Let it Snow!

Excerpted from Brett Anderson’s Long Range Forecast

• Jan 26th – Feb 1st
  • Normal temperatures over BC, with above-normal precipitation in the north and normal to slightly below in the south.
• Feb 2nd-8th
  • Below-normal temperatures over Alaska, northern BC and the Yukon Territory. Precipitation normal in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, but above throughout BC.
  • Normal temperatures in BC and Alberta. Also, above-normal precipitation in western Alberta, but normal across the rest of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
  • Above-normal precipitation over the Pacific Northwest with normal temperatures
• Feb 9th -15th
  • Near-normal temperatures and above-normal precipitation across BC and the Pacific Northwest, right up to the Continental divide.

Looks like we are in for some much needed snow! Brett’s long range interpretation is usually pretty spot on and there seems to be good consensus on the other weather sites I look at.

• Weather Network 14 day Trend
• Accuweather 15 day forecast
• Snowforecast 6 day (shows freezing level dropping rapidly)
• Whistler Weather Forecast (shows freezing level dropping rapidly)
• Weather Network Ski Report (showing an optimistic dusting Fri/Sat)
• 10 Day Precipitation Forecast (looks very promising for early Feb!)
• 10 Day Temperature Forecast (looks like we’re in for a cold snap!)

 I’m extra excited about this because we have friends visiting from the UK in the first couple of weeks of Febuary and this warming trend has been stabilizing the upper slopes a bit. It’ll be interesting to see what happens with the cooling and the next storm cycle. There is some significant surface hoar (1cm!) building up and a noticable crust from Jan 7th both of which could cause issues. We’ll have to wait and see…