Month: February 2012

  • Snow Bust! Again! – But watch out East Island! Whiteout!

    We seem to have been bitten by a no-snow bug this year. This is the second time that we’ve been expecting significant snowfall only to end up with green grass. At this point I would be surprised if we get anything at all over night. There doesn’t seem to be much moisture available at all.…

  • Little Less Moisture Forecast – Still Snow

    Snow is still in the forecast except the amounts of dropped off quite a bit. It looks like there is somewhat less moisture in the atmosphere than they anticipated before so the most we’re going to get is 5cm before it changes to rain in the afternoon. And in fact, with the temperature only just…

  • Snow Forecast for Tuesday/Wednesday

    So the models have held strong and are still predicting pretty significant snowfall over the next 48 hours starting with light flurries before sunrise Tuesday morning. Here is the GFS for 10AM Tuesday. This is about the earliest that we can expect the first serious snowfall to start up. As you can see in the…

  • Warning: Major snow possible Tuesday through Wednesday.

    More to come… but just so we’re clear. This could be our biggest snow event of the Winter. Alright, we have a large amount of precipitation coming our way Tuesday. (not so much tonight). Here are some illustrations: Here, this is the Canadian GEM (regional) model for Noon on Tuesday (18Z). Notice the front sweeping…

  • Chance of Snow Friday and Friday Night

    Looks like the chances for some wet snow is increasing for Friday. Here’s the latest model: I’ve boxed out the two distinct parts of what I think might happen on Friday. The green box is the start of the event, which should be wet but might include sleet/slush especially at higher elevations. The second event…