Blue bird morning

Looks like around 30cm to the valley. Clear skies -12C up top.

A pacific front continues to advance from the northwest and will cross the central part of Vancouver Island early this evening and the south coast overnight. Winds will shift to the southwest with the passage of the front and then diminish somewhat by morning. Westerly winds will be strongest close to Juan de Fuca strait where winds could gust up to 90 km/h overnight and they are expected to reach up to 70 km/h near the water of Greater Vancouver and the eastern sections of the Fraser Valley late this evening.

Rainfall associated with this front will be significant through this evening with amounts of 20 to 40 mm over the south coast and 40 to 60 mm over parts of northern and western Vancouver Island. Snow will become more extensive at Whistler this evening and the warning remains in effect there with further amounts of 10 to 15 cm possible.

More snow on the way

A 971mb low in the norhtern gulf of Alaska will send a strong pacific front towards us tonight and tommorow. The front is forecast to approach the offshore waters this afternoon from the NW and progress toward the coast this evening. Snow should start by early morning on Friday, and continue untill Saturday morning bringing 30cm or so. Another system will approach Sunday possibly bringing a breif rise in freezing levels.

Trough of low pressure

A ridge of high pressure will persist well offshore. A trough of low pressure over the interior will shift westwards and lie along the mainland coast by Sunday morning. A Cool Unstable Airmass Associated With An Upper Trough Will Reach The South Coast On Sunday Spreading Scattered Flurries And Low Freezing Levels.

Looks like we've definatley got some light flurries starting up this morning up on the peaks, but any real accumulation will come tonight as the trough of low pressure slides down from the north to sit over us overnight tonight. Were sitting at -10C up top with ridgetop winds out of the west @ 40km/ph

A system building out of the southwest will approach the coast later in the week.

Sunday..Mainly Cloudy With Scattered Flurries. Alpine High Minus 9. Snowfall Accumulation Trace To 3 Cm. Freezing Level Near Valley Bottom. Ridge top winds west 30 km/ph

Cooler unstable air

A trough of low pressure will move across the north coast this morning. High pressure will build across offshore waters.
Moist Unstable And Cool Onshore Flow Will Spread Occassional Snow Mainly At Higher Elevations Today And Tonight. A Cool Dry Airmass Will Encompass Region Spreading Partly Sunny Skies And Lower Freezing Levels On Thursday

Happy New Year

72cm of Concrete last night good luck~

Another system is hammering the region again tonight. High winds, and rising freezing levels tonight as a major pacific storm stalls over the area. Today brought over 30cm during the day to the alpine. SE winds up to 80km/h loaded lee aspects. Tommorow the storm should intensify throughout the morning, warm air should move out tommorow night Tuesday. Wednesday brings a bit of a cooler westerly flow bringing flurries for the remainder of the week. Thursday flurries cooler again as the flow swings into a NW pattern. Friday night could see another major storm....Last check at 10pm we've got -3C up top with 65km/h winds out of the SE. Accumulations throughout the storm could total close to 1m. Hopefully it doesn't warm up too much more tonight...Wax em up!