Nice weather

[Glacier]

Vancouver is going to totally smashed. I highly doubt school will be open on Monday... .

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[seewood]

Lots of news clips showing the driving mayhem Monday evening.

ICBC must hate those forecasts, auto body shops love em.

[ferri]

If you go out and look at the moon right now you can see Venus.

There you have it. :)

[Queen K]

I'll believe it when I see it. This NON-Winter is taking a toll on me though when I look at how much moisture it takes to replace what snow does in Spring.

[Glacier]

I'll believe it when I see it. This NON-Winter is taking a toll on me though when I look at how much moisture it takes to replace what snow does in Spring.

100% guaranteed you will not be calling it non-winter in a week's time.

[dodgerdodge]

I'll believe it when I see it. This NON-Winter is taking a toll on me though when I look at how much moisture it takes to replace what snow does in Spring.

100% guaranteed you will not be calling it non-winter in a week's time.

What is forecast? Environment Canada shows minus 2 and partly sunny next Saturday which is a week away.

[Queen K]

There is nothing out there supporting snowfall right now. Extreme cold and no natural insulation is a real worry for the farmer and home grower.

[seewood]

There is nothing out there supporting snowfall right now. Extreme cold and no natural insulation is a real worry for the farmer and home grower.

Your concern regarding snow on the ground is similar to mine. Yes, it will be getting down to -10 or more at night next week, but it does this as a rule a couple of times each winter for a few days. That temp is usually not a hazard to grape growers or orchardists, unlike the -25 or more last winter.

The lack of snow on the ground in the valley and at elevation will be a concern unless more snow falls.
That moisture in the ground gives the trees something to drink until the rains come, maybe June?
No moisture, trees become stressed, if you notice a lot of cones on the ground and the needles thinning, that tree is stressed. Yellow pine drop their needles leaving a nice carpet of very dry fuel.

Keep an eye on the snowpack levels at the various locations, if they stay a considerable number below average until may/june, we could have issues with dried out trees during fire season.

[Iamme]

100% guaranteed you will not be calling it non-winter in a week's time.

What is forecast? Environment Canada shows minus 2 and partly sunny next Saturday which is a week away.

Same with the Global Skytracker App and they’re wrong for today in Vernon lol Currently sun and cloud. It’s a beautiful day!

[Glacier]

Even if the Okanogan Valley gets no snow it still feels like winter with the wind chill especially. And highs of -7. That's winter conditions.

The snow from the coast has good chance of hitting us too, just not a lot because it is so cold...

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[Glacier]

Cool, -12 and snowing this morning. Feels like winter

But it's boiling hot near Golden. Literally...

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Not so much in the north where it's below -40 in spots...

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[Queen K]

I'm calling it "the snow of no consequence" as in, dry fly away snow that adds up to nothing does make a Winter snowfall.

[Glacier]

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[Catsumi]

Anyone missing a snowfall, armpit-deep, overnight, record broken back to 1960’s?

Check out Hokkaido, Japan 130 cm so far with rain coming next

https://youtu.be/B29K89P8nvY?si=amosTe6hkeIYEce9

[Lady tehMa]

The cold is here, hope it's enough to reduce the bugs for spring/summer.