completely? Needing to rest after the stupidist efforts?

[flamingfingers]

It's 19C in Victoria and the 13 kph wind is COLD!!!

[Glacier]

Interestingly enough, it's been far hotter in ManPersonitoba and Saskatchewan than BC this week.

For example, Today's BC hotspot: Nakusp = 30.4C; Today's Canadian hotspot: Emerson, MB = 34.7C
Yesterday's BC hotspot: Kamloops = 31.4C; Yesterday's Canadian hotspot: Kelsey Dam, MB = 33.6C