I do like the snow much better than the rain...that I will admit! We had plans to go out tomorrow, but if the advisory is still on, maybe we'll just bundle up and go for a wintery walk instead of trying to brave the street of Vancouver, where people just don't know how to drive in the snow!
Environment Canada's Official Weather Warnings
Warnings
Greater Vancouver9:47 PM PST Saturday 25 November 2006
Snowfall warning for
Greater Vancouver continued
Up to 10 cm of snow expected for most areas with 20 to 30 cm possible inland and over the higher terrain areas of the south coast and Vancouver Island.
A strengthening Arctic ridge over the British Columbia interior is pushing cold Arctic air up against the east slopes of the coastal mountains. Strong outflow winds have developed through the valleys and inlets as the Arctic air rushes towards the coast. As the high continues to strengthen winds will increase and temperatures will gradually lowel resulting in wind chills in the minus 20 to minus 30 range. These conditions are expected to persist for several days.
The Arctic air is moving into the eastern Fraser Valley and will deepen over the Lower Mainland through Sunday. Meanwhile an intensifying low over the pacific will approach Washington state Sunday morning. Snowfall is becoming more extensive across the warning regions this evening and will result in 5 to 10 cm of snow by morning. Ahead of the low especially over parts of southern Vancouver Island slightly warmer air near the surface will result in a mixture of rain and snow until the low passes. An additional 5 to 10 cm of snow is likely over most areas through Sunday as the Arctic air slowly deepens as the low moves across Washington. The highest amounts of snow will be in the Fraser Valley and over the higher terrain areas of Vancouver Island and the south coast where amounts of 20 to 30 cm are likely from the storm.
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